Lessons in the Small Catechism of Dr. Martin Luther / For the Senior Department of Lutheran Sunday-Schools and for General Use

by George Mezger; Martin Luther

REMEMBER:—

1. We should fear and love God and trust in Him above all things; then we shall have no other gods before Him; then He, the true God, will be our God indeed.

2. We should fear and love and trust in God above all things. God wants our whole heart and life, all that we are and have.

MEMORIZE:—

I am the almighty God; walk before Me, and be thou perfect. Gen. 17,1.

Trust in the Lord with all thine heart. Prov. 3,5.

Thou shalt worship the Lord, thy God, and Him only shalt thou serve. Matt. 4,10.

QUESTIONS.

1. What does God tell us in His commandments? 2. Why has God a right to give us these commandments? 3. Which is the First Commandment? 4. Who should be our God? 5. When is the only true God our God? 6. What does it mean to fear God? 7. How do we show that we fear God? 8. What does the Lord say Gen. 17,1? 9. What does it mean to love God? 10. What shall we fulfil if we love God? 11. What does it mean to trust in God? 12. What shall we firmly believe if we trust in God? 13. How should we fear and love God and trust in Him? 14. Why should we fear and love God above all things? 15. What sin do we commit if we fear and love any one more than God? 16. What does our Lord say Matt. 4,10? 17. What does God demand of us in the First Commandment? 18. Why is the First Commandment the greatest of all?

LESSON 3.
The Second Commandment.