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WhatDoesThisMean?TheContinuingImportanceofLuther’sSmallCatechism
Lesson2.TheTenCommandments
WhatDoestheCatechismMeanforChristianMorality
inToday’sWorld?
PrayerandIntroduction.Deuteronomy4:13clearlytellsus,“Hedeclaredtoyouhiscovenant,theTenCommandments,(Words)whichhecommandedyoutofollowandthenwrotethemontwostonetablets.”1.IdentifytheTenCommandments.Placeanumberfrom1to10inthetexttoidentifytheTenCommandments.
AndGodspokeallthesewords:
IamtheLordyourGod,whobroughtyououtofEgypt,outofthelandofslavery.Youshallhavenoothergodsbeforeme.Youshallnotmakeforyourselfanimagein
theformofanythinginheavenaboveorontheearthbeneathorinthewaters
below.Youshallnotbowdowntothemorworshipthem;forI,theLordyourGod,
amajealousGod,punishingthechildrenforthesinoftheparentstothethirdand
fourthgenerationofthosewhohateme,butshowinglovetoathousandgenerations
ofthosewholovemeandkeepmycommandments.YoushallnotmisusethenameoftheLordyourGod,fortheLordwillnotholdanyoneguiltlesswhomisuseshis
name.RemembertheSabbathdaybykeepingitholy.Sixdaysyoushalllaborand
doallyourwork,buttheseventhdayisasabbathtotheLordyourGod.Onityou
shallnotdoanywork,neitheryou,noryoursonordaughter,noryourmaleor
femaleservant,noryouranimals,noranyforeignerresidinginyourtowns.Forin
sixdaystheLordmadetheheavensandtheearth,thesea,andallthatisinthem,but
herestedontheseventhday.ThereforetheLordblessedtheSabbathdayandmade
itholy.Honoryourfatherandyourmother,sothatyoumaylivelonginthelandthe
LordyourGodisgivingyou.Youshallnotmurder.Youshallnotcommitadultery.Youshallnotsteal.Youshallnotgivefalsetestimonyagainstyourneighbor.Youshallnotcovetyourneighbor’shouse.Youshallnotcovetyourneighbor’swife,or
hismaleorfemaleservant,hisoxordonkey,oranythingthatbelongstoyour
neighbor.
2.Whydoyouthinktherearedifferentnumberingsystems?4.Compareandcontrastthethreedifferentstylesofchurcharchitecturebelow.
Similarities Differences
RomanCatholic
Reformed
Lutheran
St.John’sLutheranChurch,St.JohnCantiusCatholicChurchJefferson,Wisconsin Detroit,Michigan
, FirstBaptistChurchAshville,NorthCarolina
3.IdentifywhichofthefollowingareforbiddenbyGod’sCommandmentsandexplainwhyorwhynot?
StatuesArtworkthatportraysanakedhumanbodyWorshiponSundayFootballorsportingeventsonSundayorreligiousholidaysADayofRestonSaturdayEatingPorkEatingFishCorpusChristiFestivalReformationFestival5.GodgavetheCommandmentsforthebenefitofallpeople.Identifyoneortwobenefitswereceivefromobediencetoeachcommandment.
Commandment BenefitforYouandSociety
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5.ExplainhoweachoftheCommandmentsservesasaGuideforourChristianbehaviorandaCurborcheckonsinfulbehavior.BeSpecific.
Curb Guide1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
6. WhatshouldmotivateChristianstoobeyGod?
a. IsitimportantforChristianstofearGodaspartofthemotivationforkeepinghiscommandments?Explainyouranswer.
b. IsitimportantforChristianstoloveGodaspartofthemotivationforkeepinghiscommandments?Explainyouranswer.
7.Luther’sapproachtotheTenCommandmentswasrevolutionarybycomparisontohowtheCommandmentsweretaughtinhisdayandstillaretoday.HowdoeseachofthesequotationshelpusunderstandhowdifferenttheapproachofLutherandLutheransis?“SoapartfromtheTenCommandmentsnoworkorthingcanbegoodorpleasingtoGod,nomatterhowgreatorpreciousitisintheworld’seyes.”(LC311)ThisCommandment(10th)willremainlikealltherest,onethatwillconstantlyaccuseusandhowgodlyweareinGod’ssight…nopersoncangofarenoughtokeeponeoftheTenCommandmentsasitshouldbekept(LC1,310,316)GoddemandsthatallourworksproceedfromaheartthatfearsandregardsGodalone.Fromsuchfeartheheartavoidseverythingthatiscontrarytohiswill,lestitshouldmovehimtowrath.And,ontheotherhand,theheartalsotrustsinhimaloneandfromloveforhimdoesallhewants.Forhespeakstousasfriendlyasafatherandoffersusallgraceandeverygood(LC1,323)
9.TakingitHome:Considerthenewsthisweekandidentifystoriesthatshowhowthecommandmentsarekeptordisobeyedtodayinoursociety.
AdditionalQuestion:IfGodisseriousabouttheseCommandmentsandgivesthemtousforthegoodofall,whydoeshenotdestroythosewhobringchaosandpainintoourworld?AdditionalReading:“TreatiseonGoodWorks”,Luther’sWorksVol44,pp21-114