LORD’S DAY 47 122. What is the first petition? “Hallowed be Your name,” that is, grant us first, rightly to know You, and to hallow, magnify, and praise You in all Your works, in which Your power, goodness, justice, mercy, and truth shine forth; and further, that we so order our whole life, our thoughts, […]
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LORD’S DAY 46 120. Why did Christ command us to address God thus: “Our Father?” To awaken in us at the very beginning of our prayer that childlike reverence for and trust in God, which are to be the ground of our prayer, namely, that God has become our Father through Christ, and will much
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OF PRAYER LORD’S DAY 45 116. Why is prayer necessary for Christians? Because it is the chief part of thankfulness which God requires of us, and because God will give His grace and Holy Spirit only to those who earnestly and without ceasing ask them of Him, and render thanks unto Him for them. 117.
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Tenth Commandment: You shall not covet your neighbor’s house; you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, nor his male servant, nor his female servant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that is your neighbor’s. LORD’S DAY 44 113. What does the tenth commandment require? That not even the least inclination or thought against
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Ninth Commandment: You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor. LORD’S DAY 43 112. What does the ninth commandment require? That I bear false witness against no one, twist no one’s words, be no backbiter or slanderer, join in condemning no one unheard or rashly; but that on pain of God’s heavy wrath, I
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