Lord's Day #34 - First Commandment: God Requires Your Exclusive Love and Devotion

Series Heidelberg Catechism

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Lord's Day 34

Q. What is the law of God?
A. (Ten Commandments)
Q. How are these commandments divided?
A. Into two tables; the first of which teaches what must be our attitude toward God; the second, what duties we owe to our neighbor.
Q. What does God require in the first commandment?
A. That, as much as I love my soul's salvation, I avoid and flee all idolatry, sorcery, soothsaying, superstition, invocation of saints or other creatures; and that I rightly acknowledge the only true God, trust in him alone, submit to him with all humility and patience, expect all good from him only, and love, fear, and honor him with my whole heart; so that I leave and forsake all creatures rather than do even the least thing against his will.
Q. What is idolatry?
A. It is, instead of the one true God who has revealed himself in his Word, or besides him, to devise or have something else on which to place our trust.