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Ten Commandments

1. What are the Commandments of God?

ANSWER: These are the ten Commandments of God:

  1. I am the Lord thy God: thou shalt not have strange gods before Me.

  2. Thou shall not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain.

  3. Keep the sabbath holy.

  4. Honor thy father and thy mother.

  5. Thou shalt not kill.

  6. Thou shalt not commit adultery.

  7. Thou shalt not steal.

  8. Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor.

  9. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife.

  10. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's goods.

2. Is it enough to belong to God's Church in order to be saved?

ANSWER: It is not enough to belong to the Church in order to be saved, we must also keep the Commandments of God and of the Church.

3. Which Commandments contain the whole law of God?

ANSWER: The Commandments which contain the whole law of God are these two: 1) Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with thy whole heart, with thy whole soul, with thy whole strength, and with thy whole mind; 2) Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.

4. Why do these two Commandments of the love of God and of our neighbor contain the whole law of God?

ANSWER: These two Commandments of the love of God and of our neighbor contain the whole law of God because all the other Commandments are given either to help us to keep these two, or to direct us how to shun what is opposed to them.

5. Who gave the Ten Commandments?

ANSWER: God Himself gave the Ten Commandments to Moses on Mount Sinai.

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