Heidelberg Catechism Lord's Day 33-44 - The Ten Commandments, part 2 - Love God! Questions and Answers: 93. Q – How are these commandments divided? A – Into two tables. The first has four commandments, teaching us what our relation to God should be. The second has six commandments, teaching us what we owe our neighbor. 94. Q – What does the Lord require in the first commandment? A – That I, not wanting to endanger my very salvation, avoid and shun all idolatry, magic, superstitious rites, and prayer to saints or to other creatures. That I sincerely acknowledge the only true God, trust Him alone, look to Him for every good thing humbly and patiently, love Him, fear Him, and honor Him with all my heart. In short, that I give up anything rather than go against His will in any way. 95. Q – What is idolatry? A – Idolatry is having or inventing something which one trusts in place of or alongside of the only true God, who has revealed Himself in
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