Sondag 34
Vraag 92: Wat is die wet van die Here? Antwoord: Toe het God al hierdie woorde gespreek en gesê: Ek is die Here jou God wat jou uit Egipteland, uit die slawehuis, uitgelei het. Jy mag geen ander gode voor My aangesig hê nie. Jy mag vir jou geen gesnede beeld of enige gelykenis maak van wat bo in die hemel of onder op die aarde of in die water onder die aarde is nie. Jy mag jou voor hulle nie neerbuig en hulle nie dien nie; want Ek, die Here jou God, is ‘n jaloerse God wat die ongeregtigheid van die vaders besoek aan die kinders tot in die derde en vierde geslag van die wat My haat; maar Ek bewys barmhartigheid aan duisende van die wat My liefhet en my gebooie onderhou. Jy mag die Naam van die Here jou God nie ydellik gebruik nie, want die Here sal die een wat sy Naam ydellik gebruik, nie ongestraf laat bly nie. Gedenk die sabbatdag dat jy dit heilig. Ses dae moet jy arbei en al jou werk doen; maar die sewende dag is die sabbat van die Here jou God; dan mag jy geen werk doen nie – jy of jou seun of jou dogter of jou dienskneg of jou diensmaagd of jou vee of jou vreemdeling wat binne jou poorte is nie; want in ses dae het die Here die hemel en die aarde gemaak, die see en alles wat daarin is, en op die sewende dag gerus; daarom het die Here die sabbatdag geseën en dit geheilig. Eer jou vader en jou moeder, dat jou dae verleng mag word in die land wat die Here jou God aan jou gee. Jy mag nie doodslaan nie. Jy mag nie egbreek nie. Jy mag nie steel nie. Jy mag geen valse getuienis teen jou naaste spreek nie. Jy mag nie jou naaste se huis begeer nie. Jy mag nie jou naaste se vrou begeer nie, of sy dienskneg of sy diensmaagd of sy os of sy esel of iets wat van jou naaste is nie.
Vraag 93: Hoe word hierdie gebooie verdeel? Antwoord: In twee tafels: die eerste leer ons hoe ons ons teenoor God moet gedra¹; die tweede hoe ons ons teenoor ons naaste moet gedra².
Skrifverwysings: 1: Matteus 22:37-38 2: Matteus 22:39-40
Vraag 94: Wat eis God in die eerste gebod? Antwoord: Dat ek, tot my eie saligheid, alle afgodery¹, towery², bygeloof³, aanroeping van heiliges of ander skepsels verlaat en daarvan wegvlug⁴, dat ek die enigste ware God reg leer ken⁵, Hom alleen vertrou⁶, en in alle nederigheid en geduld van Hom alleen alles goeds verwag⁷, en Hom van harte liefhê⁸, vrees⁹ en eer¹⁰, sodat ek liewer alle skepsels versaak as om in die minste teen sy wil te doen¹¹.
Skrifverwysings: 1: 1 Korintiërs 6:9-10 2: Deuteronomium 18:10-12 3: 2 Konings 21:6 4: Matteus 4:10 5: Johannes 17:3 6: Jeremia 17:5, 7 7: Romeine 5:3-5 8: Deuteronomium 6:5 9: Psalm 111:10 10: Matteus 10:28 11: Matteus 5:29-30
Vraag 95: Wat is afgodery? Antwoord: Afgodery is om, in plaas van die enigste ware God wat Hom in sy Woord geopenbaar het, of langs Hom, iets anders te bedink of te hê waarop die mens sy vertroue plaas¹.
Skrifverwysings: 1: Jeremia 2:13; 23:27; Psalm 81:9-11
Lord’s Day 34
Question 92: What is the law of the Lord? Answer: God spoke all these words, saying: I am the LORD thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. Thou shalt have no other gods before Me. Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them; for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate Me; and showing mercy unto thousands of them that love Me, and keep My commandments. Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh His name in vain. Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work; but the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates; for in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it. Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee. Thou shalt not kill. Thou shalt not commit adultery. Thou shalt not steal. Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour’s.
Question 93: How are these commandments divided? Answer: Into two tables: the first of which teaches us how we must behave towards God;¹ the second, what duties we owe to our neighbour.²
Scripture References: 1: Matthew 22:37–38 2: Matthew 22:39–40
Question 94: What does God require in the first commandment? Answer: That I, on peril of my soul’s salvation, avoid and flee from all idolatry,¹ sorcery,² superstition,³ invocation of saints or of other creatures;⁴ and that I rightly acknowledge the only true God,⁵ trust in Him alone,⁶ with all humility and patience expect all good from Him only,⁷ and love,⁸ fear,⁹ and honour¹⁰ Him with my whole heart; so that I rather renounce all creatures than do the least thing against His will.¹¹
Scripture References: 1: 1 Corinthians 6:9–10 2: Deuteronomy 18:10–12 3: 2 Kings 21:6 4: Matthew 4:10 5: John 17:3 6: Jeremiah 17:5, 7 7: Romans 5:3–5 8: Deuteronomy 6:5 9: Psalm 111:10 10: Matthew 10:28 11: Matthew 5:29–30
Question 95: What is idolatry? Answer: Idolatry is, instead of the one true God who has revealed Himself in His Word, or besides Him, to contrive or have any other thing in which to place one’s trust.¹
Scripture References: 1: Jeremiah 2:13; 23:27; Psalm 81:9–11