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Q. 61. What is forbidden in the third commandment?
A. The third commandment forbids all profaning and abusing of any thing whereby God makes Himself known.
(Malachi 1:6,7; Lev. 20:3;19:12; Matt. 5:34-37; Isa. 52:5)
Q. 62. What is the reason annexed to the third commandment?
A. The reason annexed to the third commandment is, that howsoever the breakers of this commandment may escape punishment from men, yet the Lord our God will
not suffer them to escape His righteous judgment.
(Deut. 28:58,59; Malachi 2:2)
Q. 63. Which is the fourth commandment?
A. The fourth commandment is, Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy. Six
days shalt thou labor 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 maid servant, nor your cattle, nor your stranger who 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.
(Exodus 20:8-11)
Q. 64. What is required in the fourth commandment?
A. The fourth commandment requires the keeping holy to God such set times as He
has appointed in His Word, expressly one whole day in seven to be a holy Sabbath to Himself.
(Lev. 19:30; Deut. 5:12)
Q. 65. Which day of the seven has God appointed to be the weekly Sabbath?
A. From the creation of the world to the resurrection of Christ, God appointed the seventh day of the week to be the weekly Sabbath; and the first day of the week ever
since, to continue to the end of the world, which is the Christian Sabbath.
(Gen. 2:3; John 20:19; Acts 20:7; 1 Cor. 16:1,2; Rev. 1:10)
Q. 66. How is the Sabbath to be sanctified?
A. The Sabbath is to sanctified by a holy resting all that day, even from such worldly
employments and recreations as are lawful on other days, and spending the time in the public and private exercises of God's worship, except so much as is to be taken
up in the works of necessity and mercy.
(Lev. 23:3; Isa. 58:13,14; Isa. 66:23; Matt. 12:11,12)
Q. 67. What is forbidden in the fourth commandment?
A. The fourth commandment forbids the ommission or careless performance of the
duties required, and the profaning the day by idleness, or doing that which is in itself sinful, or by unnecessary thoughts, words, or works, about worldly employments or
recreations.
(Ezekiel 22:26; 23:38; Jer. 17:21; Neh. 13:15,17; Acts 20:7)
Q. 68. What are the reasons annexed to the fourth commandment?
A. The reasons annexed to the fourth commandment are, God's allowing us six days
of the week for our own employments, His challenging a special propriety in the seventh, His own example and His blessing the Sabbath day.
(Exodus 34:21; 31:16,17; Gen. 2:2,3)
Q. 69. Which is the fifth commandment?
A. The fifth commandment is, "Honor thy father and thy mother, that thy days may
be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee."
(Exodus 20:12)
Q. 70. What is required in the fifth commandment?
A. The fifth commandment requires the preserving the honor, and performing the
duties, belonging to every one in their several places and relations, as superiors, inferiors, or equals.
(Lev. 19:32; 1 Peter 2:17; Rom. 13:1; Eph. 5:21,22; Eph. 6:1,5,9; Col. 3:19-22; Rom. 12:10)
Q. 71. What is forbidden in the fifth commandment?
A. The fifth commandment forbids the neglecting of, or doing anything against the
honor and duty which belongs to every one in their several places and relations.
(Prov. 30:17; Rom. 13:7,8)
Q. 72. What is the reason annexed to the fifth commandment?
A. The reason annexed to the fifth commandment is a promise of long life and
prosperity (as far as it shall serve God's glory and their own good), to all such as keep this commandment.
(Eph. 6:2,3; Prov. 4:3-6; 6:20-22)
Q. 73. Which is the sixth commandment(continued)

Benjamin Keach's Catechism This Catechism was originally published to clarify the theology of the Second London Baptist Confession that was written in 1677 and published after the Glorious Revolution in 1689. This particular edition of Keach's Catechism appears to have been edited at some point without changing its essential message.Visit http://truthforhomer.blogspot.com to download a PDF of this catechism and the 1689 SLC.
Q. 1. Who is the first and best of beings? A. God is the first and best of beings. (Isaiah 44:6; Psalm 8:1; 97:9)
Q. 2. What is the chief end of man? A. Man's chief end is to glorify God and to enjoy Him forever. (1 Cor. 10:31; Psalm 73:25-26)
Q. 3. How do we know there is a God? A. The light of nature in man, and the works of God, plainly declare that there is a God; but His Word and Spirit only, do effectually reveal Him unto us for our salvation. (Rom. 1:18-20; Psalm 19:1,2; 2 Tim. 3:15; 1 Cor. 1:21-24; 1 Cor. 2:9,10)
Q. 4. What is the Word of God? A. The Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments, being given by divine inspiration, are the Word of God, the only infallible rule of faith and practice. (2 Peter 1:21; 2 Timothy 3:16,17; Isaiah 8:20)
Q. 5. How do we know that the Bible is the Word of God? A. The Bible evidences itself to be God's Word by the heavenliness of its doctrine, the unity of its parts, its power to convert sinners and to edify saints; but the Spirit of God only, bearing witness by and with the Scriptures in our hearts, is able fully to persuade us that the Bible is the Word of God. (1 Cor. 2:6,7,13; Ps. 119:18, 129; Acts 10:43, 26:22; Acts 18:28; Heb 4:12; Ps. 19:7-9; Rom. 15:4; John 16:13,14; 1 John 2:20-27; 2 Cor. 3:14- 17)
Q. 6. May all men make use of the Scriptures? A. All men are not only permitted, but commanded and exhorted, to read, hear, and understand the Scriptures. (John 5:39; Luke 16:29; Acts 8:28-30; 17:11)
Q. 7 What do the Scriptures principally teach? A. the Scriptures principally teach what man is to believe concerning God, and what duty God requires of man.
Q. 8. What is God? A. God is a Spirit, infinite, eternal, and unchangeable in His being, wisdom, power, holiness, justice, goodness and truth. (John 4:24; Ps. 147:5; Ps. 90:2; James 1:17; Rev. 4:8; Ps. 89:14; Exod. 34:6,7; 1 Tim. 1:17)
Q. 9. Are there more gods than one? A. There is but one only, the living and true God. (Deut. 6:4; Jeremiah 10:10)
Q. 10. How many persons are there in the Godhead? A. There are three persons in the Godhead, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit; and these three are one God, the same in essence, equal in power and glory. (1 Cor. 8:6; John 10:30; John 14:9; Acts 5:3,4; Matt. 28:19; 2 Cor. 13:14)
Q. 11. What are the decrees of God? A. The decrees of God are His eternal purpose, according to the counsel of His will, whereby for His own glory, He has fore-ordained whatsoever comes to pass (Eph. 1:11; Rom. 11:36; Dan. 4:35)
Q. 12. How does God execute His decrees? A. God executes His decrees in the works of creation and providence. (Gen. 1:1; Rev. 4:11; Matt. 6:26; Acts 14:17)
Q. 13. What is the work of creation? A. The work of creation is God's making all things of nothing, by the Word of His power, in the space of six days, and all very good. (Gen. 1:1; Heb. 11:3; Ex. 20:11; Gen. 1:31)
Q. 14. How did God create man? A. God created man male and female, after His own image, in knowledge, righteousness, and holiness, with dominion over the creatures. (Gen. 1:27; Col. 3:10; Eph. 4:24; Gen. 1:28)
Q. 15. What are God's works of providence? A. God's works of providence are His most holy, wise, and powerful preserving and governing all His creatures, and all their actions. (Neh. 9:6; Col. 1:17; Heb. 1:3; Ps. 103:19; Matt. 10:29,30)
Q. 16. What special act of providence did God exercise towards man, in the estate wherein he was created? A. When God had created man, He entered into a covenant of works with him, upon condition of perfect(continued)

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