1 Pet. 5;5.—Be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.—Heb. 10;36.—Ps. 37;5.—James. 1;17.
Deut. 6;5.—Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine heart.—Deut. 10;12.—Ps. 34;9.—Ecc. 12;3.—1 Cor. 6;20.
Matt. 10;37.—He that loveth father and mother more than me, is not worthy of me.—Matt. 10;28.—Acts 5;29.—Luke 14;26.—Matt. 5;19.
95. What is idolatry?
Idolatry is instead of, or besides that one true God, who has manifested himself in his word, to contrive, or have any other object in which men place their trust (Gal. 4;8).
Gal. 4;8.—Howbeit then, when ye knew now God, ye did service unto them which by nature are not gods.—1 Pet. 4;3.—1 Thess. 1;9.—Matt. 6;24.—Phil. 3;19.
35. LORD’S DAY.
*96. What doth God require in the second command?
That we in no wise represent God by images (Deut. 4;23, 24), nor worship him in any other way than he has commanded in his word (Deut. 12;32).
Deut. 4;23, 24.—Take heed unto yourselves, lest ye forget the covenant of the Lord your God, which he made with you, and make you a graven image, or the likeness of any thing, which the Lord thy God hath forbidden thee.—Rom. 1;22, 23.—Acts 17;29.—Isa. 40;18.
Deut. 12;32.—What thing soever I command you, observe to do it; thou shalt not add thereto, nor diminish from it.—Deut. 4;2.—John 4;24.
