Reformed. In other words, what is prohibited in your mind in the 1st commandment? What is commanded?
For shorthand, do you agree with the Larger Catechism? Quote:
WLC 104 What are the duties required in the first commandment? A. The duties required in the first commandment are, the knowing and acknowledging of God to be the only true God, and our God;(1) and to worship and glorify him accordingly,(2) by thinking,(3) meditating,(4) remembering,(5) highly esteeming,(6) honouring,(7) adoring,(8) choosing,(9) loving,(10) desiring,(11) fearing of him;(12) believing him;(13) trusting,(14) hoping,(15) delighting,(16) rejoicing in him;(17) being zealous for him;(18) calling upon him, giving all praise and thanks,(19) and yielding all obedience and submission to him with the whole man;(20) being careful in all things to please him,(21) and sorrowful when in any thing he is offended;(22) and walking humbly with him.(23)
(1)1 Chron. 28:9; Deut. 26:17; Isa. 43:10; Jer. 14:22
(2)Ps. 95:6,7; Matt. 4:10; Ps. 29:2
(3)Mal. 3:16
(4)Ps. 63:6
(5)Eccl. 12:1
(6)Ps. 71:19
(7)Mal. 1:6
(8)Isa. 45:23
(9)Josh. 24:15,22
(10)Deut. 6:5
(11)Ps. 73:25
(12)Isa. 8:13
(13)Exod. 14:31
(14)Isa. 26:4
(15)Ps. 130:7
(16)Ps. 37:4
(17)Ps. 32:11
(18)Rom. 12:11 with Num. 25:11
(19)Phil. 4:6
(20)Jer. 7:23; James 4:7
(21)1 John 3:22
(22)Jer. 31:18; Ps. 119:136
(23)Micah 6:8
WLC 105 What are the sins forbidden in the first commandment? A. The sins forbidden in the first commandment are, Atheism, in denying, or not having a God;(1) Idolatry, in having or worshipping more gods than one, or any with or instead of the true God;(2) the not having and avouching him for God, and our God;(3) the omission or neglect of any thing due to him, required in this commandment;(4) ignorance,(5) forgetfulness,(6) misapprehensions,(7) false opinions,(8) unworthy and wicked thoughts of him;(9) bold and curious searching into his secrets;(10) all profaneness,(11) hatred of God;(12) self-love,(13) self-seeking,(14) and all other inordinate and immoderate setting of our mind, will, or affections upon other things, and taking them off from him in whole or in part;(15) vain credulity,(16) unbelief,(17) heresy,(18) misbelief,(19) distrust,(20) despair,(21) incorrigibleness(22) and insensibleness under judgments(23), hardness of heart,(24) pride,(25) presumption,(26) carnal security,(27) tempting of God;(28) using unlawful means,(29) and trusting in unlawful means;(30) carnal delights and joys;(31) corrupt, blind, and indiscreet zeal;(32) lukewarmness,(33) and deadness in the things of God;(34) estranging ourselves, and apostatizing from God;(35) praying, or giving any religious worship, to saints, angels, or any other creatures;(36) all compacts and consulting with the devil,(37) and hearkening to his suggestions;(38) making men the lords of our faith and conscience;(39) slighting and despising God and his commands;(40) resisting and grieving of his Spirit,(41) discontent and impatience at his dispensations, charging him foolishly for the evils he inflicts on us;(42) and ascribing the praise of any good we either are, have, or can do, to fortune,(43) idols,(44) ourselves,(45) or any other creature.(46)
(1)Ps. 14:1; Eph. 2:12
(2)Jer. 2:27,28 compared with 1 Thess. 1:9
(3)Ps. 81:11
(4)Isa. 43:22,23,24
(5)Jer. 4:22; Hos. 4:1,6
(6)Jer. 2:32
(7)Acts 17:23,29
(8)Isa. 40:18
(9)Ps. 50:21
(10)Deut. 29:29
(11)Tit. 1:16; Heb. 12:16
(12)Rom. 1:30
(13)2 Tim. 3:2
(14)Phil. 2:21
(15)1 John 2:15,16; 1 Sam. 2:29; Col. 3:2,5
(16)1 John 4:1
(17)Heb. 3:12
(18)Gal. 5:20
(19)Acts 26:9
(20)Ps. 78:22
(21)Gen. 4:13
(22)Jer. 5:3
(23)Isa. 42:25
(24)Rom. 2:5
(25)Jer. 13:15
(26)Ps. 19:13
(27)Zeph. 1:12
(28)Matt. 4:7
(29)Rom. 3:8
(30)Jer. 17:5
(31)2 Tim. 3:4
(32)Gal. 4:17; John 16:2; Rom. 10:2; Luke 9:54,55
(33)Rev. 3:16
(34)Rev. 3:1
(35)Ezek. 14:5; Isa. 1:4,5
(36)Rom. 10:13,14; Hosea 4:12; Acts 10:25,26; Rev. 19:10; Matt. 4:10; Col. 2:18; Rom. 1:25
(37)Lev. 20:6; 1 Sam. 28:7,11; 1 Chron. 10:13,14
(38)Acts 5:3
(39)2 Cor. 1:24; Matt. 23:9
(40)Deut. 32:15; 2 Sam. 12:9; Prov. 13:13
(41)Acts 7:51; Eph. 4:30
(42)Ps. 73:2,3,13,14,15,22; Job 1:22
(43)1 Sam. 6:7,8,9
(44)Dan. 5:23
(45)Deut. 8:17; Dan. 4:30
(46)Hab. 1:16
| [Edited on 12/17/2004 by fredtgreco]
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