Theme: Happiness Is Found in the Way of the Lord
Learn by Heart
Verse: James 2:10
For whoever keeps the whole law but fails in one point has become accountable for all of it.
Hymn: “God’s Own Child, I Gladly Say It” | ELH #246:1-3
The Catechism: The Conclusion to the Commandments
What does God say about these commandments?
I the Lord your God am a jealous God, bringing the consequences of the fathers’ iniquity upon the children to the third and fourth generation of those who hate Me, and showing mercy to thousands of those who love Me and keep My commandments.
What does this mean?
God threatens to punish all who transgress these commandments. Therefore we should fear His wrath and not disobey these commandments. But He promises grace and every blessing to all who keep these commandments. Therefore we should also love and trust in Him and willingly obey His commandments.
