Take heed unto thyself, and unto the doctrine; continue in them: for in doing this thou shalt both save thyself, and them that hear thee. 1 Timothy 4:16 THE words are a substantial part of the good counsel and direction [which] the apostle giveth unto Timothy, and in him unto all the ministers of the …
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https://open.spotify.com/episode/2ueSU5zUC5yQcvwt3ikjrp?si=EwmqqXVSQpyxUsGxCJm0nQ In the New City Catechism’s brief trek through the Ten Commandments, we come now to the final two. Unlike the prohibitions against murder, adultery, or theft, we might be tempted to these final two commandments deal with less severe sins. The reality, however, is that the Ninth and Tenth Commandments are just as endemic …
Continue reading Question 12: What Does God Require in the Ninth and Tenth Commandments?
But as it is, Christ has obtained a ministry that is as much more excellent than the old as the covenant he mediates is better, since it is enacted on better promises. For if that first covenant had been faultless, there would have been no occasion to look for a second. For he finds fault …
Midsummer gnat season is officially here, and earlier this week, I asked Tiff whether or not we are unknowingly descendants of ancient Egypt who are receiving a fresh outpouring of the third of the ten plagues from Exodus. It's a somewhat humorous exaggeration, I know, but every time I run my electric flyswatter through a …
https://open.spotify.com/episode/7p2LIAG77lorCIWAxGwhZO?si=NH1pvnZpSZSK7HpSJxq4RQ Much as the first three commandments set our minds squarely upon how we ought to love God supremely with all our being, the three before us in this question focus upon how we ought to love our neighbor as ourselves. These are also the three shortest commandments among the Ten, being recorded for us …
Continue reading Question 11: What Does God Require in the Sixth, Seventh, and Eighth Commandments?
For it was indeed fitting that we should have such a high priest, holy, innocent, unstained, separated from sinners, and exalted above the heavens. He has no need, like those high priests, to offer sacrifices daily, first for his own sins and then for those of the people, since he did this once for all …
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https://open.spotify.com/episode/5fRKheenNLypPHRmgEFgp7?si=rzN_2dO8Q6qBgsR6bRvnKw The Ten Commandments are often divided into two tables, one pertaining to the love of God and the other describing how we are to love our neighbor. The most traditional division is between the Fourth and Fifth Commandments. The Fourth Commandment, after all, requires the remembering and keeping of the Sabbath day holy, while the Fifth Commandment demands honor to be given to …
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https://open.spotify.com/episode/6mMNiP0Q0YUak1UUrfbG6l?si=o9oGeIMWS0Sfw2-5Jp9Ytw The two commandments before us are unique among the Ten. Only the Fourth and Fifth Commandments are not prohibitions. God prohibits idolatry, blaspheme, adultery, theft, and the others because He knows that we will commit such sins when given the opportunity. Likewise, He commands us to rest and to honor our father and mother …
Continue reading Question 10: What Does God Require in the Fourth and Fifth Commandments?
For this Melchizedek, king of Salem, priest of the Most High God, met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings and blessed him, and to him Abraham apportioned a tenth part of everything. He is first, by translation of his name, king of righteousness, and then he is also king of Salem, that is, …
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Having confessed the Ten Commandments as the summary of God's law in Question 8, Questions 9-12 now aim to give us a concise synopsis of each commandment. Here the first three commandments are fittingly presented together, for these first commandments deal directly with how we are to worship and honor God as the only true …
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