Lessons in the Small Catechism of Dr. Martin Luther: For the Senior Department of Lutheran Sunday-Schools and for General UseLuther, Martin
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Lessons in the Small Catechism of Dr. Martin Luther: For the Senior Department of Lutheran Sunday-Schools and for General Use
Luther, Martin
Lutheran Church -- Catechisms
1. Stating it in one word, what do we call all the money and goods our
neighbor has? 2. From whom did he receive his property? 3. How should
the property of our neighbor be to us? 4. What does it mean to steal? 5.
In what way do men take the property of their neighbor against his will?
6. What do we call robbery? 7. What is theft? 8. How should we also not
take our neighbor's money or goods? 9. When do we take our neighbor's
money by false wares? 10. When do we take it by false dealings? 11. How
does the Bible call him who borrows money but does not repay it? (Ps.
37,21.) 12. What does God command us to do in behalf of our neighbor's
property and business? 13. How should we help our neighbor when he is
poor and suffering want? 14. What does our Lord say Matt. 5,42? 15. To
whom does he lend who takes pity on the poor? 16. What do we learn from
Heb. 13,16? 17. What should we do to protect our neighbor's property?
18. If we love God, whom shall we love also?
LESSON 9.
The Eighth Commandment.
Which is the Eighth Commandment?
_Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor._
What does this mean?
_We should fear and love God that we may not deceitfully belie, betray,
slander, nor defame our neighbor, but defend him, speak well, of him,
and put the best construction on everything._
1. _"Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor,"_ that is
the command of our heavenly Father in the Eighth Commandment. _False
witness_ is any false statement against our neighbor, anything false and
deceitful that we say against him. A _false_ statement is saying
something that is not true; it is a statement _against_ our neighbor
when it will harm him, or hurt his good name, or deprive him of it
altogether.--False witness comes out of an evil _heart,_ a heart that
is false and insincere against our neighbor. We should not even _think
evil_ of him. _"Let none of you imagine evil in your hearts against your
neighbor."_ Zech. 8,17. If we love God and for His sake our neighbor, we
shall always think well of him, even if he is our enemy.
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