10. _What does God say of all these commandments?_ Why does He call Himself the Lord? What does He mean when He calls Himself a jealous God? What does He threaten in these words? Whom will He punish? What does He threaten those who hate Him and transgress His commandments? Therefore we should fear His wrath and not act contrary to His commandments. What does God promise those who love Him and keep His commandments? What is the reward which He promises them? Why does He give His children such rich rewards? What should this grace and kindness of God induce us to do? What do the Ten Commandments teach us? We do not perfectly fulfil the will of God; we are sinners. Whom are we in need of because we are sinners? Who is our true and only Savior? Let us all diligently study the Ten Commandments and learn therefrom the will of our Father. Let us pray to God for His Spirit that we may live according to His will more and more. LESSON 13. Our Creed. 1. You have already learned by heart the Three Articles of the Creed. These articles, together with their explanation, form the _Second Chief Part of our Small Catechism._ The Three Articles are called the _Creed,_ that is, the _Christian faith._ In these articles is contained all that we Christians _believe_ in our hearts, and _confess_ with our mouths, _regarding God and His works,_ all that He has done and will do for us, His children. Through Baptism you have become God's children; you must therefore also believe and confess what our Church confesses in these Three Articles. Consequently it is necessary for us to study them, in order that we may understand them. 2. No man knows of himself who God is and what He has done for us. _God alone_ can tell us about these things. And God has revealed Himself to us; He has told us in His holy _Word_ who He is and what He has done for us. From Holy Scriptures alone do we learn what we, as Christians, are to know and believe regarding God and His works. And what God tells us in His Word we verily may believe. It must be true, since God cannot and will not lie.--All the doctrines in Holy Scriptures which teach us who God is and what He has done and will do for us to save us, we call the _Gospel._ The word Gospel means _glad tidings, good news._