9. Fear, love, and trust God demands from us. Fear, love, and trust are to be found in the heart. _God claims our hearts in this commandment. "Trust in the Lord with all thine heart."_ Prov. 3,5. Together with our hearts God wants our whole lives, all we are and have. _The First Commandment is the greatest of them all._ In this all the others are included. Let us daily pray God to grant us His grace to fear and love Him and trust in Him above all things, in order that we may have no other gods before Him. REMEMBER:-- _1. We should fear and love God and trust in Him above all things; then we shall have no other gods before Him; then He, the true God, will be our God indeed._ _2. We should fear and love and trust in God above all things. God wants our whole heart and life, all that we are and have._ MEMORIZE:-- _I am the almighty God; walk before Me, and be thou perfect._ Gen. 17,1. _Trust in the Lord with all thine heart._ Prov. 3,5. _Thou shalt worship the Lord, thy God, and Him only shalt thou serve._ Matt. 4,10. QUESTIONS. 1. What does God tell us in His commandments? 2. Why has God a right to give us these commandments? 3. Which is the First Commandment? 4. Who should be our God? 5. When is the only true God our God? 6. What does it mean to fear God? 7. How do we show that we fear God? 8. What does the Lord say Gen. 17,1? 9. What does it mean to love God? 10. What shall we fulfil if we love God? 11. What does it mean to trust in God? 12. What shall we firmly believe if we trust in God? 13. How should we fear and love God and trust in Him? 14. Why should we fear and love God above all things? 15. What sin do we commit if we fear and love any one more than God? 16. What does our Lord say Matt. 4,10? 17. What does God demand of us in the First Commandment? 18. Why is the First Commandment the greatest of all? LESSON 3. The Second Commandment. Which is the Second Commandment? _Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord, thy God, in vain._ What does this mean? _We should fear and love God that we may not curse, swear, use witchcraft, lie, or deceive by His name, but call upon it in every trouble, pray, praise, and give thanks._ 1. We learned in the first Commandment that we should _fear and love our God above all things._ That is the will of our Father in heaven. If we fear and love God, we shall gladly fulfil His commandments and do His will. And it is only if we fear and love God that we shall do so. All our obedience to God and His commandments must come from a heart that fears and loves God. In every commandment our God demands again that we fear and love Him. Therefore our Catechism begins the explanation of every commandment with these words: _"We should fear and love God."_