PART ONE. THE TEN COMMANDMENTS, OR THE LAW. _13. How has God given His law to us?_ 1. In the creation God wrote His Law in the heart of man. (Conscience.) Rom. 2:15. 2. At Mount Sinai He gave His Law in the Ten Commandments, written on two tables of stone. Ex. 20:1-17. _14. Does this Law demand outward observance only?_ No; it demands the whole man, and the willing obedience of heart and mind. =Luk. 10:27. Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind.= _15. Can we be saved through the Law?_ No; since the fall in sin no man can perfectly keep the Law. =Rom. 8:7. The carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can it be.= _16. Of what benefit, then, is the Law?_ 1. It points out to us our sins and the wrath of God toward sin. =Rom. 3:20. [R. V.] Through the law cometh the knowledge of sin.= 2. It makes us anxious to seek Christ. =Gal. 3:24. The law was our schoolmaster to bring us to Christ.= 3. It points out to the believer what fruits his faith must bear. =Ps. 119:105. Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.= _17. What is the substance of the law?_ Love to God, ourselves, and our neighbor. Matt. 22:37-40. =Rom. 13:10. [R. V.] Love is the fulfilment of the law.= =1 Tim. 1:5. [R. V.] But the end of the charge is love out of a pure heart and a good conscience and faith unfeigned.= THE FIRST TABLE OF THE LAW. _18. What is the substance of the first table?_ Love of God. =Luk 10:27. Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind.= THE FIRST COMMANDMENT. =Thou shalt have no other gods before me.= _That is_, We should fear, love, and trust in God above all things. _19. What does the first commandment forbid?_ It forbids the worship of strange gods, or idols. =Matt. 4:10. Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.= _20. What is meant by an idol?_ Anything that man worships, fears, loves, and trusts in instead of the one true God. _21. Who practice idolatry openly?_ They who worship the created things instead of the Creator, and pray to the sun, the moon, stars, images, angels, or saints. =Rom. 1:25. They changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed forever.= _22. Who practice idolatry secretly?_ They who turn their _love_, _fear_, and _trust_ from the living God, that they may secretly cling to something else than Him. _23. Whom do all idolaters really serve?_ They serve the devil who is the father of lies, and the lord of all impenitent and hardened sinners. =1 John 3:8. [R. V.] He that doeth sin is of the devil.=