What the Second Commandment Requires (WSC 49-50; FC 87)
/The Second Commandment requires that we offer worship to God that he likes, that is in accord with his instructions to us in Scripture, not adding or taking away from those instructions.
What the First Commandment Forbids (WSC 47-48; FC 84)
/The First Commandment forbids us to deny him as the one true God and worship anything else along with God.
What the First Commandment Requires (WSC 45-46; FC 85)
/Because there is only one true God, we must worship him alone and call others to do the same.
The Preface to the Ten Commandments (WSC 43-44; FC 77)
/We are required to obey God because he made us and the fact that he has Redeemed us only increases that obligation.
The Sum of the Ten Commandments (WSC 42; FC 80)
/The Ten Commandments can be summed up in the command to love God with all your heart, which, if done, means you will also love your neighbor as well.
The Summary of the Moral Law (WSC 41; FC 76)
/The Ten Commandments summarize for us the Moral Law of God which was given at creation and continues to be of use to us, even after the fall.
The Moral Law (WSC 40)
/The Moral Law is the Covenant of Works which required perfect and personal obedience and promised life for those who obey and threatened death for those who disobeyed.
The Duty God Requires (WSC 39)
/God holds us accountable to obey all that he tells us in his word and nothing more.
The Benefits of Salvation at the Resurrection (WSC 38; FC 149)
/On the Last Day, God’s people are publicly proclaimed to be innocent and rewarded with heaven, where they fulfill their created purpose.
The Benefits of Salvation at Death (WSC 37; FC 144)
/When you die, your soul and body are separated, your soul going to heaven and your body resting in the grave until the Last Day.
Other Benefits of Effectual Calling (WSC 36; FC 55)
/There are three benefits which accompany or flow from justification and adoption and two benefits which accompany or flow from sanctification.
Sanctification (WSC 35; FC 57)
/Sanctification is a long and slow process where God changes you to be more and more like him.
Adoption (WSC 34; FC 8)
/The Bible uses adoption to describ the reality that we have the rights of sons of God, namely to ask for help, receive discipline and inherit his kingdom.
Justification (WSC 33; FC 56)
/God declares us righteous by doing two things: taking away our sin and giving us Christ’s obedience.
Benefits of Effectual Calling in this Life (WSC 32; FC 51)
/God gives true believers blessings in this life which flow from being united to Jesus in this world.
Effectual Calling (WSC 31; FC 42)
/God enables us to believe in Jesus Christ by reversing our total depravity and, thereby, enabling us to understand, believe and trust in him for our salvation.
The Gift of Faith (WSC 30; FC 40)
/Faith takes hold of Jesus and what he possesses, but is, itself, a gift of God.
Effectual Calling (WSC 29; FC 40)
/The Holy Spirit takes the accomplishments of Christ in history and applies them to the elect today.
The First Petition (WSC 101; FC 115)
/The first petition of the Lord’s Prayer orients the whole prayer toward that which brings God glory and seeks His aid to help us be a part of what brings him glory.
The Exaltation of Christ (WSC 28; FC 142)
/The exaltation of Christ includes everything from his resurrection on.