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- 00:53, 22 November 2014 How else do you love God in light of the Fifth Commandment? (Q298) (hist) [444 bytes] Tobias (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "I keep the Fifth Commandment in love to God by showing respect for the aged; submitting to my teachers, pastors, and directors; respecting tradition and civil authority; and o...")
- 00:53, 22 November 2014 How did Jesus keep the Fifth Commandment? (Q297) (hist) [278 bytes] Tobias (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "As a child Jesus submitted himself to Mary and Joseph, and honored his mother even as he suffered on the cross by entrusting her to his beloved disciple’s care. (Luke 2:39-5...")
- 00:52, 22 November 2014 What does it mean to honor your father and mother? (Q296) (hist) [253 bytes] Tobias (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "While still a child, I should obey my parents; and I should honor, serve, respect, love, and care for them all their lives. (Proverbs 2:10; 23:22; Ephesians 6:1-4; Colossian...")
- 00:52, 22 November 2014 What is the Fifth Commandment? (Q295) (hist) [143 bytes] Tobias (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "The Fifth Commandment is: “Honor your father and your mother.”")
- 00:51, 22 November 2014 Why does the Church worship on the first day of the week rather than the seventh? (Q294) (hist) [210 bytes] Tobias (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "The Church worships on the first day of the week in remembrance of the resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ on the first day of the week. (Matthew 28:1)")
- 00:51, 22 November 2014 How do you celebrate this Sabbath rest with the Church now? (Q293) (hist) [305 bytes] Tobias (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "I join in the Church’s weekly worship and participation in God’s heavenly rest, which brings order, meaning, and holiness to the other six days of the week. (Hebrews 4:9-1...")
- 00:51, 22 November 2014 What does it mean that a Sabbath rest remains for the people of God? (Q292) (hist) [351 bytes] Tobias (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "When the Church is perfected in Christ, all believers will be completely free from sin and its curse, and established in an eternity of love, adoration, and joy. This will be...")
- 00:51, 22 November 2014 How does Jesus bring Sabbath as God’s eternal gift to you? (Q291) (hist) [301 bytes] Tobias (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "Jesus now offers himself as the source of my true rest—from the slavery of sin, from the wasteland of human striving, and from Satan’s legacy of futile toil, pain, disease...")
- 00:50, 22 November 2014 Did Jesus keep the Sabbath? (Q290) (hist) [174 bytes] Tobias (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "As its Lord, Jesus both kept and fulfilled the Sabbath. (Matthew 5:17-20; Mark 2:23-27)")
- 00:50, 22 November 2014 Where do you learn about the holiness of time? (Q289) (hist) [326 bytes] Tobias (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "In creation, through the sun, moon, and stars; in the Law, through Israel’s sacrificial calendar; and in the Church’s liturgy, patterned after Temple worship, I learn that...")
- 00:49, 22 November 2014 Why should you rest on the Sabbath? (Q288) (hist) [365 bytes] Tobias (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "I rest, as Israel was to rest, because God rested on the seventh day from his work of creation. The Sabbath rest brought rhythm to life, work, and worship; freedom from slaver...")
- 00:49, 22 November 2014 What does it mean to keep the Sabbath day holy? (Q287) (hist) [244 bytes] Tobias (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "“Sabbath” is from the Hebrew shavath, which means “rest.” God commanded Israel to set apart each seventh day following six days of work for rest and worship. (Exodus 1...")
- 00:48, 22 November 2014 What is the Fourth Commandment? (Q286) (hist) [149 bytes] Tobias (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "The Fourth Commandment is: “Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.”")
- 00:47, 22 November 2014 How can you honor God’s Name? (Q285) (hist) [361 bytes] Tobias (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "I honor and love God’s Name, in which I was baptized, by keeping my promises and by upholding honor in relationships, charity in society, justice in law, uprightness in voca...")
- 00:47, 22 November 2014 How can you use God’s Name lightly? (Q284) (hist) [284 bytes] Tobias (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "Profanity, careless speech, broken vows, open sin, and meaningless exclamations all cheapen God’s Name. These treat God’s Name as “empty” of the reality for which it s...")
- 00:46, 22 November 2014 How can you use God’s Name irreverently? (Q283) (hist) [269 bytes] Tobias (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "In false or half-hearted worship, oppression of the poor, and conflicts cloaked with divine cause, people use God’s Name without reverence for him, and only to further their...")
- 00:46, 22 November 2014 What does it mean not to take God’s Name in vain? (Q282) (hist) [287 bytes] Tobias (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "All forms of God’s Name are holy, and those who love him should use his Name with reverence, not lightly or for selfish purposes. (Leviticus 19:12; Psalm 29:2; Psalm 99:1-5;...")
- 00:46, 22 November 2014 What is the Third Commandment? (Q281) (hist) [167 bytes] Tobias (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "The Third Commandment is: “You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain.”")
- 00:36, 22 November 2014 How can you love God in worship? (Q280) (hist) [318 bytes] Tobias (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "The Holy Scriptures teach me how to worship God, and the Church’s liturgy guides my worship in keeping with the Scriptures. I can show love to God by worshiping him in this...")
- 00:35, 22 November 2014 How will idolatry affect you? (Q279) (hist) [245 bytes] Tobias (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "If I worship idols I will become like them, empty and worthless, and alienated from God, the only One who can make me whole. (Psalm 115:4-8; Jeremiah 2:11-19; Romans...")
- 00:35, 22 November 2014 How was Jesus tempted to break the first two commandments? (Q278) (hist) [392 bytes] Tobias (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "Satan tempted Jesus to bow down and worship him, promising him a world kingdom without the pain of the cross. Instead, Jesus loved and worshiped God faithfully and perfectly a...")
- 00:35, 22 November 2014 Are idols always carved images? (Q277) (hist) [328 bytes] Tobias (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "No. Relationships, habits, aspirations, and ideologies can become idols in my mind if I look to them for salvation from misery, guilt, poverty, loneliness, or despair. (Ezek...")
- 00:34, 22 November 2014 Are all carved images wrong? (Q276) (hist) [336 bytes] Tobias (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "No. God, who forbids the making of idols and worship of images, commanded carvings and pictures for the Tabernacle. These represented neither God nor false gods, but rather an...")
- 00:34, 22 November 2014 Why did the nations make such images? (Q275) (hist) [240 bytes] Tobias (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "Israel’s neighbors worshiped false gods by means of images, or idols, believing they could manipulate these imaginary gods to gain favor with them. (Isaiah 40:18-26; ...")
- 00:33, 22 November 2014 How did Israel break the first two commandments? (Q274) (hist) [293 bytes] Tobias (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "Israel worshiped the gods of the nations around them, neglected God’s Law, and corrupted the worship of the Temple, thus earning God’s punishment. (Exodus 32; Judges...")
- 00:32, 22 November 2014 What does the Second Commandment mean? (Q273) (hist) [236 bytes] Tobias (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "God’s people are neither to worship man-made images of God or of other gods, nor make such images for the purpose of worshiping them. (Deuteronomy 4:15-24)")
- 00:32, 22 November 2014 What is the Second Commandment? (Q272) (hist) [318 bytes] Tobias (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "The Second Commandment is: “You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is...")
- 00:32, 22 November 2014 How are you tempted to worship other gods? (Q271) (hist) [359 bytes] Tobias (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "I am tempted to trust in my self, possessions, relationships, and success, believing that they will give me happiness, security, and meaning. I am also tempted to believe supe...")
- 00:31, 22 November 2014 Why are you tempted to worship other gods? (Q270) (hist) [243 bytes] Tobias (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "I am tempted because my sinful heart is still drawn to false gods and their appeal for my allegiance. (Ephesians 5:1-21; James 4:1-10; 1 John 1:8-10; 5:20-21)")
- 00:31, 22 November 2014 Can you worship God perfectly? (Q269) (hist) [229 bytes] Tobias (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "No. Only our Lord Jesus Christ worshiped God perfectly. He leads the Church today to seek to do the same. (Matthew 4:1-11; 26:36-46; Revelation 4-5)")
- 00:30, 22 November 2014 What does it mean to have no other gods? (Q268) (hist) [322 bytes] Tobias (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "It means that there should be nothing in my life more important than God and obeying his will. I should love, revere, trust, and worship him only. (Exodus 34:14; Deutero...")
- 00:29, 22 November 2014 What is the First Commandment? (Q267) (hist) [162 bytes] Tobias (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "The First Commandment is: “I am the Lord your God, You shall have no other gods before me.”")
- 00:28, 22 November 2014 Part IV: Behaving Christianly: The Ten Commandments and Obedience to Christ (hist) [2,452 bytes] Tobias (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "In Jesus Christ, God calls us to respond to him in three basic ways: by grasping God’s revealed truth about Jesus with our minds; by prayerful communion with God in and thro...")
- 00:25, 22 November 2014 How does the Lord’s Supper enable you to continue learning and living God’s Law? (Q266) (hist) [311 bytes] Tobias (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "In the Lord’s Supper or Holy Eucharist, I hear the Law read, hear God’s good news of forgiveness, recall my baptismal promises, have my faith renewed, and receive grace to...")
- 00:25, 22 November 2014 How does the Church help you to live out God’s law? (Q265) (hist) [311 bytes] Tobias (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "The Church exercises godly authority and discipline over me through the ministry of baptismal sponsors, clergy, and other teachers. (Romans 15:1-7; 2 Timothy 3:14-15;...")
- 00:24, 22 November 2014 How does God prepare you to begin living his Law? (Q264) (hist) [298 bytes] Tobias (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "Through faith, repentance and Baptism, God in grace washes away my sin, gives me his Holy Spirit, and makes me a member of Christ, a child of God, and an heir of the Kingdom o...")
- 00:24, 22 November 2014 Why then do you learn God’s Law now? (Q263) (hist) [365 bytes] Tobias (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "I learn God’s Law now so that, having died to sin in Christ, I might love him as I ought, delight in his will as he heals my nature, and live for his glory. (Deuteronomy 1...")
- 00:23, 22 November 2014 When will you love God perfectly? (Q262) (hist) [200 bytes] Tobias (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "I will only love God perfectly when he completes his work of grace in me at the end of the age. (Philippians 1:6; 1 John 3:2-3)")
- 00:23, 22 November 2014 Why can you not do this perfectly? (Q261) (hist) [305 bytes] Tobias (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "While God made mankind to love him perfectly, sin has corrupted our nature, leading me to resist him, to ignore his will, and to care more for myself than for my neighbors. ([...")
- 00:22, 22 November 2014 What is our Lord Jesus Christ’s understanding of these Commandments? (Q260) (hist) [457 bytes] Tobias (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "Jesus summed them up positively by saying: “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the great and first c...")
- 00:22, 22 November 2014 How should you understand the Commandments? (Q259) (hist) [353 bytes] Tobias (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "There are four guiding principles: though stated negatively, each commandment calls for positive action, forbids whatever hinders its keeping, calls for loving, God-glorifying...")
- 00:21, 22 November 2014 How did God give the Ten Commandments? (Q258) (hist) [248 bytes] Tobias (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "God gave them to Moses audibly and awesomely, from the midst of the cloud, thus revealing his holiness, and afterward writing them on stone tablets. (Exodus 19; 32:15-16)")
- 00:12, 22 November 2014 When did God give the Ten Commandments? (Q257) (hist) [360 bytes] Tobias (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "After saving his people Israel from slavery in Egypt through the Ten Plagues, the Passover sacrifice, and crossing of the Red Sea, God gave them the Ten Commandments at Mount...")
- 00:11, 22 November 2014 Why did God give the Ten Commandments? (Q256) (hist) [376 bytes] Tobias (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "God’s holy Law is a light to show me his character, a mirror to show me myself, a tutor to lead me to Christ, and a guide to help me love God and others as I should. (Deut...")
- 22:24, 21 November 2014 How should you pray in times of suffering? (Q240) (hist) [404 bytes] Ed (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "I should join my sufferings to those of Jesus Christ, trusting in the sufficiency of his grace, and joyfully assured that “suffering produces endurance, and endurance produc...")
- 22:23, 21 November 2014 What should you remember when prayers seem to be unanswered? (Q239) (hist) [258 bytes] Ed (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "God always hears my prayers, and answers them in his wisdom and in his own time, sometimes withholding blessings for my discipline, and sometimes giving better than I ask. (...")
- 22:22, 21 November 2014 Of what should you be certain in prayer? (Q238) (hist) [348 bytes] Ed (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "I should be certain that God hears my prayers. I should also be certain that in response he will grant me all that I actually need, by his wisdom, in his time, and for his glo...")
- 22:21, 21 November 2014 How should you pray? (Q237) (hist) [275 bytes] Ed (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "I should pray with humility, love, and a ready openness to God’s will, in my heart hearing God say, “be still and know that I am God.” (Psalm 46:10-11; 2 Chronicle...")
- 22:20, 21 November 2014 What is contemplation? (Q236) (hist) [144 bytes] Ed (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "In contemplation I lift my heart in love to God without any deliberate flow of thoughts or words.")
- 22:19, 21 November 2014 What is meditation? (Q235) (hist) [204 bytes] Ed (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "In meditation I prayerfully read and reflect upon Holy Scripture according to its intended meaning, with openness to personal spiritual direction from God.")
