Summary of the Law – A Kingdom Catechism

Summary of the Law

Q 43: What does the Law of God principally teach?

A 43: The Law of God principally teaches men how they must love God and love their neighbors. (Matt. 22:34-30; 1 Jn. 5:1-3)

Q 44: Which parts of the Law of God teach us to love God?

A 44: While all the Law teaches love for God, the first four commandments, together with their precepts, statutes, and rules, most especially teach us how we must love Him. (Ex. 20:1-11; Deut. 5:6-15)

Q 45: Which parts of the Law of God teach us to love our neighbors?

A 45: While all the Law teaches love for our neighbors, the last six commandments, together with their precepts, statutes, and rules, most especially teach us how we must love them. (Ex. 20:12-17; Deut. 5:16-21)

Reading and meditating on the Law of God is every believer’s duty and privilege (Ps. 1). Order your copy of The Law of God, a compendium of the commandments and precepts of God’s Law, by going to www.MyParuchia.com, point your browser to “Publications,” then click on the drop-down option, “Waxed Tablet Publications.”

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In the Gates is a devotional series on the Law of God by Rev. T.M. Moore.

T.M. Moore is editor of the Worldview Church. He serves as dean of the Centurions Program of the Wilberforce Forum and principal of The Fellowship of Ailbe, a spiritual fellowship in the Celtic Christian tradition. He is the author or editor of twenty books, and has contributed chapters to four others. His essays, reviews, articles, papers, and poetry have appeared in dozens of national and international journals, and on a wide range of websites. His most recent books are The Ailbe Psalter and The Ground for Christian Ethics (Waxed Tablet).

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