Question 18: Will God allow our disobedience and idolatry to go unpunished?

What is idolatry? Idolatry is trusting in created things rather than the Creator for our hope and happiness, significance and security.

Question 16: What is sin? Sin is rejecting or ignoring God in the world he created, rebelling against him by living without reference to him, not being or doing what he requires in his law—resulting in our death and the disintegration of all creation.

Question 15: Since no one can keep the law, what is its purpose? That we may know the holy nature and will of God, and the sinful nature and disobedience of our hearts; and thus our need of a Savior. The law also teaches and exhorts us to live a life worthy of our Savior.

Did God create us unable to keep his law? No, but because of the disobedience of our first parents, Adam and Eve, all of creation is fallen; we are all born in sin and guilt, corrupt in our nature and unable to keep God’s law.

Can anyone keep the law of God perfectly? Since the fall, no mere human has been able to keep the law of God perfectly, but consistently breaks it in thought, word, and deed.

Can anyone keep the law of God perfectly? Since the fall, no mere human has been able to keep the law of God perfectly, but consistently breaks it in thought, word, and deed.

New City Question 12: What does God require in the ninth and tenth commandments?

The sixth, seventh, and eighth commandments are part of the second table of the law in which we are shown what it means to love our neighbor.

What does God require in the first, second, and third, commandments?