The Small Catechism – part 24
Lessons in the Lutheran Confessions
Scripture Text: Exodus 20:5–6
Series: Lessons in the Lutheran Confessions
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From the Confessions: The Small Catechism, The First Commandment
You shall have no other gods.
What does this mean?
Answer: We should fear, love, and trust in God above all things.
Pulling It Together: Imagine that those who are made in the image of the Almighty God (Genesis 1:26) would bow down to figurines of human invention. Ludicrous! That would be the image of the greater bending to the image of the lesser. It is twisted: a perversion. Worshiping your own invention or that of another is to venerate something less than yourself, less than human. We to fear, love, and trust in God above all things; yet how could we do any less than to fear, love, and trust in the product of human invention?
Prayer: Lord God, I would look to you alone for all good things. Amen.
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Rev. Dr. Mark E. Ryman has served as Pastor for St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Salisbury, NC, since 2021. Previously, Pastor Ryman served congregations in North Carolina and Ohio, as well as a call to specialized ministry with Sola Publishing.
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