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| 3 Q. |
How do you come to know your misery? |
| A. |
The law of God tells me.1
1 Rom. 3:20; 7:7-25 |
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| 4 Q. |
What does God's law require of us? |
| A. |
Christ teaches us this in summary in Matthew 22--
Love the Lord your God
with all your heart
and with all your soul
and with all your mind
and with all your strength.1*
This is the first and greatest commandment.
And the second is like it:
Love your neighbor as yourself.2
All the Law and the Prophets hang
on these two commandments.
1 Deut. 6:5
2 Lev. 19:18
* Earlier and better manuscripts of Matthew 22 omit the words
"and with all your strength." They are found in Mark 12:30. |
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| 5 Q. |
Can you live up to all this perfectly? |
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No.1
I have a natural tendency
to hate God and my neighbor.2
1 Rom. 3:9-20, 23; 1 John 1:8, 10
2 Gen. 6:5; Jer. 17:9; Rom.
7:23-24; 8:7; Eph. 2:1-3;
Titus 3:3 |
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