The First Commandment After the First Commandment

Hopewell Associate Reformed Presbyterian

Pastor walks his children through Westminster Shorter Catechism question 49—especially explaining how the first part of having God as our God is thinking about Him and worshiping Him only in the ways that He has given us to do so. Q49. Which is the second commandment? The second commandment is, Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth: thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate Me; and showing mercy unto thousands of them that love Me, and keep My commandments.