Catechisms 53 – 56

Preacher: Rev Gavino Fioretti

Reading: Isaiah 1

Text: Exodus 20: 7

You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain, for the Lord will not hold him guiltless who takes his name in vain.

(ESV)

Question 53

Which is the third commandment?
The third commandment is, You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain: for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that takes his name in vain.

Question 54

What is required in the third commandment?

The third commandment requires the holy and reverent use of God’s names, titles, attributes, ordinances, word, and works.

Question 55

What is forbidden in the third commandment?
The third commandment forbids all profaning or abusing of anything whereby God maketh himself known.

Question 56

What is the reason annexed to the third commandment?
The reason annexed to the third commandment is, that however the breakers of this commandment may escape punishment from men, yet the Lord our God will not suffer them to escape his righteous judgment.

Introduction:

1. The name of God:

Blasphemous use:

Meaningless use:

Irreverent use:

2. The worship of God:

Neglect:

Hypocrisy:

Irreverence:

3. The word of God:

Ignoring it:

Falsifying it:

Misusing it:

4. The sacraments of God:

Misunderstand them:

Undermine them:

Neglect them:

Abuse them: