LORD'S DAY 33

88. In how many things does true repentance or conversion consist?

In two things: the dying of the old man,^[1] and the making alive of the new.

^[1]Rom. 6:4-6; Eph. 4:22-24; Col. 3:5-10; I Cor. 5:7.

89. What is the dying of the old man?

Heartfelt sorrow for sin, causing us to hate and turn from it always more and more.^[1]

^[1]Rom. 8:13; Joel 2:13.

90. What is the making alive of the new man?

Heartfelt joy in God through Christ,^[1] causing us to take delight in living according to the will of God in all good works.^[2]

^[1]Rom. 5:1; 14:17; Isa. 57:15. ^[2]Rom. 8:10-11; Gal. 2:20; *Rom. 7:22.

91. What are good works?

Those only which proceed from true faith,^[1] and are done according to the Law of God,^[2] unto His glory,^[3] and not such as rest on our own opinion^[4] or the commandments of men.^[5]

^[1]Rom. 14:23. ^[2]I Sam. 15:22; Eph. 2:10. ^[3]I Cor. 10:31. ^[4]Deut. 12:32; Ezek. 20:18, 20; Isa. 29:13. ^[5]Mt. 15:9; *Num. 15:39.

THE LAW OF GOD

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92. What is the Law of God?

“God spake all these words, saying:”

First Commandment

“I am the Lord thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. Thou shalt have no other gods before me.”

Second Commandment

“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.”

Third Commandment

“Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain; for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh His name in vain.”

Fourth Commandment

“Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou labor and do all thy work: but the seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates: for in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the Lord blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.”

Fifth Commandment

“Honor thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.”

Sixth Commandment

“Thou shalt not kill.”

Seventh Commandment

“Thou shalt not commit adultery.”

Eighth Commandment

“Thou shalt not steal.”