1. What is the threat the God attaches to his commandments? Q133: How does God want his commandments to be kept?

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1 Lesson 21 Q th Grade Catechism Name: STUDENT THINK SHEET - Working with a partner (read each passage and discuss with your partner, look over the brief note that is listed as well, then answer the questions in the boxes after each section) Question to begin: If you had to choose, which of God's commandments do you feel isn't as important as the rest? Lesson Objectives: 1- God threatens to punish those who break his commandments. 2- God promises to bless those who keep his commands. Aim: What does God want to impress on us by including both a threat and a promise in the conclusion to the commandments? 1. What is the threat the God attaches to his commandments? Q133: How does God want his commandments to be kept? 602) sin 600) God demands perfection 601) break it once, break it all - think of popping a balloon Q134: What does God call any breaking of his commandments? Q135: With what does God threaten to punish all who break his commandments? 608) wrath of God 612) eternal death 613) wages - MEMORY PASSAGE

2 617) eternal fire How good is good enough in keeping God s law? What is the worst punishment that God warns everyone about in breaking his laws? Key Point 1: When we disobey the commandments, God threatens to punish us with his anger, earthly troubles, death, and hell. 2. What should God s threats lead us to do? Q136: What does God want to impress on us by his threat to punish to the third and fourth generation of those that hate him? 618) unbelief continues unless faith is created through the gospel - something unbelieving parents won t do Q138: What should God s threats to punish sinners lead us to do? 624) tremble - God is all powerful 625) we want to do what is right Why are children blessed if they have Christian parents? Why is God s threat to punish so scary to our sinful nature?

3 What are some ways in which we can try to become blameless? Key Point 2: God s threats should lead us to fear him and not to disobey him. 3. Why does God also attach a promise to his commandments? Q139: What does God promise to those who love him and keep his commandments? 628) mercy - withholding deserved punishment 630) (beatitudes) blessings promised Matthew 5: Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 4 Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted. 5 Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth. 6 Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled. 7 Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy. 8 Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God. 9 Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called sons of God. 10 Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

4 Q140: What does want to impress on us with his promise to bless those who love and keep his commandments? 631) God s promised love 632) God s love is complete in us What are some of the greatest blessings we receive as children of God? Key Point 3: God s promise of mercy and many blessings were added to move us to obey his commandments. 4. So what does God want to impress on us by adding both a threat and a promise to his commandments? Q143: What is the Lord our God urging us to do by the combination of his threat and his promise? 639) God wants us to follow all his commands Q144: What must we confess in spite of God s threat and promise? 641) we are sinners, we can t do it on our own 643) asking for God s mercy What can you do to try to follow God s commands?

5 Key Point 4: By adding a threat and a promise to his commandments, God impresses on us that he wants us to obey every one of his commandments perfectly. What I ve Learned: By including a threat and a promise, God wants to impress on me that I should obey every one of his commandments perfectly. Journal 1. What I want to remember: 2. It is God s promises that motivate me to follow his commands because Memory Work: 1. The Conclusion to the Ten Commandments