"Endurance is not just the ability to bear a hard thing, but to turn it into glory." - William Barclay
"The tragedy of life is what dies inside a man while he lives." - Albert Schweitzer
"I resolved never to do anything which I would be afraid to do if it were the last hour of my life." - Jonathan Edwards
Q. 50. What is required in the second commandment?
A. The second commandment requireth the receiving, observing, and keeping pure and entire, all such religious worship and ordinances as God hath appointed in his Word.
Deut. 32:46; Matt. 28:20; Acts 2:42.
Q. 49. Which is the second commandment?
A. 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.
Ex. 20:4-6.
Q. 48. What are we specially taught by these words, before me,” in the first commandment?
A. These words, before me,” in the first commandment teach us, that God, who seeth all things, taketh notice of, and is much displeased with, the sin of having any other God.
Ezek. 8:5-18; Ps. 44:20-21.
"I'd rather sing one wild song and burst my heart with it, than live a thousand years watching my digestion and being afraid of the wet." - Jack London
Today in History
"Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall! ...this wall will fall. For it cannot withstand faith; it cannot withstand truth. The wall cannot withstand freedom."
– Ronald Regan
(Speaking at the Brandenburg Gate in West Berlin on June 12, 1987.)
Q. 47. What is forbidden in the first commandment?
A. The first commandment forbiddeth the denying, or not worshipping and glorifying, the true God as God, and our God; and the giving of that worship and glory to any other, which is due to him alone.
Ps. 14:1; Rom. 1:21; Ps. 81:10-11; Rom. 1:25-26.
"Until you spread your wings you have no idea how far you will fly."
- Napoleon Bonaparte
