Catechism Questions 87-89
What does God teach us about his gift of marriage?
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Marriage started when God made Eve and brought her to Adam to be his wife.
God wants marriage to be a lifelong union of one man and one woman.
God blesses us with his gifts of companionship, sexual happiness, and children.
God wants me to go about finding a marriage partner in a way that is holy and honorable.
God teaches us that marriage is a lifelong union of one man and one woman in which he gives these two
people some wonderful blessings.
Catechism Questions 90-98
How does God want us to keep his gift of sex and marriage pure?
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Some people sin against God’s gift of marriage by ruining their companionship, being sexually
unfaithful, or getting an unscriptural divorce.
Married and unmarried people sin against God’s gift of sex by pre-marital sex, impure thoughts
or words, or by homosexuality or lesbianism.
God wants me to be pure in thought, word and action.
God wants me to keep his gift of sex and marriage pure by thinking, saying, and doing only those things
that are pure, whether I am married or unmarried.
Catechism Questions 99-102
What does God teach us about his gift of possessions?
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Our possessions are a gift of God to us.
God gives me possessions by enabling me to work for them, through gifts, and through
inheritances.
We are responsible to God for how faithfully we use our possessions as his caretakers.
God wants me to use my possessions both to help others in various ways and for my own
enjoyment.
God teaches us that possessions are his gift to us which he wants us to use as his caretakers in ways that
are pleasing to him.
Catechism Questions 103-107
What does God want our attitude to be toward the possessions he gives us and other people?
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People sin against God’s gift of possessions by wasting them, taking them from others in various
ways, and greedy thoughts.
God wants us to show our appreciation by being content with what we have and by helping others
in any way we can with their money and property.
God wants my attitude to be that I am satisfied with what I have and to be ready to help others in
whatever way I can to keep what God has given them.
Catechism Questions 108-116
How does God want us to view the gift of a good name?
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God’s gift of a good name is important because it determines whether a person will be respected
and trusted or not.
People ruin the good name God gave to others by lying about them, betraying their secrets, or
gossiping about them.
God wants me defend their good name and do whatever I can to help them keep their good name
if they do something wrong.
God wants me to view his gift of a good name as so important that I never do anything to ruin
another person’s good name but rather do every loving thing I can to help him keep it.
Catechism Questions 117-132
What is God impressing on us by telling us not to covet?
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Coveting is a craving for something a person shouldn’t want and may lead him to sinful words
and actions.
I deserve death and hell because of the rebellious sinful nature I have had from birth that fills my
heart with sinful desires.
By bringing me to faith God has given me a new heart that loves God’s will and enables me to
have holy desires.
There are constant battles in me between the old self and the new self and only as I grow in faith
in Jesus will my new heart win more and more of these battles.
By telling us not to covet God is impressing on us that the sinful desires brought about in our
hearts by the sinful nature with which we were born are sin and condemn us.
Catechism Questions 133-144
What does God want to impress on us by both a promise and a threat in the conclusion to the
commandments?
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God threatens to punish all those who disobey his commandments with his anger, trouble, death,
and hell.
God's threats should lead me to fear him and not disobey him.
God's promises of mercy and many blessings were added to move us to obey his commandments.
The combination of God’s threats and promises impresses on us that he wants every one of
his commandments kept perfectly.