We have all broken this first commandment; for we have not always and
everywhere feared, loved and trusted in God above all things.

QUESTIONS--1. Why is this the Great Commandment? 2. Why does the
explanation of all the other commandments begin with the words, "We
should so fear and love God"? 3. What does this first commandment
forbid? 4. What does it command? 5. What two kinds of Idolatry are
there? 6. Mention some forms of open idolatry. 7. Mention some forms of
secret idolatry. 8. What does it mean to fear God above all things? 9.
Why should we fear him? 10. How should we fear Him? l1. What does it
mean to love God above all things? 12. Why should we love God above all
things? 13. How should we show our love to God? 14. What does it mean to
trust in God above all things? 15. Why should we trust in God above all
things? 16. How should we show our trust in God? 17. Have we kept this
commandment?

* * * * *

SCRIPTURE VERSES.--Prov. 3:5, 6. Trust In the Lord with all thine heart,
and lean not unto thine own understanding.

Acts 5:29. Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought
to obey God rather than men.

Matt. 10:28, And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to
kill the soul; but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul
and body in hell.

Matt. 10:37. He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy