Q. 105. What are the sins forbidden in the first commandment?
A. The sins forbidden in the first commandment are atheism, in denying, or not having a God; idolatry, in having or worshiping more gods than one, or any with, or instead of the true God; the not having and avouching him for God, and our God; the omission or neglect of any thing due to him, required in this commandment; ignorance, forgetfulness, misapprehensions, false opinions, unworthy and wicked thoughts of him; bold and curious searching into his secrets; all profaneness, hatred of God; self-love, self-seeking, and all other inordinate and immoderate setting of our mind, will, or affections upon other things, and taking them off from him in whole or in part; vain credulity, unbelief, heresy, misbelief, distrust, despair, incorrigibleness, and insensibleness under judgments; hardness of heart; pride; presumption; carnal security; tempting of God; using unlawful means, and trusting in lawful means; carnal delights and joys; corrupt, blind, and indiscreet zeal; lukewarmness, and deadness in the things of God; estranging ourselves, and apostatizing from God; praying, or giving any religious worship, to saints, angels, or any other creatures; all compacts and consulting with the devil, and hearkening to his suggestions; making men the lords of our faith and conscience; slighting and despising God and his commands; resisting and grieving of his Spirit, discontent and impatience at his dispensations, charging him foolishly for the evils he inflicts on us; and ascribing the praise of any good we either are, have, or can do, to fortune, idols, ourselves, or any other creature.
- Psalms 14:1; Ephesians 2:12.
- Jeremiah 2:27-28; 1 Thessalonians 1:9.
- Psalms 81:11.
- Isaiah 43:22-24.
- Jeremiah 4:22; Hosea 4:1, 6.
- Jeremiah 2:32.
- Acts 17:23, 29.
- Isaiah 40:18.
- Psalms 50:21.
- Deuteronomy 29:29.
- Titus 1:16.
- Hebrews 12:16.
- Romans 1:30.
- 2 Timothy 3:2.
- Philippians 2:21.
- 1 John 2:15,16.
- 1 Samuel 2:29.
- Colossians 3:2,5.
- 1 John 4:1.
- Hebrews 3:12.
- Galatians 5:20.
- Titus 3:10.
- Acts 26:9.
- Psalms 78:22.
- Genesis 4:13.
- Jeremiah 5:3.
- Isaiah 42:25.
- Romans 2:5.
- Jeremiah 13:15.
- Psalms 19:13.
- Zephaniah 1:12.
- Matthew 4:7.
- Romans 3:8.
- Jeremiah 17:5.
- 2 Timothy 3:4.
- Galatians 4:17.
- John 16:2.
- Romans 10:2.
- Luke 9:54,55.
- Revelation 3:16.
- Revelation 3:1.
- Ezekiel 14:5.
- Isaiah 1:4,5.
- Romans 1:25.
- Romans 10:13,14.
- Hosea 4:12.
- Acts 10:25,26.
- Revelation 19:10.
- Matthew 4:10.
- Colossians 2:18.
- Leviticus 20:6.
- 1 Samuel 28:7,11.
- 1 Chronicles 10:13,14.
- Acts 5:3.
- 2 Corinthians 1:24.
- Matthew 23:9.
- Deuteronomy 32:15.
- 2 Samuel 12:9.
- Proverbs 13:13.
- Acts 7:51.
- Ephesians 4:30.
- Psalms 73:2-3,13-15,22.
- Job 1:22.
- 1 Samuel 6:7-9.
- Daniel 5:23.
- Deuteronomy 8:17.
- Daniel 4:30.
- Habakkuk 1:16.