What God's Word Says
Read these passages in context and listen for what God exposes, promises, and gives in Christ.
What Does the Catechism Say?
Commandments 1-3 and Luther's explanations
What does this mean?
The First through Third Commandments teach us to fear, love, and trust God above all things, honor His name, and gladly hear His Word.
Official Book of Concord text from Concordia Publishing House.Law
What truth does God's Word expose?
The first commandments uncover the people, powers, habits, and desires that receive the trust owed to God.
Gospel
What does Christ give or promise?
Christ fulfills God's Law for us and gives mercy to sinners whose trust is divided.
Jesus at the Center
The Commandments do not become a ladder to God. They expose our need and drive us to the Savior who has fulfilled them.
In Real Life
Faith where life actually happens.
- Consider how phones, success, relationships, or comfort can become objects of deepest trust.
- Connect worship and God's name to the gifts received in the Divine Service.
South Lake Confirmation Book
Catechism in Real Life
Week 1Ten Commandments, Commandments 1-3Pages 31-41
Look for: How God's good Law reveals false trust and directs us toward Christ's mercy.
- God speaks as the rescuing God.
- The Law acts as curb, mirror, and guide.
- Christian obedience grows from mercy, not from earning favor.
Review
Read the first three commandments and their explanations aloud.
Keep the Faith
South Lake Confirmation
Biblical Law
This overview places biblical Law within God's larger story and helps frame the first commandments without treating them as isolated rules.
Video resources support Scripture, the Small Catechism, pastoral teaching, and family conversation. They do not replace them.Watch & Learn
Trusted Lutheran Resource
A carefully selected resource to support this session after Scripture, the Small Catechism, and South Lake's teaching.
The First Commandment | Lutheran Catechism & Confirmation
This Confirmation-level lesson directly supports the call to fear, love, and trust in God above all things.
Watch on the Publisher SiteTalk About It
Questions for honest conversation.
- What good thing can quietly become an idol?
- How do the first three commandments protect our relationship with God?
At the Kitchen Table
What good thing can quietly become an idol by receiving our deepest trust?
Ten thoughtful minutes is plenty. Listen before correcting, welcome honest questions, and end in prayer.