Preface to the Ten Commandments

PREFACE TO THE TEN COMMANDMENTS KEACH’S CATECHISM, Q. 48-49QUESTION 48. What is the preface to the ten commandments?Answer. The preface to the ten commandments is in these words; I am the Lord thy God which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. [Ex. 20:2]QUESTION 49. What doth the preface to the ten commandments teach us?Answer. The preface to the ten commandments teacheth us that because God is the Lord, and our God and redeemer, therefore we are bound to keep all his commandments. [Luke 1:74-75. 1 Pet. 1:15-19]I. WHAT IS THE PREFACE TO THE TEN COMMANDMENTS?A. What is a Preface?B. Why does God Preface the Ten Commandments?II. WHAT DOES THE PREFACE TO THE TEN COMMANDMENTS TEACH?A. What does it mean that God is LORD?B. What does it mean that God is God?C. What does it mean that God is Redeemer?D. Why do these things bind us to obey the Ten Commandments?