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Westminster Shorter Catechism · Question 48

What are we specially taught by these words, “before me,” in the first commandment?

Read, reflect, and return to the Scriptures.

These words, “before me,” in the first commandment teach us, that God, who seeth all things, taketh notice of, and is much displeased with, the sin of having any other God.

Scripture proofs: Ezek. 8:5-18; Ps. 44:20-21.

Source: The Constitution of the Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America, updated 2026, C-6.