Third Commandment:
- Do I spend time complaining about the worship, the pastor or other people?
- Have I destroyed the blessing of the divine service for myself and others with frivolous criticism?
- Has the fear and love of God shaped my honor and obedience to parents and others in authority?
- Have I trusted God to bless me and make my life good when I submit to the authority of parents and those over me, or have I been angry with them, rebelling, fighting against them because I was afraid I was not getting what I had a right to get?
- Have I been insolent, sullen and disrespectful to my parents, teachers, employers or other authorities over me?
- Have I been on good behavior when they are present and mocking them when they are absent?
- Have I given honor and respect to the pastoral office?
- Have I helped those who carry responsibilities in governing? Do I pray for parents, leaders of the nations, schools and church? Do I grumble about work given me to do?
- Have I helped make it easier for those who carry responsibilities for governing?
2 comments:
Actually, there IS a beichtafel in LSB, sort of. For some utterly unknown reason, it shows up in the Pastoral Care Companion, pp. 657ff. It's questions for commandment 3:
Do I despise the Word by neglect or by paying little or no attention when it is read or preached?
Do I attend the Church's worship faithfully, or do I attend sporadically because I prefer to be elsewhere?
Do I pray for my pastor and other church workers and support their efforts in service to the Word?
And a question for pastors specifically:
Do I, as a pastor of God's flock, fulfill my calling through diligent preparation and faithful preaching of God's Word?
Not bad, but some of the teeth have been pulled from Korby's hard-hitting questions.
Yes, I saw it in the Pastoral Care Companion. I bought one for personal use as the spiritual shepherd of my family. I've suggested to Pr. McCain that CPH produce a "Head of Household Companion" for LSB. There should definitely be a beichtspiegel in that if they ever produce one! Hopefully at least the Korby version if not the Brotherhood Prayer Book version.
When I said it's not in the LSB, I meant the hymnal.
Thanks for your comments!
Erich
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