Q: “What are the duties required in the first commandment?”
A: “The duties required in the first commandment are, the knowing and acknowledging of God to be the only true God, and our God; and to worship and glorify him accordingly, by thinking, meditating, remembering, highly esteeming, honoring, adoring, choosing, loving, desiring, fearing of him; believing him; trusting, hoping delighting, rejoicing in him; being zealous for him; calling upon him, giving all praise and thanks, and yielding all obedience and submission to him with the whole man; being careful in all things to please him, and sorrowful when in anything he is offended; and walking humbly with him.”
-Westminster Larger Catechism
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2 comments:
I love the chatechism! It is very beautiful.
This was the first quote that I had read from the chatechism, but I found it packed with profound things to think about.
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