Deuteronomy 10:12-18 And now, Israel, what does the LORD your God require of you, but to fear the LORD your God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him… Yea, and what does the Lord require of us? 1. Reverence — "But to fear the Lord thy God." 2. Obedience "To walk in all His ways." To go when He tells us, and to take the way He has prepared for us. Matthew Henry says, "It ought to be the care of every one of us to follow the Lord fully. We must, in a course of obedience to God's will, and service to His honour, follow Him universally, without dividing; uprightly, without dissembling; cheerfully, without disputing; and constantly, without declining: and this is following Him fully." 3. Love — "And to love Him." This exhortation comes in beautifully to prevent the possibility of reverence becoming a terror, and obedience servility. 4. Service — "And to serve the Lord thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul." Conviction, principle, truth, sentiment, and emotion find their level in service, as the waters of the river do in the sea. Life, of every kind, is energy from within towards an outward object. 5. Diligence — "To keep the commandments of the Lord and His statutes, which I command thee this day for thy good." (T. Davies.) Parallel Verses KJV: And now, Israel, what doth the LORD thy God require of thee, but to fear the LORD thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve the LORD thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul, |
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