What are the duties required in the first commandment?
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.
Proofs
- The duties required in the first commandment are, the knowing and acknowledging of God to be the only true God, and our God; (1 Chronicles 28:9; Deuteronomy 26:7; Isaiah 43:10; Jeremiah 14:22)
- and to worship and glorify him accordingly, (Psalm 95:6–7; Matthew 4:10; Psalm 29:2)
- by thinking, (Malachi 3:16)
- meditating, (Psalm 63:6)
- remembering, (Ecclesiastes 12:1)
- highly esteeming, (Psalm 71:19)
- honoring, (Malachi 1:6)
- adoring, (Isaiah 45:23)
- choosing, (Joshua 24:15, 22)
- loving, (Deuteronomy 6:5)
- desiring, (Psalm 73:25)
- fearing of him; (Isaiah 8:13)
- believing him; (Exodus 14:31)
- trusting, (Isaiah 26:4)
- hoping, (Psalm 130:7)
- delighting, (Psalm 37:4)
- rejoicing in him; (Psalm 32:11)
- being zealous for him; (Romans 12:11; Numbers 25:11)
- calling upon him, giving all praise and thanks, (Philippians 4:6)
- and yielding all obedience and submission to him with the whole man; (Jeremiah 7:23; James 4:7)
- being careful in all things to please him, (1 John 3:22)
- and sorrowful when in anything he is offended; (Jeremiah 31:18; Psalm 119:136)
- and walking humbly with him. (Micah 6:8)