Keach's Catechism · 1794

Q52. What is required in the first commandment?

The first commandment requires us to know and acknowledge God to be the only true God, and our God, and to worship and glorify Him accordingly.
Answer · Keach's Catechism

Scripture proofs

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    Joshua 24:15

    And if it seem evil unto you to serve the Lord, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.

    1 Chronicles 28:9

    And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the Lord searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.

    Deuteronomy 26:17

    Thou hast avouched the Lord this day to be thy God, and to walk in his ways, and to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his judgments, and to hearken unto his voice:

    Psalms 29:2

    Give unto the Lord the glory due unto his name; worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness.

    Matthew 4:10

    Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.

Proof texts as given in the original; verse text from the King James Version.