Growth and Vigilance – A Kingdom Catechism

Growth and Vigilance

A Kingdom Catechism

Growth and worship requires constant vigilance.

Q 61: How do the redeemed of the Lord follow Him in all His ways?

A 61: The redeemed follow the Lord in all His ways by laying aside every pagan practice, maintaining vigilance over their souls, and obeying all the will of God according to His Word.(Deut. 12:2-4; Deut. 12:29-31; Eph. 4:17-24; Deut. 12:29, 30; Deut. 13:12-15; Eph. 5:15-17; Deut. 13:1-4)

The Lord’s ways are not our ways, but they are the right ways (Isa. 55:8, 9). Jesus taught and embodied the ways of God, and He calls us to follow Him (1 John 2:1-6). In order to follow Jesus we must renounce our own ways and “be clothed” with the Lord Jesus and His ways (Eph. 4:17-24). Moreover, given the ease with which pagan ways leach into our everyday lives, we must maintain constant vigilance over our souls, searching the Scriptures and resting in His Spirit to enable us to fulfill what the Lord requires of us. The second commandment calls us to a life of active growth and vigilance, lest, in our everyday worship as much as in our communal worship, we open the door to pagan ways and forfeit the blessing that comes from honoring God in our worship and our lives.

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In the Gates is a devotional series on the Law of God by Rev. T.M. Moore, editor of the Worldview Church. He serves as dean of the Centurions Program of the Wilberforce Forum and principal of The Fellowship of Ailbe, a spiritual fellowship in the Celtic Christian tradition. He is the author or editor of twenty books, and has contributed chapters to four others. His essays, reviews, articles, papers, and poetry have appeared in dozens of national and international journals, and on a wide range of websites. His most recent books are The Ailbe Psalter and The Ground for Christian Ethics (Waxed Tablet).

Scripture quotations in this article are from The Holy Bible, English Standard Version, (c) copyright 2001, 2007 by Crossway Bibles, a division of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved.