The Promise of the First Commandment – A Kingdom Catechism

The Promise of the First Commandment

A Kingdom Catechism

The first commandment is rich in precious promises.

Q 53: What promise does God hold out to the redeemed of the Lord in the first commandment?

A 53: In exchange for their obedience to the first commandment the Lord promises to bless His people with good, increase their ranks, bring them to righteousness, and lead them in full and abundant life. (Deut. 10:13; Deut. 6:3, 25; Lev. 18:1-5)

Those promises which attend the first commandment are possible because they are all to be known in God and Jesus Christ. By clinging to Him, practicing devotion solely to Him, and working to increase in holiness and in our stewardship of His gifts, we can expect, like Israel in the wilderness, to know the Lord’s presence with us in our journey. And, knowing His presence, we will certainly know the benefits that come from Him because these benefits are in Him, and we are in Him as long as we obey this and all the commandments of the Lord.

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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.