Have I Rightly Come to Know the Only True God?


1. You shall have no other gods before Me.

Q. What does the LORD require in the first commandment? 

That I rightly come to know the only true God, 

John 17:3 
  • And this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent. 

trust in Him alone, 

Jeremiah 17:5 
  • Thus says the LORD: “Cursed is the man who trusts in man and makes flesh his strength, whose heart departs from the LORD.” 
Jeremiah 17:7 
  • Blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, and whose hope is the LORD. 

submit to Him with all humility 

1 Peter 5:5-6 
  • Likewise you younger people, submit yourselves to your elders. Yes, all of you be submissive to one another, and be clothed with humility, for “God resists the proud, But gives grace to the humble.” 
  • Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you in due time, 

and patience, 

Romans 5:3-4 
  • And not only that, but we also glory in tribulations, knowing that tribulation produces perseverance; 
  • and perseverance, character; and character, hope. 
1 Corinthians 10:10 
  • nor complain, as some of them also complained, and were destroyed by the destroyer. 
Philippians 2:14 
  • Do all things without complaining and disputing, 
Colossians 1:11 
  • strengthened with all might, according to His glorious power, for all patience and longsuffering with joy; 
Hebrews 10:36 
  • For you have need of endurance, so that after you have done the will of God, you may receive the promise: 

expect all good from Him only,

 Psalm 104:27-28 

  • These all wait for You, that You may give them their food in due season. 
  • What You give them they gather in; You open Your hand, they are filled with good. 
Isaiah 45:7 
  • I form the light and create darkness, I make peace and create calamity; I, the LORD, do all these things. 
James 1:17 
  • Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow of turning. 

and love, 

Deuteronomy 6:5 
  • You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength. (cf. Matthew 22:37)

 fear, 

Deuteronomy 6:2 
  • that you may fear the LORD your God, to keep all His statutes and His commandments which I command you, you and your son and your grandson, all the days of your life, and that your days may be prolonged. 
Psalm 111:10 
  • The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom; a good understanding have all those who do His commandments. His praise endures forever. 
Proverbs 1:7 
  • The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and instruction. 
Proverbs 9:10 
  • The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding. 
Matthew 10:28 
  • And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. But rather fear Him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell. 
1 Peter 1:17 
  • And if you call on the Father, who without partiality judges according to each one’s work, conduct yourselves throughout the time of your stay here in fear; 

and honor Him  

Deuteronomy 6:13 
  • You shall fear the LORD your God and serve Him, and shall take oaths in His name (cf. Mt 4:10). 
Deuteronomy 10:20 
  • You shall fear the LORD your God; you shall serve Him, and to Him you shall hold fast, and take oaths in His name.

with all my heart. 

In short, that I forsake all creatures rather than do the least thing against His will.

Matthew 5:29-30 
  • If your right eye causes you to sin, pluck it out and cast it from you; for it is more profitable for you that one of your members perish, than for your whole body to be cast into hell. 
  • And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and cast it from you; for it is more profitable for you that one of your members perish, than for your whole body to be cast into hell. 
Matthew 10:37-39 
  • He who loves father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me. And he who loves son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me. 
  • And he who does not take his cross and follow after Me is not worthy of Me. 
  • He who finds his life will lose it, and he who loses his life for My sake will find it. 
Acts 5:29 
  • But Peter and the other apostles answered and said: “We ought to obey God rather than men.”
The Heidelberg Catechism Lord's Day 34

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