Q.39. What is the duty which God requireth of man?

A. The duty which God requireth of man, is obedience to his revealed will.[a]

[a] Micah 6:8. 1 Sam. 15:22.

We are here taught,

1. That there are certain duties required by God from men.

2. That the sum of man’s duty to God is obedience.

3. That the extent of the obedience required by God is a universal obedience.

4. That the quality of the obedience required from man is a perfect and perpetual obedience.

5. That the only rule of man’s obedience is the revealed will of God.