TSK · Genesis 22:12

Abraham replied,“Because I thought,‘Surely no one fears God in this place. They will kill me because of my wife.’

All this will come to pass because Abraham obeyed me and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.”

Moses said to the people,“Do not fear, for God has come to test you, that the fear of him may be before you so that you do not sin.”

Then Samuel said,“Does the LORD take pleasure in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as he does in obedience? Certainly, obedience is better than sacrifice; paying attention is better than the fat of rams.

He will deliver you from six calamities; yes, in seven no evil will touch you.

Certainly the LORD guards the way of the godly, but the way of the wicked ends in destruction.

The LORD shows his faithful followers the way they should live.

To obey the LORD is the fundamental principle for wise living; all who carry out his precepts acquire good moral insight. He will receive praise forever.

Introduction to the Theme of the Book Fearing the LORD is the beginning of discernment, but fools have despised wisdom and moral instruction.

Having heard everything, I have reached this conclusion: Fear God and keep his commandments, because this is the whole duty of man.

I will make a lasting covenant with them that I will never stop doing good to them. I will fill their hearts and minds with respect for me so that they will never again turn away from me.

But for you who respect my name, the sun of vindication will rise with healing wings, and you will skip about like calves released from the stall.

“Whoever loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me, and whoever loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.

And whoever has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or fields for my sake will receive a hundred times as much and will inherit eternal life.

Then the church throughout Judea, Galilee, and Samaria experienced peace and thus was strengthened. Living in the fear of the Lord and in the encouragement of the Holy Spirit, the church increased in numbers.

Indeed, he who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all– how will he not also, along with him, freely give us all things?

For if the eagerness is present, the gift itself is acceptable according to whatever one has, not according to what he does not have.

So since we are receiving an unshakable kingdom, let us give thanks, and through this let us offer worship pleasing to God in devotion and awe.

Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he offered Isaac his son on the altar?

Then a voice came from the throne, saying:“Praise our God all you his servants, and all you who fear him, both the small and the great!”