Key points
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Every person has two God-given duties.
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First duty: fear God wholeheartedly.
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Second duty: obey all God’s commandments.
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All work—school, office, home—must align with these duties.
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Your actions must reflect God’s fear and obedience.
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Evaluate every decision by God’s commandments, not human demands.
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God’s duties outweigh instructions from bosses or leaders.
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Anything you do must align with God’s expectations.
Fear and Obey God: The spiritual duty of every man and woman
Ecclesiastes 12 verse 13
13 Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.
- The Bible says every man and woman has two duties.
- The first duty of every man and woman is to fear God.
- The second duty of every man and woman is to obey the commandment of God.
- What this verse is saying is that every work you do in school, office, home, street, or church, must not conflict with these duties.
- Every work you do in the school, office, church, or house, must be influenced by the fear of God and obeying the commandments of God.
- You must check everything you do; it must be in line with the commandments of God not in line with the commandments of your boss, supervisor, lecturer, pastor, or parent.
- These are the two duties that God that created you gave. And anything you do must be in line with the duties.
