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Now then, Israel, what does the Lord your God require of you?: The Life of Faith as Revealed in Deuteronomy 10:12
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ISBN13: 9798259200302
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Apr 28 2026
Pages: 278
Weight: 0.71
Height: 0.58 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Apr 28 2026
Pages: 278
Weight: 0.71
Height: 0.58 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
The Origin of This Book
This book began as a series of pastoral teachings delivered week by week to a community of believers. Its form was oral before it was written. That is why the reader will find in these pages not only doctrinal content, but the tone of someone speaking directly to his people - direct, pastoral, confrontational when the Word demands it, and always oriented toward concrete application in everyday life. The Foundational Text
This book began as a series of pastoral teachings delivered week by week to a community of believers. Its form was oral before it was written. That is why the reader will find in these pages not only doctrinal content, but the tone of someone speaking directly to his people - direct, pastoral, confrontational when the Word demands it, and always oriented toward concrete application in everyday life. The Foundational Text
All the content of this book is built upon a single verse of the Holy Scriptures - one of the briefest and at the same time one of the most comprehensive in terms of what God demands of human beings. It is found in Deuteronomy, chapter 10, verse 12:
And now, Israel, what does the Lord your God require of you, but to fear the Lord your God, to walk in all His ways and to love Him, to serve the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul. (Deuteronomy 10:12) In a single verse, the Spirit of God through the mouth of Moses condenses four precise and interrelated instructions that constitute the protocol of life God demands of everyone who draws near to Him. These four instructions are not options from which the believer may choose whichever seems best. Nor are they four independent stages that can be practiced in any order. They are a sequential protocol: each instruction makes the next one possible, and none can stand without the one that precedes it. The first instruction is to fear God. The second is to walk in all His ways. The third is to love Him. The fourth is to serve Him with all your heart and with all your soul. Nine chapters. Four instructions. One God who demands, who corrects, and who transforms. What this verse declares did not expire with the Old Testament. The Word of God has no expiration date. The work of the cross does not cancel the demands of Deuteronomy 10:12 - it validates and deepens them, because it was precisely so that human beings could fulfill them that Christ died and rose again. The cross is the provision of life, not an exemption from responsibility. The Purpose and Nature of This Book
This is not a book of theological knowledge in the academic sense of the term. It does not aim to add information to the reader's mind. Its purpose is to produce correction, instruction, and transformation in the lives of those who read it. There is a fundamental difference between reading to learn and reading to be corrected. The first feeds the mind; the second transforms the life. This book is written for the second purpose. The life of faith, according to these pages, does not consist in having professed Christ once, nor in accumulating years of attendance at a congregation, nor in building an impressive record of religious practices. It consists in walking in accordance with what God has determined - in obedience, in righteousness, in truth, in surrender, in genuine love toward Him. Many believers, honest and well-intentioned, are walking parallel to the Lord's paths without walking on them. This book was written so that this difference may be identified, understood, and corrected. In this sense, the book does not shy away from confrontation. It confronts the idea that the contemporary gospel is an exclusive system of promises and blessings. It confronts the confusion between emotional love and biblical love. It confronts the self-deception of the believer who knows much but does little. It confronts the tendency to define spiritual life by external practices rather than by interior reality. And it does so always from the Word - with texts ranging from Genesis to Revelation, and with biblical examples that illustrate both the correct path and the most frequent detours.
And now, Israel, what does the Lord your God require of you, but to fear the Lord your God, to walk in all His ways and to love Him, to serve the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul. (Deuteronomy 10:12) In a single verse, the Spirit of God through the mouth of Moses condenses four precise and interrelated instructions that constitute the protocol of life God demands of everyone who draws near to Him. These four instructions are not options from which the believer may choose whichever seems best. Nor are they four independent stages that can be practiced in any order. They are a sequential protocol: each instruction makes the next one possible, and none can stand without the one that precedes it. The first instruction is to fear God. The second is to walk in all His ways. The third is to love Him. The fourth is to serve Him with all your heart and with all your soul. Nine chapters. Four instructions. One God who demands, who corrects, and who transforms. What this verse declares did not expire with the Old Testament. The Word of God has no expiration date. The work of the cross does not cancel the demands of Deuteronomy 10:12 - it validates and deepens them, because it was precisely so that human beings could fulfill them that Christ died and rose again. The cross is the provision of life, not an exemption from responsibility. The Purpose and Nature of This Book
This is not a book of theological knowledge in the academic sense of the term. It does not aim to add information to the reader's mind. Its purpose is to produce correction, instruction, and transformation in the lives of those who read it. There is a fundamental difference between reading to learn and reading to be corrected. The first feeds the mind; the second transforms the life. This book is written for the second purpose. The life of faith, according to these pages, does not consist in having professed Christ once, nor in accumulating years of attendance at a congregation, nor in building an impressive record of religious practices. It consists in walking in accordance with what God has determined - in obedience, in righteousness, in truth, in surrender, in genuine love toward Him. Many believers, honest and well-intentioned, are walking parallel to the Lord's paths without walking on them. This book was written so that this difference may be identified, understood, and corrected. In this sense, the book does not shy away from confrontation. It confronts the idea that the contemporary gospel is an exclusive system of promises and blessings. It confronts the confusion between emotional love and biblical love. It confronts the self-deception of the believer who knows much but does little. It confronts the tendency to define spiritual life by external practices rather than by interior reality. And it does so always from the Word - with texts ranging from Genesis to Revelation, and with biblical examples that illustrate both the correct path and the most frequent detours.
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