IIT UBF - University Bible Fellowship at IIT

Date: May. 23, 2026

Question

What does God require of man?

Answer

God requires man to obey His revealed will.

Reference Passages

Deuteronomy 29:29

“The secret things belong to the LORD our God, but the things that are revealed belong to us and to our children forever, that we may do all the words of this law.

Micah 6:8

He has told you, O man, what is good;
and what does the LORD require of you
but to do justice, and to love kindness,
and to walk humbly with your God?

1 John 5:2-3

2 By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and obey his commandments. 3 For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments. And his commandments are not burdensome.

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The Parable of the Sower Explained

Matthew 13:18-23

Key Verse: 13:23

As for what was sown on good soil, this is the one who hears the word and understands it. He indeed bears fruit and yields, in one case a hundredfold, in another sixty, and in another thirty.”