What is meant by Christian duties? Answers from the bible

 

341. What is meant by Christian duties? 

Obligations which we owe to self, to our fellow man or to God. 

342. What distinction between duties and privileges? 

A duty is something we must do to be right; a privilege is something we may or may not do, just as we 

feel about it. 

343. When does a privilege become a duty? 

When a failure to exercise it means injury to ourselves or to others. 

344. What does a failure to perform some known duty mean for us? 

“To him that knoweth to do good, and doeth not, to him it is sin” (James 4:17). 

345. Does the obligation of duty in any way interfere with freedom? 

The freedom of the Gospel puts us in line with every Christian duty. 

346. What are some of the most important Christian duties? 

Obedience, self-denial, worship, Christian service, love, humility, meekness, etc. 

347. What is the sum total of all duty? 

“Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the 

whole duty of man” (Ecclesiastes 12:13).