Greek thought is a belief in God but not necessary an active required response towards God, thus it is cried out "just believe" and "you shall be saved" which requires a theology rather than a life fully embodied in God's Will.
Hebrew thought is more than believing in God, but actually living according to His Way, His Truth, His Life, a total immersion into His commands as a way of life, trusting God to lead the way. It is the "only" thing God requires of man.
Deuteronomy 10:12 And now, Israel, what doth the Lord thy God require of thee, but to fear the Lord thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve the Lord thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul, 13 To keep the commandments of the Lord, and his statutes, which I command thee this day for thy good? 14 Behold, the heaven and the heaven of heavens is the Lord's thy God, the earth also, with all that therein is.
The law is a condition and the moral freedom contained within is the underlying premise that God has instilled in it for the longevity of life in the pursuit of true happiness. It is part of what Holiness is all about. This feeling of responsibility and obligation towards God through obedience gives purpose and satisfaction in doing well. Of all the dealings mentioned in scripture that God has with man, the most frequently mentioned is justice. Not justice as man perceives it but as only a Holy God can deliver and it shines through for all eternity as righteous.
Isaiah 45:19 I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth: I said not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain: I the Lord speak righteousness, I declare things that are right.
Amos 5:15 Hate the evil, and love the good, and establish judgment in the gate: it may be that the Lord God of hosts will be gracious unto the remnant of Joseph.
Hebrew thought is more than believing in God, but actually living according to His Way, His Truth, His Life, a total immersion into His commands as a way of life, trusting God to lead the way. It is the "only" thing God requires of man.
Deuteronomy 10:12 And now, Israel, what doth the Lord thy God require of thee, but to fear the Lord thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve the Lord thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul, 13 To keep the commandments of the Lord, and his statutes, which I command thee this day for thy good? 14 Behold, the heaven and the heaven of heavens is the Lord's thy God, the earth also, with all that therein is.
The law is a condition and the moral freedom contained within is the underlying premise that God has instilled in it for the longevity of life in the pursuit of true happiness. It is part of what Holiness is all about. This feeling of responsibility and obligation towards God through obedience gives purpose and satisfaction in doing well. Of all the dealings mentioned in scripture that God has with man, the most frequently mentioned is justice. Not justice as man perceives it but as only a Holy God can deliver and it shines through for all eternity as righteous.
Isaiah 45:19 I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth: I said not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain: I the Lord speak righteousness, I declare things that are right.
Amos 5:15 Hate the evil, and love the good, and establish judgment in the gate: it may be that the Lord God of hosts will be gracious unto the remnant of Joseph.