The Lord, in the simplest terms, is love itself expressed as wisdom itself. In philosophic terms, love is the Lord's substance and wisdom is His form. Of course, we feel the Lord's love and hear His wisdom in many different ways, depending on our state in life and how receptive we are. That's why the Lord has so many different names in the Bible, and is referred to in so many different ways.

1663. “他们都攻打所多玛王比拉, 蛾摩拉王比沙, 押玛王示纳, 洗扁王善以别和比拉王; 比拉就是琐珥” 表如此多种恶欲和谬念, 主要与之争战. 这同样从所提及的这些王和这些民族的含义, 以及下文清楚可知. 至于它们各自表示哪种恶欲和哪种谬念, 这解释起来同样太过冗长. 前面简要论述了所多玛和蛾摩拉, 押玛和洗扁, 以及琐珥的含义. 它们是最一般, 或最普遍的那种恶与假; 在内义上所表示的这些事物在此遵循自己的顺序.

主经历并忍受最严厉的试探, 比任何人所承受的还要严厉. 从圣言无法清楚得知这一事实, 圣言只提到祂在旷野四十昼夜, 受魔鬼试探. 虽然那时经上只用寥寥几句话描述了祂所经历的试探, 但这几句话却将它们全都囊括进来了; 如马可福音 (1:12, 13) 记载, 祂在那里与野兽同在, 野兽是指最坏的地狱团伙; 还有后来 (马太福音和路加福音) 所记载的事, 即魔鬼将祂带到殿顶和高山上, 这些事无非代表祂在旷野所经历的最严厉的试探; 对此, 蒙主怜悯, 以后再予以描述.