True Christian Religion #294
294. The spiritual sense of this commandment is that no other God is to be worshipped except the Lord Jesus Christ, because He is Jehovah, who came into the world and carried out the redemption, without which no man, nor any angel, could have been saved. The following passages in the Word show that there is no other God beside Him.
On that day it will be said, Behold, He is our God, whom we have awaited to free us. He is Jehovah, whom we have awaited; let us exult and rejoice in His salvation, Isaiah 25:9.
The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare the way of Jehovah, make smooth in the desert a path for our God. For the glory of Jehovah will be revealed, and all flesh will see it together. Behold, the Lord Jehovah comes in strength. Like a shepherd will He feed His flock, Isaiah 40:3, 5, 10-11.
Only among you is there God, there is no other God besides; surely, you are a hidden God, O God the Saviour of Israel, Isaiah 45:14-15.
Am I not Jehovah, and there is no other God beside me? There is no 1 righteous God and Saviour beside me, Isaiah 45:21-22.
I am Jehovah, and there is no Saviour beside me, Isaiah 43:11; Hosea 13:4.
That all flesh may know that I am Jehovah your Saviour and your Redeemer, Isaiah 49:26; 60:16.
As for our Redeemer, Jehovah Zebaoth is His name, Isaiah 47:4; Jeremiah 50:34.
Jehovah, my rock and my Redeemer, Psalms 19:14.
Thus spoke Jehovah your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel, I am Jehovah your God, Isaiah 48:17; 43:14; 49:7; 54:8.
Thus spoke Jehovah your Redeemer, I am Jehovah the maker of all things, alone, by myself, Isaiah 44:24.
Thus spoke Jehovah, the King of Israel and his Redeemer, Jehovah Zebaoth, I am the first and the last, and there is no God beside me, Isaiah 44:6.
Jehovah Zebaoth is His name, and your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; He will be called the God of the whole earth, Isaiah 54:5.
Abraham does not know us, Israel does not acknowledge us. You, Jehovah, are our Father, Redeemer from eternity is your name, Isaiah 63:16.
A child is born for us, a son is given to us, whose name is Wonderful, Counsellor, God, Hero, the everlasting Father, the Prince of peace, Isaiah 9:6.
Behold, the days will come, when I shall raise up for David a righteous shoot, who will reign as king; and this is His name, Jehovah our righteousness, Jeremiah 23:5-6; 33:15-16.
Philip said to Jesus, Show us the Father. Jesus said to him, He who sees me sees the Father. Do you not believe that I am in the Father, and the Father is in me? John 14:8-10.
In Jesus Christ all the fulness of the Godhead dwells bodily, Colossians 2:9.
We are in truth, in Jesus Christ. He is the true God and everlasting life. My sons, beware of idols. 1 John 5:20-21.
These passages plainly show that the Lord our Saviour is Jehovah Himself, who is at once the Creator, the Redeemer and the Regenerator. This is the spiritual sense of this commandment.
Imibhalo yaphansi:
1. 'No' is added in the margin of the author's copy.
Ezekiel 34
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And the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
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Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel, prophesy, and say to them, Thus saith the Lord GOD to the shepherds; Woe be to the shepherds of Israel that do feed themselves! should not the shepherds feed the flocks?
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Ye eat the fat, and ye clothe yourselves with the wool, ye kill them that are fed: but ye feed not the flock.
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The diseased ye have not strengthened, neither have ye healed that which was sick, neither have ye bound up that which was broken, neither have ye brought again that which was driven away, neither have ye sought that which was lost; but with force and with cruelty have ye ruled them.
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And they were scattered, because there is no shepherd: and they became food to all the beasts of the field, when they were scattered.
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My sheep wandered through all the mountains, and upon every high hill: yes, my flock was scattered upon all the face of the earth, and none did search or seek for them.
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Therefore, ye shepherds, hear the word of the LORD;
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As I live, saith the Lord GOD, surely because my flock became a prey, and my flock became food to every beast of the field, because there was no shepherd, neither did my shepherds search for my flock, but the shepherds fed themselves, and fed not my flock;
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Therefore, O ye shepherds, hear the word of the LORD;
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Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against the shepherds; and I will require my flock at their hand, and cause them to cease from feeding the flock; neither shall the shepherds feed themselves any more; for I will deliver my flock from their mouth, that they may not be food for them.
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For thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I even I, will both search for my sheep, and seek them out.
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As a shepherd seeketh out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep that are scattered; so will I seek out my sheep, and will deliver them out of all places where they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day.
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And I will bring them out from the people, and gather them from the countries, and will bring them to their own land, and feed them upon the mountains of Israel by the rivers, and in all the inhabited places of the country.
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I will feed them in a good pasture, and upon the high mountains of Israel shall their fold be: there shall they lie in a good fold, and in a fat pasture shall they feed upon the mountains of Israel.
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I will feed my flock, and I will cause them to lie down, saith the Lord GOD.
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I will seek that which was lost, and bring again that which was driven away, and will bind up that which was broken, and will strengthen that which was sick: but I will destroy the fat and the strong; I will feed them with judgment.
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And as for you, O my flock, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I judge between cattle and cattle, between the rams and the he-goats.
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Seemeth it a small thing to you to have eaten up the good pasture, but ye must tread down with your feet the residue of your pastures? and to have drank of the deep waters, but ye must foul the residue with your feet?
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And as for my flock, they eat that which ye have trodden with your feet; and they drink that which ye have fouled with your feet.
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Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD to them; Behold, I, even I, will judge between the fat cattle and between the lean cattle.
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Because ye have thrust with side and with shoulder, and pushed all the diseased with your horns, till ye have scattered them abroad;
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Therefore will I save my flock, and they shall no more be a prey; and I will judge between cattle and cattle.
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And I will set up one shepherd over them, and he shall feed them, even my servant David; he shall feed them, and he shall be their shepherd.
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And I the LORD will be their God, and my servant David a prince among them; I the LORD have spoken it.
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And I will make with them a covenant of peace, and will cause the evil beasts to cease out of the land: and they shall dwell safely in the wilderness, and sleep in the woods.
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And I will make them and the places around my hill a blessing; and I will cause the shower to come down in its season; there shall be showers of blessing.
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And the tree of the field shall yield her fruit, and the earth shall yield her increase, and they shall be safe in their land, and shall know that I am the LORD, when I have broken the bands of their yoke, and delivered them out of the hand of those that subjected them to service.
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And they shall no more be a prey to the heathen, neither shall the beast of the land devour them; but they shall dwell safely, and none shall make them afraid.
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And I will raise up for them a plant of renown, and they shall be no more consumed with hunger in the land, neither bear the shame of the heathen any more.
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Thus shall they know that I the LORD their God am with them, and that they, even the house of Israel, are my people, saith the LORD God.
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And ye my flock, the flock of my pasture, are men, and I am your God, saith the Lord God.
