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86:10; Isaiah 40:18-28).
Jesus confirmed the proclamation of the oneness of God in the Old
Testament books in Mark 12:29-30 saying, "... The first of all the conv
>»andments is. Hear, O Israel; the Lord our God is one Lord: and «ou Shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy
®onl, and with aU thy mind, and with aU thy strength: this is the first
commandment" (Mark 12:29, 30).
The apostles of Jesus Christ in the New Testament firmly proclaimed ^d's oneness decree stating as follows: "There is one body, and one
Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling; One Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all" (Ephesians 4:4-6).
Paul relates the oneness to Timothy: "Now unto the King eternal,
f®nnortal, invisible, the only wise God, be honor, and glory for ever and ever. Amen" (I Timothy 1:17). "For there is one God, and one
Mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus." (I Timothy «5;1Corinthians8:6). "...whoistheblessedandonlyPotentate,the
of kings, and Lord of lords; Who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto; whom no man hath seen, nor can see; to whom be honour and power everlasting.
Amen" (1 Timothy 6:15-16).
LC^tw^^^ ^ho are used to idol worship, Joshua said, "Ye cannot serve the * Holy God; He is a jealous God; He will not forgive
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Wtransgressioitenoryoursins"Qoshua24:19). (SeealsoJeremiah10:1-
Fear of the Glorifiecl Name
The first two of the Ten Conunandments inscribed by God's finger are to
revered forever. God and His name are one. The proclamation concerning name in Exodus 20:7 says: "Thou shaft not take the name of the LORD y od in vain; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his
rrame in vain."
When God appeared to Moses on, "...mount Sinai was altogether on a smoke, because the LORD descended upon it in fire: and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatljr"
(Exodus 19:18,19). "And the LORD descended in the cloud,and stoodwith him there, and proclaimed the name of the LORD". "...The LORD God,
merciful and gracious, long suffering, and abundant in goodness and truth. Keeping mercy for thousemds, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sirv and that will by no means clear the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers
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