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Col. 3:5; 1 nJo. 5:21; Rev. 9:20; 13: 14, 15; 14:9-11. Those who believe the Gospel are turned from idols to serve the living and true God. 1 Thess. 1:9. God is shown to be a jealous God. v. 5. He will tolerate no rival. Ex. 34:14; Deut. 6.15; 29:20; 32:16, 21; Josh. 24:19; Nah. 1:2; 1 Cor. 10:22. Through grace we learn that God alone can satisfy us; therefore it is good of Him to tolerate no rival. It is declared that iniquity shall be visited upon the children, v. 5; 34:7; Num. 14:18; Isa. 14:20, 21; Jer. 32: 18; Matt. 27:25. In grace our iniqui- ties are laid upon Christ. Isa. 53:5, 6; 1 Pet. 2.24; 3:18; Rom. 4:21. Grace takes the curse away. Cf. Gal. 3:10 and 3:13. Mercy to be shown to those who love Him and keep His commandments. V. .6; Deut. 7:9; Mi. 7:18. "Love is the fulfilling of the law." Rom. 13:10. When the love of God is shed abroad in the heart by the Holy Ghost, then will follow love to God and obedience to His law. Rom. 5:5; 1 Jno. 4:19; 5:3. The law requires love; grace sheds it abroad in the heart by the Holy Spirit, and thus constrains to obedience. 2 Cor. 5:14, 15.
(a) Duties God ward. 2. The second commandment (Ex. 20.4-6), "Thou shalt not make unto thee a graven image, nor the likeness of any form that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth: Thou shalt not bow down thysefl unto them, nor serve them: for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, upon the third and upon the fourth gener- ation of them that hate me; and show- ing mercy unto thousands of them that love me and keep my commandments." (a) The uniquity of incomparability of God, His word and His worship is set forth in the second commandment, "I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like me." Isa. 46:9; Num. 23.19; Deut. 4:35; Isa. 45:22; Psa. 138:2. (b) In the second commandment idolatry is forbidden; the substituting of something else for God. Ex. 32:18, 23; 34:17-, Lev. 19:4; 26:1; Deut. 4: 15-19; 23-25; 5:8; 27:15; 1 Sam. 15. 23; 1 Kings 12:28; 2 Chron. 33:7; Psa. 97:7; 115:4-8; 135:15-18; Isa. 40: 18-20; 42:8, 17; 44:9-20; 45.16; 46: 5-8; Jer. 10:3-5, 8, 9, 14, 15; Eze. 8:10; Acts 17:29; 19:26-35; Rom. 1:22, 23;
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