To Rightly Know the Only True God
THE FIRST COMMANDMENT I am the Lord your God, who brought you of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery, you shall have no other gods before me. What does the Lord require in the first commandment? That I, not wanting to endanger my own salvation, avoid and shun all idolatry, sorcery, superstitious rites, and prayer to saints or other creatures. That I rightly know the only true God, trust him alone, and look to God for every good thing humbly and patiently, and love, fear, and honor God with all my heart. In short, that I give up anything rather than go against God’s will in any way. Let your compassion come to me that I may live, for your law is my delight. (Psalm 119:77 NIV) What is idolatry? Idolatry is having or inventing something in which one trusts in place of or alongside of the only true God, who has reveale...
