commands are clearly revealed and are the means by which God acts in our midst to bless and curse. Presence involves control, lest anything in heaven or earth should keep us from God or Him from us (John 10; Rom. 8). Presence involves authority, for God is never present apart from His Word (cf. Deut. 30:11ff.; John 1:1ff.; etc.; and see my unpublished Doctrine of the Word of God). To summarize, knowing God is knowing Him as Lord, “knowing that I am the Lord.” And knowing Him as Lord is knowing His
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