obligations—by their own actions or through the assent of their forebears—do so in response to the one with this name, the God whose deeds and words are recounted in the Bible. Living this way, according to these guidelines, is always both a response to the one whose name is the Lord and a reflection of the character and way of the God who so commands. The Prologue establishes a relationship as the context in which the Commandments are to be lived out. The identity of this deity is also relational:
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