providentially sustained by him, and is utterly dependent on him. However, God is not in any way dependent on this created universe, nor is his being to be confused with created reality (Acts 17:24–25), nor can we act on him or coerce from him what we want by our actions. He is completely independent of his creation. That is the biblical starting point. And this is the context in which we must read the Ten Commandments, as well as the laws that follow after them. Moses declared that the greatest