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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Large Catechism by Dr. Martin Luther: anything else in heaven and upon earth will keep neither this nor any.
Thus the entire scriptures have everywhere preached and inculcated this
commandment, aiming always at these two things: fear of God and trust
in Him. And especially the prophet David throughout the Psalms, as when
he says [Ps. 147,11]: The Lord taketh pleasure in them that fear Him,
in those that hope in His mercy. As if the entire commandment were
explained by one verse, as much as to say: The Lord taketh pleasure in
those who have no other gods.
Thus the First Commandment is to shine and impart its splendor to all
the others. Therefore you must let this declaration run through all the
commandments, like a hoop in a wreath, joining the end to the beginning
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