because of this we are connected to people like ourselves in hell, where all
are gathered who have loved themselves or the world above all else.
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no other God except the Lord Jesus Christ, because he is Jehovah, and he
came into the world and brought about redemption. If he had not done
so, not one person and not one angel could have been saved.
It is clear from the following passages in the Word that there is no
other God except him:
It will be said in that day, “Behold, this is our God. We have waited for
him to free us. This is Jehovah whom we have waited for. Let us rejoice
and be glad in his salvation.” (Isaiah 25 : 9 )The voice of one crying in the desert, “Prepare a way for Jehovah; make
a level pathway in the solitude for our God. For the glory of Jehovah
will be revealed, and all flesh will see it together. Behold, the Lord
Jehovih is coming with strength; like a shepherd he will feed his flock.”
(Isaiah 40 : 3 , 5 , 11 )“The only God is among you; there is no other God.” Surely you are
the God who was hidden, O God the Saviorof Israel. (Isaiah 45 : 14 , 15 )
Am not I Jehovah? There is no other God except me. I am a just God,
and there is no Saviorexcept me. (Isaiah 45 : 21 , 22 )I am Jehovah, and there is no Saviorexcept me. (Isaiah 43 : 11 ; Hosea 13 : 4 )So that all flesh may know that I, Jehovah, am your Saviorand your
Redeemer.(Isaiah 49 : 26 ; 60 : 16 )
As for our Redeemer,Jehovah Sabaoth is his name. (Isaiah 47 : 4 ; Jeremiah
50 : 34 )Jehovah, my rock and my Redeemer.(Psalms 19 : 14 )Thus says Jehovah, your Redeemer,the Holy One of Israel: “I am Jehovah,
your God.” (Isaiah 48 : 17 ; 43 : 14 ; 49 : 7 ; 54 : 8 )
Thus said Jehovah, your Redeemer:“I, Jehovah, am the maker of all
things. I alone [stretch out the heavens. I extend the earth] by myself.”
(Isaiah 44 : 24 )Thus said Jehovah, the King of Israel and its Redeemer, Jehovah
Sabaoth: “I am the First and the Last, and there is no God except me.”
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