Page 42 - Pure Life 31
P. 42

Proofs of the Obedience and… Kh. Ahmadi Bighash / (41

               infidel.  (Tabatabai,  1996,              to them and worship them.
               Vol. 4: 406)                              (Book  of  Deuteronomy,

                  In the commentary of the               5: 7-9)
               above  verse,  Tabari  also

               states:  What  the  Prophets              According         to      the
               issues  an  order,  it  is  the        interpretations of the Bible,
               same  right  and  no  one  is          the  word  worship  in  the
               allowed  to  oppose  it.               “Old  Testament”  means

               (Tabari, 1991, Vol. 5: 100)            serving  and  obeying  God.
                  The word obedience and              And        keeping        God's
               worship is used a lot in the           commandments is considered

               “Old  Testament”  and  in              a  proof  of  obedience  and
               many verses it is ordered to           God's love: (Ref: Glenn and
               worship  God  and  forbid              Merton, 2000)

               obedience  and  worship  of               Fear  Jehovah  your  God
               others.       The       second            and worship him and swear
               commandment  of  the  ten                 by  his  name.  (Book  of

               commandments          is     the          Deuteronomy, 6: 13)
               invitation  to  worship  God              If  a person has to swear
               and  the  prohibition  of              to something for some reason,
               obeying  and  worshiping               he swears to that thing if he

               other  than  God:  (Ref:               commits to some  things  or
               Glenn and Merton, 2000)                does  some  things  that  are
                  There  shall  be  no  other         asked of him. Therefore, he

                  gods before me... bow down          does not swear in the name
   37   38   39   40   41   42   43   44   45   46   47