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{"content":[{"abbv":"wlc","answer":"God only being able to search the hearts, hear the requests, pardon the sins, and fulfill the desires of all; and only to be believed in, and worshiped with religious worship; prayer, which is a special part thereof, is to be made by all to him alone, and to none other.","citation":"WLC 179","long_citation":"Larger Catechism 179","name":"Larger Catechism","number":"179","prooftexts":{},"question":"Are we to pray unto God only?","section_title":"","type":"catechism"}],"content_with_prooftexts":[{"abbv":"wlc","answer":"God only being able to search the hearts,<sup id='fnref:wlc1'><a href='#fn:wlc1' rel='footnote' style='text-decoration: none;'>1</a></sup> hear the requests,<sup id='fnref:wlc2'><a href='#fn:wlc2' rel='footnote' style='text-decoration: none;'>2</a></sup> pardon the sins,<sup id='fnref:wlc3'><a href='#fn:wlc3' rel='footnote' style='text-decoration: none;'>3</a></sup> and fulfill the desires of all;<sup id='fnref:wlc4'><a href='#fn:wlc4' rel='footnote' style='text-decoration: none;'>4</a></sup> and only to be believed in,<sup id='fnref:wlc5'><a href='#fn:wlc5' rel='footnote' style='text-decoration: none;'>5</a></sup> and worshiped with religious worship;<sup id='fnref:wlc6'><a href='#fn:wlc6' rel='footnote' style='text-decoration: none;'>6</a></sup> prayer, which is a special part thereof,<sup id='fnref:wlc7'><a href='#fn:wlc7' rel='footnote' style='text-decoration: none;'>7</a></sup> is to be made by all to him alone,<sup id='fnref:wlc8'><a href='#fn:wlc8' rel='footnote' style='text-decoration: none;'>8</a></sup> and to none other.<sup id='fnref:wlc9'><a href='#fn:wlc9' rel='footnote' style='text-decoration: none;'>9</a></sup>","citation":"WLC 179","long_citation":"Larger Catechism 179","name":"Larger Catechism","number":"179","prooftexts":{"1":"<div class=\"esv\"><h5>1 Kings 8:39</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\"><p id=\"p11008039.01-1\">then hear in heaven your dwelling place and forgive and act and render to each whose heart you know, according to all his ways (for you, you only, know the hearts of all the children of mankind),</p>\n</div><h5>Acts 1:24</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\"><p id=\"p44001024.01-2\">And they prayed and said, “You, Lord, who know the hearts of all, show which one of these two you have chosen</p>\n</div><h5>Romans 8:27</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\"><p id=\"p45008027.01-3\">And he who searches hearts knows what is the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints according to the will of God. (<a href=\"http://www.esv.org\" class=\"copyright\">ESV</a>)</p>\n</div>\n</div>","2":"<div class=\"esv\"><h5>Psalm 65:2</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\"><div class=\"block-indent\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p19065002.01-1\">O you who hear prayer,<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>to you shall all flesh come. (<a href=\"http://www.esv.org\" class=\"copyright\">ESV</a>)</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>","3":"<div class=\"esv\"><h5>Micah 7:18</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\">\n<div class=\"block-indent\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p33007018.06-1\">Who is a God like you, pardoning iniquity<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>and passing over transgression<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>for the remnant of his inheritance?<br />\nHe does not retain his anger forever,<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>because he delights in steadfast love. (<a href=\"http://www.esv.org\" class=\"copyright\">ESV</a>)</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>","4":"<div class=\"esv\"><h5>Psalm 145:18</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\"><div class=\"block-indent\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p19145018.01-1\">The <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span> is near to all who call on him,<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>to all who call on him in truth. (<a href=\"http://www.esv.org\" class=\"copyright\">ESV</a>)</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>","5":"<div class=\"esv\"><h5>Romans 10:14</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\"><p id=\"p45010014.01-1\">How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him of whom they have never heard? And how are they to hear without someone preaching? (<a href=\"http://www.esv.org\" class=\"copyright\">ESV</a>)</p>\n</div>\n</div>","6":"<div class=\"esv\"><h5>Matthew 4:10</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\"><p id=\"p40004010.01-1\">Then Jesus said to him, <span class=\"woc\">“Be gone, Satan! For it is written,</span></p>\n<div class=\"block-indent\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p40004010.13-1\"><span class=\"woc\">“‘You shall worship the Lord your God<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>and him only shall you serve.’”</span> (<a href=\"http://www.esv.org\" class=\"copyright\">ESV</a>)</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>","7":"<div class=\"esv\"><h5>1 Corinthians 1:2</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\"><p class=\"chapter-first\" id=\"p46001002.01-1\">To the church of God that is in Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints together with all those who in every place call upon the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, both their Lord and ours: (<a href=\"http://www.esv.org\" class=\"copyright\">ESV</a>)</p>\n</div>\n</div>","8":"<div class=\"esv\"><h5>Isaiah 45:22</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\"><div class=\"block-indent\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p23045022.01-1\">“Turn to me and be saved,<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>all the ends of the earth!<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>For I am God, and there is no other.</p>\n</div>\n</div><h5>Matthew 6:9</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\"><p id=\"p40006009.01-2\"><span class=\"woc\">Pray then like this:</span></p>\n<div class=\"block-indent\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p40006009.05-2\"><span class=\"woc\">“Our Father in heaven,<br />\nhallowed be your name.</span></p>\n</div>\n</div><h5>Psalm 50:15</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\"><div class=\"block-indent\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p19050015.01-3\">and call upon me in the day of trouble;<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>I will deliver you, and you shall glorify me.” (<a href=\"http://www.esv.org\" class=\"copyright\">ESV</a>)</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>","9":"<div class=\"esv\"><h5>Isaiah 43:11</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\"><div class=\"block-indent\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p23043011.01-1\">I, I am the <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span>,<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>and besides me there is no savior.</p>\n</div>\n</div><h5>Isaiah 46</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\">\n<div class=\"block-indent\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p23046001.10-2\"><span class=\"chapter-num\" id=\"v23046001-2\">46:1 </span>Bel bows down; Nebo stoops;<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>their idols are on beasts and livestock;<br />\nthese things you carry are borne<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>as burdens on weary beasts.<br />\n They stoop; they bow down together;<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>they cannot save the burden,<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>but themselves go into captivity.</p>\n <p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p23046003.01-2\">“Listen to me, O house of Jacob,<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>all the remnant of the house of Israel,<br />\nwho have been borne by me from before your birth,<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>carried from the womb;<br />\n even to your old age I am he,<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>and to gray hairs I will carry you.<br />\nI have made, and I will bear;<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>I will carry and will save.</p>\n <p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p23046005.01-2\">“To whom will you liken me and make me equal,<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>and compare me, that we may be alike?<br />\n Those who lavish gold from the purse,<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>and weigh out silver in the scales,<br />\nhire a goldsmith, and he makes it into a god;<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>then they fall down and worship!<br />\n They lift it to their shoulders, they carry it,<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>they set it in its place, and it stands there;<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>it cannot move from its place.<br />\nIf one cries to it, it does not answer<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>or save him from his trouble.</p>\n <p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p23046008.01-2\">“Remember this and stand firm,<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>recall it to mind, you transgressors,<br />\n <span class=\"indent\"></span>remember the former things of old;<br />\nfor I am God, and there is no other;<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>I am God, and there is none like me,<br />\n declaring the end from the beginning<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>and from ancient times things not yet done,<br />\nsaying, ‘My counsel shall stand,<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>and I will accomplish all my purpose,’<br />\n calling a bird of prey from the east,<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>the man of my counsel from a far country.<br />\nI have spoken, and I will bring it to pass;<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>I have purposed, and I will do it.</p>\n <p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p23046012.01-2\">“Listen to me, you stubborn of heart,<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>you who are far from righteousness:<br />\n I bring near my righteousness; it is not far off,<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>and my salvation will not delay;<br />\nI will put salvation in Zion,<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>for Israel my glory.” (<a href=\"http://www.esv.org\" class=\"copyright\">ESV</a>)</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>"},"question":"Are we to pray unto God only?","section_title":"","type":"catechism"}],"feed":"<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html>\n<head>\n<title></title>\n\n</head>\n<body>\n<h5 class=\"header mb-1\" style=\"display:block; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:18px\">Larger Catechism</h5>\n<p class=\"question mb-0\" style=\"display:block; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:16px\"><span class=\"q\">Q <em>179.</em></span>\nAre we to pray unto God only?</p>\n<div class=\"answer\" style=\"display:block; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:16px\"><p style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\"><span class=\"q\">A. </span> God only being able to search the hearts,<sup id=\"fnref:wlc1\"><a href=\"#fn:wlc1\" rel=\"footnote\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\">1</a></sup> hear the requests,<sup id=\"fnref:wlc2\"><a href=\"#fn:wlc2\" rel=\"footnote\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\">2</a></sup> pardon the sins,<sup id=\"fnref:wlc3\"><a href=\"#fn:wlc3\" rel=\"footnote\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\">3</a></sup> and fulfill the desires of all;<sup id=\"fnref:wlc4\"><a href=\"#fn:wlc4\" rel=\"footnote\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\">4</a></sup> and only to be believed in,<sup id=\"fnref:wlc5\"><a href=\"#fn:wlc5\" rel=\"footnote\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\">5</a></sup> and worshiped with religious worship;<sup id=\"fnref:wlc6\"><a href=\"#fn:wlc6\" rel=\"footnote\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\">6</a></sup> prayer, which is a special part thereof,<sup id=\"fnref:wlc7\"><a href=\"#fn:wlc7\" rel=\"footnote\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\">7</a></sup> is to be made by all to him alone,<sup id=\"fnref:wlc8\"><a href=\"#fn:wlc8\" rel=\"footnote\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\">8</a></sup> and to none other.<sup id=\"fnref:wlc9\"><a href=\"#fn:wlc9\" rel=\"footnote\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\">9</a></sup></p></div>\n\n <div class=\"prooftexts\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">\n <ol class=\"disc\">\n \n <li class=\"footnote\" id=\"fn:1\">\n <div class=\"esv\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">1 Kings 8:39</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p id=\"p11008039.01-1\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">then hear in heaven your dwelling place and forgive and act and render to each whose heart you know, according to all his ways (for you, you only, know the hearts of all the children of mankind),</p>\n</div>\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">Acts 1:24</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p id=\"p44001024.01-2\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">And they prayed and said, \u201cYou, Lord, who know the hearts of all, show which one of these two you have chosen</p>\n</div>\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">Romans 8:27</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p id=\"p45008027.01-3\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">And he who searches hearts knows what is the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints according to the will of God. (<a href=\"http://www.esv.org\" class=\"copyright\">ESV</a>)</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n </li>\n \n <li class=\"footnote\" id=\"fn:2\">\n <div class=\"esv\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">Psalm 65:2</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<div class=\"block-indent\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p19065002.01-1\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">O you who hear prayer,\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>to you shall all flesh come. (<a href=\"http://www.esv.org\" class=\"copyright\">ESV</a>)</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>\n </li>\n \n <li class=\"footnote\" id=\"fn:3\">\n <div class=\"esv\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">Micah 7:18</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<div class=\"block-indent\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p33007018.06-1\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">Who is a God like you, pardoning iniquity\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>and passing over transgression\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>for the remnant of his inheritance?\nHe does not retain his anger forever,\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>because he delights in steadfast love. (<a href=\"http://www.esv.org\" class=\"copyright\">ESV</a>)</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>\n </li>\n \n <li class=\"footnote\" id=\"fn:4\">\n <div class=\"esv\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">Psalm 145:18</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<div class=\"block-indent\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p19145018.01-1\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">The <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span> is near to all who call on him,\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>to all who call on him in truth. (<a href=\"http://www.esv.org\" class=\"copyright\">ESV</a>)</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>\n </li>\n \n <li class=\"footnote\" id=\"fn:5\">\n <div class=\"esv\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">Romans 10:14</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p id=\"p45010014.01-1\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him of whom they have never heard? And how are they to hear without someone preaching? (<a href=\"http://www.esv.org\" class=\"copyright\">ESV</a>)</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n </li>\n \n <li class=\"footnote\" id=\"fn:6\">\n <div class=\"esv\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">Matthew 4:10</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p id=\"p40004010.01-1\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">Then Jesus said to him, <span class=\"woc\">\u201cBe gone, Satan! For it is written,</span></p>\n<div class=\"block-indent\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p40004010.13-1\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\"><span class=\"woc\">\u201c\u2018You shall worship the Lord your God\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>and him only shall you serve.\u2019\u201d</span> (<a href=\"http://www.esv.org\" class=\"copyright\">ESV</a>)</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>\n </li>\n \n <li class=\"footnote\" id=\"fn:7\">\n <div class=\"esv\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">1 Corinthians 1:2</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p class=\"chapter-first\" id=\"p46001002.01-1\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">To the church of God that is in Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints together with all those who in every place call upon the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, both their Lord and ours: (<a href=\"http://www.esv.org\" class=\"copyright\">ESV</a>)</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n </li>\n \n <li class=\"footnote\" id=\"fn:8\">\n <div class=\"esv\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">Isaiah 45:22</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<div class=\"block-indent\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p23045022.01-1\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\u201cTurn to me and be saved,\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>all the ends of the earth!\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>For I am God, and there is no other.</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">Matthew 6:9</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p id=\"p40006009.01-2\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\"><span class=\"woc\">Pray then like this:</span></p>\n<div class=\"block-indent\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p40006009.05-2\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\"><span class=\"woc\">\u201cOur Father in heaven,\nhallowed be your name.</span></p>\n</div>\n</div>\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">Psalm 50:15</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<div class=\"block-indent\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p19050015.01-3\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">and call upon me in the day of trouble;\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>I will deliver you, and you shall glorify me.\u201d (<a href=\"http://www.esv.org\" class=\"copyright\">ESV</a>)</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>\n </li>\n \n <li class=\"footnote\" id=\"fn:9\">\n <div class=\"esv\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">Isaiah 43:11</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<div class=\"block-indent\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p23043011.01-1\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">I, I am the <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span>,\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>and besides me there is no savior.</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">Isaiah 46</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<div class=\"block-indent\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p23046001.10-2\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\"><span class=\"chapter-num\" id=\"v23046001-2\">46:1\u00a0</span>Bel bows down; Nebo stoops;\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>their idols are on beasts and livestock;\nthese things you carry are borne\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>as burdens on weary beasts.\n They stoop; they bow down together;\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>they cannot save the burden,\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>but themselves go into captivity.</p>\n <p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p23046003.01-2\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\u201cListen to me, O house of Jacob,\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>all the remnant of the house of Israel,\nwho have been borne by me from before your birth,\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>carried from the womb;\n even to your old age I am he,\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>and to gray hairs I will carry you.\nI have made, and I will bear;\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>I will carry and will save.</p>\n <p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p23046005.01-2\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\u201cTo whom will you liken me and make me equal,\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>and compare me, that we may be alike?\n Those who lavish gold from the purse,\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>and weigh out silver in the scales,\nhire a goldsmith, and he makes it into a god;\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>then they fall down and worship!\n They lift it to their shoulders, they carry it,\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>they set it in its place, and it stands there;\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>it cannot move from its place.\nIf one cries to it, it does not answer\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>or save him from his trouble.</p>\n <p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p23046008.01-2\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\u201cRemember this and stand firm,\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>recall it to mind, you transgressors,\n <span class=\"indent\"></span>remember the former things of old;\nfor I am God, and there is no other;\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>I am God, and there is none like me,\n declaring the end from the beginning\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>and from ancient times things not yet done,\nsaying, \u2018My counsel shall stand,\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>and I will accomplish all my purpose,\u2019\n calling a bird of prey from the east,\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>the man of my counsel from a far country.\nI have spoken, and I will bring it to pass;\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>I have purposed, and I will do it.</p>\n <p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p23046012.01-2\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\u201cListen to me, you stubborn of heart,\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>you who are far from righteousness:\n I bring near my righteousness; it is not far off,\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>and my salvation will not delay;\nI will put salvation in Zion,\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>for Israel my glory.\u201d (<a href=\"http://www.esv.org\" class=\"copyright\">ESV</a>)</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>\n </li>\n \n </ol>\n </div>\n</body>\n</html>\n","title":"Are we to pray unto God only?"}