“QUESTION 2: What does this imply, God being our God?
Answer. It is comprehensive of all good things. God is our strong tower, our fountain of living water, and our salvation. More particularly, God being our God implies the sweetest relation.
First, the relation of a father, “I will be a Father unto you” (2 Cor. 6:18).
A father is full of tender care for his child. To whom does he settle the inheritance upon but his child? God being our God will be a Father to us. He is a “Father of mercy” (2 Cor. 1:3). He is “the everlasting Father” (Isa. 9:6). If God be our God, then we have a Father in heaven that never dies.
Second, it imports the relation of a husband, “Thy Maker is thy husband” (Isa. 54:5).
If God be our husband, He esteems us precious to Him as the apple of His eye (Zech. 2:8). He imparts His secrets to us (Ps. 25:14). He bestows a kingdom upon us for our dowry (Luke 12:32).”
–Thomas Watson, The Ten Commandments, in The Works of Thomas Watson, Volume 3, Ed. J. Stephen Yuille and Matthew Elliot (Grand Rapids, MI: Reformation Heritage Books, 2026), 3: 13.
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