4 “Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one."
Deut. 6:4
"But the Lord is the true God; he is the living God and the everlasting King. At his wrath the earthquakes, and the nations cannot endure his indignation."
Jeremiah 10:10
Last time with question 7, we discussed some core characteristics of God. The 1695 London Baptist Catechism gave some great characteristics/attributes of God. This was determined from clear scripture interpretation, but this begs the question, “Are there more gods than one?” Can more than one being fulfill all these necessary characteristics and also be a god? The biblical answer is no. “There is but one only, the living and true God.”
From the get-go in Genesis 1 to the very end of Revelation, God’s Word is clear, there is only one God, the living and true God. Take the foundational passage of Deuteronomy 6:4, the starting of the Jewish Shema,
4 “Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. 5 You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might. 6 And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart. 7 You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise. 8 You shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes. 9 You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates."
More on what it means for God to be one in our next question and answer, but for now, we must understand that there is only one God. “God has all life, glory, goodness and blessedness in and of himself, and He alone is all-sufficient in himself. He does not need any other creatures, nor does He derive any necessary glory, power or resource from them. God’s glory is demonstrated by God in creatures such as humans, by them, to them, and upon them. Yet, it is important for us to note as the 1689 London Baptist Confession of Faith in Chapter 2, section 2 says, “He has absolute sovereign rule over all creatures, to act through them, for them, or upon them as he pleases.”
This is important because God stands alone. He is sovereign over all His creation. He is uncontested and does all He pleases according to His will. In the previously studied characteristics with question 7, we learned he is “He is absolutely holy in all his plans, in all his works, and in all his commands. All Angels and human beings owe to him all the worship, service, or obedience that creatures owe to the Creator and whatever else he is pleased to require of them. (Chap. 2, section 2).”
He is our God, and He is the only one. Let’s worship Him deeply this week as we grow in our study of Him.
Deut. 6:4
"But the Lord is the true God; he is the living God and the everlasting King. At his wrath the earthquakes, and the nations cannot endure his indignation."
Jeremiah 10:10
Last time with question 7, we discussed some core characteristics of God. The 1695 London Baptist Catechism gave some great characteristics/attributes of God. This was determined from clear scripture interpretation, but this begs the question, “Are there more gods than one?” Can more than one being fulfill all these necessary characteristics and also be a god? The biblical answer is no. “There is but one only, the living and true God.”
From the get-go in Genesis 1 to the very end of Revelation, God’s Word is clear, there is only one God, the living and true God. Take the foundational passage of Deuteronomy 6:4, the starting of the Jewish Shema,
4 “Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. 5 You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might. 6 And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart. 7 You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise. 8 You shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes. 9 You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates."
More on what it means for God to be one in our next question and answer, but for now, we must understand that there is only one God. “God has all life, glory, goodness and blessedness in and of himself, and He alone is all-sufficient in himself. He does not need any other creatures, nor does He derive any necessary glory, power or resource from them. God’s glory is demonstrated by God in creatures such as humans, by them, to them, and upon them. Yet, it is important for us to note as the 1689 London Baptist Confession of Faith in Chapter 2, section 2 says, “He has absolute sovereign rule over all creatures, to act through them, for them, or upon them as he pleases.”
This is important because God stands alone. He is sovereign over all His creation. He is uncontested and does all He pleases according to His will. In the previously studied characteristics with question 7, we learned he is “He is absolutely holy in all his plans, in all his works, and in all his commands. All Angels and human beings owe to him all the worship, service, or obedience that creatures owe to the Creator and whatever else he is pleased to require of them. (Chap. 2, section 2).”
He is our God, and He is the only one. Let’s worship Him deeply this week as we grow in our study of Him.
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