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“Yet for us there is but one God, the Father; from whom all things came and for whom we live.”

WITH SO MANY different churches and religions in existence, the task of finding the true one could prove daunting without some way to sift through them all.  Fortunately, for a diligent searcher, the way to find the true Church is to examine its teaching about God because no religion that worships a false god could ever be the true religion.

And yet today, there are so many different opinions and beliefs about God, some even believing in a plurality of gods.  The apostles also noted in their time that “many things in heaven and on earth are called gods and lords, but none of them really are gods or lords” (I Cor. 8:5, Contemporary English Version). In contrast, true Christians are absolutely monotheistic, believing in only one God:

“Yet for us there is but one God, the Father, from whom all things came and for whom we live; and there is but one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom all things came and through whom we live.” (I Cor. 8:6, New International Version)

While many may claim to also believe in one God, the majority of Christian-professing churches still uphold the belief in either the deity of Jesus Christ or the Trinitarian doctrine. That’s why the following statement of Apostle Paul applies not only during his time but also during ours:

“But not everyone knows this.” (I Cor. 8:7, Ibid.)

Hence, what many do not know is that the Father alone is God.

God’s teaching regarding Himself

The best authority on the identity and characteristics of God is God Himself. This is how God introduced Himself to Abraham:

“When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord appeared to him and said, ‘I am God Almighty; walk before me and be blameless’.” (Gen. 17:1, Ibid.)

God proclaimed His greatness by declaring his omnipotence.  Being Almighty means that no one could ever be greater than or equal to Him.  In addition, the true God declared that there is no other God:

“I am the LORD, and there is no other; apart from me there is no God.” (Is. 45:5, Ibid.)

God, the Father, does not recognized any other god.  This falsifies the belief in the Trinity  God has three persons: the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, each person is supposedly God.

Differing lordships

One of the alleged proofs to the claim that the Son or Christ is God is that He is Lord.  The argument runs life this: “If God is Lord, and Christ is Lord, then Christ must be God.”

What proponents of the belief in Christ’s deity do not know is that the lordship of God is different from the lordship of Christ.  Christ’s lordship is not inherent, but was given through an act of God:

“So, all the Jewish people should know this truly: God has made Jesus to be Lord and Christ.  He is the man you nailed to the cross.” (Acts 2:36, Easy-to-Read New Testament)

Note that the maker is different from the one made Lord.  But the fact that God made Jesus Lord does not mean that Christ is now God because Apostle Peter stated Christ’s state of being: “He is the man you nailed to the cross.”

Contrast this with the lordship of God which is an inherent characteristic, meaning no one made Him Lord:

“Lord, you have been our dwelling place throughout all generations.  Before the mountains were born or you brought forth the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting you are God.” (Ps. 90:1-2, NIV)

Some of those who believe that Christ is God also believe that He is the Lord mentioned in the Old Testament is the Creator:

“Shout for joy to the LORD, all the earth.  Worship the LORD with gladness; come before him with joyful songs.  Know that the LORD is God.  It is he who made us, and we are his; we are his people, the sheep of his pasture.” (Ps. 100:2-3, Ibid.)

The Lord that made or created all men is God, the Father:

“But you are our Father, though Abraham does not know us or Israel acknowledge us; you, O LORD, are our Father, our Redeemer from of old is your name.” (Is. 63:16, Ibid.)

“Have we not all one Father? Did not one God create us?” (Mal. 2:10, Ibid.)

The distinction between God’s lordship and Christ’s lordship was further revealed in Scripture:

“THE Lord (God) says to my Lord [the Messiah], Sit You at My right hand, until I make Your adversaries Your footstool.” (Ps. 110:1, Amplified Bible)

The Lord who sits at the right hand of God is Christ:

“Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God.” (Col. 3:1 NIV)

Although Christ is now in heaven, He continues to remain a man in state of being:

“Let your hand rest on the man at your right hand, the son of  man you have raised up for yourself.” (Ps. 80:17, Ibid.)

Christ, therefore, is neither the Father nor the Creator, but the Son as introduced by God Himself:

“And a voice from heaven said, ‘This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased’.” (Mt. 3:17, Ibid.)

If Christ were God, then who was the One who spoke from heaven? Hence, Christ is not God.  The teaching that Christ is God is a heretical belief that contradicts Christ’s statement that the Father alone is the only true God:

“After Jesus said this, he looked towards heaven and prayed: ‘Father ... Now this is eternal life: that  they may know you, the only true God’.” (Jn. 17:1,3, Ibid.)

One of the requirements in attaining eternal life is to know that the Father is the only true God.  Any belief which contradicts this, like the belief in the Trinity or the deity of Jesus Christ, is a heresy.  A heresy is a false belief, one of the works of the flesh, whose adherents will not be saved:

“After Jesus said this, he looked toward heaven and prayed: ‘Father... Now this is eternal life: that they may know you, the only true God.”

‘For the works of the flesh are well known, which are these: adultery, impurity, and lasciviousness, “Idolatry, witchcraft, enmity, strife, jealousy, anger, stubbornness, seditions, heresies, “Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and all such things; those who practice these things, as I have told you before and I say to you now, shall not inherit the kingdom of God.” (Gal. 5:19-21, Lamsa Translation, emphasis ours)

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