Friday, July 30, 2004

The Oneness Of God

Had a lesson on the oneness of God on wed..its good..really did answers my question but i would not say that i comprehened it completely..
Anyway i'm reading this book called The Oneness Of God
this is wat it wrote..some parts only la..not all..

from the old testament:
Deut 6:4 "Hear, O Isreal: the Lord our God is one Lord"
Exo 20:3, Duet 5:7 "Thou shalt have no other Gods before me"
Exo 20:5 God emphasized this command by stating that He is a jealous God
Duet 32:39 God said there is no other god with Him.
2 Sam 7:22, 1 Chronicles 17:20 "There is none like the Lord and there is no God beside Him
Psalm86:10 "He alone is God"

Many times the Bible calls God "the Holy One" (Psalm 71:22; 78:41; Isaish 1:4; 5:19; 5:24) but never "the holy two, "the holy three," or "the holy many."

A common remark by some trinitarians about the Old Testament doctrine of the oneness of God is that God only intended to emphasize His oneness as opposed to pagan deities but that He still existed as a plurality. However, if this conjecture were true, why did not God make it clear? Why have the Jews not understood a theolody of "persons" but have insisted on an adsolute monotheism?

The New Testament Teaches There Is but One God
Jesus emphatically taught Duet 6:4, calling it the first of all the commandments (mark 12:29-30) The New Testatment presupposes the Old Testament teaching of one God and explicitly repeats this message many times

"Seeing it is one God, which shal justify" (Romans 3:30)
"There is none other God but one" (1Corinthians 8:4)
"But to us there is but one God, the Father" (1 Corinthians 8:6)
"But God is one" (Galatians 3:20)
"One God and Father of all" (Ephesians 4:6)
"For there is one God" (1 Timothy 2:5)
"Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devild also believe, and tremble" (James 2:19)

Again, the Bible calls God "the Holy One" (1John 2:20). There isone throne in heaven and one sits upon it (Revelation 4:2)

Conclusion
Today, God still demands a monotheistic worship of Him. We in the church are heirs of Abraham by faith, and this exalted position demands that we have the same monothistic faith in the God of Abraham (Romans 4:13-17). As Christians in the world we must never cease to exalt and declare the message that there is only one true and living God.

So...Eileen..i know u will have alot of question but it is important that u know who u are worshipping and believing in..u wana meet mi? we discuss abt it?

2 comments:

Fei said...

loL!! How come you suddenly msg me.. I dun really have questions to that but then I wanna say AMEN to "heirs of Abraham by faith" Haha indeed indeed. OK MEET! chop chop when u free?? haha. Lets have an exchange session on our spiritually walk lolz Can ask Peggie too~
-Eileen-

Fei said...

i mean "mention" not msg lolz sorry~
-Eileen-