Bible Matters 401: One God

Throughout the Old and New Testaments, the multitude of witnesses, make it clear that there is one God.  One Lord God, creator of heaven and earth. 

Genesis 2:4-5,7 – These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the Lord God made the earth and the heavens, And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew: for the Lord God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a man to till the ground. And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.

The Lord God is a jealous God.  You shall have no gods before him. 

Exodus 20:2-7 – I am the Lord thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.  Thou shalt have no other gods before me.  Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth: Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;  And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.  Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain; for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.

The Lord your God is one Lord. 

Deuteronomy 6:4 – Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God is one Lord :

The Lord God and Holy One of Israel.

Isaiah 48:17 – Thus saith the Lord, thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; I am the Lord thy God which teacheth thee to profit, which leadeth thee by the way that thou shouldest go.

The one God that created us.

Malachi 2:10 – Have we not all one father? hath not one God created us? why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother, by profaning the covenant of our fathers?

The Lord God is used 1650 times throughout the Old and New Testaments.  1525 time in the Old Testament and 125 times in the New Testament.  Who is the meaning of Lord?

Lord – Noun:  Someone or something having power, authority or influence, a master or ruler.

The preponderance of evidence from the bible witnesses are clear on this fact.  Lord God is one God that is your creator, your master and Father.   You are to worship no false gods before him.  Man always fails this one commandment given by God.  From the beginning of time, man has been found to worship the creature more than the creator.  After being led out of Egypt and saved from death, the Israelites immediately started worshipping the golden calf.  The cow gives life (i.e. milk) and Moses recognized the god specifically to be made of something of value, as in the god of gold.  The people turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them. 

Exodus 32:3-4,7-8,31 – And all the people brake off the golden earrings which were in their ears, and brought them unto Aaron.  And he received them at their hand, and fashioned it with a graving tool, after he had made it a molten calf: and they said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.  And the Lord said unto Moses, Go, get thee down; for thy people, which thou broughtest out of the land of Egypt, have corrupted themselves:   They have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them: they have made them a molten calf, and have worshipped it, and have sacrificed thereunto, and said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which have brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.  And Moses returned unto the Lord, and said, Oh, this people have sinned a great sin, and have made them gods of gold.

Paul recognized the worship of the creature in the New Testament.

Romans 1:25 – Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen.

The preponderance of evidence from the New Testament witnesses are clear in that you are to worship the one Lord God.  Only him should you love.  Both Jesus and the Apostles recognized God as one God.

Matthew 22:37-38 – Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.  This is the first and great commandment.

Mark 12:29-30 – And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord:  And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment.

Mark 10:18 – And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God.

Luke 18:19 – And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good? none is good, save one, that is, God.

Ephesians 4:6 – One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.

James 2:19 – Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble.

Romans 14:12 – So then every one of us shall give account of himself to God.

God was no longer feeling the love from the Israelites.  He needed one sacrifice to turn them from the blood sacrifice of animals to the blood sacrifice of a man, for the sins of man.  He sent Jesus as that offering, with a message to turn from your sin, love God, love your neighbor and not to worship the creature, but only the creator.  Jesus was the offspring of David by the seed of Mary and conceived of the Holy Ghost.  

Matthew 1:19-20 – Then Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not willing to make her a public example, was minded to put her away privily. But while he thought on these things, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife: for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost.

Ron Wyatt found evidence of human blood on the Ark of the Covenant, below the spot of a crucifixion, that contained 24 chromosomes.  23 from the egg and 1 “Y” chromosome that made the blood sacrifice from a male.  According to the New Testament, this blood would have been the blood of Jesus. 

Ark and blood:    https://youtu.be/kMHonND3j54?si=LbBcyhXU8Woua_Vc

Jesus, as a creature made by God, would serve as the blood sacrifice to be used to turn the worship of God from the blood sacrifice in the temple to that of worshipping the creator in the daily lives of the Israelites.   Jesus was a man, sent by God, to be his Son.  God, the creator of all and the power behind the Holy Ghost conception which formed Jesus in the womb of Mary and raised him from the dead is the Lord God, one God.

1 Timothy 2:5 – For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;

2 John 1:3 – Grace be with you, mercy, and peace, from God the Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth and love.

 Jesus was sent as a propitiation for man’s sin. 

1 John 4:7,10-12 – Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.  Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins. Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another.  No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us.

Romans 3:24-25,30 – Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:  Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God;  Seeing it is one God, which shall justify the circumcision by faith, and uncircumcision through faith.

The one God, had the power to raise Jesus from the dead, to reveal to you his desire for you to be born again, as a child of God, and turn from your life of sin.  Your redemption has been made possible by this sacrifice of the man Jesus, given to you by God. 

1 Peter 1:3 – Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

Ephesians 1:7 – In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;

Colossians 1:14 – In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins:

1 Corinthians 1:3-4 – Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.  I thank my God always on your behalf, for the grace of God which is given you by Jesus Christ;

You are to live your life, doing the will of God and not worship money or the creature.  God wants your heart.  Love him and love your neighbor.  Do not be ashamed.  This year being the year of the Priesthood (Bible number 24) he especially wants you to spread his word.

Mark 16:15 – And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.

Matthew 7:21 – Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.

Your belief in God, will show in how you live your life for him and doing the will of God. 

Romans 14:11-12 – For it is written, As I live, saith the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God. So then every one of us shall give account of himself to God.

Believing in God and doing the will of the Father is not rocket science.  Don’t get confused about Old Testament worship.  Jesus destroyed man’s earthly temples of mortar and stone.  You are to be his living temple.  Turn from sin and the worship of money and give God your heart! 

Matthew 11:25 – At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes.

Be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty as a child of God. 

Romans 8:21 – Because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God.

To God be the glory in all you do, Amen.