What the Bible reveals about God - God is One

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God reveals himself to people through general and special revelation, and in that way we learn everything that God wants to tell us about himself. Studying the revelations, we also learned that God is one.

From the beginning to the end of the Bible, we find that one God is true and true and that there are no other gods. the one who maintains everything and who controls everything. Such a God is only one and there are many verses that confirm this claim.

We read the Bible at the very beginning

 

 

                                      "In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth."

                                                                                                                   Genesis 1: 1

and we can immediately conclude that there is one God because he does not write gods and this extends throughout the whole Bible so let's see a few verses

 

"Unto thee it was shewed, that thou mightest know that the Lord he [is] God; [there is] none else beside him.

                                                                                                        Deuteronomy 4:35

"Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God [is] one Lord:                                                                                                                          

                                                                                                      Deuteronomy 6: 4

"And Hezekiah prayed before the Lord, and said, O Lord God of Israel, which dwellest [between] the cherubims, thou art the God, [even] thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth; thou hast made heaven and earth. “                                                                                                    

                                                                                                      2 Kings 19:15

“Thou, [even] thou, [art] Lord alone; thou hast made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth, and all [things] that [are] therein, the seas, and all that [is] therein, and thou preservest them all; and the host of heaven worshippeth thee.“

                                                                                                        Nem.9: 6

"That men may know that thou, whose name alone is Jehovah, art the most high over all the earth.

                                                                                                        Ps.83: 18

“For thou art great, and doest wondrous things: thou art God alone."

                                                                                                        Ps.86: 10

"O Lord of hosts, God of Israel, that dwellest [between] the cherubims, thou [art] the God, [even] thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth: thou hast made heaven and earth.."

                                                                                                        Isa.37: 16

"Now therefore, O Lord our God, save us from his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou [art] the LORD, [even] thou only.."

                                                                                                        Isa.37: 20

"And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments [is], Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord:”

                                                                                                        Mk.12: 29

,,And the scribe said unto him, Well, Master, thou hast said the truth: for there is one God; and there is none other but he:"

                                                                                                        Mk.12: 32

"And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.

                                                                                                          Job 17: 3

"As concerning therefore the eating of those things that are offered in sacrifice unto idols, we know that an idol [is] nothing in the world, and that [there is] none other God but one.                                                                                                                            

                                                                                                        1 Cor.8: 4

"But to us [there is but] one God, the Father, of whom [are] all things, and we in him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom [are] all things, and we by him.."

                                                                                                        1 Cor.8: 6

"For [there is] one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;,"

                                                                                                        1 Tim.2: 5

Here we have seen evidence that God is one and that there are no other gods besides Him, also God has revealed to us in His word what it really means that He is one. So we can find out that God is one in essence and being and that means that God it is not composed of "parts" as a mosaic but is one and as such is revealed in the Bible in various attributes. Thus we can see that God is omnipotent, eternal, holy, love, good, merciful, just, etc. however we cannot attribute these attributes divided into important and less important or some other divisions, all are equally important and in perfect harmony and all extend through each other and there are examples in the Bible where the properties are combined in one situation and we come to the conclusion that God is one and indivisible regardless how many qualities are used at once. We as limited beings can understand this to some extent, but we cannot understand the essence of God's being because we should in fact be gods in order to grasp the essence of God, which is unlimited.

In essence, we do not need to know more than what God has revealed to us because He knows how much we can understand and our obligation is to believe in God and if it is His will He will reveal Himself to us in time as we progress in knowledge. and faith, all with the goal of glorifying Him even more in the times to come.

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