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One God. Pt.1. Series
Contributed by Anthony Smith on Jul 10, 2006 (message contributor)
Summary: It seams as thou every religion in the world is mainly concerned with Christianity and Jesus, more now than ever. Why? Because all recognize that there is only one God. But how do we come to recognize whom that on
One God. It seams as thou every religion in the world is mainly concerned with Christianity and Jesus, more now than ever. Why? Because all recognize that there is only one God. But how do we come to recognize whom that one God is?
We look at the attributes of God. Do the other gods, 1. Answer Prayer? 2. Speak? 3. Deliver on their promises? 4. Teach Hate? 5. Condone Murder? Psa 115:4-7; Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men’s hands. They have mouths, but they speak not: eyes have they, but they see not: They have ears, but they hear not: noses have they, but they smell not:
They have hands, but they handle not: feet have they, but they walk not: neither speak they through their throat.
The one true God is the God of the Bible. He speaks, Answers Prayer, Delivers on His promises, Teaches Love and not hate, and condemns all sin.
Lets read a little from the Book of Ephesians.
Eph 4:2-6; With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love;
Endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.
There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling;
One Lord, one faith, one baptism,
One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.
One Lord, one faith, one baptism, we cannot serve two masters, we shall ether hate the one and love the other, or we shall serve the one and despise the other. There is only one Lord, One God, One Saviour of the World. One God, the God of all creation, the God and Father of Jesus, One God that has created all things, visible and invisible. The Great “I Am”, is not hypocritical, nor vain, He is all in all, He is from everlasting to everlasting.
He is the God of righteousness and Truth. He never ask any one to do more or be more than, what His Son asked us to do. He is understanding and Loving, but He will not tolerate any unrighteousness nor sin. There is one body. The Family of God, The Body of Christ, The Body of the Church and only, one Church, the Church of the First Born.
Not the Baptist, Pentecost, Nazarene, and neither Catholic. These names came from man, man put a separation between himself and other men, whom worship the same God. These separations came from disagreement in doctrine, man made doctrine may I add. One Lord. 1Pe 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,.
There is no question among any religions in this world, that the Lord is, but their identification of Him gives way to much hatred and animosity to all those that disagree. The Great Jehovah, Gave this title to His only begotten, His Seed, His, Son and His Inheritor of the Kingdom of Heaven.
Who then are we to say otherwise, is it up to any other religion to say what God can and cannot do? Who is the Lords, Councilor, Instructor or Advisor? Who can justify rejection the will of God? Who in this life, or what religion in this world, can instruct God and denigh Him a Son?
Can God be put in a building, a bottle, a cage? What kind of House would you build for God? Who is strong enough to call God a lier? Isa 40:12-15; Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?
Who hath directed the Spirit of the LORD, or being his counsellor hath taught him?
With whom took he counsel, and who instructed him, and taught him in the path of judgment, and taught him knowledge, and shewed to him the way of understanding?
Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as the small dust of the balance: behold, he taketh up the isles as a very little thing. Show me the man, show me the counsellor , show me the proof, than any man is more than God. End. pt. 1. ars.
1Co 2:16 -
who: Job_15:8, Job_22:2, Job_40:2; Isa_40:13, Isa_40:14; Jer_23:18; Rom_11:34
Eph 4:5 -
One Lord: Act_2:36, Act_10:36; Rom_14:8, Rom_14:9; 1Co_1:2, 1Co_1:13, 1Co_8:6, 1Co_12:5; Phi_2:11, Phi_3:8
one faith: Eph_4:13; Rom_3:30; 2Co_11:4; Gal_1:6, Gal_1:7, Gal_5:6; Tit_1:1, Tit_1:4; Heb_13:7; Jam_2:18; 2Pe_1:1; Jud_1:3, Jud_1:20
one baptism: Mat_28:19; Rom_6:3, Rom_6:4; 1Co_12:13; Gal_3:26-28; Heb_6:6; 1Pe_3:21Eph 4:4 -
one body: Eph_2:16, Eph_5:30; Rom_12:4, Rom_12:5; 1Co_10:17, 1Co_12:12, 1Co_12:13, 1Co_12:20; Col_3:15
