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– The Doctrine of the Trinity (He is One God)
Yesterday, we talked about Each Person is
Fully God. Today, we’ll look at He is
One God.
He is One God
Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one. Deuteronomy 6:4
In this verse can be
seen the Lord’s indivisibility. “God” (Elohim) is a plural word, and the word one (the Hebrew, echad) refers to one in a collective
sense. As such, it is used of the
union of Adam and Eve (Genesis 2:24) to describe two persons in one flesh. Further, it is used in a collective sense, like one cluster of grapes rather than in an absolute sense as in Numbers 13:23 when
the spies brought back a single cluster of grapes. Furthermore, the oneness of God is implied in
those Old Testament passages that declare that there is no other God besides
Yahweh, the God of Israel.
Other verses with the
same theme:
To you it was shown
that you might know that the LORD, He is God; there is no other besides
Him. Deuteronomy 4:35
I am God, and there
is no other; I am God, and there is
no one like Me. Isaiah 46:9
‘You are My
witnesses,’ declares the LORD, ‘And My servant whom I have chosen, In order
that you may know and believe Me, And understand that I am He. Before Me there was no God formed, And there
will be none after Me.’ Isaiah 43:10
Therefore concerning
the eating of things sacrificed to idols, we know that there is no such thing
as an idol in the world, and that there is no God but one. For even if there are so-called gods whether
in heaven or on earth, as indeed there are many gods and many lords, yet for us
there is but one God, the Father,
from whom are all things, and we exist
for Him; and one Lord, Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we exist through Him. 1 Corinthians 8:4-6
There is one body and one Spirit, just as also you
were called in one hope of your calling; one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one
God and Father of all who is over all and through all and in all. Ephesians 4:4-6
You believe that God
is one. You do well; the demons also
believe, and shudder. James 2:19
For there is one God
and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus. 1 Timothy 2:5
Next
time we’ll conclude our series on The Trinity.
Doug
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