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What Man is to Believe Concerning God
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Question VIII: Are there more Gods than one?
Question IX: How many persons are there in the Godhead?
Man could not possibly comprehend God unless He revealed Himself; yet even despite His revelation, these finite minds cannot even comprehend what's revealed. Nevertheless, God is careful to give us at least three important truths about Himself that are not meant to be twisted by men. Most cults are formed from a twisting of one of these points:
The Three Essentials
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1. Scripture clearly teaches us that there is but one living and true God. Just as Paul wrote in 1 Corinthians, for the Christian there is one God. A perversion of this will immediately cut you off from the Christ's Church. There cannot be idolatry with the people of God.
2. Scripture clearly teaches that not just the Father, but the Son and Holy Ghost are also God. Several verses speak of the divinity of Jesus Christ (John 1:1-4; John 8:58; Romans 9:5). In Matthew 1:23 He is called Immanuel which means "God with us". The Lord Jesus Christ accepts worship (John 9:38), which is something that should be done only toward God. The Holy Spirit too is equated to God Acts 5:3-4, "Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie against the Holy Spirit... you have not lied unto men, but to God." The Spirit is also due the same worship that belong to God (Matt. 12:31).
3. Scripture clearly teaches that these three are distinct persons, and that they are equal in power and glory. It is a mistake to unite all three persons into one; and it is a mistake to divide God into three gods. The verses used in question VIII and IX should prove that.
Blessed be our Triune God, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost!
There is but one only, the living and true God.
"Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD" (Deut. 6:4).
"But to us there is but one God" (1 Cor. 8:6a).
Question IX: How many persons are there in the Godhead?
There are three persons in the Godhead, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost; and these three are one true, eternal God, the same in substance.
"For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one" (1 John 5:7).
"And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him: And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased" (Matt. 3:16-17).
"Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost" (Matt. 28:19).
"The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, be with you all. Amen" (2 Cor. 13:14).
Man could not possibly comprehend God unless He revealed Himself; yet even despite His revelation, these finite minds cannot even comprehend what's revealed. Nevertheless, God is careful to give us at least three important truths about Himself that are not meant to be twisted by men. Most cults are formed from a twisting of one of these points:
The Three Essentials
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1. Scripture clearly teaches us that there is but one living and true God. Just as Paul wrote in 1 Corinthians, for the Christian there is one God. A perversion of this will immediately cut you off from the Christ's Church. There cannot be idolatry with the people of God.
2. Scripture clearly teaches that not just the Father, but the Son and Holy Ghost are also God. Several verses speak of the divinity of Jesus Christ (John 1:1-4; John 8:58; Romans 9:5). In Matthew 1:23 He is called Immanuel which means "God with us". The Lord Jesus Christ accepts worship (John 9:38), which is something that should be done only toward God. The Holy Spirit too is equated to God Acts 5:3-4, "Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie against the Holy Spirit... you have not lied unto men, but to God." The Spirit is also due the same worship that belong to God (Matt. 12:31).
3. Scripture clearly teaches that these three are distinct persons, and that they are equal in power and glory. It is a mistake to unite all three persons into one; and it is a mistake to divide God into three gods. The verses used in question VIII and IX should prove that.
Blessed be our Triune God, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost!
The three essentials come from
G. I. Williamson, "The Westminster Shorter Catechism"
G. I. Williamson, "The Westminster Shorter Catechism"
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