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The Only True God

(Jn17:3)

God is the only true God.

He alone is self-existent and

He alone has His own will.

Faith is knowing that there is only one true God, one Only Begotten Son.

The life of this faith is rejecting any other god besides Him and declaring Him.

In the last days, as opinions of reconciliation and unity are preferred

Even Christians set out to insist on religious pluralism and interfaith dialogue.

Though there are many spirits (Mal2:15)

God created only one living being, Adam (Ge2:7) for

He was seeking one godly offspring.

Deceived by the devil, the fallen angel from the spiritual heaven (Is14:12-15),

Adam committed the same sin as he did, wanting to be like God, and ate the forbidden fruit.

As a result, he was banished from the Garden to toil and suffer thereafter.

The Ten Commandments that Moses received from the self-existent One (Ex3:14) was

Summarized into the first commandment, "You shall have no other gods before me" (Ex20:3-17),

With the rest nine highlighting it in details.

Thus, breaking any of the commandments was treated the same as having other gods before Him.

In the desert the Israelites called for a festival offered to the Lord and sacrificed burnt offerings

But about three thousand of them were massacred in a day because

They made and worshiped a golden calf and were considered enemies of God (Ex32:23-29).

God commanded them to build the sanctuary to be in their midst (Ex25:8) so that

They would look to it and not want anything else.

In spite of it, however, they built high places and worshiped idols, for which they were cursed.

Accordingly, the history of their kings was about

Whether they built high places or destroyed them (1Ki12:30-33, 13:34, 14:9-11).

Yeshua appeared and said, "Destroy this temple and I will raise it again in three days" (Jn2:19),

Because through the death and the resurrection of the temple of His body,

He would reveal that He is the incarnate Word, the only Begotten Son (Jn1:1, 14, 18),

The only way to the Father (Jn14:6) as He is One with God (Jn10:30, 14:9).

But those steeped in the monotheistic faith considered Him blasphemous and

Thus passed Him over to death (Mt26:61).

As He died, however, Yeshua said, "It is finished" (Jn19:30), declaring that:
1) The Father alone can let the Son submit to the point of death to fulfill His will (Jn10:18; Php2:6-11);
2) Condemned the devil who wanted to be like God (1Jn3:8); and
3) With His blood redeemed all men and became their one Lord (Rm10:12; 1Pe1:18-19).

The Father raised Him and

He ascended to the heavenly throne as the eternal King.

The Holy Spirit whom He sent comes in the name Yeshua and

Lets the believers to testify that:
1) Yeshua is the Son of God who alone is sinless (Mt16:16-17);
2) Yeshua is the only Mediator between God and man (1Ti2:5);
3) There is no other name by which one is saved (Ac4:12; Jn14:6); and
4) He alone reigns forever as the King (Ac5:31-32).

Therefore, true Christian is

Resolved to surrender his life to shout that

There is only one true God, one Only Begotten Son, one salvation, one Lord, one Christ, One faith,
One Spirit, one baptism, one way, one truth and one life (Eph4:4-6), and

Uphold the way of faith, the only way (Lk9:23; Mk10:29-31).

O Lord,

Though You insisted on the only true God

To the point of giving up the Son,

Those who call themselves "Christians" are compromising this truth

Such as the immaculate conception dogma and papal infallibility!

Let us go out and declare even if we lose our breath!

Amen.