Only One True God 03.03.08

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It is Monday March 3, 2008 and today we are continuing our studies on the book of Deuteronomy. Please read Deuteronomy 5 -- 7 in your Bible or Click Here to read online. In today's study we will read about the review of the Covenant (commandments) made on Horeb (Mount Sinai); those chosen to be a holy people; and the command to destroy idol worship. Today's message will focus on the importantance of there only being One True God.

Moses reminded the Israelites of the covenant made in Horeb. God said: "I am the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage. Thou shalt have none other gods before me. Thou shalt not make thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the waters beneath the earth: Thou shalt not bow down thyself unto them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me, And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me and keep my commandments." (Deuteronomy 5:6-10). In no way are we to create an image or statue of anything resembling the likeness of heaven or earth and use it as a way to worship God.

Moses also reminded them that the LORD our God is one LORD. "Now these are the commandments, the statutes, and the judgments, which the LORD your God commanded to teach you, that ye might do them in the land whither ye go to possess it: That thou mightest fear the LORD thy God, to keep all his statutes and his commandments, which I command thee, thou, and thy son, and thy son's son, all the days of thy life; and that thy days may be prolonged. Hear therefore, O Israel, and observe to do it; that it may be well with thee, and that ye may increase mightily, as the LORD God of thy fathers hath promised thee, in the land that floweth with milk and honey. Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD: And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might. And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up." (6:1-7).

The Hebrew word translated our God is Elohenu, meaning "our Gods." This, then, is what Moses said: Hear, O Israel: The LORD our Gods is one LORD. The word one (echad) expresses "one" in the collective sense. It signifies a compound unity. The one LORD is a glorious revelation of the One True God as being one, yet is manifest in three distinct persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. The same Hebrew word echad is used in Genesis 2:24 where man and woman became one flesh and, even with numerous children, they are still called "one" family, as soldiers become one troop. The Hebrew word "one" in the sense of absolute oneness is the word yacheed, meaning an "absolute one." Moses had the word yacheed available to him; but God led Moses to accurately refer to God by the word echad, meaning a compound unity.

Those who reject Jesus as fully God, as well as fully Man, are rejecting the true revelation of God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. "For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one. And there are three that bear witness in earth, the Spirit, and the water, and the blood: and these three agree in one. If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater: for this is the witness of God which he hath testified of his Son." (I John 5:7-9).

It is of utmost importance that we understand that worshipers of any other gods are deceived. "For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour; Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth. For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus; Who gave himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time." (I Timothy 2:3-5).

"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made. In him was life; and the life was the light of men. And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.....He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not. He came unto his own, and his own received him not. But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name: Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God. And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth." (John 1:1-5,10-14).

In today's reading Jesus Christ is revealed through the land flowing with milk and honey (Deuteronomy 6:3). This pictures Christ who provides for our needs. "But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you." (Matthew 6:33).

Today's Psalm: 56:10
"In God will I praise his word: in the LORD will I praise his word."

Today's Prayer:
Dear Lord,
Your mercy endures to all generations. Your truths are timeless and Your provisions are abundant to those who call upon your name. Help us to declare Your faithfulness to our generation and the generations that follow. Thank you that my great-grandfather's Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob proclaimed the faithfulness of God to His children. And I now have the blessing and responsibility to proclaim your faithfulness a new generation. Generation by generation we proclaim the salvation that comes through faith in Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior. In Jesus' name, I pray.....Amen.

Have a gread day/night and week.
God Bless,
Christina

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