GOD IS One and FIRST
Is God’s TRUTH not found in SCRIPTURE?
“How long will you waver between two opinions?
1 Kings 18:21b CSB – the question of the Prophet Elijah to the sons of Israel and false prophets at Mount Carmel
If the LORD is God, follow him.
It’s a great QUESTION Elijah asks of men ‘limping between two opinions’ [LSB].
Wouldn’t it logically follow to ASK the same QUESTION of TRUTH?
IF Yᵊhōvâ IS ĕlōhîm come to HIM — the Way, the Truth and the Life.
Roger@TalkofJesus.com
GOD is first in my life. Do YOU have a problem with that?
Roger @ Talk of JESUS .com
God’s TRUTH
As a matter of fact,
- MOST people do have a problem with putting GOD and Jesus Christ FIRST and before all else.
- Many refuse to study TRUTH of what GOD has revealed for human creatures to consider.
Why Study GOD ?
- I have already provided an initial reason AND DEFINITIONS related to doctrine in a brief introductory apologetic.
- In my previous look at The LORD God I intentionally offered only QUESTIONS for YOUR consideration without reference quoting the Bible.
SO NOW WHAT? (Do YOU have answers?)
the QUESTIONS of doctrine-based Theology
What is God? – Q4 Westminster Shorter Catechism
In case you haven't done your homework, I'll provide an introductory ANSWER HERE, although You'll have to READ the (9) Scriptural answers on your own [referenced in the link above] from which this DOCTRINE is rooted.
Quest. 4. What is God?
Ans. 4. God is a Spirit,(1) infinite,(2) eternal,(3) and unchangeable,(4) in his being,(5) wisdom,(6) power,(7) holiness,(8) justice, goodness, and truth(9)
WHY STUDY GOD?
IF God is all of this (and more), why would we NOT study more about the Almighty, Eternal and Good LORD, WHO IS the Creator of all things and initiator and sustainer of our own life?
Certainly YOU have more QUESTIONS about GOD
Perhaps you have questions similar to those I suggested last time from DOCTRINE taught through the Baltimore Catechism, which was formerly and formally endorsed by the Roman Catholic Church *before this Common Era).
* officially replaced by the United States Catholic Catechism for Adults in 2004 C.E.
Who is God?
Why did God make you?
Source: https://sacred-texts.com/chr/balt/balt1.htm *
- Q. Is there but one God?
A. Yes; there is but one God.- Q. Why can there be but one God?
A. There can be but one God, because God, being supreme and infinite, cannot have an equal.- Q. How many Persons are there in God?
A. In God there are three Divine Persons, really distinct, and equal in all things-the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost.
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the Baseless questions of philosophers and scholars
Scholarship, teaching and atheistic claims as an ‘unbiased‘ or ‘scientific approach” to theological and anthropological QUESTIONS frequently lack the logic and truth they claim.
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There is ONE GOD and one TRUTH.
“How long will you be limping between two opinions?
1 Kings 18:21b LSB
“Now I know this: that you are a man of God and that the word of Yahweh in your mouth is truth.”
1 Kings 17:24 LSB – witness of a widow in Zarephath of Elijah after the Prophet raised her son from the dead
Answers of TRUTH through Scripture
All Scripture
2 Timothy 3:15 LSB – θεόπνευστος [inspired by God]
is God-breathed
and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness
This is NOT to say that the BIBLE contains ALL TRUTH, but that those things revealed by the Lord God through Scripture are TRUE and reliable.
IF any man should claim some additional ‘truth,’ NOT found in the Bible, THEN this humankind creature made in God’s image imagines the unprovable (even IF its human claim is ‘science‘).
Are ALL truths EQUAL?
OF COURSE NOT!
What claim of man can stand against GOD?
The heavens declare the glory of God,
and the expanse proclaims the work of his hands.
The instruction of the LORD is perfect..
the testimony of the LORD is trustworthy..
The precepts of the LORD are right..
the command of the LORD is radiant..
The fear of the LORD is pure,
enduring forever;
the ordinances of the LORD are reliable
and altogether righteous.
Psalm 19:1,7a,c,8a,c,9 CSB
The LORD Speaks!
בָרִים (Deuteronomy) 4:1 וְעַתָּה יִשְׂרָאֵל שְׁמַע אֶל־הַחֻקִּים וְאֶל־הַמִּשְׁפָּטִים אֲשֶׁר אָנֹכִי מְלַמֵּד אֶתְכֶם לַעֲשׂוֹת לְמַעַן תִּחְיוּ וּבָאתֶם וִירִשְׁתֶּם אֶת־הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵי אֲבֹתֵיכֶם נֹתֵן לָכֶם׃
“Then the LORD spoke to you from the fire. You kept hearing the sound of the words, but didn’t see a form; there was only a voice. – Deuteronomy 4:12
“The LORD spoke to you face to face from the fire on the mountain. Deuteronomy 5:4
“The LORD spoke these commands in a loud voice to your entire assembly from the fire, cloud, and total darkness on the mountain; he added nothing more.
He wrote them on two stone tablets and gave them to me.
THE TEN COMMANDMENTS
Inerrancy of the Bible
inerrant /ĭn-ĕr′ənt/
adjective
- Incapable of erring; infallible.
- Containing no errors. Of or pertaining to inerrancy.
- Without error, particularly used in reference to the Bible.
- The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition •
“.. the Bible says that God’s words are the ultimate standard of truth.
If the entire Scripture contains the communication of God to humanity,
then it can be logically inferred that its contents will reflect the perfect nature of God.
The logical result of these truths is that God’s Word is without error in everything that it says.
Therefore, it is proper to call the Bible inerrant, infallible or a number of other terms that Christians use to describe its nature.
Source: Don Stewart :: Does the Bible Testify to Its Own Inerrancy?
True Witnesses of God’s Word
This was the appearance of the likeness of the LORD’s glory. When I saw it, I fell facedown and heard a voice speaking. He said to me,
“Son of man, stand up on your feet and I will speak with you.”
As he spoke to me, the Spirit entered me and set me on my feet, and I listened to the one who was speaking to me.
Ezekiel 1:28b-2:2 CSB
Then I heard a holy one speaking, and another holy one said to the speaker, “How long will the events of this vision last — .. While I, Daniel, was watching the vision and trying to understand it, there stood before me someone who appeared to be a man. I heard a human voice calling from the middle of the Ulai:
“Gabriel, explain the vision to this man.”
So he approached where I was standing; when he came near, I was terrified and fell facedown.
“Son of man,” he said to me, “understand that the vision refers to the time of the end.”
Daniel 8:13a, 15-17 CSB
a Voice from the cloud
After six days Jesus took Peter, James, and his brother John and led them up on a high mountain by themselves. Suddenly,
Moses and Elijah appeared to them, talking with him.
He was transfigured in front of them, and his face shone like the sun; his clothes became as white as the light…
While he [Peter] was still speaking, suddenly a bright cloud covered them, and a voice from the cloud said,
“This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well-pleased. Listen to him! ”
Gospel of Matthew 17:5b [vs.1-3,5]
Why study God through the Word of Scripture?
God-willing, we will study this question further NEXT in our look at Doctrines of the Common Era.
Our point today is that Truth comes from God and not from mankind (humankind, scientists and philosophers).
The Source of Truth is exclusive to God and what the Lord chooses to reveal to some or all of his mortal human creatures.
Believe in God and Know the Truth
You believe in God; believe also in me.
Gospel of John 14:1b NET
Jesus replied,
Gospel of John 14:6 NET
“I am the way, and the truth, and the life.
No one comes to the Father
except through me.
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