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NASB | Malachi 2:10 ¶ "Do we not all have one father? Has not one God created us? Why do we deal treacherously each against his brother so as to profane the covenant of our fathers? |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Malachi 2:10 ¶ Do we not all have one Father? Has not one God created us? Why do we deal treacherously with one another, profaning the covenant of our fathers [with God]? |
Subject: I need verses that say God is the ONLY 1 |
Bible Note: Hi, In! Biblical Language is sometimes confusing... specially when some passages seem to be contradicting themselves... When Yahweh says that no one else is God but Him or that He is a jealous God, He is not implying that there exist lower level gods! God speaks to His people, Israel, and He reveals much to them in order to keep them from failing, from sinning against Him. It is made clear by God that anything or anyone other than Himself being held or worshipped as a god is not a got at all. He warns that He is a jealous God who will exact punishment on those who reject Him for those who are not gods! Here's Paul assessment of God's uniqueness: Do I mean then that a sacrifice offered to an idol is anything, or that an idol is anything? No, but the sacrifices of pagans are offered to demons, not to God, and I do not want you to be participants with demons. You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons too; you cannot have a part in both the Lord's table and the table of demons. (1 Corinthians 10:19-21) Idols are anything which man holds to be a god or that is placed above God (inclusive of both concrete and abstract elements--a car; money; a person; an idea; lust; love; food; an animal; jewelry...)... to be in league with an idol is to be in league with demons and we cannot share both the worship of God, who is a jealous God, and worship of demons! There are various passages in Scripture that explains this relationship of God vs. idols/gods... one of my favorites is found in Jeremiah 10:1-21: Hear what the LORD says to you, O house of Israel. This is what the LORD says: "Do not learn the ways of the nations or be terrified by signs in the sky, though the nations are terrified by them. For the customs of the peoples are worthless; they cut a tree out of the forest, and a craftsman shapes it with his chisel. They adorn it with silver and gold; they fasten it with hammer and nails so it will not totter. Like a scarecrow in a melon patch, their idols cannot speak; they must be carried because they cannot walk. Do not fear them; they can do no harm nor can they do any good." No one is like you, O LORD ; you are great, and your name is mighty in power. Who should not revere you, O King of the nations? This is your due. Among all the wise men of the nations and in all their kingdoms, there is no one like you. They are all senseless and foolish; they are taught by worthless wooden idols. Hammered silver is brought from Tarshish and gold from Uphaz. What the craftsman and goldsmith have made is then dressed in blue and purple- all made by skilled workers. But the LORD is the true God; he is the living God, the eternal King. When he is angry, the earth trembles; the nations cannot endure his wrath. "Tell them this: 'These gods, who did not make the heavens and the earth, will perish from the earth and from under the heavens.' " But God made the earth by his power; he founded the world by his wisdom and stretched out the heavens by his understanding. When he thunders, the waters in the heavens roar; he makes clouds rise from the ends of the earth. He sends lightning with the rain and brings out the wind from his storehouses. Everyone is senseless and without knowledge; every goldsmith is shamed by his idols. His images are a fraud; they have no breath in them. They are worthless, the objects of mockery; when their judgment comes, they will perish. He who is the Portion of Jacob is not like these, for he is the Maker of all things, including Israel, the tribe of his inheritance- the LORD Almighty is his name. Gather up your belongings to leave the land, you who live under siege. For this is what the LORD says: "At this time I will hurl out those who live in this land; I will bring distress on them so that they may be captured." Woe to me because of my injury! My wound is incurable! Yet I said to myself, "This is my sickness, and I must endure it." My tent is destroyed; all its ropes are snapped. My sons are gone from me and are no more; no one is left now to pitch my tent or to set up my shelter. The shepherds are senseless and do not inquire of the LORD ; so they do not prosper and all their flock is scattered. Two other passages that you should read are: Isaiah 44:6-20 and Jeremiah 2:8-37. Yahweh is the Lord, God, and there are no gods beside Him! (Isaiah 42:8; 43:10; 48:11; 45:14) God Bless! Angel |