Gtcotr/ws010213
Key Scripture: "Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is
one!
And you shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all
your soul, and with all your strength.” Deuteronomy
6: 4-5 (Mark 12:29-30)
Commentary: Many cultures,
customs, and religious traditions of the world in our day and indeed in the
days of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob worship many gods. However, the Bible teaches
there is but one God and He alone is God. God reveals himself as the eternal,
all powerful, ever present single God of the universe. He describes Himself as
the great I Am, the all sufficient one, and creator of all things.
History
has accommodated both monotheistic and polytheistic cultures. However, neither
Muslims nor Hindus nor Buddhists believe what’s written in the Holy Bible. As
well, believers in the One True and Living God, Jehovah, whether they be Jew or
Christian, do not embrace the writings or the traditions of these other false
religions.
Although,
many people preach tolerance, there is a
limit beyond which tolerance ceases to be a virtue. Only one story can be
true. It is the story of the Bible. Man is not God, money is not God, nor are
the mindless, speechless, and powerless idols. There is
no competition between gods – there are no other Gods. There is but one
God, Jehovah Almighty, and Him only shall we serve, with our spirit, our soul
and our body.
Important
Points:
1.
There is only one truth.
2.
There is a limit beyond which tolerance ceases to be a virtue.
3.
There is only One God.
Joshua 24:15 And if it seems evil to you
to serve the LORD, (Jehovah), choose for yourselves this day whom you will
serve, whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other
side of the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell. But as
for me and my house, we will serve the LORD, (Jehovah).
