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Is the God You Worship the True God?

Generally, people have a form of worship, they were born into a religious environment, and within thatenvironment they had acquired since their infancy certain rites, customs, and prayers. Many however did notmake sure whether the God they are worshiping is indeed the true God! Many accept religious dogma as a

proven fact without testing it against the ord of God, which is truth! "ohn #$%#$.&he 'ible does not support the principle of blind faith believing without making sure through research, rather itsays, Make sure of all things, hold fast to what is fine. (# &hessalonians )%*#+ &he standard by which we canmake sure what is good are the oly -criptures, which are spoken of in * &imothy %#/, #$% 0ll -cripture isinspired of God and beneficial for teaching, for reproving, for setting things straight, for disciplining inrighteousness, so that the man of God may be fully competent, completely equipped for every good work.&he various religious denominations made up countless theories about God, one even more philosophical than theother! olding on to such theories and professing such beliefs brings destruction upon oneself (* 1eter *%#, *2%#/+. 3nly those who follow the truth taught by the 4ord "esus and is disciples, the truth revealed in the oly-criptures will achieve everlasting life. "ohn )%*52 * &imothy %#5, #).0mong professed 6hristian denominations believers may hold the conviction that God is

three persons in one the 7ather, the -on, and the oly -pirit (&rinitarian view+ two persons in one the 7ather and the -on, while the oly -pirit does not have any distinct personality

(dualist view+ one person who reveals himself in three different modes or aspects the 7ather, the -on, and the oly

-pirit (modalism+&he 'ible, the ord of God, simply teach the following truths about God the 6reator%

ONE AND ONLY TRUE GOD&hroughout its pages, the 'ible teaches that there is one true and real God and this conclusion is supported bydo8ens of scriptures. henever he speaks in the 'ible he speaks of himself in the singular (9, me, mine etc.2compare Genesis /%#$2 :%:, #)2 #)%#52 ; 4ord "esus reveals who is his 7ather. e is none other their God, the God of the"ewish people, whom "esus talked to, and about this God it was written in the 4aw% So ou know that *ehovahis the true God! there is no other beside him#$ (Ceuteronomy 5% )+ &his God was other than "esus, because "esusmakes it clear that if he glorifies himself, his glory is nothing, unless somebody else, specifically God (his 7ather+,glorifies him. 9n reality, he was sent by im, he did not come in his own name. "ohn )%5 , 552 @%5*.&he 4ord "esus says in "ohn #$%#, something that outstandingly contradicts the doctrines mentioned at the

beginning of this article% "ather, the hour has come# # # # This means everlasting life, their coming to know ou, the onl true God, and the one whom ou sent, *esus +hrist#$ 4ook! "esus speaks out that the only true God

is the Father, whom he was praying to.4et>s think about it. 6an God pray to God= Coes God need anything or anyone= (0cts #$%*5, *)+ "esus did not sayhe was the true God, or that the true God was the 7ather, the -on and the oly -pirit. Deither did he say that e>sthe 7ather and the -on, but said that only the 7ather was the true God.

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&he same was true with the apostles. &hey had also understood that only the 7ather was God. &he scriptureat # 6orinthians @%5E/ reflects their teaching% ow concerning the eating of food o ered to idols, we know ff that an idol is nothing in the world and that there is no God but one# "or even though there are so-called

gods, whether in heaven or on earth, .ust as there are man &gods( and man &lords,( there is actuall tous one God, the "ather , from whom all things are and we for him! and there is one /ord, *esus +hrist,through whom all things are and we through him#$ &hese verses undoubtedly state that, for 6hristians,there is only one God and this is the "ather$, and the 7ather is a different person than "esus, because allthings come from$ im, whereas "esus bears the role of an agent, because he is the one through whom allthings are#$ &he 3ne from$ whom things are is other than the one through$ whom things are!4ike the apostle 1aul, the apostle 1eter also taught that God was the 7ather, and e was a different 1erson than"esus 6hrist or the oly -pirit. 'ccording to the foreknowledge of God the "ather, with sancti0cation b thespirit, for the purpose of being obedient and sprinkled with the blood of *esus +hrist1 2a undeservedkindness and peace be increased to ou# %raised be the God and "ather of our /ord *esus +hrist#$ # 1eter#%*, .0ctually, if you read the introductions of all the Dew &estament letters, you find that almost each and every one ofthem spells out this distinction between God presented as the 7ather, "esus 6hrist presented as the -on or the4ord, and the oly -pirit. 4et us consider a few e