Monotheism And Plural References Flashcards
Galatians 3:20
” now a mediator is not a mediator of one, but God is one.”
Epistemology
How we acquire knowledge
How is God revealed?
Self-revealed
From scripture, from above.
Not reason or intellect
How does 75% of the bible, Ot, effect our revelation
Lay the foundation that the nt build upon
Deuteronomy 6:4
“Hear, I Israel the lord our God is one Lord.”
Verses that add to the importance of Deuteronomy and what they specifically express.
Vs 6- to be placed in their hearts
Vs 7- taught to children throughout day
Vs 8- bound on the hands and forehead
Vs 9- written on the post and gates of houses
What is tefillin
Box in which Orthodox Jews bound to the bodies, containing important verse including deut. 6:4
I am the first, and I am the last; and beside me there is no God
Isaiah 44:6
Isaiah 44:8
Is there a God beside me? Yea, there is no God; I know not any.”
Isaiah 46:9
“Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like me,”
Isaiah 46:9 KJV
Isaiah 37:16
“O Lord of hosts, God of Israel, that dwellest between the cherubims, thou art the God, even thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth: thou hast made heaven and earth.”
Isaiah 37:16 KJV
Is 45:21-22
“…and there is no God else beside me; a just God and a Saviour; there is none beside me.”
Isaiah 45:21 KJV
22 Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else.
Is 43:10-11
“…before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me. I, even I, am the Lord; and beside me there is no saviour.”
Isaiah 43:10-11 KJV
Isaiah 48:11
“….I will not give my glory unto another.”
Isaiah 48:11 KJV
http://bible.com/1/isa.48.11.kjv
Jew had what kind of view of God?
Monotheism
Ps 71:22
“I will also praise thee with the psaltery, even thy truth, O my God: unto thee will I sing with the harp, O thou Holy One of Israel.”
Psalms 71:22 KJV
http://bible.com/1/psa.71.22.kjv
Other verse that call God the holy one
Ps 78:41
Isaiah 1:4, 5:19, 5:24
Main NT example of oneness taught…
Mark 12:29-30 where Jesus teaches that it is the first of all commandments
Mark 12:29 and 32
29 And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord:
32 And the scribe said unto him, Well, Master, thou hast said the truth: for there is one God; and there is none other but he:
Romans 3:30
“Seeing it is one God, which shall justify the circumcision by faith, and uncircumcision through faith.”
Romans 3:30 KJV
http://bible.com/1/rom.3.30.kjv
I Corinthians 8:6
“But to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him.”
1 Corinthians 8:6 KJV
http://bible.com/1/1co.8.6.kjv
Revelations 4:2
“And immediately I was in the spirit: and, behold, a throne was set in heaven, and one sat on the throne.”
Revelation 4:2 KJV
http://bible.com/1/rev.4.2.kjv
Ephesians 4:6
“One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.”
Ephesians 4:6 KJV
http://bible.com/1/eph.4.6.kjv
Ephesians 4:6
Speaks of one God who is father of all and I you all meaning…
God who is the father is also in us as the Holy Spirit. Not three distinct parts but ONE God and father of all fulfilling different roles.