Who is God? · Foundations
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Who is the one God?
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6But 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.
Read the verses around it (1 Corinthians 8:4-6)
4As concerning therefore the eating of those things that are offered in sacrifice unto idols, we know that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is none other God but one. 5For though there be that are called gods, whether in heaven or in earth, (as there be gods many, and lords many,) 6But 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.
3And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.
Read the verses around it (John 17:1-5)
1These words spake Jesus, and lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, Father, the hour is come; glorify thy Son, that thy Son also may glorify thee: 2As thou hast given him power over all flesh, that he should give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him. 3And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent. 4I have glorified thee on the earth: I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do. 5And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was.
Our explanation
Paul wrote to believers in Corinth, a city full of temples: "to us there is but one God, the Father." In the same sentence he speaks of "one Lord Jesus Christ."
Jesus prayed to his Father as "the only true God," and spoke of himself as the one the Father sent (John 17:3).
Our understanding: these passages name the one God as the Father, and present Jesus as his Son, sent by him. Read them for yourself, with the verses around them, and see whether you agree.
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