One God Only

One God Only

There is only one God, and He is LORD.

“Hear, O Israel: The LORD our god, the LORD is one.” Deuteronomy 6:4

There is only one God, the God of Scripture. No other gods exist; thus, it is futile and dangerous to “have” any other gods besides this God or to divert our ultimate affection and obedience to any other being or creature, spiritual or material, real or imaginary, living or dead. God is One, and within Himself He is one in purpose, will, power, being, and attributes. There is no division or disruption in God; He does not change, does not deceive, and cannot die.

The God Who is One promulgates and sustains a worldview expressive of His character and will. Thus we should expect that worldview to be, like God Himself, knowable, reliable, durable, and characterized by integrity throughout. The more we improve our focus on and relationship with the one God—the better we know Him—the better we will understand, the more we will appreciate, and the more eagerly we will live according to the worldview first outlined in His Law.

The first requirement of the worldview outlined in God’s Law is, therefore, that we should seek the Lord, to fear, obey, love, and serve Him in all things, and to keep His Law with all our soul and strength, so that all the goodness God has promised in His Covenant may come to us in His way and time (Deut. 10:12, 13). God is One, and He has promulgated one worldview and one way to know Him and to enjoy all the fullness of blessing He intends. The beginnings of that worldview are to be found in the Law of God.

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In the Gates is a devotional series on the Law of God by Rev. T. M. Moore, editor of the Worldview Church. He serves as dean of the Centurions Program of the Wilberforce Forum and principal of The Fellowship of Ailbe, a spiritual fellowship in the Celtic Christian tradition. He is the author or editor of twenty books, and has contributed chapters to four others. His essays, reviews, articles, papers, and poetry have appeared in dozens of national and international journals, and on a wide range of websites. His most recent books are The Ailbe Psalter and The Ground for Christian Ethics (Waxed Tablet).

Scripture quotations in this article are from The Holy Bible, English Standard Version, (c) copyright 2001, 2007 by Crossway Bibles, a division of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved.