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Question Are there more gods than one?
Answer There is but one only, the living and true God. 1
[1] Deuteronomy 6:4; Jeremiah 10:10

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Is God the living God?
Yes.

He is the living God,
Daniel 6:26

Hath he life in himself?
Yes.

The Father hath life in himself,
John 5:26

Doth he give life to others?
Yes.

He quickeneth all things,
1 Timothy 6:13

Should living men therefore seek to the living God?
Yes.

Should not a people seek unto their God? for the living to the dead?
Isaiah 8:19


Is God the true God?
Yes.

This is the true God,
1 John 5:20

Is he the only true God?
Yes.

This is life eternal, to know thee the only true God,
John 17:3

And are all other gods false gods?
Yes.

They are vanity and the work of errors,
Jeremiah 10:15


Is that God whom we serve, this only living and true God?
Yes.

The Lord is the true God, he is the living God, and an everlasting King,
Jeremiah 10:10

And is he but one?
Yes.

Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God is one Lord,
Deuteronomy 6:4

Does God assume this prerogative to himself?
Yes.

Is there a God besides me? Yea, there is no God; I know not any,
Isaiah 44:8

And have his people always ascribed it to him?
Yes.

Unto us there is but one God,
1 Corinthians 8:6

But do not those who assert the deity of Christ destroy the unity of the godhead?
No.

For he says, I and my Father are one,
John 10:30


Are there many gods in name?
Yes.

There are gods many, and lords many,
1 Corinthians 8:5

But are these gods by nature?
No.

When ye knew not God, ye did service to them which by nature are no gods,
Galatians 4:8

Are they then to be reputed of?
No.

We know that an idol is nothing in the world,
1 Corinthians 8:4

Are those guilty of the greatest absurdity who worship them?
Yes.

Those that make them are like unto them, and
Psalm 115:8

Do we well therefore not to imitate them?
Yes.

Little children, keep yourselves from idols,
1 John 5:21

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Question Are there more Gods than one?
Answer There is but one only, the living and true God. 1
[1] Deuteronomy 6:4; 1 Corinthians 8:4, 6; Jeremiah 10:10