Question | Are there more gods than one? |
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Answer | There is but one only, the living and true God. 1 |
The Baptist Catechism Set to Music
Benjamin Beddome’s Exposition
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
The Westminster Larger Catechism
Question | Are there more Gods than one? |
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Answer | There is but one only, the living and true God. 1 |