Post by randallknighton on May 13, 2008 5:45:35 GMT -5
The Bible study question for this time period is "Are there other gods?" I pose this question because there are many beliefs in the world but as a Christian we believe that there is only one God and that is Almighty God which encompasses God manifested as Father, Son and Holy Spirit and all are one much as a human is composed of body, soul and spirit but still one human being. In Exodus 20 the Bible says "1 And God spoke all these words: 2 "I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery. 3 "You shall have no other gods before me. 4 "You shall not make for yourself an idol in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the waters below. 5 You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, punishing the children for the sin of the fathers to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me, 6 but showing love to a thousand generations of those who love me and keep my commandments."
While God is clear that other gods are not to be brought before or be before him in verse 2 are these other gods really gods? In Jeremiah 1:16 it says "16 I will pronounce my judgments on my people because of their wickedness in forsaking me, in burning incense to other gods and in worshiping what their hands have made. " then in Jeremiah 2: 11-13 it says "11 Has a nation ever changed its gods? (Yet they are not gods at all.) But my people have exchanged their Glory for worthless idols. 12 Be appalled at this, O heavens, and shudder with great horror," declares the Lord. 13 "My people have committed two sins: They have forsaken me, the spring of living water, and have dug their own cisterns, broken cisterns that cannot hold water."
It is evident that from Almighty Gods perspective that other gods are the creation of the hands of humans and are by no means gods at all with attributes and characteristics like His for they only have the abilities given to them by humans thus making them even less than human in His eyesight.
What do you think, are there really other gods that are gods or are there just human creations that are called gods with no god-like qualities.
While God is clear that other gods are not to be brought before or be before him in verse 2 are these other gods really gods? In Jeremiah 1:16 it says "16 I will pronounce my judgments on my people because of their wickedness in forsaking me, in burning incense to other gods and in worshiping what their hands have made. " then in Jeremiah 2: 11-13 it says "11 Has a nation ever changed its gods? (Yet they are not gods at all.) But my people have exchanged their Glory for worthless idols. 12 Be appalled at this, O heavens, and shudder with great horror," declares the Lord. 13 "My people have committed two sins: They have forsaken me, the spring of living water, and have dug their own cisterns, broken cisterns that cannot hold water."
It is evident that from Almighty Gods perspective that other gods are the creation of the hands of humans and are by no means gods at all with attributes and characteristics like His for they only have the abilities given to them by humans thus making them even less than human in His eyesight.
What do you think, are there really other gods that are gods or are there just human creations that are called gods with no god-like qualities.