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What about where the Bible says there are many Lords
and Gods?
The Bible teaches us that there is only one God and all
existence (Isaiah
43:10; 44:6,8).
Nevertheless, there are many cult groups who claim that there are more
than one God. Mormonism, for example, teaches that there are many
Gods and that it is possible for people to become gods of their own
worlds. One of the versus they use to support their view is found
in (1 Cor. 8:5-6). It
says,
- "For even if there are
so-called gods whether in heaven or on earth, as indeed there are
many gods and many lords, 6yet for us there is but one
God, the Father, from whom are all things, and we exist for Him; and
one Lord, Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we exist through
Him," (1 Cor.
8:5-6, NASB).
- "For even if there are
so-called gods, whether in heaven or on earth (as indeed there are
many "gods" and many "lords"), 6yet for us there is but
one God, the Father, from whom all things came and for whom we live;
and there is but one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom all things
came and through whom we live," (1
Cor. 8:5-6, NIV).
The key to
understanding this scripture is the term "so-called." Paul is
teaching us that there are not many gods. Rather, he is teaching
us that there are many that are "called" gods but are not really gods.
We can see this elsewhere when Paul says in Gal. 4:8,
"Formerly, when you did not know God, you were slaves to those who by
nature are not gods." We can see that the Bible teaches that
there is only one God, yet people believe in other gods. In
reality these other gods do not exist.
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