God, there can only be One

We call the Bible God’s Word because we believe it to be His revelation of truth to the world.  Jesus Christ made that claim concerning the Old Testament (O.T.) and quoted is as such frequently.  He also told His disciples they would be assisted by the Holy Spirit in recording His teachings in what we call the New Testament (N.T.).  But the Bible contains many statements that are hard to believe.  One of those is
Romans 3:11 – “There is none who understands; there is none who seeks after God.”  Can that really be true in a world filled with so many different religions?  We all know there are atheists who deny the existence of God.  But how can the Bible assert that no one seeks God when the majority of people do hold to some concept of a divine being or beings.    
 
 Well, the existence of all those religions kind of proves what Romans 3:11 says.  The truth is many people are looking for a god, any god as long as it is not the God who actually is.  The Creator God who has revealed Himself to the world scares people.  I recently saw a video posted on face book by a pastor who said we should stop talking about the things in the Bible that scare people.  Folks don’t like being told there are things they shouldn’t do.  They don’t like the idea God might hold them accountable for what they do.  He actually gave a list of specific topics in the Bible we need to avoid.  Why? Because those things are what make people stay away from Church. 
 
 Even people who have had direct encounters with the God who created us have tried to reinvent Him.  In Exodus 32 the Bible records the story of the Israelis having their High Priest make them an idol. A golden calf which Aaron then named YAHWAH, the name of God revealed to Moses at the burning bush.  They found the real God, the one who got them out of slavery in Egypt, a little too scary.  They wanted a god they could manage.
 
However, running from the truth will not change reality.  There can only be 1 infinite all powerful God.   He by definition must be separate from and independent of the space and time creation in which we live.  God also has to be the source of the immaterial elements of reality.  And the only God who fits that description is the God of the Bible.  More on this in the next post.