2006-12-02 11:21:41 · 19 answers · asked by lydia 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
yes, I believe in the one true Jehovah God. He is greater than the devil and everything else that is. Therefore he will defeat the devil, cause he is greater.
IF PEOPLE were to read the Bible from cover to cover without any preconceived idea of a Trinity, would they arrive at such a concept on their own? Not at all.
What comes through very clearly to an impartial reader is that God alone is the Almighty, the Creator, separate and distinct from anyone else, and that Jesus, even in his prehuman existence, is also separate and distinct, a created being, subordinate to God.
God Is One, Not Three
THE Bible teaching that God is one is called monotheism. And L. L. Paine, professor of ecclesiastical history, indicates that monotheism in its purest form does not allow for a Trinity: "The Old Testament is strictly monotheistic. God is a single personal being. The idea that a trinity is to be found there . . . is utterly without foundation."
Was there any change from monotheism after Jesus came to the earth? Paine answers: "On this point there is no break between the Old Testament and the New. The monotheistic tradition is continued. Jesus was a Jew, trained by Jewish parents in the Old Testament scriptures. His teaching was Jewish to the core; a new gospel indeed, but not a new theology. . . . And he accepted as his own belief the great text of Jewish monotheism: 'Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God is one God.'"
Those words are found at Deuteronomy 6:4. The Catholic New Jerusalem Bible (NJB) here reads: "Listen, Israel: Yahweh our God is the one, the only Yahweh."* In the grammar of that verse, the word "one" has no plural modifiers to suggest that it means anything but one individual.
The Christian apostle Paul did not indicate any change in the nature of God either, even after Jesus came to the earth. He wrote: "God is only one."—Galatians 3:20; see also 1 Corinthians 8:4-6.
Thousands of times throughout the Bible, God is spoken of as one person. When he speaks, it is as one undivided individual. The Bible could not be any clearer on this. As God states: "I am Jehovah. That is my name; and to no one else shall I give my own glory." (Isaiah 42:8) "I am Yahweh your God . . . You shall have no gods except me." (Italics ours.)—Exodus 20:2, 3, JB.
Why would all the God-inspired Bible writers speak of God as one person if he were actually three persons? What purpose would that serve, except to mislead people? Surely, if God were composed of three persons, he would have had his Bible writers make it abundantly clear so that there could be no doubt about it. At least the writers of the Christian Greek Scriptures who had personal contact with God's own Son would have done so. But they did not.
Instead, what the Bible writers did make abundantly clear is that God is one Person—a unique, unpartitioned Being who has no equal: "I am Jehovah, and there is no one else. With the exception of me there is no God." (Isaiah 45:5) "You, whose name is Jehovah, you alone are the Most High over all the earth."—Psalm 83:18.
Not a Plural God
JESUS called God "the only true God." (John 17:3) Never did he refer to God as a deity of plural persons. That is why nowhere in the Bible is anyone but Jehovah called Almighty. Otherwise, it voids the meaning of the word "almighty." Neither Jesus nor the holy spirit is ever called that, for Jehovah alone is supreme. At Genesis 17:1 he declares: "I am God Almighty." And Exodus 18:11 says: "Jehovah is greater than all the other gods."
In the Hebrew Scriptures, the word ´eloh'ah (god) has two plural forms, namely, ´elo·him' (gods) and ´elo·heh' (gods of). These plural forms generally refer to Jehovah, in which case they are translated in the singular as "God." Do these plural forms indicate a Trinity? No, they do not. In A Dictionary of the Bible, William Smith says: "The fanciful idea that [´elo·him'] referred to the trinity of persons in the Godhead hardly finds now a supporter among scholars. It is either what grammarians call the plural of majesty, or it denotes the fullness of divine strength, the sum of the powers displayed by God."
The American Journal of Semitic Languages and Literatures says of ´elo·him': "It is almost invariably construed with a singular verbal predicate, and takes a singular adjectival attribute." To illustrate this, the title ´elo·him' appears 35 times by itself in the account of creation, and every time the verb describing what God said and did is singular. (Genesis 1:1-2:4) Thus, that publication concludes: "[´Elo·him'] must rather be explained as an intensive plural, denoting greatness and majesty."
´Elo·him' means, not "persons," but "gods." So those who argue that this word implies a Trinity make themselves polytheists, worshipers of more than one God. Why? Because it would mean that there were three gods in the Trinity. But nearly all Trinity supporters reject the view that the Trinity is made up of three separate gods.
The Bible also uses the words ´elo·him' and ´elo·heh' when referring to a number of false idol gods. (Exodus 12:12; 20:23) But at other times it may refer to just a single false god, as when the Philistines referred to "Dagon their god [´elo·heh']." (Judges 16:23, 24) Baal is called "a god [´elo·him']." (1 Kings 18:27) In addition, the term is used for humans. (Psalm 82:1, 6) Moses was told that he was to serve as "God" [´elo·him'] to Aaron and to Pharaoh.—Exodus 4:16; 7:1.
Obviously, using the titles ´elo·him' and ´elo·heh' for false gods, and even humans, did not imply that each was a plurality of gods; neither does applying ´elo·him' or ´elo·heh' to Jehovah mean that he is more than one person, especially when we consider the testimony of the rest of the Bible on this subject.
2006-12-02 17:11:18 · answer #1 · answered by KaeMae 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I only believe in only one GOD and his name is JEHOVAH... and HE already have defeated the devil, satan. Now is up to the world to accept that JEHOVAH is the only GOD and Jesus his Son. And that no religion will save you because they all are creation of men. You go in peace,,
2006-12-02 19:47:35 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
If you do not believe that there is such a thing as sin then what is there to defeat? If you believe that God has no self-esteem issues then you will know God does not want or need to be worshiped.
2006-12-02 19:27:41 · answer #3 · answered by Richard15 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I believe in God, but not the devil. Therefore, he will not defeat him.
2006-12-02 19:23:22 · answer #4 · answered by The Doctor 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Jehovah is the personal name of God Almighty.
Jehovah has assigned the work of defeating Satan to Christ Jesus.
Learn more:
http://watchtower.org/e/na/
http://watchtower.org/e/20020615/article_02.htm
2006-12-03 04:37:16 · answer #5 · answered by achtung_heiss 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No the Devil will win, he'll kick God's a s s all over the sidewalk then jump on his gay head
2006-12-02 19:25:22 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
i sure do! and yes he will defeat the devil.
2006-12-02 19:24:51 · answer #7 · answered by JustMe 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. I do believe in God. There is no devil or hell.
2006-12-02 19:25:15 · answer #8 · answered by Gorgeoustxwoman2013 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I believe in the one true lord the Flying Spaghetti Monster. May all be touched by his noodly appendage. RAmen.
2006-12-02 19:23:54 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
Jehovah was Jesus.He has already defeated Satan when he rose from the tomb.
2006-12-02 20:33:23 · answer #10 · answered by jefferyspringer57@sbcglobal.net 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋