Saeid Wahba Hemida :
Yes, certainly! Christianity believes in the oneness of God, emphasizing that the Father is the one God, the Creator and Sustainer of all things. Despite the belief in the Trinity (Father, Son, and Holy Spirit), this does not imply multiple gods. Instead, it's a profound understanding of the single divine essence existing in three distinct yet unified persons.
Here are some verses from the New Testament that demonstrate God the Father as the One God:
* Mark 12:29-30 (Jesus quotes the Great Commandment):
"Jesus answered, 'The most important is, "Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength."' "
* Here, Jesus affirms the core of Jewish faith: the oneness of God.
* John 17:3 (Jesus' High Priestly Prayer):
"And this is eternal life, that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent."
* In this prayer to the Father, Jesus refers to the Father as the "only true God."
* 1 Corinthians 8:6 (Paul on the One God):
"yet for us there is one God, the Father, from whom are all things and for whom we exist, and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things and through whom we exist."
* Paul clearly distinguishes between the "one God" (the Father) and the "one Lord" (Jesus Christ), emphasizing the Father as the source of all things.
* Ephesians 4:6 (Paul on God's unity):
"one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all."
* Paul underscores the existence of one God, who is the Father, exercising His authority over, through, and in all.
* 1 Timothy 2:5 (Paul on the One God and Mediator):
"For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus."
* This verse clearly points to the one God, then mentions Jesus Christ as the mediator.
* Luke 18:19 (Jesus' reply to a rich man):
"And Jesus said to him, 'Why do you call me good? No one is good except God alone.'"
* Here, Jesus asserts that absolute goodness belongs to God alone.
These verses, among many others in the Bible, affirm the doctrine of divine unity. The Father is regarded as the primary and ultimate source of divinity, with Jesus (the Son) and the Holy Spirit sharing in this divinity, not as separate gods, but within the mystery of the Trinitarian unity.
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