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What Does the Bible Say?
THERE IS ONLY ONE GOD
Mark 12:29, 32, 34
“And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O
Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord: … And the scribe said unto him, Well,
Master, thou hast said the truth: for there is one God; and there is none
other but he … And when Jesus saw that he answered discreetly, he said
unto him, Thou art not far from the kingdom of God. And no man after that
durst ask him any question.”
1 Corinthians 8:4
“As concerning therefore the eating of those things that are offered in
sacrifice unto idols, we know that an idol is nothing in the world, and
that there is none other God but one.”
WHO IS THIS GOD?
1 Corinthians 8:6
“But to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and
we in him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by
him.”
John 17:3
“And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God,
and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.”
Revelation 21:22
“And I saw no temple therein: for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are
the temple of it.”
1 Corinthians 11:3
“But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the
head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God.”
Ephesians 4:6
“One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you
all.”
1 Timothy 2:5
“For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ
Jesus.”
2 Corinthians 1:3
“Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of
mercies, and the God of all comfort.”
1 Corinthians 15:24-28
“Then cometh the end, when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to God,
even the Father; when he shall have put down all rule and all authority
and power. For he must reign, till he hath put all enemies under his feet.
The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death. For he hath put all things
under his feet. But when he saith all things are put under him, it is manifest
that he is excepted, which did put all things under him. And when all things
shall be subdued unto him, then shall the Son also himself be subject unto
him that put all things under him, that God may be all in all.”
2 Thessalonians 2:16
“Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God, even our Father, which hath
loved us, and hath given us everlasting consolation and good hope through
grace.”
WHAT IS THE RELATIONSHIP
BETWEEN JESUS AND GOD?
1 John 4:15
“Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in
him, and he in God.”
1 John 2:22, 23
“Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist,
that denieth the Father and the Son. Whosoever denieth the Son, the same
hath not the Father: (but) he that acknowledgeth the Son hath the Father
also.”
1 John 4:9, 10
“In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent
his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him. Herein
is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son
to be the propitiation for our sins.”
John 3:16
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever
believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.”
1 John 5:5
“Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus
is the Son of God?”
John 8:42
“Jesus said unto them, If God were your Father, ye would love me: for I
proceeded forth and came from God; neither came I of myself, but he sent
me.”
John 5:18
“Therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not only had
broken the sabbath, but said also that God was his Father, making himself
equal with God.”
1 John 5:1
“Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God: and every
one that loveth him that begat loveth him also that is begotten of him.”
Proverbs 30:4
“Who hath ascended up into heaven, or descended? who hath gathered the
wind in his fists? who hath bound the waters in a garment? who hath established
all the ends of the earth? what is his name, and what is his son’s name,
if thou canst tell?”
John 10:36
“Say ye of him, whom the Father hath sanctified, and sent into the world,
Thou blasphemest; because I said, I am the Son of God?”
Mark 5:7
“And cried with a loud voice, and said, What have I to do with thee, Jesus,
thou Son of the most high God? I adjure thee by God, that thou torment
me not.”
Hebrews 1:4, 5
“Being made so much better than the angels, as he hath by inheritance obtained
a more excellent name than they. For unto which of the angels said he at
any time, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee? And again, I
will be to him a Father, and he shall be to me a Son?”
Proverbs 8:22-25
“The LORD possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of
old. I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, or ever the earth
was. When there were no depths, I was brought forth; when there were no
fountains abounding with water. Before the mountains were settled, before
the hills was I brought forth.”
Proverbs 8:30
“Then I was by him, as one brought up with him: and I was daily his delight,
rejoicing always before him.”
DOES JESUS HAVE A GOD
Ephesians 1:17
“That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto
you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him.”
John 20:17
“Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father:
but go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and
your Father; and to my God, and your God.”
1 Peter 1:3
“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according
to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the
resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.”
Ephesians 1:3
“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed
us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ.”
2 Corinthians 11:31
“The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which is blessed for evermore,
knoweth that I lie not.”
Romans 15:6
“That ye may with one mind and one mouth glorify God, even the Father of
our Lord Jesus Christ.”
Hebrews 1:9
“Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; therefore God, even
thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.”
MANY SCRIPTURES SPEAK OF GOD THE FATHER. NONE SPEAK OF GOD THE SON OR
GOD THE SPIRIT.
Titus 1:4
“To Titus, mine own son after the common faith: Grace, mercy, and peace,
from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ our Saviour.”
1 Thessalonians 1:1
“Paul, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, unto the church of the Thessalonians
which is in God the Father and in the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace be unto
you, and peace, from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.”
Galatians 1:3
“Grace be to you and peace from God the Father, and from our Lord Jesus
Christ.”
Ephesians 6:23
“Peace be to the brethren, and love with faith, from God the Father and
the Lord Jesus Christ.”
Philippians 2:11
“And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the
glory of God the Father.”
2 Timothy 1:2
“To Timothy, my dearly beloved son: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the
Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.”
1 Peter 1:2
“Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification
of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ:
Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied.”
John 6:27
“Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth
unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him
hath God the Father sealed.”
Jude 1:1
“Jude, the servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to them that
are sanctified by God the Father, and preserved in Jesus Christ, and called.”
WHO SITS ON THE
THRONE OF THE UNIVERSE?
Matthew 5:34
“But I say unto you, Swear not at all; neither by heaven; for it is God’s
throne.”
Matthew 23:22
“And he that shall swear by heaven, sweareth by the throne of God, and
by him that sitteth thereon.”
Revelation 4:2
“And immediately I was in the spirit; and, behold, a throne was set in
heaven, and one sat on the throne.”
Revelation 7:10
“And cried with a loud voice, saying, Salvation to our God which sitteth
upon the throne, and unto the Lamb.”
Hebrews 8:1
“Now of the things which we have spoken this is the sum: We have such an
high priest, who is set on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty
in the heavens.”
Hebrews 12:2
“Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy
that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is
set down at the right hand of the throne of God.”
Revelation 3:21
“To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even
as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne.”
JESUS’ THRONE IS
THE THRONE OF DAVID
Hebrews 1:8
“But unto the Son he saith, Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: a
sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre of thy kingdom.”
Luke 1:32, 33
“He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest: and the
Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David: And he shall
reign over the house of Jacob for ever; and of his kingdom there shall
be no end.”
Acts 2:30
“Therefore being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath
to him, that of the fruit of his loins, according to the flesh, he would
raise up Christ to sit on his throne.”
DID CHRIST RAISE HIMSELF
FROM THE DEAD?
Acts 4:10
“Be it known unto you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the
name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom ye crucified, whom God raised from
the dead, even by him doth this man stand here before you whole.”
Acts 5:30
“The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom ye slew and hanged on a tree.”
Romans 10:9
“That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe
in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.”
Hebrews 13:20
“Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus,
that great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting
covenant.”
JESUS HAS ALL POWER AND AUTHORITY
BUT BY WHAT RIGHT DOES HE POSSESS THIS?
Matthew 28:18
“And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, all power is given unto me
in heaven and in earth.”
John 5:26
“For as the Father hath life in himself; so hath he given to the Son to
have life in himself.”
Colossians 2:9
“For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily.”
Colossians 1:19
“For it pleased the Father that in him should all fulness dwell.”
1 Corinthians 15:27, 28
“For he hath put all things under his feet. But when he saith all things
are put under him, it is manifest that he is excepted, which did put all
things under him. And when all things shall be subdued unto him, then shall
the Son also himself be subject unto him that put all things under him,
that God may be all in all.”
IT WAS AN ANGEL (MICHAEL) HAVING THE AUTHORITY
TO USE GOD’S NAME, THAT
LED ISRAEL IN THE WILDERNESS
Exodus 23:20-23
“Behold, I send an Angel before thee, to keep thee in the way, and to bring
thee into the place which I have prepared. Beware of him, and obey his
voice, provoke him not; for he will not pardon your transgressions: for
my name is in him. But if thou shalt indeed obey his voice, and do all
that I speak; then I will be an enemy unto thine enemies, and an adversary
unto thine adversaries. For mine Angel shall go before thee, and bring
thee in unto the Amorites, and the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the
Canaanites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites: and I will cut them off.”
Judges 2:1-4
“And an angel of the LORD came up from Gilgal to Bochim, and said, I made
you to go up out of Egypt, and have brought you unto the land which I sware
unto your fathers; and I said, I will never break my covenant with you.
And ye shall make no league with the inhabitants of this land; ye shall
throw down their altars: but ye have not obeyed my voice: why have ye done
this? Wherefore I also said, I will not drive them out from before you;
but they shall be as thorns in your sides, and their gods shall be a snare
unto you. And it came to pass, when the angel of the LORD spake these words
unto all the children of Israel, that the people lifted up their voice,
and wept.”
Exodus 3:2, 6
“And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him in a flame of fire out of
the midst of a bush: and he looked, and, behold, the bush burned with fire,
and the bush was not consumed.… Moreover he said, I am the God of thy father,
the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Moses hid
his face; for he was afraid to look upon God.”
Exodus 3:14, 15
“And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou
say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you. And God said
moreover unto Moses, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, The
LORD God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the
God of Jacob, hath sent me unto you: this is my name for ever, and this
is my memorial unto all generations.”
Exodus 13:21
“And the LORD went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them
the way; and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light; to go by
day and night.”
Exodus 14:19
“And the angel of God, which went before the camp of Israel, removed and
went behind them; and the pillar of the cloud went from before their face,
and stood behind them.”
Isaiah 63:9
“In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence
saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bare them,
and carried them all the days of old.”
Joshua 5:13-15
“And it came to pass, when Joshua was by Jericho, that he lifted up his
eyes and looked, and, behold, there stood a man over against him with his
sword drawn in his hand: and Joshua went unto him, and said unto him, Art
thou for us, or for our adversaries? And he said, Nay; but as captain of
the host of the LORD am I now come. And Joshua fell on his face to the
earth, and did worship, and said unto him, What saith my lord unto his
servant? And the captain of the LORD’S host said unto Joshua, Loose thy
shoe from off thy foot; for the place whereon thou standest is holy. And
Joshua did so.”
Joshua 6:2
“And the LORD said unto Joshua, See, I have given into thine hand Jericho,
and the king thereof, and the mighty men of valour.”
Acts 7:38
“This is he, that was in the church in the wilderness with the angel which
spake to him in the mount Sina, and with our fathers: who received the
lively oracles to give unto us.”
WHY IS JESUS CALLED MICHAEL THE ARCHANGEL
IF HE IS THE ALMIGHTY GOD?
Daniel 12:1
“And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standeth
for the children of thy people: and there shall be a time of trouble, such
as never was since there was a nation even to that same time: and at that
time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written
in the book.”
Daniel 10:13
“But the prince of the kingdom of Persia withstood me one and twenty days:
but, lo, Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me; and I remained
there with the kings of Persia.”
Revelation 12:7
“And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the
dragon: and the dragon fought and his angels.”
Jude 1:9
“Yet Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil he disputed
about the body of Moses, durst not bring against him a railing accusation,
but said, The Lord rebuke thee.”
WHERE IS THE THIRD PERSON?
2 John 1:3
“Grace be with you, mercy, and peace, from God the Father, and from the
Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth and love.”
1 Timothy 5:21
“I charge thee before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, and the elect angels,
that thou observe these things without preferring one before another, doing
nothing by partiality.”
Titus 1:4
“To Titus, mine own son after the common faith: Grace, mercy, and peace,
from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ our Saviour.”
Ephesians 1:2
“Grace be to you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus
Christ.”
Colossians 1:2
“To the saints and faithful brethren in Christ which are at Colosse: Grace
be unto you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.”
WHO IS THE HOLY SPIRIT?
1. When we speak of a person’s spirit, we mean the inward part of the
person; the part of the person which is different from the body.
1 Corinthians 5:3-5
“For I verily, as absent in body, but present in spirit, have judged already,
as though I were present, concerning him that hath so done this deed, In
the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, when ye are gathered together, and my
spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus Christ, To deliver such an one
unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved
in the day of the Lord Jesus.”
Luke 23:46
“And when Jesus had cried with a loud voice, he said, Father, into thy
hands I commend my spirit: and having said thus, he gave up the ghost.”
Acts 7:59
“And they stoned Stephen, calling upon God, and saying, Lord Jesus, receive
my spirit.”
Colossians 2:5
“For though I be absent in the flesh, yet am I with you in the spirit,
joying and beholding your order, and the steadfastness of your faith in
Christ.”
Ecclesiastes 3:21
“Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward, and the spirit of the
beast that goeth downward to the earth?”
Ecclesiastes 12:7
“Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall
return unto God who gave it.”
Ezekiel 13:3
“Thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe unto the foolish prophets, that follow their
own spirit, and have seen nothing!”
Matthew 26:41
“Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is
willing, but the flesh is weak.”
Luke 1:80
“And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, and was in the deserts
till the day of his shewing unto Israel.”
2. God’s Spirit is related to God in the same way as man’s spirit is
related to man.
1 Corinthians 2:11; (Rom. 8:16)
“For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which
is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of
God.”
3. The Holy Spirit has an owner
Genesis 6:3
“And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that
he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years.”
Isaiah 61:1
“The spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath anointed
me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the
brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of
the prison to them that are bound.”
Acts 2:17
“And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out
of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,
and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams.”
Matthew 10:20
“For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father which speaketh
in you.”
4. The Spirit has no independent will. The Spirit cannot come, or go, at
will. The Spirit must be given, or taken by God, or Christ.
Luke 11:13
“If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children:
how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that
ask him?”
John 7:39
“(But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him should
receive: for the Holy Ghost was not yet given; because that Jesus was not
yet glorified.)”
Psalms 51:11
“Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy spirit from
me.”
John 15:26
“But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father,
even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify
of me.”
Acts 2:33
“Therefore being by the right hand of God exalted, and having received
of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, he hath shed forth this, which
ye now see and hear.”
5. When Jesus says that God will send the Spirit, He explains what He means
by saying, I will come.
John 14:17-23
“Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth
him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you,
and shall be in you. I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you.
Yet a little while, and the world seeth me no more; but ye see me: because
I live, ye shall live also. At that day ye shall know that I am in my Father,
and ye in me, and I in you. He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them,
he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father,
and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him. Judas saith unto
him, not Iscariot, Lord, how is it that thou wilt manifest thyself unto
us, and not unto the world? Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man
love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will
come unto him, and make our abode with him.”
John 14:28
“Ye have heard how I said unto you, I go away, and come again unto you.
If ye loved me, ye would rejoice, because I said, I go unto the Father:
for my Father is greater than I.”
6. The Spirit is the actual presence of the Father and the Son in mind
and power, but not in bodily form.
Psalms 139:7
“Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence?”
Acts 20:28
“Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which
the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which
he hath purchased with his own blood.”
Luke 1:35
“And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon
thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also
that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of
God.”
2 Corinthians 3:17
“Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there
is liberty.”
1 Corinthians 2:16
“For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? But
we have the mind of Christ.”
1 Corinthians 3:16
“Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God
dwelleth in you?”
Ephesians 3:16
“That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened
with might by his Spirit in the inner man.”
Ephesians 3:17
“That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and
grounded in love.”
7. The Holy Spirit and the Incarnation
Matthew 1:18
“Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as his mother Mary
was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child
of the Holy Ghost.”
Matthew 1:20
“But while he thought on these things, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared
unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take
unto thee Mary thy wife: for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy
Ghost.”
8. Why did Jesus breathe on them as He said, receive the Holy Spirit?
What relationship is there between the Holy Spirit, and Christ’s breath?
John 20:22
“And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and saith unto them, Receive
ye the Holy Ghost.”
9. Whose Spirit is it? God’s or Christ’s?
Romans 8:9
“But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit
of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is
none of his.”
Philippians 1:19
“For I know that this shall turn to my salvation through your prayer, and
the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ.”
John 16:15
“All things that the Father hath are mine: therefore said I, that he shall
take of mine, and shall show it unto you.”
John 17:21
“That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee,
that they also may be one in us; that the world may believe that thou hast
sent me.
John 17:23
I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one: and that
the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou
hast loved me.”
10. Christ’s divine power, when on earth, was the Holy Spirit.
Acts 10:38
“How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power:
who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil;
for God was with him.”
John 5:26
“For as the Father hath life in himself; so hath he given to the Son to
have life in himself.”
John 14:10
“Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? the
words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself: but the Father that
dwelleth in me, he doeth the works.”
Acts 2:22
“Ye men of Israel, hear these words; Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved
of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by him
in the midst of you, as ye yourselves also know.”
Elohim
It is often claimed that the word, “Elohim,” which is used most often in
the Old Testament to refer to God, proves that God is a trinity because
the word is a plural word and means more than one.
However, it is the opinion of a number of Bible scholars that the word
does not necessarily mean more than one, but that it is often used to denote
the majesty and greatness of God, rather than to indicate that God consists
of more than one Being.
Please look at the references below where the word Elohim is used, and
you will see where it refers to a single individual at times, as well as
to beings other than God.
Exodus 7:1
“And the LORD said unto Moses, See, I have made thee a god [elohim] to
Pharaoh: and Aaron thy brother shall be thy prophet.”
Judges 16:23
“Then the lords of the Philistines gathered them together for to offer
a great sacrifice unto Dagon their god [elohim], and to rejoice: for they
said, Our god [elohim] hath delivered Samson our enemy into our hand.”
Judges 16:24
“And when the people saw him, they praised their god [elohim]: for they
said, Our god [elohim] hath delivered into our hands our enemy, and the
destroyer of our country, which slew many of us.”
1 Kings 18:27
“And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud:
for he is a god [elohim]; either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he
is in a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked.”
The word “elohim” is also used to refer to beings other than God in the
following references.
Humans:
Psalms 82:1
“God standeth in the congregation of the mighty; he judgeth among the gods
[elohim].”
Psalms 82:6
“I have said, Ye are gods [elohim]; and all of you are children of the
most High.”
Angels:
Psalms 97:7
“Confounded be all they that serve graven images, that boast themselves
of idols: worship him, all ye gods [elohim].”
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