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Chapter Four The Oneness of God
T^ he deity of God from eternity has been one in entity, character, and being; never two or three. He has manifested Himself to His people as the invisible Father, Word and Spirit. The conscience of every human bears witness that there is only one God existent from eternity to eternity. The clearest theme of scripture is always uncompromising monotheism, or the belief in one God. The Bible simply states that God is absolutely and indivisibly one. In the Bible, we find no essential distinctions or divisions in His eternal nature. All forms of polytheism, or the belief in more than one God are refuted.
4.0 God is Indivisible
The belief in only one God is called monotheism, which comes from two Greek words, "monos" meaning single or one and "theos" meaning God.
Those who do not accept monotheism are classified as follows:
• Atheist : denies the existence of God
• Agnostic ; asserts the existence of God is unknown and probably
unknowable
• Pantheist; equates God with nature or the force of the universe
• Polytheist: telieves in more than one God
• Ditheism : believes in two Gods which is one form of polytheism • Tritheism ; believes in three Gods
• Trinitarianism : believes in three persons in one God
Among the major religions of the world, three are monotheistic:Oneness Christianity, Judaism and Islam. One view called Trinitarianism, asserts that there are three distinct persons in the Godhead: God the Father, God the word,andGodtheHolyGhost,butyetoneGod. SomeTrinitariansempha size the unity of God, without having a carefully developed understanding of what is meant by three distinct persons in the Godhead. Other Trinitarians
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