1 Timothy 2:5
5 For [gar] there is one [heis] God, [theos] and [kai] one [heis] mediator [mesites] between God [theos] and [kai] men, [anthropos] the man [anthropos] Christ [Christos] Jesus; [Iesous] KJV-Interlinear
5 For
there is one God, and one mediator also between God and men, the man Christ
Jesus, NASB
And this is the single
principle of truth that sets Christianity apart from all, repeat all other
systems of belief in the world, throughout all of history.
There is only one God. One means unique.
The God of Christianity
is unique and different from all other gods or claims of deity from all other
religions.
Many try to equate the
God of Judaism, of Islam, of Hinduism, of Buddhism, and make the assumption
that they should all be treated equally with respect.
Since the fundamental essence
of deity is truth, and omniscience, then God cannot lie and God cannot make any
mistakes since He knows all things.
However, since other
religions claim to be the only god then that claim alone disqualifies the
concept of a plurality of gods.
The Bible is the oldest
system of faith in existence, dating back to Adam, and documented in one of the
oldest of recorded books in all of history, which is that of Job, and predating
all of the other religions.
The concept of a single
and unique God is referenced in several places in the Bible, Deut 4:35,39; 6:4;
Isa 43:10; 44:6; 45:5-6,21-22; 46:9; 1 Cor 8:4,6.
Further, the Bible
teaches that there is only one person who stands between God and man, as the
only unique mediator between the two, equal with both deity and humanity, Job
9:33, Acts 4:12, Heb 8:6, Heb 9:15, 12:24, namely Jesus Christ.
The single reference to
the man, refers to the unique man, or to the unique person, separate from all
other person in the human race.Jesus
Christ is the unique person of the universe, both God and man together in the
same person.This is often referred to
as the hypostatic union.
And the name of course
is Jesus Christ.
Christ is taken from
the Greek, and is equivalent to the Hebrew word Messiah, both meaning anointed. John 1:41, 4:25.
And Jesus which is taken from the Greek, and is equivalent to the
Hebrew word Joshua, meaning God is salvation. And therefore taken together both carry the
meaning, The anointed savior is God. Acts 7:45, Heb. 4:8, Matt. 1:21.
In many passages the
name Jesus Christ is associated with deity even further, kurios,
which means Lord, Acts 11:17; 15:11; 16:31; 20:21; 28:31; Rom 1:7; 5:1,11;
13:14; 1 Cor 16:23, etc.
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