Sunday, May 13, 2007

God among gods... (Journal Entry)

So, I'm confused about the passages the Book where it says, you are “God of Gods, Lord of Lords” and “you are above all gods” etc.

Is God really the highest God among others? Or are there not really others? Or could demons be considered gods? I mean, I guess the Kahani people consider them gods.

If they see you as God of their Gods, would that be sufficient for their salvation? Do they need to see you as God- and everything else as NOT GOD?

But, what about those verses that mention you being above other gods, among other gods? Even when Paul went to Athens, he said, in Acts 17:23… “an alter, ‘To an unknown god.' Therefore what you worship without knowing it, this I proclaim to you. (vs. 24) The God who made the world and everything in it, who is Lord of heaven and earth, does not live in temples made by human hands, nor is he served by human hands, as if he needed anything, because he himself gives life and breath and everything to everyone. From one man he made every nation of the human race to inhabit the entire earth, determining their set times and the fixed limits of the places where they would live, so that they would search for God and perhaps grope around for him and find him, though he is not far from each one of us.”

It’s not like Paul says, “God who is, as opposed to the gods you worshipping who aren’t really god…” he makes a statement saying, “The God who made the world” as opposed to the other gods who didn’t make the world…”

Anyway, just something I was thinking about the other day…

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