WLC 8

Q8. Are there more Gods than one?

There is but one only, the living and true God.

Proof texts

• Deut. 6:4 — [4] “Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one.
• 1 Cor. 8:4,6 — [4] Therefore, as to the eating of food offered to idols, we know that “an idol has no real existence,” and that “there is no God but one.” [6] 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.
• Jer. 10:10 — [10] But the LORD is the true God; he is the living God and the everlasting King. At his wrath the earth quakes, and the nations cannot endure his indignation.

For discussion

1. The Assembly cited Deut. 6:4 in support of this answer. Read it in context — how does it bear on what is claimed here?
2. 3 passages are cited here. Which does the most work, and is anything claimed that the proofs do not obviously carry?
3. WSC Q4 treats the same ground. What does it add, and why might it put things differently?
4. WSC Q6 treats the same ground. What does it add, and why might it put things differently?

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