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The most fundamental and the most important
teaching of Prophet Muhammad (blessings of Allah
and peace be upon him) is faith in the unity of
God.Abul A'La Mawdudi, Towards Understanding
Islam
Lesson 2 The Oneness of God
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Guiding Question 1Is the doctrine of the
trinity biblical?
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Video Presentation The Mystery of the
Trinitywith R.C. SproulSection 1 Monotheism
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The New is in the Old concealed, the Old in in
the New revealed.(St. Augustine)
Progressive Revelation
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A plural ending with a singular verb.
Two Different Names for God
Gods Nature or Essence
God in the Creation Account
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The ShemaHear, O Israel The LORD our God is
one LORD.(Deut. 64)Return
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Two Hebrew Words for ONE
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  One of Rabbinical Judaisms most revered sages,
Rabbi Moshe ben Maimon (Rambam) wrote his 13
Articles of Faith in his commentary on the
Mishnah, in the 12th century from Egypt. The
original text was in Arabic and then translated
into Hebrew. Below is a translation of the
Hebrew text into English.  
   
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Hebrew vs. Greek Translations of ONE
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An Opposing View

• Isaiah 446, "I am the first and I am the last
  and besides Me there is no other." While Judaism
  believes that G-d manifests Himself to His
  creation (humanity) in many ways, (i.e. as a
  judge or a protector) G-d's essence itself is
  indivisible and therefore without any possibility
  of distinction. Something that transcends both
  time and space cannot be described as consisting
  of three different aspects. The moment we
  attribute any such distinctions to G-d's essence,
  we negate His absolute Oneness and unity.

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The Unity of Gods Essence

• "For as the body is one, and hath many members,
  and all the members of that one body, being many,
  are one body so also is Christ. For by one
  Spirit are we all baptized into one body ,
  whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be
  bond or free and have been all made to drink
  into one Spirit. For the body is not one member,
  but many." (1Corinthians 1212-14).

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• The Greek word translated "one" in this passage
  is hen, which means "one in essence." This Greek
  word makes it clear that Paul is speaking of
  spiritual unity, not physical unity. The
  spiritual body of Christ is "one" not because its
  individual members are physically assembled in
  one congregation, or are enrolled in one church
  organization, but because all its members are
  united by the "one Spirit" of God.

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• Paul emphasizes that the Spirit of God, although
  dwelling in many individuals who are separate
  entities, is "one Spirit." Paul's inspired words
  show that the Spirit of God the Father and the
  Spirit of Jesus Christ are the same Spirit. Paul
  tells us that it is Jesus Christ Who apportions
  the Spirit for various services or ministries,
  not through a hierarchical ministry but directly
  to individual Christians as it pleases Him. Paul
  also declares that it is the Father Who energizes
  the work of the Spirit in individuals.

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In the unity of the Godhead there be three
Persons of one substance, power, and
eternity.(Westminster Conf. Chap 2. Par.
3)One in essence, Three in Person
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Therefore shall a man leave his father and his
mother, and shall cleave unto his wife and they
shall be one flesh. (Gen. 224)Return
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And Jesus answered him, The first of all the
commandments is, Hear, O Israel The Lord our God
is one Lord.(Mark 1229)Return
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Therefore shall a man leave his father and his
mother, and shall cleave unto his wife and they
shall be one flesh.(Gen. 224)Return
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And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not
read, that he which made them at the beginning
made them male and female,And said, For this
cause shall a man leave father and mother, and
shall cleave to his wife and they twain shall be
one flesh?(Matt. 194-5)Return
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Son of man, they that inhabit those wastes of
the land of Israel speak, saying, Abraham was
one, and he inherited the land but we are many
the land is given us for inheritance.(Ezekiel
3324)Return
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And Jephthah came to Mizpeh unto his house, and,
behold, his daughter came out to meet him with
timbrels and with dances and she was his only
child beside her he had neither son nor
daughter.(Judges 1134)Return
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Now therefore, O LORD our God, save us from his
hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know
that thou art the LORD, even thou only.(Isaiah
3720)Return
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I and my Father are one.(John 1030)Return
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And said, For this cause shall a man leave
father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife
and they twain shall be one flesh?(Matt.
195)Return
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And Jesus answered him, The first of all the
commandments is, Hear, O Israel The Lord our God
is one Lord.(Mark 1229)Return
Note Jesus quoted Deut 64 in Mk 1229 and chose
the "unified oneness" word "hen" which is the
same word used by Jesus in Mt 195, "the two
shall become one (hen) flesh. It is significant
that Jesus did not use "mono" in Mk 1229. The
word "hen" directly corresponds to "echad" which
was used in Deut 64. Both texts used "unified
oneness" words rather than absolute numeric
oneness to the exclusion of all others.
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Now a mediator is not a mediator of one, but God
is one.(Gal. 320)Return
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But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not
the angels of heaven, but my Father only.(Matt.
2436)Return
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Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible,
the only wise God, be honour and glory for ever
and ever. Amen.(1 Tim 117)Return