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The Fifth Absolute Attribute: UNIFIED God

DT 4.39; 6.4 5C. Unified (solitary, undivided)

Deuteronomy 4:39

Therefore know this day, and consider it in your heart, that the Lord Himself is God in heaven above and on the earth beneath; there is no other.

Deuteronomy 6:4

"Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one!

Other Key References:

Isaiah 44:6 Thus saith the LORD the King of Israel, and His redeemer [the Messiah] the LORD of hosts; I am the first, and I am the last; and beside me there is no God.

John 5.44 How can ye believe, which receive honour one of another, and seek not the honour that cometh from God only? [the only God]

John 17:3 And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.

1 Corinthians 8.4 As concerning therefore the eating of those things that are offered in sacrifice unto idols, we know that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is none other God but one.

1 Timothy 1.17 Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be honour and glory for ever and ever. Amen.

1 Timothy 6.15 -16 [15] Which in his times he shall shew, who is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of lords; [16] Who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto; whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to whom be honour and power everlasting. Amen.

Ephesians 4.5-6 [5] One Lord, one faith, one baptism, [6] One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.

Definition: Theissen tells us, "By the unity of God we mean that there is but one God and that the divine nature is undivided and indivisible.

(Thiessen, Henry C.; "LECTURES IN SYSTEMATIC THEOLOGY"; Grand Rapids: Wm. B. Eerdmans, 1949, p 134)

Why won't we ever have this unity? We are only one. God is three and we speak of His unity in relation to this. We being only one cannot have unity. Ex. 20:3_7, tells of the commands against idols. It does not stress unity in word, however if these verses were followed there would be a worship of one God _ a unity. (See also Deut. 4:35 35 Unto thee it was shewed, that thou mightest know that the LORD he is God; there is none else beside him.)

source: thedericksons.com/d01350.htm

The unity of God lends credibility to the purpose of God. There is "one purpose, one mind, one goal for all things." (Buswell, James Oliver; "A SYSTEMATIC THEOLOGY OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION"; Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1962, p 103)

Unity and the Trinity: God is represented in Scripture as one God existing in 3 separate and distinct persons performing 3 distinct roles.

The Trinity is a very extensive concept to deal with. We mention here only 4 Scriptures that show all three as Trinity or as God.

Matthew 28:19 Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:

The Father is God: John 6:27 Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed.

The Son Is God: Hebrews 1: 8 But unto the Son he saith, Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: a sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre of thy kingdom.

The Spirit is God: Acts 5:3,4 [3] But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, and to keep back part of the price of the land? [4] Whiles it remained, was it not thine own? and after it was sold, was it not in thine own power? why hast thou conceived this thing in thine heart? thou hast not lied unto men, but unto God.

Application:

Ps 133:1 A Song of degrees of David. Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!

Eph 4:3 Endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.

Eph 4:13 Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ: