THE ONE GOD | AdventAI

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, Cal. · Jan 6, 1904

THE ONE GOD.

THE only true God is the Creator of all things. All other gods are false, and are, therefore, no gods. No god is worthy of universal allegiance who can not supply all the needs of all creatures in the universe. None but a creator can do this, for, under any and all circumstances, He must be a "very present help in trouble." None but the Creator of all things could be eternal. To be above and over all things, and able to control all things, He must be the fountain of wisdom and power. Such is our God, and all the knowledge of Him that finite beings are able to comprehend is comprised in His Word and works. Many people in the world, who do not know the true God, imagine that it is good policy to worship a multiplicity of gods. But both history and present conditions show the fallacy of this delusion. Permanence in the government of the universe depends upon union and harmony, which can not prevail amid a rivalry of claimants for allegiance. "A kingdom divided against itself can not stand." Therefore, whatever is opposed to the unchangeable law of the all-wise, all-powerful, unchangeable God must come to an end. "The wicked shall perish, and the enemies of the Lord shall be as the fat of lambs; they shall consume; into smoke shall they consume away." But "the Word of the Lord [the one Lord, the Creator of all things] endureth forever." And the inheritance of him who trusteth in the Lord shall be forever. "Blessed is the man that feareth the Lord, that delighteth greatly in His commandments."