One God
I am God. That’s my name.
I don’t franchise my glory,
don’t endorse the no-god idols. ~ Isaiah 42:8 (MSG)
However, for us believers,
There is one God the Father.
All things come from him, and we belong to him.
And there is one Lord Jesus Christ.
All things exist through him, and we live through him. ~ 1 Corinthians 8:6 (CEB)
KEY IDEA:
There is one God and we connect to him through the Lord Jesus Christ.
PRAYER:
Lord God, you have no peers. Yet you welcome us into your life through Christ Jesus. Forgive me for placing trust in lesser beings and authorities. Stir within me the kind of faith in you that can resist all usurpers. And I will honor you with all that I am. Amen.
TRANSLATIONS
ABP = Authorized Boydston Paraphrase — my own freestyle biblical adaptation — somewhere between paraphrase, commentary, and sermon
CEB = Common English Bible (©2011, the Common English Bible)
CEV = Contemporary English Version (©1995, American Bible Society)
MSG = The Message (©1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002 by Eugene H. Peterson)
NIRV = New International Reader's Version (©1996, 1998, Biblica)
NIV = New International Version (©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011, Biblica)
NLT = New Living Translation (©1996, 2004, 2007, 2013, Tyndale House Foundation)
