There
is Only One God and He created the heavens and earth and all of
creation. The false gods that people follow are man made, they are
idols, statues, possessions, hobbies, careers, and other worldly
things that God commands us to stay away from. "Thou
shalt have no other gods before me. Thou shalt not make unto
thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven
above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under
the earth."
-Exodus 20:3-4
Many people make the mistake of believing that
God is what we make Him out to be, but that is completely false. Do
not mistake an evil spirit for the One and Only True God. "Beloved,
believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of
God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world. Hereby
know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus
Christ is come in the flesh is of God: And every spirit that
confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God:
and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it
should come; and even now already is it in the world."
- I John 4:1-3
There
is only one True God and those who choose to follow other gods are
being deceived and not living the blessed life God intended them to
have. Oh they might enjoy life for a while, but it never lasts and
always leaves searching for more to satisfy their need.
Scriptures
Showing There Is Only One God:
"Ye
shall make you no idols nor graven image, neither rear you up a
standing image, neither shall ye set up any image of stone in your
land, to bow down unto it: for I am the LORD your God." -
Leviticus 26:1
"But
the LORD is the true God, he is the living God, and an everlasting
king: at his wrath the earth shall tremble, and the nations shall not
be able to abide his indignation. Thus shall ye say unto them,
The gods that have not made the heavens and the earth, even they
shall perish from the earth, and from under these heavens."
-Jeremiah 10:10-11
"These words spake Jesus, and lifted
up his eyes to heaven, and said, Father, the hour is come; glorify
thy Son, that thy Son also may glorify thee: As thou hast given
him power over all flesh, that he should give eternal life to as many
as thou hast given him. And this is life eternal, that they
might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast
sent." -John 17:1-3
"For they themselves shew of us
what manner of entering in we had unto you, and how ye turned to God
from idols to serve the living and true God; And to wait for his
Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, even Jesus, which
delivered us from the wrath to come." - Thessalonians 1:9-10