The Oneness of God, Monotheism
Published on: February 5, 2025
Christianity affirms monotheism: there is only one God.
📜 Key Scriptures
Deuteronomy 6:4 (ESV)
"Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one."
Isaiah 43:10-11 (ESV)
"You are my witnesses," declares the LORD,
and my servant whom I have chosen,
that you may know and believe me
and understand that I am he.
Before me no god was formed,
nor shall there be any after me.
I, I am the LORD, and besides me there is no savior.
Isaiah 45:5 (ESV)
"I am the LORD, and there is no other, besides me there is no God."
1 Timothy 2:5 (ESV)
"For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus."
📖 Table of Scriptures Demonstrating the Oneness of God
| Reference | Verse (ESV) |
|---|---|
| Deuteronomy 6:4 | "Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one." |
| Exodus 20:3 | "You shall have no other gods before me." |
| Isaiah 44:6 | "Thus says the LORD, the King of Israel and his Redeemer, the LORD of hosts: 'I am the first and I am the last; besides me there is no god.'" |
| Isaiah 46:9 | "Remember the former things of old; for I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like me." |
| Malachi 2:10 | "Have we not all one Father? Has not one God created us?" |
| Mark 12:29 | "Jesus answered, 'The most important is, Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one.'" |
| John 17:3 | "And this is eternal life, that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent." |
| Romans 3:30 | "Since God is one—who will justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through faith." |
| 1 Corinthians 8:6 | "Yet for us there is one God, the Father, from whom are all things and for whom we exist, and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things and through whom we exist." |
| Ephesians 4:5-6 | "One Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all." |
| 1 Timothy 1:17 | "To the King of the ages, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen." |
| James 2:19 | "You believe that God is one; you do well. Even the demons believe—and shudder!" |
🕊️ Key Insight
The oneness of God is central to the Christian faith. The Bible repeatedly affirms that there is only one God, yet this oneness is fully realized in the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit—not as separate gods, but as one divine essence in three persons.