There is No Other

Sometimes it is simply best to let the Bible speak in its simplest terms. The one consistency of the revelation of the Bible is that God is one God. For example,

Deuteronomy 4:35 - To you it was shown, that you might know that the LORD is God; there is no other besides him.

Deuteronomy 4:39 - know therefore this day, and lay it to your heart, that the LORD is God in heaven above and on the earth beneath; there is no other.

1 Kings 8:60 - that all the peoples of the earth may know that the LORD is God; there is no other.

Isaiah 45:5 - I am the LORD, and there is no other, besides me there is no God; I gird you, though you do not know me,

Isaiah 45:6 - that men may know, from the rising of the sun and from the west, that there is none besides me; I am the LORD, and there is no other.

Isaiah 45:14 - Thus says the LORD: "The wealth of Egypt and the merchandise of Ethiopia, and the Sabe'ans, men of stature, shall come over to you and be yours, they shall follow you; they shall come over in chains and bow down to you. They will make supplication to you, saying: 'God is with you only, and there is no other, no god besides him.'"

Isaiah 45:18 - For thus says the LORD, who created the heavens (he is God!), who formed the earth and made it (he established it; he did not create it a chaos, he formed it to be inhabited!): "I am the LORD, and there is no other.

Every one of these scriptures stands for the proposition that there is only one God. The great paradox in Christianity is the trinity. How could God be one and be Spirit and flesh at the same time. Yet even the New Testament makes the statement of the gospel that the claims of Jesus are exclusive to him:
Acts 4:12 - And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved."

We cannot explain it from a human perspective. It is the reason that faith is the avenue of understanding through a personal relationship with a living God. We believe that God rewards those who seek him. His declaration that there is no other is not a threat; but, a simple statement of fact. We must trust Him on this one and learn that what the Lord wants more than anything is a relationship that allows us to follow him as Lord and Savior. He sent his son to give us that chance. We believe that his creation is not chaos; but, that there is order and meaning in life.