StewpidLoser said:
I don't believe that we have many gods with many names. I believe
there is one God, as stated in 1Corinthians Chapter 8:
We CAN call on Him in the Name of Jesus Christ. Many people do, as the Psalm tells us:
OK... how's that.
Please, you yourself has said that you have to call on god through jesus but what can Jesus says about your claim, read this it is very important: let us read from Jesus' own admission if we can still cann on God throuhg Jesus...
25"Though I have been speaking figuratively, a time is coming when I will no longer use this kind of language but will tell you plainly about my Father. 26
In that day you will ask in my name. I am not saying that I will ask the Father on your behalf.
so do you think if you will call on God in the name of Jesus, god will hear your prayer... you should be aware that on the cross Jesus cried loud "My God, My God, Why have you forsaken me?" Yet you will still call on God using the name of Jesus, the man forsaken by God, God will not hear your prayers, you have to call on God's name, with no other Name. The "Father" you say is not very accurate since in thew Bible Satan is also called "father" read in John 8:44 -
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You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out your father's desire. He was a murderer from the beginning, not holding to the truth, for there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, for he is a liar and the father of lies.
see, so we have to be specific with the Name we ascribe to God... H has a Name, in time it will be revealed... thank you for your reply.
Also, to give you something to think about:
This is God's commandment to all of us...
26 See, I am setting before you today a blessing and a curse- 27 the blessing if you obey the commands of the LORD your God that I am giving you today; 28 the curse if you disobey the commands of the LORD your God and turn from the way that I command you today by following other gods, which you have not known.
Deuteronomy 11:26-28
Regarding "the blessing and the curse?" Why are the people and the prophets in the Old Testament that had followed God's commandments were all saved; from destruction (Lot), from the flood (Noah), from the lions (Daniel), from the big fish (Jonah), from the fire (Daniel's friends), and from their enemies (David) to name a few, and why is it, in the New Testament, all who have followed Jesus, starting from Jesus, were all killed? Does it mean that the God in the Old Testament is different from the God of the New Testament? We should understand that God is consistent in His decree regarding the "blessings and curses", He had given examples in the Bible so that we will know how to receive the blessings and not the curses.
Ponder on these things...
"then I saw all that God has done. No one can comprehend what goes on under the sun. Despite all his efforts to search it out, man cannot discover its meaning. Even if a wise man claims he knows, he cannot really comprehend it." Ecclesiastes 8:17