"Bart Goddard" wrote in message
news:167.06.14.05.141269000@srcbs.org...
>
>
> wilsonl035@hawaii.rr.com wrote:
>
> In which case, your interpretation of this verse says that there
> are two true gods, contrary to Scripture. There is only one God.
> Anything called "deity" is being called God. You can't even
> stay consistent in your own doctrine.
>
Ohh, please. We can *play on words out of context* all we want to. In one
place the Bible says "there is just one god and one lord" and in other
places there are "many gods and many lords.' You don't take the limited or
special meaning of words in one context then use then to create a false
contradiction elsewhere. Instead you leave them in context. I think the
average person can understand what the point is when it focuses on "one god
and one lord" in that specific context, and "many gods and many lords" in
another.

But, case in *my* point. When it gets down to a strict "True God" issue,
then Christ is not the "True God". No. In this case he is the one "True
Lord". So your application of "true gods" from one context applied to John
1:1 to create a contradiction is a no-go.

You are not recognizing the special use of "true" when this is referring to
god as the only "True god" where *true* is being used in a special sense.

In one verse "true" in reference to one god being the tone "True God" is in
a special qualification of the term "god" because "god" is used so loosely.
But when you use god in the most strict sense as a special reference to the
single most supreme absolute authority in the universe to the exclusion of
this term to anyone but the "True God" then no Christ is not a god and thus
you have misquoted me by claiming I'm claiming Christ is a "true god" by
John 1:1.

The Bible acknowledges many "gods" even Satan as the "god of the world."

Thus the concept and broad or narrow usage of "god" is at the bottom of much
of the confusion.

Thus, in the context of using god as an abslute reference when it comes to
"only one *True God*" then in that sense, it is unique to the father only.
In this case, the comparison with the father as the "One True God" Christ's
relationship to the "One True God" is that he is the "One True Lord."

Interestingly enough, this is another clear reference of the relationship
between these to entities. One is True God, one is the True Lord. Two
different identities. Two different "absolute titles" when we want to use
those terms exclusively.

So no, there are not two *true gods* by my reference when you use that
context. Only one true god and one true lord. By John 1:1 I am not
contradicting myself nor am I using it to iimply