Is "My god" - the One True God?
By Kori Ashton
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our world as we know it today – we have many different
religions, faiths, cults, and “paths to god.”
Some might say god is a woman, a spirit, a tree or just
a feeling. God is our conscience or an evil puppeteer
tormenting us as his experiment. As Christians when
we speak of “Our God” we are usually referring
to Jehovah, God Almighty, the God of the Bible. But
when we make blanketed statements about how our God
views us or others we must take caution and be sure
that we are speaking His Truth and not our own version.
So many times I’ve heard it said –
My god loves me where I am. Or My
god doesn’t judge me. Or My god
knows my heart. Or My god would never
send me to hell.
Well my question then is – Is YOUR god –
the One True God or a god you’ve created to fit
your needs?
No one likes to picture God as our judge and condemning
us to hell. We all want to view Him as our loving Father
or Friend who has wonderful treasures waiting for us.
Religion is much easier to swallow when it makes us feel
good, but the truth is that God is a jealous God and He
very specifically tells us in His first commandment –
Thou shall have no other gods before me.
So how do we fall in danger of creating our own “idols”
and versions of a false god? To say “My god doesn’t
judge me” – would be anti-Biblical. God is
the ONLY one who has the right to judge us. To say “My
god would never send me to hell” – would be
a stretch as well. While God may not want us to go to
hell, He will only forgive those who repent. To use “My
god knows my heart” as a justification to live in
blatant disobedience would also be a sin. And to say “My
god loves me where I am” can be likewise seen as
an excuse to never move toward change. None of these things
are a characteristic of the God of the Bible.
The challenge here is to KNOW the One True God so that
when you say “My God… fill in the blank”
you will not misquote Him, misrepresent Him or create
a fake god. Get to know the God of the Bible and see that
He does have wonderful plans for you and your life. He
does know your heart and He sees your struggle. He does
love you and longs for you to intimately know His heart.
Dig Deeper: Psalm 18:2; Psalm 25:2; Psalm 31:14;
Philippians 4:19
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