Is there such a scripture? That is the question, the answer may surprise you! Let me ask another question! Eph.1:17  Do you worship the same God as Jesus Christ does? Yes/NO. If you say yes, than Jesus can’t be God, Right! If you say No, then who is your God? Christianity in large has been driven away from scripture and uses church government and authority to impose its doctrines. The Catholic church started by changing the core worship system of the Jew, Jesus Christ. We are to follow Christ and do as he did. Christianity of today, is not the religion of Jesus Christ, or the apostles, or the first century church. It is critical that we comprehend this. The description of Christianity that I like is, Judaism with love added. Matt. 5:17-18 is one of the most important scriptures in the bible also, without this understanding in our thinking we will continue to deny Christ purpose and the intent of his life. There wasn’t anything wrong with his fathers worship system or his covenant, it was the people and leaders who were the problem. The same problem exists today. The latest upheaval is yet another split in the David Hulme COG. How sad for the brethren to be drug through the mud again. This most critical Doctrine, “The Nature of God” is what should be driving all COGs. David Hulme was aware of controversy  that after the 40 hours of tapes by Doctor Stavernities that some ministers reexamined the entire doctrine on the two god doctrine, only to find that there is only one God in the bible. But with the split from WWCOG it got put back on the shelf. Next after David split from UCG it fell on Jim Franks lap and he refused to facilitate any discussion and was set on playing prevent defense and to protect Church tradition. I ask another question? If its true that Jesus didn’t preexist his human birth and that there is only one God, the father, who is eternal  I Tim6:15 wouldn’t you like to know? Or would it be better to keep people from knowing, so there isn’t another split over doctrine? What is more important the truth or protecting brethren from another split. This is a very serious question. I don’t want to see people hurt like 1974 when 10,000 people left over the changing of the date Pentecost was to be observed and Divorce and remarriage. People left because they thought HWA couldn’t be wrong and when he admitted that he was, they left because they thought that God wouldn’t allow him to be wrong all these years, so it must not be the right church. Would You leave if the church changed its doctrine about the nature of God??? If its wrong wouldn’t you like to know? Remember the bible states that there is one God and no other Is.44-45 so we had to do what? Change the meaning of the word “ONE.” Do you smell Bill Clinton, maybe God put that thought in Bill Clinton’s mind to help us understand the danger in changing the plan meaning of the word one. Ex.20:3 Thou shall have no other gods (plural) before Me.(Singular)

So back to the most important scripture in the bible. Gen.1:1 If we get this scripture wrong  our core foundation on who is God and who is not to be worshiped is at stake.  The easy way to solve the problem is replace the word God here, “Elohim” with the word father. “In the beginning the Father created the heavens and the earth. Which has merit when Jesus in Mark 10:6 says that the father created the heavens and the earth. It would have been the perfect time for Jesus to say that when He created them male and female ect. I have posted before on the Hebrew bible and how when the adjective is singular and the verb is singular then the noun is singular, those are the grammar rules of the Hebrew language. Elohim is not plural unless the adjective and the verb are. See Nehemiah Gordon’s paper on this first and great verse, that sets the stage of understanding for the rest of scripture. Brethren this is the understanding that will change the bible for you. For years the COGs have ignored ministers and brethren that have pointed this out to them, they have protected you from the information because they feared you might get upset and leave. I say your going to leave anyway and if growing in grace and knowledge isn’t what your here for, then you’re in the wrong church anyway. There’s a lot of talk about love in the church and this is good, but I say, that the fear of something new runs deep in the COGs and the scripture says that perfect love cast out fear. Understanding who God is and who he is not, is the pinnacle knowledge, the Holy Grail of Christianity. There is no greater doctrine or understanding than this. Worshiping God, and that failure by worshipping other gods, is the story of the bible, so to not understand who this Jealous God is, is detrimental to our faith. Jesus always claimed to be the son of this one God and never to be the God. Mark 12:28-34 Jesus answered him, “The first of all the commandments is: Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one.” 32. For there is one God and there is no other but “HE”. (Singular pronoun) 34. So when Jesus saw that he answered wisely, he said to him, “You are not far from the Kingdom of God” Interestingly Jesus says in Mark 12:26 But concerning the dead, that they rise, have you not read in the book of Moses, how God spoke to him saying “I am the God Abraham Isaac and the God of Jacob, He is not the God of the dead, but the God of the living, You are therefore greatly mistaken.” Brethren how many times have you read this and never heard the wealth of knowledge in these verses. Jesus is telling you at the burning bush it was the father who was taking to Moses in which he equates that He the father is the God of Abraham Isaac and Jacob. He agrees with the scribe that there is no other God but He! Brethren we have been greatly mistaken! Shining light author James Malm doesn’t understand the most important scripture in the bible, he is teaching on a foundation of sand and is son confused about how many Gods’ there are he misleads his readers into believing he has a great understanding. We must read the bible, not read into the bible. Don’t read the new testament until you understand the old testament. If you start in John 1:1 you will be confused for the rest of the book. Mark 13:19 Jesus says” For in those days there will be tribulation,(Future) such as has not been from the beginning of creation which(WHO) God created until this time, nor ever shall be.” Again Jesus says that the father was the creator. Luke 2:52 And Jesus increased in wisdom and favor with(WHO) God and men. There is new comprehension in every verse when one understands who the one and only God and father is and those that he has called to serve him…