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Who was the first God?

If there was a Father to our Father God, that makes him our spiritual grandfather. We should know our grandfather’s name. Right?

The Bible does not teach this though. We are told that the God of the Bible is the only all-powerful, all-knowing, everywhere-present God.

Isaiah 45:21-22

21… And there is no other God besides Me,
A righteous God and a Savior;
There is none except Me.

22 “Turn to Me and be saved, all the ends of the earth;
For I am God, and there is no other.
 

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Who was the first God?

If there was a Father to our Father God, that makes him our spiritual grandfather. We should know our grandfather’s name. Right?

The Bible does not teach this though. We are told that the God of the Bible is the only all-powerful, all-knowing, everywhere-present God.

Isaiah 45:21-22

21… And there is no other God besides Me,
A righteous God and a Savior;
There is none except Me.

22 “Turn to Me and be saved, all the ends of the earth;
For I am God, and there is no other.

There is no sense trying to figure where God came from or who His father was or if He had a father.

You'll drive yourself crazy and that will lead you away from GOD.

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There is no sense trying to figure where God came from or who His father was or if He had a father. You'll drive yourself crazy and that will lead you away from GOD.
God tells us this about Himself too, so no worries :)

Isaiah 43
10 “You are My witnesses,” declares the LORD,
“And My servant whom I have chosen,
In order that you may know and believe Me
And understand that I am He.
Before Me there was no God formed,
And there will be none after Me.
"

--David
 
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Who was the first God?

If there was a Father to our Father God, that makes him our spiritual grandfather. We should know our grandfather’s name. Right?

The Bible does not teach this though. We are told that the God of the Bible is the only all-powerful, all-knowing, everywhere-present God.

Isaiah 45:21-22

21… And there is no other God besides Me,
A righteous God and a Savior;
There is none except Me.

22 “Turn to Me and be saved, all the ends of the earth;
For I am God, and there is no other.

I'm not sure LDS could tell you who the first God was. They use a concept of time-line for eternal increase to become gods.
 
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It's an off-shoot of another thread, a thread that this question is already being answered in.

Must've read that under the words. thanks for the heads up.
 
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Who was the first God?

If there was a Father to our Father God, that makes him our spiritual grandfather. We should know our grandfather’s name. Right?

The Bible does not teach this though. We are told that the God of the Bible is the only all-powerful, all-knowing, everywhere-present God.

Isaiah 45:21-22

21… And there is no other God besides Me,
A righteous God and a Savior;
There is none except Me.

22 “Turn to Me and be saved, all the ends of the earth;
For I am God, and there is no other.

Correct. There is only one original.

It's very much like Moon Pies.
There is only one original!

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God tells us this about Himself too, so no worries :)

Isaiah 43
10 “You are My witnesses,” declares the LORD,
“And My servant whom I have chosen,
In order that you may know and believe Me
And understand that I am He.
Before Me there was no God formed,
And there will be none after Me.
"

--David
For us there is but one God, whom we worship. One God only. You are right, we should not worry.
 
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For us there is but one God, whom we worship. One God only. You are right, we should not worry.
Hi Peter1000, that you worship one God is good to know :) However, do you believe that any other "Gods" exist somewhere out there, ones that you do not worship?

Also, what about the Mormon belief in new "Gods" coming into existence sometime in the future? Isaiah 43:10 tells us that there is ONE God, that no other "Gods" have ever existed, and that no new "Gods" will ever be formed.

When I said, "no worries" above, I'm sorry, but that wasn't meant for LDS. If I'm not mistaken about Mormon theology*, then it seems to me that LDS should actually be VERY worried (considering what the Bible has to say about the 'everlasting' nature of the one/only God).

*(LDS believe in the existence of multiple "Gods" in the past and present, as well that men will continue to be formed into brand new "Gods" in the future) ... LDS, if this is ~not~ what you teach, please tell me/us what you do teach instead. Thank you :)

Thanks!

--David
p.s. - the Bible tells us that there is only one God, that He has ~always~ been God, & that He always will be. God was never a creature who became a god, He was never a man like us.

Psalm 90
2 Before the mountains were born,
Or Thou didst give birth to the earth and the world,
Even from everlasting to everlasting, Thou art God.
.
 
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For us there is but one God, whom we worship. One God only. You are right, we should not worry.

I urge you to speak the truth in love.

Ephesians 4
14 That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive; 15 But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ:

One Mormon told me (this is verbatim):
“I worship God the Father in his proper role as the Father. I worship Christ in his proper role as the creator, the redeemer, and mediator to the Father. I worship the Holy Ghost in his proper role as the testator of truth, and comforter.”
-name withheld

"Like the polar star in the heavens, regardless of what the future holds, there stands the Redeemer of the world, the Son of God, certain and sure as the anchor of our immortal lives. He is the rock of our salvation, our strength, our comfort, the very focus of our faith.

"In sunshine and in shadow we look to Him, and He is there to assure and smile upon us.

"He is the central focus of our worship. He is the Son of the living God, the Firstborn of the Father, the Only Begotten in the flesh, who left the royal courts on high to be born as a mortal in the most humble of circumstances."
Prophet Gordon B. Hinckley
We Look to Christ - President Gordon B. Hinckley
 
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In the King Follett Sermon, Joseph Smith stated:

In order to understand the subject of the dead, for consolation of those who mourn for the loss of their friends, it is necessary we should understand the character and being of God and how He came to be so; for I am going to tell you how God came to be God. We have imagined and supposed that God was God from all eternity. I will refute that idea, and take away the veil, so that you may see.

These ideas are incomprehensible to some, but they are simple. It is the first principle of the gospel to know for a certainty the character of God, and to know that we may converse with Him as one man converses with another, and that He was once a man like us; yea, that God himself, the Father of us all, dwelt on an earth, the same as Jesus Christ Himself did; and I will show it from the Bible....

Here, then, is eternal life—to know the only wise and true God; and you have got to learn how to be gods yourselves, and to be kings and priests to God, the same as all gods have done before you, namely, by going from one small degree to another, and from a small capacity to a great one; from grace to grace, from exaltation to exaltation, until you attain to the resurrection of the dead, and are able to dwell in everlasting burnings, and to sit in glory, as do those who sit enthroned in everlasting power. And I want you to know that God, in the last days, while certain individuals are proclaiming His name, is not trifling with you or me.
The King Follett Sermon

“Man is a god in embryo and has in him the seeds of godhood, and he can, if he will, rise to great heights.”
Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Spencer W. Kimball, (2006)

Doctrine and Covenants 88
107 And then shall the angels be crowned with the glory of his might, and the saints shall be filled with his glory, and receive their inheritance and be made equal with him.

Doctrine and Covenants 132
20 Then shall they be gods, because they have no end; therefore shall they be from everlasting to everlasting, because they continue; then shall they be above all, because all things are subject unto them. Then shall they be gods, because they have all power, and the angels are subject unto them.
 
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For us there is but one God, whom we worship. One God only. You are right, we should not worry.

That is double speak... The God of the Bible emphatically says he is the only God, there is none like him... The God of the Bible is omniscient, omnipresent, and omnipotent. He is holy, holy, holy... There is none like him... None...
 
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Who was the first God?

If there was a Father to our Father God, that makes him our spiritual grandfather. We should know our grandfather’s name. Right?

The Bible does not teach this though. We are told that the God of the Bible is the only all-powerful, all-knowing, everywhere-present God.

Isaiah 45:21-22

21… And there is no other God besides Me,
A righteous God and a Savior;
There is none except Me.

22 “Turn to Me and be saved, all the ends of the earth;
For I am God, and there is no other.

God never began and He will never end. He was, is, and will be eternally. He is "HaYah asher HaYah". (I AM who I AM, Exodus 3:14). He says of Himself "I AM the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End" (Revelation 22:13)
 
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God never began and He will never end. He was, is, and will be eternally. He is "HaYah asher HaYah". (I AM who I AM, Exodus 3:14). He says of Himself "I AM the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End" (Revelation 22:13)

Amen... YHWH...
 
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Hi Peter1000, that you worship one God is good to know :) However, do you believe that any other "Gods" exist somewhere out there, ones that you do not worship?

Also, what about the Mormon belief in new "Gods" coming into existence sometime in the future? Isaiah 43:10 tells us that there is ONE God, that no other "Gods" have ever existed, and that no new "Gods" will ever be formed.

When I said, "no worries" above, I'm sorry, but that wasn't meant for LDS. If I'm not mistaken about Mormon theology*, then it seems to me that LDS should actually be VERY worried (considering what the Bible has to say about the 'everlasting' nature of the one/only God).

*(LDS believe in the existence of multiple "Gods" in the past and present, as well that men will continue to be formed into brand new "Gods" in the future) ... LDS, if this is ~not~ what you teach, please tell me/us what you do teach instead. Thank you :)

Thanks!

--David
p.s. - the Bible tells us that there is only one God, that He has ~always~ been God, & that He always will be. God was never a creature who became a god, He was never a man like us.

Psalm 90
2 Before the mountains were born,
Or Thou didst give birth to the earth and the world,
Even from everlasting to everlasting, Thou art God.
.
There is only one God that has ever existed and will ever exist for this earth and the heavens around this earth. No other "Gods" have ever existed, and that no new "Gods" will ever be formed, as Isaiah says, that has to do with this heavens and this earth. Only one God do we worship.

Paul is saying the same thing as I am saying:
1 Corinthians 8:5-6 King James Version (KJV)
5 For though there be that are called gods, whether in heaven or in earth, (as there be gods many, and lords many,)
6 But to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him.

Paul knew there were gods many and lords many, 'but to us' there is but one God. That is exactly our position.
 
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That is double speak... The God of the Bible emphatically says he is the only God, there is none like him... The God of the Bible is omniscient, omnipresent, and omnipotent. He is holy, holy, holy... There is none like him... None...
Jesus is just like him.
 
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There is only one God that has ever existed and will ever exist for this earth and the heavens around this earth. No other "Gods" have ever existed, and that no new "Gods" will ever be formed, as Isaiah says, that has to do with this heavens and this earth. Only one God do we worship.

Paul is saying the same thing as I am saying:
1 Corinthians 8:5-6 King James Version (KJV)
5 For though there be that are called gods, whether in heaven or in earth, (as there be gods many, and lords many,)
6 But to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him.

Paul knew there were gods many and lords many, 'but to us' there is but one God. That is exactly our position.

Paul was very clear, for us there is BUT ONE GOD... Now, are you going to disagree with Paul?

How about here?
Romans 3:30 New King James Version (NKJV)
there is one God who will justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through faith.

How about disagreeing with God himself?
Isaiah 44:8 New King James Version (NKJV)

Is there a God besides Me? "there is no other Rock;
I know not one.’ ”

Your error is that you don't take time to understand the languages and their usage...
 
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