How many gods truly exist?

(Ezekiel's Vission)

There are so many gods that are known in this world and even in the Bible there were other gods mentioned like Moloc, Baal, Dagon etc. but how many gods do trully exist?

The Bible says:

"Thus says the LORD, the King of Israel, and his Redeemer, the LORD of hosts: 'I am the First and I am the Last; besides Me there is no God...Do not fear, nor be afraid; have I not told you from that time, and declared it? You are My witnesses. Is there a God besides Me? Indeed there is no other Rock; I know not one.'" (Isaiah 44:6-8).

" ¹⁰Ye are my witnesses, saith the LORD, and my servant whom I have chosen: that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I am he: before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me.

¹¹I, even I, am the LORD; and beside me there is no saviour. (Isaiah 43:10-11)

"Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one!" (Deuteronomy 6:4).


Then who are the other gods that are known in our world? Who is Zeus? Who is Athena and other gods people are worshipping ? Are they really gods?

According to the Bible:


"For all the gods of the peoples are idols, but the LORD made the heavens." (1 Chronicles 16:26)


"Shall a man make gods unto himself, and they are no gods?" (Jeremiah 16:20)


"Woe to him who says to wood, 'Awake!' To silent stone, 'Arise! It shall teach!' Behold, it is overlaid with gold and silver, Yet in it there is no breath at all. But the LORD is in His holy temple. Let all the earth keep silence before Him.'" (Habakkuk 2:19-20)


"And there you will serve gods, the work of men’s hands, wood and stone, which neither see nor hear nor eat nor smell." (Deuteronomy 4:28)


"For the customs of the peoples are futile;
For one cuts a tree from the forest,
The work of the hands of the workman, with the ax.
They decorate it with silver and gold;
They fasten it with nails and hammers
So that it will not topple.
They are upright, like a palm tree,
And they cannot speak;
They must be carried,
Because they cannot go by themselves.
Do not be afraid of them,
For they cannot do evil,
Nor can they do any good.'" (Jeremiah 10:2-5)

"For the LORD will judge his people, and he will repent himself concerning his servants. The idols of the heathen are silver and gold, the work of men's hands. They have mouths, but they speak not; eyes have they, but they see not; they have ears, but they hear not; neither is there any breath in their mouths. They that make them are like unto them: so is every one that trusteth in them." (Psalm 135:14-18)

That's what the Bible says so that is what we Christians must believe.

The Infallible Bible

The Bible is the most famous book of all time. The Scriptures, both the Old and New Testaments, are verbally inspired of God and are the revelation of God to man, the infallible, authoritative rule of faith and conduct.

If the Bible is infallible then why are there so many contradictions written within it?

The Bible is a revelation of the infallible GOD but it is the understanding and interpretation of a fallible man that have contradictions.

But the bible is written by fallible men so there is a possibility there are errors written within it. Right?

GOD inspired them to write what they saw, heard or feel. Because of this some verse of the Bible seems contradicting with the other verse but it doesn't. For example Matthew 28:5 says there was one angel at the tomb after the resurrection; whereas John informs us there were two (see 20:12). But these are not contradictory reports. An infallible mathematical rule easily explains this problem: Where there are two, there is always one. Matthew did not say there was only one angel. There may also have been one angel at the tomb at one point on this confusing morning and two at another. One has to add the word "only" to Matthew's account to make it contradict John's. But if the critic comes to the texts to show they err, then the error is not in the Bible, but in the critic.

Likewise, Matthew (see 27:5) informs us that Judas hanged himself. But Luke says that "he burst open in the middle and all his intestines gushed out" (Acts 1:18, NASB). Once more, these accounts are not mutually exclusive. If Judas hanged himself from a tree over the edge of a cliff or gully in this rocky area, and his body fell on sharp rocks below, then his entrails would gush out just as Luke vividly describes.

If there are differences on the testimony of witnesses, is it still accountable?

Yes! In one situation where there are many witnesses if their testimonies were asked and all of them are the same and unchanged the judge might think there might be a collusion. Each one of them must tell what happened according to what they really saw or think to make his testimony credible to be accounted.

Everyone should be very careful cause Satan is using this differences to deceive people. On the Gospel of Matthew the color of the robe placed on Jesus during trial is scarlet while on the Gospel of John it's purple. Satan will simply say one of them is not true. Why believe in Bible if some part of it is wrong? It's a simple logic right? But the Gospel of Matthew and John is not about the color of the robe. It's about Jesus so we should not let ourselves be deceived by Satan or other thoughts of men.

In summation, the Bible cannot err, but the critics can. There is no error in God's revelation, but there are errors in our understanding of it. Hence, when approaching Bible difficulties, it is best that: "If we are perplexed by any apparent contradiction in Scripture, it is not allowable to say, The author of this book is mistaken; but either [1] the manuscript is faulty, or [2] the translation is wrong, or [3] you have not understood."

How True the 16 Fundamental Truths of the Assemblies of GOD are?

I'm a member of the Assemblies of GOD and studying our church Doctrine. I want to discuss it not to prove it was wrong but to have answers on my questions concerning about our faith. May our Lord GOD guide us.

The Assemblies of God Statement of Fundamental Truths is a description of the sixteen core doctrines adhered to by the Assemblies of God. These doctrines are heavily based on the evangelical confessions of faith, but differ by being clearly Pentecostal. Of the sixteen, four are considered cardinal doctrines "essential to the church's core mission of reaching the world for Christ." They are the doctrines concerning salvation, the baptism in the Holy Spirit, divine healing, and the Second Coming of Christ.


1. The Scriptures Inspired

The Scriptures, both the Old and New Testaments, are verbally inspired of God and are the revelation of God to man, the infallible, authoritative rule of faith and conduct.
• 2 Timothy 3:15-17
• 1 Thessalonians 2:13
• 2 Peter 1:21


2. The One True God

The one true God has revealed Himself as the eternally self-existent "I AM," the Creator of heaven and earth and the Redeemer of mankind. He has further revealed Himself as embodying the principles of relationship and association as Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
• Deuteronomy 6:4
• Isaiah 43:10,11
• Matthew 28:19
• Luke 3:22

The Adorable Godhead

a. Terms Defined
The terms "Trinity" and "persons" as related to the Godhead, while not found in the Scriptures, are words in harmony with Scripture, whereby we may convey to others our immediate understanding of the doctrine of Christ respecting the Being of God, as distinguished from "gods many and lords many." We therefore may speak with propriety of the Lord our God who is One Lord, as a trinity or as one Being of three persons, and still be absolutely scriptural.
• Matthew 28:19
• 2 Corinthians 13:14
• John 14:16-17

b. Distinction and Relationship in the Godhead
Christ taught a distinction of Persons in the Godhead which He expressed in specific terms of relationship, as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, but that this distinction and relationship, as to its mode is inscrutable and incomprehensible, because unexplained.
o Luke 1:35
o 1 Corinthians 1:24
o Matthew 11:25-27
o Matthew 28:19
o 2 Corinthians 13:14
o 1 John 1:3-4

c. Unity of the One Being of Father, Son and Holy Spirit
Accordingly, therefore, there is that in the Father which constitutes him the Father and not the Son; there is that in the Son which constitutes Him the Son and not the Father; and there is that in the Holy Spirit which constitutes Him the Holy Spirit and not either the Father or the Son. Wherefore the Father is the Begetter, the Son is the Begotten, and the Holy Spirit is the one proceeding from the Father and the Son. Therefore, because these three persons in the Godhead are in a state of unity, there is but one Lord God Almighty and His name one.
o John 1:18
o John 15:26
o John 17:11
o John 17:21
o Zechariah 14:9

d. Identity and Cooperation in the Godhead
The Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit are never identical as to Person; nor confused as to relation; nor divided in respect to the Godhead; nor opposed as to cooperation. The Son is in the Father and the Father is in the Son as to relationship. The Son is with the Father and the Father is with the Son, as to fellowship. The Father is not from the Son, but the Son is from the Father, as to authority. The Holy Spirit is from the Father and the Son proceeding, as to nature, relationship, cooperation and authority. Hence, neither Person in the Godhead either exists or works separately or independently of the others.
o John 5:17-30
o John 5:32
o John 5:37
o John 8:17,18

e. The Title, Lord Jesus Christ
The appellation, "Lord Jesus Christ," is a proper name. It is never applied in the New Testament, either to the Father or to the Holy Spirit. It therefore belongs exclusively to the Son of God.
• Romans 1:1-3
• 2 John 1:3

f. The Lord Jesus Christ, God with Us
The Lord Jesus Christ, as to His divine and eternal nature, is the proper and only Begotten of the Father, but as to His human nature, He is the proper Son of Man. He is therefore, acknowledged to be both God and man; who because He is God and man is "Immanuel," God with us.
o Matthew 1:23
o 1 John 4:2
o 1 John 4:10
o 1 John 4:14
o Revelation 1:13
o Revelation 1:17

g. The Title, Son of God
Since the name "Immanuel" embraces both God and man in the one Person, our Lord Jesus Christ, it follows that the title, Son of God, describes His proper deity, and the title, Son of Man, His proper humanity. Therefore, the title Son of God, belongs to the order of eternity, and the title, Son of Man, to the order of time.
o Matthew 1:21-23
o 2 John 1:3
o 1 John 3:8
o Hebrews 7:3
o Hebrews 1:1-13

h. Transgression of the Doctrine of Christ
Wherefore, it is a transgression of the Doctrine of Christ to say that Jesus Christ derived the title, Son of God, solely from the fact of the incarnation, or because of His relation to the economy of redemption. Therefore, to deny that the Father is a real and eternal Father, and that the Son is a real and eternal Son, is a denial of the distinction and relationship in the Being of God; a denial of the Father, and the Son; and a displacement of the truth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh.
o 2 John 1:9
o John 1:1
o John 1:2
o John 1:14
o John 1:18
o John 1:29
o John 1:49
o 1 John 2:22,23
o 1 John 4:1-5
o Hebrews 12:2

i. Exaltation of Jesus Christ as Lord
The Son of God, our Lord Jesus Christ, having by Himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high; angels and principalities and powers having been made subject unto Him. And having been made both Lord and Christ, He sent the Holy Spirit that we, in the name of Jesus, might bow our knees and confess that Jesus Christ is Lord to the glory of God the Father until the end, when the Son shall become subject to the Father that God may be all in all.
o Hebrews 1:3
o 1 Peter 3:22
o Acts 2:32-36
o Romans 14:11
o 1 Corinthians 15:24-28

j. Equal Honor to the Father and to the Son
Wherefore, since the Father has delivered all judgment unto the Son, it is not only the express duty of all in heaven and on earth to bow the knee, but it is an unspeakable joy in the Holy Spirit to ascribe unto the Son all the attributes of Deity, and to give Him all honor and the glory contained in all the names and titles of the Godhead except those which express relationship (see Distinction and Relationship in the Godhead, Unity of the One Being of Father, Son and Holy Spirit , and Identity and Cooperation in the Godhead) and thus honor the Son even as we honor the Father.
o John 5:22,23
o 1 Peter 1:8
o Revelation 5:6-14
o Philippians 2:8,9
o Revelation 7:9-10
o Revelation 4:8-11


3. The Deity of the Lord Jesus Christ

The Lord Jesus Christ is the eternal Son of God. The Scriptures declare:

His virgin birth,
• Matthew 1:23
• Luke 1:31
• Luke 1:35

His sinless life,
• Hebrews 7:26
• 1 Peter 2:22

His miracles,
• Acts 2:22
• Acts 10:38

His substitutionary work on the cross,
• 1 Corinthians 15:3
• 2 Corinthians 5:21

His bodily resurrection from the dead,
• Matthew 28:6
• Luke 24:39
• 1 Corinthians 15:4

His exaltation to the right hand of God.
• Acts 1:9
• Acts 1:11
• Acts 2:33
• Philippians 2:9-11
• Hebrews 1:3


4. The Fall of Man
Man was created good and upright; for God said, "Let us make man in our own image, after our likeness." However, man by voluntary transgression fell and thereby incurred not only physical death but also spiritual death, which is separation from God.
• Genesis 1:26,27
• Genesis 2:17
• Genesis 3:6
• Romans 5:12-19

5. The Salvation of Man

Man's only hope of redemption is through the shed blood of Jesus Christ the Son of God.

Conditions to Salvation

Salvation is received through repentance toward God and faith toward the Lord Jesus Christ. By the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit, being justified by grace through faith, man becomes an heir of God, according to the hope of eternal life.
• Luke 24:47
• John 3:3
• Romans 10:13-15
• Ephesians 2:8
• Titus 2:11
• Titus 3:5-7

The Evidence of Salvation

The inward evidence of salvation is the direct witness of the Spirit.
• Romans 8:16
The outward evidence to all men is a life of righteousness and true holiness.
• Ephesians 4:24
• Titus 2:12

6. The Ordinances of the Church

Baptism in Water

The ordinance of baptism by immersion is commanded by the Scriptures. All who repent and believe on Christ as Saviour and Lord are to be baptized. Thus they declare to the world that they have died with Christ and that they also have been raised with Him to walk in newness of life.
• Matthew 28:19
• Mark 16:16
• Acts 10:47,48
• Romans 6:4

Holy Communion

The Lord's Supper, consisting of the elements --bread and the fruit of the vine-- is the symbol expressing our sharing the divine nature of our Lord Jesus Christ (2 Peter 1:4), a memorial of his suffering and death (1 Corinthians 11:26), and a prophecy of His second coming (1 Corinthians 11:26), and is enjoined on all believers "till He come!"

7. The Baptism in the Holy Spirit

All believers are entitled to and should ardently expect and earnestly seek the promise of the Father, the baptism in the Holy Spirit and fire, according to the command of our Lord Jesus Christ. This was the normal experience of all in the early Christian Church. With it comes the enduement of power for life and service, the bestowment of the gifts and their uses in the work of the ministry.
• Luke 24:49
• Acts 1:4
• Acts 1:8
• 1 Corinthians 12:1-31

This experience is distinct from and subsequent to the experience of the new birth.
• Acts 8:12-17
• Acts 10:44-46
• Acts 11:14-16
• Acts 15:7-9

With the baptism in the Holy Spirit come such experiences as:
• an overflowing fullness of the Spirit, John 7:37-39, Acts 4:8
• a deepened reverence for God, Acts 2:43, Hebrews 12:28
• an intensified consecration to God and dedication to His work, Acts 2:42
• and a more active love for Christ, for His Word and for the lost, Mark 16:20

8. The Initial Physical Evidence of the Baptism in the Holy Spirit

The baptism of believers in the Holy Spirit is witnessed by the initial physical sign of speaking with other tongues as the Spirit of God gives them utterance.
• Acts 2:4

The speaking in tongues in this instance is the same in essence as the gift of tongues, but is different in purpose and use.
• 1 Corinthians 12:4-10
• 1 Corinthians 12:28

9. Sanctification

Sanctification is an act of separation from that which is evil, and of dedication unto God.
• Romans 12:1,2
• 1 Thessalonians 5:23
• Hebrews 13:12

The Scriptures teach a life of "holiness without which no man shall see the Lord."
• Hebrews 12:14
By the power of the Holy Spirit we are able to obey the command: "Be ye holy, for I am holy."
• 1 Peter 1:15,16

Sanctification is realized in the believer by recognizing his identification with Christ in His death and resurrection, and by the faith reckoning daily upon the fact of that union, and by offering every faculty continually to the dominion of the Holy Spirit.
• Romans 6:1-11
• Romans 6:13
• Romans 8:1,2
• Romans 8:13
• Galatians 2:20
• Philippians 2:12,13
• 1 Peter 1:5

10. The Church and its Mission

The Church is the Body of Christ, the habitation of God through the Spirit, with divine appointments for the fulfillment of her great commission. Each believer, born of the Spirit, is an integral part of the General Assembly and Church of the Firstborn, which are written in heaven.
• Ephesians 1:22,23
• Ephesians 2:22
• Hebrews 12:23

Since God's purpose concerning man is to seek and to save that which is lost, to be worshipped by man, and to build a body of believers in the image of His Son, the priority reason for being of the Assemblies of God as part of the Church is:
1. To be an agency of God for evangelizing the world.
Acts 1:8
Matthew 28:19,20
Mark 16:15,16
2. To be a corporate body in which man may worship God.
1 Corinthians 12:13
3. To be a channel of God's purpose to build a body of saints being perfected in the image of His Son.
Ephesians 4:11-16
1 Corinthians 12:28
1 Corinthians 14:12

The Assemblies of God exists expressly to give continuing emphasis to this reason for being in the New Testament apostolic pattern by teaching and encouraging believers to be baptized in the Holy Spirit. This experience:

1. Enables them to evangelize in the power of the Spirit with accompanying supernatural signs.
Mark 16:15-20
Acts 4:29-31
Hebrews 2:3,4

2. Adds a necessary dimension to worshipful relationship with God.
1 Corinthians 2:10-16
1 Corinthians 12
1 Corinthians 13
1 Corinthians 14

3. Enables them to respond to the full working of the Holy Spirit in expression of fruit and gifts and ministries as in New Testament times for the edifying of the body of Christ.
Galatians 5:22-26
1 Corinthians 14:12
Ephesians 4:11,12
1 Corinthians 12:28
Colossians 1:29

11. The Ministry

A divinely called and scripturally ordained ministry has been provided by our Lord for the threefold purpose of leading the Church in:

Evangelization of the world.
• Mark 16:15-20

Worship of God.
• John 4:23,24

Building a body of saints being perfected in the image of His Son.
• Ephesians 4:11-16

12. Divine Healing

Divine healing is an integral part of the gospel. Deliverance from sickness is provided for in the atonement, and is the privilege of all believers.
• Isaiah 53:4,5
• Matthew 8:16,17
• James 5:14-16

13. The Blessed Hope

The resurrection of those who have fallen asleep in Christ and their translation together with those who are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord is the imminent and blessed hope of the church.
• 1 Thessalonians 4:16,17
• Romans 8:23
• Titus 2:13
• 1 Corinthians 15:51,52

14. The Millennial Reign of Christ

The second coming of Christ includes the rapture of the saints, which is our blessed hope, followed by the visible return of Christ with His saints to reign on earth for one thousand years.
• Zechariah 14:5
• Matthew 24:27
• Matthew 24:30
• Revelation 1:7
• Revelation 19:11-14
• Revelation 20:1-6

This millennial reign will bring the salvation of national Israel,
• Ezekiel 37:21,22
• Zephaniah 3:19,20
• Romans 11:26,27

and the establishment of universal peace.
• Isaiah 11:6-9
• Psalms 72:3-8
• Micah 4:3,4

15. The Final Judgment

There will be a final judgment in which the wicked dead will be raised and judged according to their works. Whosoever is not found written in the Book of Life, together with the devil and his angels, the beast and the false prophet, will be consigned to the everlasting punishment in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.
• Matthew 25:46
• Mark 9:43-48
• Revelation 19:20
• Revelation 20:11-15
• Revelation 21:8

16. The New Heavens and the New Earth

"We, according to His promise, look for new heavens and a new earth wherein dwelleth righteousness."
• 2 Peter 3:13
• Revelation 21
• Revelation 22