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#14 The Lord Is God and There Is No Other

Posted: Monday, June 1st, 2020
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About Sovereign Love Series

There are two things we need to know and believe about God: His eternal power and His divine nature. Is God truly who He says He is: Sovereign Love?

Devotional

Yahweh is Elohim
God is God

To you it was shown, that you might realize and have personal knowledge that the Lord is God; there is no other besides Him.
Deuteronomy 4:35 AMPC

On the edge of Canaan, Moses is reminding Israel of all the “trials, signs, wonders and war” of God’s powerful and amazing care (read v. 32-34). The passage of Israel from Egypt to Canaan was entirely miraculous with many stories of deliverance and provision.  We tend to think life is entirely about God meeting our needs – practical and spiritual – but there is a higher purpose.

Moses states the purpose of God’s faithful care. What did GOD want for the people from His gifts? Just to know personally, by the proofs He gave, that “The Lord is God” and there is no other power or god or dominion besides Him.

To see God AS God…

Other Devotionals in Sovereign Love Series

Sovereign Love, Sovereign God #64 Alive to God #63 Alive for the First Time #62 Beyond Natural Humanity #61 The Life of God #60 True Life Abundant #59 Alive, Not Dead #58 Dead in Decadence #57 The Living Dead #56 The Plain Name #55 Essential Life #54 Existence is God #53 This Strange Name #52 Are You There? #51 The Eternal Name of God #50 The One Name That Conquers #49 The Name of God Revealed #47 Outside Language and Above Description #46 A Perpetual Wonder #45 Learning Who and What I Am Not #44 Limited by Knowledge of I AM #43 The Great Mystery of God's Nature #42 The Answer to the Question #41 The One Who is I AM #40 Knowing Who I Am Not #39 Who is I AM #38 You are Not God, I AM #37 Joy in Our Fearsome God #36 Shattered by His Words and Presence #35 God Comes to the Man Who Seeks Him #34 The Wonderful Defeat of Habakkuk #33 The Man Who Wrestles with God #32 God is on the Throne #31 Justice Delayed Is Not Justice Denied #30 Few Will Watch and Listen #29 Shaken and Shocked by God #28 Honest Indignation and Moral Outrage #27 Complain or Confront #26 Questioning the Absence of God #25 Habakkuk Comes Directly to God #24 Sovereign I AM #23 God Magnified as All and Only #22 Finding Imagined Whys in the Story #21 God Asks the Questions #20 No Explanation, Simply Choice #19 Human Explanations of Divine Inexplicables #18 God, Are YOU? I AM #17 In Suffering, Is God GOD? #16 God Above and on the Earth Below #15 God Is God and the Only One
#14 The Lord Is God and There Is No Other (Currently Viewing)
#13 The Lord Your God IS #12 Seek God and You Will Find Him #11 God is Sovereign #10 The Earth is Full of His Glory #9 God Wants to Be Discovered #8 The Wonders of His Creation #7 This Wondrous Creation #6 The Heavens Declare the Glory of God #5 God's Power and His Character #4 Eternal Power and Sovereignty #3 His Eternal Power and Divine Nature #2 Human Logic and Knowing God #1 God IS God
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