Real Deity

When an animal was sacrificed, only a small portion was burned. The rest was either eaten by the sacrificer or sold. The heathen looked on this meat as specially blessed. It seems some of the Corinthians correctly argued that the idol did not represent real deity (Isaiah 44:14-18). The heathen worshiped innumerable gods (1 Corinthians 8:4-5; compare Exodus 20:3).

There is only one true God, who created all things (Genesis 1:1). He even created those things worshiped by the heathen. Mankind and all he knows exists by his power (Acts 17:28). It is man's purpose to serve him (Ecclesiastes 12:13). There is but one Lord, who created us (John 1:3; Hebrews 1:2) and causes us to be reconciled to God in the church (1 Corinthians 8:6; Acts 20:28).

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