1 Corinthians 8:6

yet to us there is one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we unto him; and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things, and we through him.

'yet to us there is one God' -'And what. marvellous truth this is. How freeing such. truth is. Thank God for the death of superstition.' (McGuiggan p. 124)

'the Father' -'Not just some omnipotent Unknown. Not some abstraction (such as Tillich's "ground of being") or some impersonal principle.' (McGuiggan p. 124)

'of whom are all things' -'from whom' (NASV); 'As the source of the universe (Romans 11:36; Colossians 1:16)' (Robertson p. 139)

'all' -'denoting ultimate source..ALL, the universe, all that actually exists, that is called into being by his word.' (Lenski p. 340)

'This of course, was contrary to polytheistic belief which posited. different god for the origin of each thing.' (Willis p. 267)

'In contrast to the many gods, themselves often subject to the whims of the cosmos, the Christian God stands apart from all things as their source. Nothing lies outside the jurisdiction of the God with whom we have to do and who invites us to be related to him as child to father.' (Fee p. 375)

'and we unto him' -the goal and aim of the Christian's existence, is to live for Him. (2 Corinthians 5:9; 2 Corinthians 5:14) 'The goal of our living.' (Wms)

'and one Lord, Jesus Christ' -(Ephesians 4:5)

'In the same breath that he can assert that there is only one God, he equally asserts that the designation "Lord", which in the OT belongs to the one God, is the proper designation of the divine Son. One should note especially that Paul feels no tension between the affirmation of monotheism and the clear distinction between the two persons of Father and Jesus Christ.' (Fee p. 375)

'It is mankind's eternal benefit that it wasn't Napoleon or Genghis Khan or Hitler who triumphed over death and become Lord. Think of. world dominated by one such as Stalin...It must be to the relief of all the stars in the skies, all the galaxies of the universe and of every square foot of space that Jesus is Lord. Whatever happens, no one anywhere will be able to say he/she didn't get. fair shake.' (McGuiggan p. 125)

'through whom are all things'. John 1:1; Colossians 1:16; Hebrews 1:1. Jesus is as much of. Creator as the Father is!

'we through him' -'through whom we live' (Gspd)

Here we see the true basis of Christian ethics and conduct. It is grounded in the fact that. (1) We owe our very existence to God. (2) We also owe our spiritual lives to him. (3) He is the ultimate goal of all existence.

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