Why is this Important?

Hebrews 11:6 NLT
(6) And it is impossible to please God without faith. Anyone who wants to come to him must believe that God exists and that he rewards those who sincerely seek him.

2 Chronicles 16:9 NLT
(9) The eyes of the LORD search the whole earth in order to strengthen those whose hearts are fully committed to him. What a fool you have been! From now on you will be at war.”

John 4:23-24 NLT
(23) But the time is coming—indeed it’s here now—when true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and in truth. The Father is looking for those who will worship him that way.
(24) For God is Spirit, so those who worship him must worship in spirit and in truth.”

What do demons believe?

James 2:19 NLT
(19) You say you have faith, for you believe that there is one God. Good for you! Even the demons believe this, and they tremble in terror.

Luke 4:33-34 NLT
(33) Once when he was in the synagogue, a man possessed by a demon—an evil spirit—cried out , shouting,
(34) “Go away! Why are you interfering with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are—the Holy One of God!

Luke 4:41 NLT
(41) Many were possessed by demons; and the demons came out at his command, shouting, “You are the Son of God!” But because they knew he was the Messiah, he rebuked them and refused to let them speak.

What do others believe?

John 3:1-2 NLT
(1) There was a man named Nicodemus, a Jewish religious leader who was a Pharisee.
(2) After dark one evening, he came to speak with Jesus. “Rabbi,” he said, “we all know that God has sent you to teach us. Your miraculous signs are evidence that God is with you.”

What did Jesus teach?

John 14:1 NLT
(1) “Don’t let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God, and trust also in me.

John 17:1-3 NLT
(1) After saying all these things, Jesus looked up to heaven and said, “Father, the hour has come. Glorify your Son so he can give glory back to you.
(2) For you have given him authority over everyone. He gives eternal life to each one you have given him.
(3) And this is the way to have eternal life—to know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, the one you sent to earth.

John 20:17 NLT
(17) “Don’t cling to me,” Jesus said, “for I haven’t yet ascended to the Father. But go find my brothers and tell them, ‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.’”

What did the disciples believe?

1 John 5:20 NLT
(20) And we know that the Son of God has come, and he has given us understanding so that we can know the true God. And now we live in fellowship with the true God because we live in fellowship with his Son, Jesus Christ. He is the only true God, and he is eternal life.

1 Corinthians 8:5-6 NRSV
(5) Indeed, even though there may be so-called gods in heaven or on earth—as in fact there are many gods and many lords—
(6) yet for us there is one God, the Father, from whom are all things and for whom we exist, and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things and through whom we exist.

1 Corinthians 15:27-28 NLT
(27) For the Scriptures say, “God has put all things under his authority.” (Of course, when it says “all things are under his authority,” that does not include God himself, who gave Christ his authority.)
(28) Then, when all things are under his authority, the Son will put himself under God’s authority, so that God, who gave his Son authority over all things, will be utterly supreme over everything everywhere.

1 Timothy 2:5 NLT
(5) For, There is one God and one Mediator who can reconcile God and humanity—the man Christ Jesus.

James 1:1 NLT
(1) This letter is from James, a slave of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ. I am writing to the “twelve tribes”—Jewish believers scattered abroad. Greetings!

1 Peter 1:3 NLT
(3) All praise to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. It is by his great mercy that we have been born again, because God raised Jesus Christ from the dead. Now we live with great expectation,