Oneness of God

ONENESS OF GOD We must accord the supreme status to God alone. We must ask Him alone to meet our needs. We must do obeisance before Him; we must trust Him implicitly, above all others. Belief in the Oneness of God means to believe that all power lies in the hand of one God alone and that He alone deserves to be worshipped. No act in the nature of worship is lawful unless directed towards God. It is God alone who fulfils all our needs. It is God alone who is behind the functioning of the entire universe. Superiority is the prerogative of the one and only God. No one enjoys real superiority in this world. All such concepts are false as associating anyone or anything with any aspects of God’s sovereignty. We must express reverence for the true God, the Creator, a Being who truly deserves to be held in awe. On the contrary, when man bows his head before anyone else, he exalts one who is no better than himself—and, as such, has no right to be worshipped. Adoration of God glorifies Him, while worshipping anything other than God degrades the worshipper. Veneration of God makes a man a realist while prostrating himself before a non-God turns him into a creature of superstition. Bowing to God opens the door to realizing the Truth, while worshipping something other than God closes this door. We must accord the supreme status to the one and only God. We must ask Him alone to meet our needs. We must do obeisance before Him; we must trust Him implicitly, and above all others,