Really... I think not!!! Let's review... :think:
1Co 8:6
yet for us there is but one God, the Father, from whom are all things and we exist for Him; and one Lord, Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we exist through Him.
Paul gives his definitive statement on the Godhead in the book of Corinthians. He draws a clear-cut distinction between the Lord God and the Lord Messiah: “There is no God but one… For us there is but one God, the father, from [
ek] whom are all things, and we exist exist for Him; and one Lord, Jesus Messiah, through [
dia] whom are all things, and we exist through [
dia] him” (1 Cor.8;4,6).
Notice how Paul here carefully distinguishes between the
“one God, the Father” and the
“one Lord” that is
“Jesus Messiah.” Paul has in no way scuttled his Jewish Unitarian monotheistic creed.
His confession is squarely based on the distinction of the two Lords in Palms 110:1, The LORD God (Adonai) and the Lord Messiah (adoni). Jesus is the divinely appointed Lord Christ as distinct from the Lord God.
Let's review these two Greek words... I discussed above...
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διά
dia; a prim. prep.; through,
on account of, because of: - account (4), after (2), afterward (1), always *(2), because (111), between *(1), briefly *(1), charge *(1), constantly (1), continually *(6), during (1), forever *(1), gives (1), means (3), over (1), presence (1), reason (40), sake (41), sakes (5), since (1), so then *(1), so *(1), therefore *(16), this reason *(1), this *(1), though (1), through (225), through the agency (1), through *(1), view (2), way (3), what (1), why (3), why *(27).
And the little word “of” better known by the Greek word ek
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εκ, εξ
ek ex
A primary preposition denoting origin (the point whence motion or action proceeds), from, out (of place, time or cause; literally or figuratively; direct or remote): - after, among, X are, at betwixt (-yond), by (the means of), exceedingly, (+ abundantly above), for (-th), from (among, forth, up), + grudgingly, + heartily, X heavenly, X hereby, + very highly, in, . . . ly, (because, by reason) of, off (from), on, out among (from, of), over, since, X thenceforth, through, X unto, X vehemently, with (-out). Often used in composition, with the same general import; often of completion.
Dia is the “preposition of attendant circumstances" and signifies instrumental agency. Put simply, this means that
dia denotes the means by which an action is accomplished. And Scripture tells us that God the originator is bringing His purpose, His
logos to fulfillment through Jesus Christ. Jesus is the Agent, the Mediator of God's master plan. Jesus is always seen as secondary, or subordinate to the Father. There are occasional exceptions to this general use of the preposition
dia. Sometimes blessings are said to come to us through God (e.g. 1 Cor 1:9; Heb.2: 10). But usually there is a clear distinction made between God’s initiating activity and the means through which God brings that activity to pass. The prepositions used of God's action are
hypo and
ek which point to primary causation or origin.
Let's cement this idea in our minds by looking at one or two verses that highlight the difference: “yet for us there is but one God, the father, from [
ek,‘
out from’ ] whom are all things, and we exist for [ eis, ‘to’ ] Him; and one lord, Jesus Christ, through [
dia] him” (1Cor.8:6).
Prepositions are the signposts that point out the direction of a passage.
Ek indicates something
coming out from its source or origin, and indicates motion from the interior.
In other words, all things came out from the loving heart of God, or God's “interior”, so to speak.
This agrees with Genesis 1:1 which says,
“In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth”. Both verses say that the source of
“all things” is the one true God, the Creator of the heavens and the earth and the Father of the Lord Jesus Christ. In contradistinction to this "one God and Father" out of Whom all things originate, the "one Lord, Jesus Messiah” is giving the preposition
dia which means "
through."
In other words, Jesus is God's agent through whom God accomplishes His plan for our lives. This is a consistent pattern all the way through the N.T. God the Father is the source, the origin of all blessings, and Jesus His Son brings those blessings of
salvation to us:
"Now all these things are
from God, who reconciled us to himself
through Christ" (2 Cor.5:18).
"God the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ… has blessed us… in Christ. He predestined us to adoption as sons
through Jesus Christ
to himself” (Eph.1:3-5).
"For
God has not destined us for wrath, but for obtaining salvation
through our Lord Jesus Christ" (1 Thess.5:9).
"
God will judge the secrets of men
through Christ Jesus” (Rom. 2:16).
"For
God… has saved us, and called us... according to His own purpose and grace which was granted us
in Christ Jesus from all eternity" (2 Tim 1:9).
"Blessed be
God the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who
has caused us to be born-again to a living hope
through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead" (1 Peter 1:3).
"
To the only God our Savior,
through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, dominion and authority, before all time and now and forever. Amen" (Jude 25).
"Jesus the Nazarene,
a man attested to you by God with miracles and wonders and signs
which god performed through him in your midst" (Acts 2:22).
Joh 14:10
Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? the words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself: but the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works.
Paul tell us in 1Co 8:6 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 (dia) whom we exist. Always God the Father is the source and origin of all works, deeds and salvation which come to us through the mediatorship of his son.
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