Who Is God—According to Scripture?

Throughout Scripture, God describes Himself in ways that leave no room for progression, change, or the existence of other true gods. His nature is presented as eternal, self‑existent, and unchanging. This is not a secondary doctrine — it is the foundation of biblical monotheism (there is only one God).

The Shema, Israel’s central confession of faith, makes this unmistakably clear:

Deuteronomy 6:4 — “Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one!”

The Shema does not simply affirm that Israel should worship one God instead of many. It declares that God’s very nature is singular, incomparable, and exclusive. He is not one god among others. He is not an exalted man who became divine. He is the one and only LORD.

The rest of Scripture reinforces this truth:

• Psalm 90:2 — God is “from everlasting to everlasting.”

• Malachi 3:6 — “I am the LORD, I do not change.”

• Isaiah 43:10 — “Before Me there was no God formed, nor shall there be after Me.”

• Isaiah 44:6 — “Besides Me there is no God.”

• James 1:17 — with God there is “no variation or shadow of turning.”

These are not poetic flourishes. They are doctrinal declarations. They define who God is.

Scripture presents God as eternal, self‑existent, and unchanging. He does not progress from one state to another. He does not acquire attributes He previously lacked. He does not move along a path of exaltation. He is the Creator — not a creature who ascended.

If later teachings claim that God was once a man, progressed to godhood, or is one among many exalted beings, those teachings must be tested against what God has already revealed about Himself. The biblical testimony is consistent, ancient, and unified: God does not become. He eternally is.

The question is simple:

Do we reshape Scripture to fit later claims — or do we test later claims by the God who has already spoken?