Point Number 1:

There is only one true God.

Point #2:

This one God is a single divine being, called Jehovah or Yahweh in the Old Testament (the Lord).

Point #3:

The Father of our Lord Jesus Christ is God, the Lord.

The scriptures do show that there is only one true God. The one true God is identified in Exodus 3:15 as Yahweh, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. This one true God is the God who sent Moses as a prophet to Israel, to deliver Israel from the land of Eygpt.

It was this same Yahweh, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and of Moses, who said that he would raise up a prophet like Moses, a prophet who speak in his [Yahweh's] name. (Deuteronomy 18:15-19) Thus, Jesus spoke for this one true God as did Moses and the prophets of the Old Testament. (Hebrews 1:1,2) Therefore, it is Yahweh that Jesus spoke of as “the only true God” who had sent him. — John 17:1,3.

It is Yahweh who is the “God and Father of Jesus.” — 2 Corinthians 11:31; Ephesians 1:3,17; 1 Peter 1:3.

It is Yahweh that Jesus speaks of as “my God.” — Matthew 27:46; Mark 15:34; John 20:17; Revelation 3:12.

It is Yahweh that Jesus speaks of as the only true God. — John 17:3.

It is Yahweh that Jesus says that he was with before the world of mankind was made. — John 1:1,2,10; John 17:1,3,5.

Yahweh, however, does not mean “the Lord.” “The Lord” is one of the substitutes that many translations give for the holy name, in effect, changing the holy name of the God and Father of Jesus into “the Lord.” The Bible does not say that there are many “holy names” (plural), as some would have us believe. The Bible only speaks of the singular, eternal, “holy name” — Yahweh (Jehovah).

Some point to Psalm 89:27 as an illustration that “firstborn” is used to mean other than the first one to be brought forth by a father, usually in an effort to demolish the idea that Colossians 1:15 means that Jesus had a beginning. Usually the position of firstborn is given to the first son born in a family or lineage. Many times, however, that honor is taken away from the one who would have held that honor and given to another, as in the instance of Esau and Jacob (Israel). (Genesis 25:29-34; 27:6; Romans 9:12,13; Hebrews 12:16) Likewise David was given the honor of firstborn over the kings of the land due to Saul’s unfaithfulness, although Saul was the the actual one who held the position of the firstborn as king over Israel, since he was actually the first king of Israel. This does not do away with the truth that one is a part of the whole of that which he is firstborn. It certainly does not mean that either David’s kingship or that of Saul had no beginning. Note also that David was a king, thus would be included in the group over which he is appointed firstborn.