A commandment is given to have no other Gods before God. We learn from Jesus and his apostles and with encouragement from the Holy Spirit to obediently call Jesus “Lord” making only the Father “God”. Historically most Christians ignored this and instead they tried to avoid allegations of blasphemy and polytheism by inventing a way of having one God the Trinity instead of one God the Father. However, for those converted to obedience, the command to have no gods before God is obeyed by calling the Father ‘God’ and Jesus ‘Lord’. It is not about titles and words. Jesus we honour as Lord. We obey him as our Lord. Only the Father we worship absolutely as God. Our final absolute obedience and worship is to the Father, to God. Even Jesus does this.
