Even the Demons (Part 1)

Though influenced by the views of the popular late scholar Michael S. Heiser, this perspective raises special concern because it is now bandied about in the Reformed community. Jon Moffitt, pastor of a church and Board Member of a network which holds to the Second London Confession, and co-host of the popular YouTube channel Theocast, now hosts a YouTube Channel and a group called the Reformed Fringe. Moffitt also writes articles on the subject, and my articles will be interacting with these. Moffitt asserts unequivocally that “the ‘gods’ are real”[1] and that Reformed confessions do not reject the existence of other gods.[2] But should we say that other gods ontologically exist? Such a claim is at best confusing, and at worst a denial of the core belief in YHWH as the one God. Therefore, clarity on this subject is vital to our Christian faith. In a series of forthcoming articles, I seek to look exegetically and theologically at the question, “Do other gods exist?” I contend in this series of articles that other gods do not exist. That is, spiritual beings (good and evil angels) are not properly gods, but are “so-called gods” (1 Cor 8:5).

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