One God, One Savior Worship Time
Month 5: What About Other Religions? · Family Worship
Today's Scripture
Read together: Psalm 96:1-5
1 Sing to the LORD a new song; sing to the LORD, all the earth. 2 Sing to the LORD, bless His name; proclaim His salvation day after day. 3 Declare His glory among the nations, His wonders among all peoples. 4 For great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised; He is to be feared above all gods. 5 For all the gods of the nations are idols, but it is the LORD who made the heavens.
Memory Verse
“Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.”— John 14:6 (BSB)
📖 Bible-in-a-Year (optional)
Today's reading: Deuteronomy 1-4
Reading the whole Bible in a year — do this when you have extra time. (Moses begins his last great sermon, reminding Israel that the Lord alone is God.)The Heart of It
What a way to end our week! doesn't argue that the Lord is the only God. It sings it. "Oh, sing to the LORD a new song!... Declare His glory among the nations." Then comes the bold line: "For all the gods of the peoples are idols, but the LORD made the heavens" (). Do you see the difference the psalmist points to? The "gods" of other religions didn't make anything. They were made. They were carved out of wood or imagined in human minds. But the LORD made the heavens. He's not one god on a shelf of gods. He's the One who made the shelf, the room, and the whole universe.
And notice what we're supposed to do with that truth. We sing it. We declare it. We tell it "among the nations," to everyone, everywhere. The right response to "Jesus is the only way" isn't pride or arguing. It's worship that overflows into mission. When you truly believe there's one God and one Savior, your heart fills up with a song. And that song spills out to your neighbors and the nations. So tonight, your family gets to do exactly what the psalm commands. Make this a real worship time. Sing. Thank God that He is the only true God. And ask Him to help you carry that good news to people who haven't heard it yet.
Around the Table
The pretend gods were made by people, but the real God MADE the whole sky and everything! That's worth singing about.
Let's do it: Sing your favorite worship song together right now, as loud as you can!
says other gods are "idols," but the Lord "made the heavens." Why is that the biggest difference of all?
Let's talk: Each person, share one thing about God that makes you want to sing.
Worship and mission belong together — moves from singing to declaring "among the nations." Knowing the truth should make us sing and send.
Let's go deeper: How does worshiping the one true God protect us from being either ashamed of the gospel or arrogant about it?
💬 Conversation Starter
If you could write one line of a brand-new worship song about the one true God, what would it say?
🛡️ Defending the Faith
Here's a simple test. Every false god was made. It was carved, built, or imagined. But the Lord made the heavens (). A made thing can't be the Maker. Sharing that is worship spilling over, offered "with gentleness and respect" ().
For Dad · Go Deeper
Don't miss what this whole week has been building toward. The answer to "what about other religions?" isn't ultimately an argument. It's adoration. fights idolatry with worship, not just logic. A heart captured by the beauty of the true God is far harder to lure away than one merely convinced by a syllogism. The best protection your children have against the world's many "gods" is to find the real One so glorious that the counterfeits look dull by comparison. So lead worship tonight, not as a chore, but as the climax of everything you've taught. Let them see Dad sing. A family that genuinely delights in the one true God will naturally want to share Him with the nations.
Draws on: Ken Ham, One Race One Blood; and the missionary heart of the Psalms.
Let's Pray Together
"Father, You alone made the heavens. You are the one true God, and Jesus is the only Savior. We worship You! Fill our hearts with a song. And help us tell about You to people who don't know You yet. In Jesus' name, amen."
The pretend gods were made. But my God made the heavens, and that turns my whole heart into a song.