God is: ONE II

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God is ONE II

• Pastor Konkle
• January 23, 2005

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Isaiah 4310-11 10 Ye are my witnesses, saith
the LORD, and my servant whom I have chosen that
ye may know and believe me, and understand that I
am he before me there was no God formed, neither
shall there be after me. 11 I, even I, am the
LORD and beside me there is no saviour. KJV
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Ephesians 44-6 4 There is one body, and one
Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your
calling 5 One Lord, one faith, one baptism, 6
One God and Father of all, who is above all, and
through all, and in you all. KJV
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Christianity

• Oneness
• Trinitarian

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What Weve Learned About God?

• One
• Spirit
• Fills all space
• Knows everything
• Has all power
• Demons tremble

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What Weve Yet To Learn

• One what?
• Roles, Modes, Persons?
• Trinity?
• Questions?

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How To Handle Questions

• Establish what you KNOW is true.
• Establish what you KNOW could NOT possibly be
  true.
• Look at ALL scriptures on subject and in context.
• Look for patterns, clarity, simplicity.

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Modalism1 PERSON, Many ROLES

• ROLES- Jobs, Offices, Titles, Modes or Means of
  existence.
• Father (Creation)
• Son (Redemption)
• Holy Spirit (Regeneration)

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Hebrews 11-3 11 God, who at sundry times and in
divers manners spake in time past unto the
fathers by the prophets, 2 Hath in these last
days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath
appointed heir of all things, by whom also he
made the worlds 3 Who being the brightness of
his glory, and the express image of his person,
and upholding all things by the word of his
power, when he had by himself purged our sins,
sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on
high KJV
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Colossians 114-16 14 In whom we have redemption
through his blood, even the forgiveness of
sins 15 Who is the image of the invisible God,
the firstborn of every creature 16 For by him
were all things created, that are in heaven, and
that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether
they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities,
or powers all things were created by him, and
for him KJV
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John 146-8 6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the
way, the truth, and the life no man cometh unto
the Father, but by me. 7 If ye had known me, ye
should have known my Father also and from
henceforth ye know him, and have seen him. 8
Philip saith unto him, Lord, shew us the Father,
and it sufficeth us. KJV
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John 149 9 Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so
long time with you, and yet hast thou not known
me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the
Father and how sayest thou then, Shew us the
Father? KJV
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Isaiah 96 6 For unto us a child is born, unto
us a son is given and the government shall be
upon his shoulder and his name shall be called
Wonderful, Counseller, The mighty God, The
everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. KJV
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Colossians 29 9 For in him dwelleth all the
fullness of the Godhead bodily. KJV
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1 Timothy 316 16 And without controversy great
is the mystery of godliness God was manifest in
the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of
angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on
in the world, received up into glory. KJV
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1 John 316 16 Hereby perceive we the love of
God, because he laid down his life for us and we
ought to lay down our lives for the brethren. KJV
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Trinitarianism1 God, 3 Persons

• PERSONS- Wills, Beings, Essences, Substances,
  Distinctions
• Father (Superior)
• Son (Obedient)
• Holy Spirit (Inspiring)
• Cannot be
• understood

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Tertullian
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Romans 120 20 For the invisible things of him
from the creation of the world are clearly seen,
being understood by the things that are made,
even his eternal power and Godhead so that they
are without excuse KJV
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1. Whosoever will be saved, before all things it
is necessary that he hold the catholic faith 2.
Which faith except every one do keep whole and
undefiled, without doubt he shall perish
everlastingly. 3. And the catholic faith is
this That we worship one God in Trinity, and
Trinity in Unity 4. Neither confounding the
persons nor dividing the substance. 5. For there
is one person of the Father, another of the Son,
and another of the Holy Spirit. 6. But the
Godhead of the Father, of the Son, and of the
Holy Spirit is all one, the glory equal, the
majesty coeternal. 7. Such as the Father is,
such is the Son, and such is the Holy Spirit.
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8. The Father uncreated, the Son uncreated, and
the Holy Spirit uncreated. 9. The Father
incomprehensible, the Son incomprehensible, and
the Holy Spirit incomprehensible. 10. The Father
eternal, the Son eternal, and the Holy Spirit
eternal. 11. And yet they are not three eternals
but one eternal. 12. As also there are not three
uncreated nor three incomprehensible, but one
uncreated and one incomprehensible. 13. So
likewise the Father is almighty, the Son
almighty, and the Holy Spirit almighty. 14. And
yet they are not three almighties, but one
almighty.
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15. So the Father is God, the Son is God, and the
Holy Spirit is God 16. And yet they are not
three Gods, but one God. 17. So likewise the
Father is Lord, the Son Lord, and the Holy Spirit
Lord 18. And yet they are not three Lords but
one Lord. 19. For like as we are compelled by
the Christian verity to acknowledge every Person
by himself to be God and Lord 20. So are we
forbidden by the catholic religion to say There
are three Gods or three Lords.
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21. The Father is made of none, neither created
nor begotten. 22. The Son is of the Father
alone not made nor created, but begotten. 23.
The Holy Spirit is of the Father and of the Son
neither made, nor created, nor begotten, but
proceeding. 24. So there is one Father, not
three Fathers one Son, not three Sons one Holy
Spirit, not three Holy Spirits. 25. And in this
Trinity none is afore or after another none is
greater or less than another. 26. But the whole
three persons are coeternal, and coequal.
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27. So that in all things, as aforesaid, the
Unity in Trinity and the Trinity in Unity is to
be worshipped. 28. He therefore that will be
saved must thus think of the Trinity.
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Romans 120 20 For the invisible things of him
from the creation of the world are clearly seen,
being understood by the things that are made,
even his eternal power and Godhead so that they
are without excuse KJV
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Problems with Trinity

• Who was Jesus father? (1 John 13, Matthew
  118-20)
• How many Spirits are there? (John 424, II
  Corinthians 317, Ephesians 44)
• Co-equal? (Matthew 1125, Mark 1332, John
  1428, Luke 1210)
• Co-eternal? (Galatians 44, John 316, 1
  Corinthians 1524-28)