Christology Flashcards

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2 Corinthians 3:17

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“Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.”

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1 Timothy 2:5

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“For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;”

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James 2:19

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“Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble.”

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John 20:28

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“And Thomas answered and said unto him, My Lord and my God.”

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What two things does “Father/Son” language in the NT show?

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It shows what God did through Humanity and Deity.

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How did God make the world by the Son?

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With Him in mind or in view.

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Prove Jesus is not having a conversation with another person in the trinity on the cross by showing what He is quoting.

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Psalms 22

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8
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What is Jesus saying will happen through His suffering?

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Through His suffering He will will reign.

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9
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What are the two major questions you ask almost all “passages of distinction” that prove the distinction is about the human/divine relationship not persons in the trinity?

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  1. Where is the missing Holy Ghost?

2. Is this a co-equal trinity?

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Prove that Jesus’ prayers cannot be about a trinity explaining why the essence of the doctrine of the trinity would be violated?

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Subordinate, because he wouldn’t be co-equal.

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What is the key characteristics of God’s nature that helps us understand the baptism of Christ has nothing to do with a trinity?

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God is omnipresent. So he can be anywhere simultaneously

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What are the words of Jesus Himself that answer why he was baptized?

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To fulfill all righteousness

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13
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Who learned who Jesus was at His baptism?

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John and Israel

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According to the Bible, who was the Dove a sign for?

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John the Baptist

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15
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The dove descending represented what symbolically?

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The anointing of the Spirit on the man Jesus

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What three roles did Jesus come to fulfill in His ministry?

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  1. Prophet
  2. Priest
  3. King
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Who was washed at the entrance of their office in the OT (Ex. 29:4)?

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All priests

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Who was anointed with oil at the beginning of their role, ministry, or office in OT?

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  1. Priest
  2. King
  3. Prophet
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The Hebrew word “Messiah” and the Greek word “Christ” both mean what?

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Anointed One

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How old was the minimum age of entrance into the priesthood (Numbers 4:3, 23-30)?

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30

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How old was Jesus at his baptism?

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30

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What was Jesus being baptized into according to major trinitarian scholars like McGrath, Kostenberger, Kellum, and Blomberg?

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The priesthood

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23
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Who was the voice a sign for at Jesus’ baptism according to Scripture?

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Israel /the People

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When the voice from heaven says “This is my beloved son” what is it quoting?

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Psalm 2

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What is the significance of the term “beloved son” when applied to Jesus at His baptism?

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Showing that Jesus was being anointed King

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26
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Where does the phrase “in whom I am well pleased” come from?

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Isaiah 42

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27
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What does the phrase “in who I am well pleased” point out who Jesus also came to be?

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Suffering Servant

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What does the total phrase “This is my beloved son in who I am well pleased” show about Jesus’ ministry?

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As a man he would suffer and die and become king through that suffering

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29
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Of whom does the OT prophecy say would be similarly anointed (see answer above)?

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Jesus

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30
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What did God use the voice to announce Himself as man?

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Phil 2 says he couldn’t make of himself a reputation.

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31
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What two OT images are represented in Phil. 2:5-11?

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Adam and Suffering Servant

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32
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What role did Jesus have to fulfill to save us?

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Suffering Servant

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33
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How does Phil. 2:5-11 show the language of exaltation is about the man Jesus and refutes the doctrine of co-equality?

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Huperuso, because He’s exalted higher than ever before

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34
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What two witnesses does Jesus say testify of the truthfulness of His ministry?

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Perfect man and eternal Spirit of God working through Him

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35
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What is the best way to reach a trinitarian?

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Show them Jesus, Father, and Spirit are one.

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36
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List scripture to explain whether Jesus is in the godhead or is the godhead in Jesus?

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Colossians 2:9

37
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How does the “trinitarian shield” help us in witnessing by moving us to a more specific starting point of conversation?

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By not proving Jesus is God and only is one God and showing Jesus, Father, and Spirit are the same spirit (Eph. 4)

38
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Refute using Scripture the trinitarian claim “The Son is not the Father Incarnate.”

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Isaiah 9:6
John 14:8-11
John 10:30

39
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Refute using scripture the trinitarian claim “The Holy Spirit is not Jesus.”

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Romans 8:9-10
Galatians 4:6
Philippians 4:6

40
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Refute using scripture the trinitarian claim, “The Father is not the Holy Spirit.”

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Ephesians 4:4

41
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When did the trinity become fully developed in history?

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AD 381

42
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What two things does the development of the trinity prove about the doctrine?

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That it is not found in the NT and it is developed by men

43
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How did Jesus pray according to Scripture (Hebrews 5:7)?

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In His Flesh

44
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Can God pray to God and yet still remain God in trinitarian thought?

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Yes

45
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What basic idea of the trinity would it violate if Jesus prayed as anything but man?

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Co-equality

46
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What submitted to the Father in the garden of Gethsemane?

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The human will of Jesus

47
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If one divine person was praying to another divine person in the garden what would the struggle be between?

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Two Gods

48
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How did the son exist before creation?

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In the mind of God

49
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When Jesus prays “Father glorify me with the glory that I had with you before the world was…” what glory is Jesus speaking of and how do you know?

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Jesus is speaking of the glory the Son had in the plan and mind of God.

50
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According to the Bible how was the Son sent (Galatians 4:4)?

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From the Father

51
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How do you know the Bible’s use of “sent” or “sent from heaven” does not mean sent as an eternal person from heaven, but only commissioned or sent as an agent of heaven?

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It indicates God appointed the Son for a special purpose

52
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What is the major flaw of arguing for the trinity based on the idea that God could not be a God of love and show the capacity of relationship before He created unless He existed as a trinity?

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This belief could easily lead to polytheism, and if it doesn’t it at the very least limits God to time.

53
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Could God have loved us before we were ever created?

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Yes

54
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Is there one Scripture in the entire Bible that says the spirit loves the Father, or the Father loves the Spirit?

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No

55
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What does the above prove regarding live between the Father and Son?

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The Spirit loved the man Jesus as He loves all humanity, and man Jesus loved God as all men should love God

56
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John 5:19 says, “the Son can do nothing

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The man Jesus; it is not coming-equal.

57
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What were the two witnesses Jesus pointed out that testified of His ministry?

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Jesus and His Father

58
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How many witnesses did the Old Testament call for and why is this significant in disproving the trinity?

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At least two, preferably three; He left out the Holy Ghost.

59
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The following verses show plural usage referring to the Father and Jesus, how do we know it’s not proving a trinity?

“If he had known me, ye should have known my Father also” (John 8:19)

“The Father hath not left me alone” (John 8:29)

“He that hateth my Father also” (John 15:23)

“Now have they both seen and hated both me and my Father” (John 15:24)

“I am not alone, because the Father is with me” (John 16:32)

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When Jesus refers to Himself and His Father as separate, He is talking about Himself as a man.

60
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2 John 9 states, “He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath both the Father and the Son.” What is the doctrine of Christ and how do you know this is not about a trinity?

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The doctrine of Christ is that Jesus is the messiah, because where is the missing Holy Ghost.

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What does John 14:23 mean when it says, “Jesus answered and said unto him, if a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.”

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It means that the Spirit Of God will live inside of him.

62
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How do we know John 14:23 is not about a trinity?

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Jesus is not speaking of his bodily entrance into us

63
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John 17:21-22 says, “That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me. And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one.” What does this verse show?

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When we are one with Jesus, we are one with God

64
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How do you know John 17:21-22 (see above) is not about a trinity?

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Sinful man cannot approach a holy God, and the only way to be reconciled and approach God is through the sinless man, Jesus and that is what this verse is showing us.

65
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What does the Bible show when it says there is “…one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus.” (1 Timothy 2:5)?

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That the only way to God is through Jesus

66
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When Jesus says no one comes “…to the Father but by me.” (Jesus - John 14:16) what is He showing?

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That to be reunited with God we must first receive atonement through Jesus.

67
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According to Scripture who do we receive when we receive Christ (2 John 9)?

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Both the Father and the Son

68
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What is 2 John 9 not about?

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It’s not about the trinity because there is no third person

69
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2 Corinthians 5:19 says, “To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself” not whom?

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Themselves

70
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When scripture makes a distinction about the Father and Son what distinction is it making?

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Jesus as a man and God as God

71
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Can you argue that the “right hand of God” is a literal place from Scripture?

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No

72
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What is the “Right hand of God” if it is clearly not physical?

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A place of power

73
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Who did David say was always at his right hand?

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God

74
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Who does Psalms 109:31 day the LORD is always by on their right hand?

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David

75
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What does Bernard Ramm a trinitarian scholar admit about the phrase “right hand of God”?

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That it refers to a place of power and is not the literal right hand of God.

76
Q

What did Stephen see in Acts 7?

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The Son of man standing on the right hand of God

77
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Who did Stephen pray to when Scripture says he “called on God”?

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Lord Jesus

78
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When looking at 2 Corinthians 13:14 which says, “The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, be with you lol. Amen.” What is important to remember?

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Paul wrote it before the trinity was invented

79
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When 2 Corinthians 13:14 says, “…and the love of God…” what does this show?

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God is love

80
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When 2 Corinthians 13:14 says, “…and the communion of the Holy Ghost…” what does this show?

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The baptism of the Holy Ghost gives us communion with and the others

81
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Why are there confusing verses in the Bible?

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Because the doctrine of the trinity had confused what should be very plain

82
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Why is it hard for some to see the Oneness of God if it is so plain in Scripture?

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Because they are looking at the Scripture through a trinitarian lense

83
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The Council of Constantinople

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Ad 381

84
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Post-Apostolic Age

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AD 90-140

85
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Greek Apologists

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AD 170-325

86
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Old Catholic Age

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AD 170-325

87
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The Council Of Nicea

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AD 325

88
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Scriptures of Identity:

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Deut 6:4
Is 9:6
Is 44:24
Jn 10:30 
Col 2:9
89
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Passages of distinction:

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Dan 7

Rev 5