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Around how many OT verses state God is absolutely numerically one?

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3,000+

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Where must all revelation about God start, why must it start there, and where is that source?

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If we’re fallen we need revelation of God and all revelation starts with God’s self revelation, the source is in the Bible.

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What is the faulty approach or “lens” that trinitarians bring to the NT and what does it do to the OT revelation of God?

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2nd-4th century philosophy, NT, and it crosses out the OT

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What is the better approach or “lens” that oneness people bring to the NT and what does it do to the later philosophy?

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OT, NT, but crosses out 2nd-4th century philosophy

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How do our approaches to the OT reveal our conscious or unconscious attitude to God’s revelation?

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God’s process of revelation is good and it is possible for you to destroy it purposefully or not.

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Explain how Gen. 1:26 is not about a trinity.

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The singular of Gen. 1:26, plural majesty, prophetic foreknowledge of the son, or speaking to the angels.

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How do you explain the “God” or “Elohim” in Gen. 1:1 is not a proof of the trinity?

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It is used with the singular modifier creator.

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When “Elohim” is used of God what is always accompanied by?

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Singular verb modifiers

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If “Elohim” is used in more than one false god what is it always accompanied by?

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Plural verbs and modifiers

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When Scripture says Moses(Ex. 7:1), Samuel(1 Sam. 28:13-14), and all of the individual judges of Israel(Ps. 82:6) are called “Elohim” what does this prove regarding God?

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That there is one because Moses is not a trinity, not the rest.

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How does the inspired NT translation of the inspired OT verses calling God “Elohim” prove that God is absolutely numerically one?

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There is no “wiggle room” in the Greek. Because when you take Elohim and translate it they only use Theos which is singular.

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What are the two things represented in Dan. 7 and Rev. 5?

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The son of man, and ancient of days. The son of man represents the humanity and the ancient represents deity. And the Holy Ghost is missing.

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How do you prove Rev. 5 is not about persons in a so called trinity?

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Where is the third person? Because when it speaks of the lion it’s metaphor of Jesus’ sacrifice. No Trinitarian says that Jesus will be called a lion and be a slain lamb standing so it can’t be literal.

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How does the Bible show in another passage Dan. 7 and Rev. 5 are not separate persons?

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It shows the son of man and the ancient of days blended together in the person of Christ.

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Explain why Is. 6:3 is repeating “Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty..” Does not prove a trinity.

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In Hebrew you don’t say good, better, best. In place of it they use repetition. When the Bible says on earth, earth, earth there are not three earths.

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Did the Oneness message disappear after the fourth century and slowly make a come back in the 19th century?

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No, you can trace oneness believers throughout history

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According to Tertullian’s writing “Against Praxeus” what was the dominant belief still in the 4th century and what was the minority view?

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Oneness was the majority belief, and the trinity was the minority.

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

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The divinity and humanity. What God did as deity and what he could only do as humanity

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How did God make the world by the Son?

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With him in view

19
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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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He’s quoting Psalms 22

20
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What is Jesus saying will happen through His suffering?

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Reign as King

21
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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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Where is the third person, is this a coequal

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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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It would break the notion of coequality because he is asking for help

23
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At His baptism what 3 roles is Jesus stepping into?

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Priest, Prophet, & King

24
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Why is it important for Jesus, a man, to be baptized and anointed? and include a statement from Christ himself as to the point of doing this.

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To fulfill all righteousness, He had to obey the laws of God. Every high priest had to be washed and anointed.

25
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What 2 images are represented in Phil. 2:5-11? Huh? What r they?

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Suffering servant & Adam

26
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What r nipples?

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Brown dots on boobs

27
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What role did Jesus have to fulfill to save us?

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The suffering servant.

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

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Exalted higher than ever before which cannot be about a coequal Trinity because he would be higher.

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What 2 witnesses does Jesus say testify of the truthfulness of his ministry and using the Old Testament show why this can’t be a Trinity.

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Jesus the man and the eternal Spirit of God working through him. Because three witnesses are required if possible by the Old Testament.

30
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What is the best way to reach a Trinitarian

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Jesus, the father, in the spirit are all the same.

31
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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

32
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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 that Jesus is God and that he is only one God, but showing Jesus Christ, the father, and the spirit are the same.

33
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When did the Trinity become fully developed in history and what 2 things from class did we show this proves about the doctrine?

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381 A.D. ; It’s not New Testament and it was invented by men.

34
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Refute using scripture that the Father is not the Holy Spirit.

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Ephesians 4:6

35
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Refute using Scripture that the Holy Spirit is not Jesus.

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2 Corinthians 3:17

36
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Refute using scripture that the Son is not the Father incarnate.

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John 14:10

37
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Post-Apostolic age (AD 90-140)

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The Post-Apostolic fathers maintained there was one God, and Jesus Christ was God. There is no distinctively Trinitarian language or concepts conveyed in the writings at this time.

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Greek apologists (AD 130-180)

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The apologists view of God was that of a triad rather than trinity. Jesus is not coequal with Father and Spirit is lesser or used to speak of the Father or Son interchangeably.

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Old Catholic Age (AD 170-325)

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Language of one God in three persons (some still said 2), but neither Son or Spirit are coequal.

40
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The Council of Nicea (325 AD)

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The council’s decision cannot be referred to as Trinitarian, however, since it did not dealing with the Holy Spirit.
Finally the Son is eternal, not created, but the Spirit is not seen as a person fully yet.

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The Council of Constantinople (381 AD)

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This is the first notion of a real Trinity as defined today. Does this mean there was 300+ years of heresy? Does this mean that all the Old Testament belief in one indivisible God was heresy?

42
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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.

43
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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;

44
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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.

45
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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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