Midterm Flashcards
John 8:58
Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am.
John 10:30
I and my Father are one.
Acts 4:12
Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.
Colossians 2:8-9
Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vein deceit, after tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ. For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily.
Ephesians 4:5-6
One Lord, one faith, one baptism, One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.
1 Corinthians 8:6
But to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him.
When passages In the OT refer to a son, do they signify a duality in the Godhead?
no
When passages in the OT refer to a son, do they prove a pre-existent Son?
no
What do each of these verses regarding the son have in common?
They are prophetic in nature
Whom does Hebrews show these passages are fulfilled by?
The Messiah, Jesus Christ, The man that became God
Are these passages in the Psalms conversations between two persons in the Godhead?
No
What are these “son” passages in the OT referring to?
Prophetic portraits of God as the man Christ
What do these passages describe?
They describe God begetting and anointing the man Christ.
What do the OT references to the Son look forward to?
The future day when the Son would be begotten.
What do these “son” references speak of?
The humanity in which God would incarnate Himself
What do other OT references to the Messiah point to?
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Is the Word of God in the OT a second person in the Godhead?
No
Why can’t we see the Word as a separate person?
God’s Word is something that belongs to Him and is an expression that comes from Him, not a separate person in the Godhead.
The Word of God does not imply a distinct person any more than a man’s word implies that he is composed of two persons..
God’s Word is a part of Him and cannot be separated from Him.
Is Wisdom personified as a person in the OT which is a separate person in the Godhead?
No
What is going on with the personification of Wisdom as being “with God” in the beginning?
Personifying wisdom as a literary or poetic device
Does this threefold repetition in Isaiah 6:3 somehow hint that God is a trinity?
No
Does Hebrew have a superlative expression like we do (“strong, stronger, strongest”)?
No
Double or triple repetition was a common Hebrew literary practice to indicate intensity, and it occurs many times in Scripture.
True
Jer. 22:29 says, “O earth, earth, earth, hear the word of the LORD.” Shows there is actually three types of earths.
False
The phrase “holy, holy, holy” strongly emphasizes God’s holiness and does not imply a plurality of persons.
True
There is evidence of a plurality of persons from repetitions of God or LORD when used in the same verse, such as threefold repetitions (Num. 6:24-26; Deut. 6:4) and twofold repetitions (Gen. 19:24; Dan. 9:17; Hosea 1:7).
False
Repetitions indicate the one God as none other than the LORD (Yahweh) worshiped by Israel.
True
Most passages of Scripture that repeat the words God, LORD, or some other name for God follow common, normal usage. Only some of them suggests a plurality in the Godhead.
False