Multiple Choice Flashcards

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

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What God did as man and what God purposed as deity.

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How did God make the world by the Son?

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With him in view, through his lenses.

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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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Pslams 22.

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What is Jesus saying will happen through His suffering?

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Through his suffering he will reign, he is the king by being the lamb.

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What are the two major questions you ask in 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 missing Holy Ghost and is this a co-equal person/relationship.

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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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He is asking another person for help. This cannot be about a trinity because it would show that the three persons are not co-equal. He was praying as a man.

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

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Omnipresent.

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

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To fulfill all righteousness.

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Who learned who Jesus was at His baptism?

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John the Baptist and everyone there.

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10
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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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11
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The dove descending represented what symbolically?

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The anointing of Jesus the man.

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12
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What three roles did Jesus come to fulfill in His ministry?

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Prophet, Priest, and King.

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Who was washed at the entrance of their office in the OT(Ex. 29:4)?

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Priests.

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

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Kings and priests.

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15
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Whom does the OT prophecy would be similarly anointed?

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Jesus.

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16
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The Hebrew word “Messiah” and the Greek word “Christ” both mean which of the following?

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Anointed One.

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17
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How old was the minimum age of entry into the priesthood(Num. 4:3, 23-30)?

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30 years old.

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18
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How old was Jesus at His baptism?

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30 years old.

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19
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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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Who was the voice a sign for at Jesus’ baptism according to Scripture?

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The people who were there when Jesus was baptized.

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

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Psalms 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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It shows that he is king.

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23
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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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24
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What does the phrase “in whom I am well pleased” point out Jesus also came to be?

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The suffering servant.

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25
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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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Through his suffering, he will win.

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26
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Why did God use the voice to announce Himself as a man?

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Phil. 2:7, he came to make of himself no reputation. He couldn’t point to himself; it had to be pronounced the proper way.

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27
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What two OT images are represented in Phil. 2:5-11?

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Adam and the suffering servant.

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28
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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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29
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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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Because he was exalted higher than ever before.

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30
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What two witnesses does Jesus say testify of the truthfulness of His ministry?

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The perfect man Jesus and the working of the eternal spirit through him.

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31
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What is the best way to reach a trinitarian?

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To show them that Jesus, the Father , and the Spirit are one.

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32
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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.

33
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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, or not proving there is only one God, but saying instead the Father, the Spirit, and the Son are all the same spirit.

34
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Refute using Scripture the trinitarian claim “the Son is not the Father incarnate.”

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John 10:30, John 14:8-11 and Isaiah 9:6.

35
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Refute using Scripture the trinitarian claim “The Holy Spirit is not Jesus”

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Ephesians 4:4-6, One God and Father of all, who is above and through all, and in you all.

36
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Refute using Scripture the trinitarian claim, “The Father is not the Holy Spirit.”

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Filled with the Spirit of Christ.

37
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When did the trinity become fully developed in history?

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381 at the Council of Constantinople.

38
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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 in the NT and it was developed by men later philosophically.

39
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How did Jesus pray according to Scripture (Heb. 5:7)?

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He prayed in his humanity.

40
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Can God pray to God and yet still remain God in trinitarian thought?

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No, Because he would then be subject to the other God and they would no longer be co-equal.

41
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What basic idea of the trinity would be violate if Jesus prayed as anything but man?

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Co-equality.

42
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What submitted to the Father in the garden of Gethsemane?

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The man Jesus.

43
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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 divine will.

44
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How did the son exist before creation?

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In the mind of God.

45
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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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The only glory the son had was the plan that would be in action: him being the messiah.

46
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According to the Bible, how was the Son sent (Gal. 4:4)?

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He was sent made of a woman.

47
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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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The Apostle means “One sent.”

48
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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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It is based on 2nd-4th century philosophy.

49
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Could God have loved us before we were ever created?

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Yes, based on his foreknowledge

50
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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

51
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What does the above prove regarding love between the Father and Son?

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It’s about the human/divine relationship.

52
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Jn. 5:19 says, “the Son can do nothing of himself, but what he teeth the Father do: for what things soever he doth, these also doth the Son likewise,” What does this distinction point to and how do you know?

A

It points to the humanity and deity of Christ. Is this co-equal and where is the Holy Ghost?

53
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What were the two witnesses Jesus pointed out that testified of His ministry?

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God in flesh, humanity in deity.

54
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How many witnesses did the OT call for and why is this significant in disproving the trinity?

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2-3 witnesses, if this is about persons, why not mention the third person of the trinity.

55
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The Following verses show plural usage referring to the Father and Jesu, how do we know it’s not proving a trinity? (Jn 8:19,29) (Jn. 15:23-24) (Jn. 16:32)

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The missing Holy Spirit

56
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2 Jn. 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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Jesus is the messiah and where is the Holy Spirit.

57
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What does Jn. 14:23 mean when it says, “Jesus answered & said unto him, if a man love me, he will keep my words; & my Father will love him, & we will come unto him, & make our abode with him.”

A

It’s not literal.

58
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How do we know Jn. 14:23 is not about a trinity?

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Missing Holy Spirit.

59
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Jn. 17:21-22 says, “That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me & I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me, & 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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We are baptized into one body.

60
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How do we know Jn. 17:21-22 is not about a trinity?

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Missing Holy Spirit.

61
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What does the Bible show when it says there is “..one mediator between men & God, the man Christ Jesus.”

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Jesus name baptism is essential to salvation.

62
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When Jesus says no one come “… tot he Father but by me.” What is He showing?

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He is showing us that he is the messiah and Jesus name baptism is essential.

63
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According to Scripture who do we receive when we receive Christ (2 Jn. 9)?

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Both the father and the son, not the trinity.

64
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What is 2 Jn. 9 not about?

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The trinity = there is no third person.

65
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2 Cor. 5:19 says, “To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself” not whom?

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Not to themselves - unto himself.

66
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When Scripture makes a distinction about the Father and Son what distinction is it making?

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Two modes, roles, or offices.

67
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Can you argue that the “right hand of God” is a literal place from Scripture?

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No.

68
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What is the “Right hand of God’ if it is clearly not physical?

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Figurative or symbolic of power.

69
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Who did David say was always at his right hand?

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The Lord.

70
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Who does Ps. 109:31 say the LORD is always by on their right hand?

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The poor.

71
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What does Bernard Ramm a trinitarian scholar admit about the phrase “right hand of God”?

A

It’s not literal.

72
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What did Stephen see in Acts 7?

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He saw the glory of God.

73
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Who did Stephen pray to when Scripture says he “called on God” ?

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The Lord Jesus.

74
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When looking at 2 Cor. 13:14 which says, “The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, & the love of God, & the communion of the Holy Ghost, be with you all. Amen.” what is important to remember?

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Grace can only come by the sacrifice of the man Jesus.

75
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When 2 Cor. 13:14 says, The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ…” what does this point to?

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Grace can only come by the sacrifice of the man Jesus.

76
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When 2 Cor. 13:14 says, “… and the love of God….” what does this show?

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God is love and purposed that plan from the beginning. The Plan, in order to take shape, had to be the son, the man that God would become.

77
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When 2 Cor. 13:14 says, “…. and the communion of the Holy Ghost…” What does this show?

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Baptism of the Holy Ghost is essential in giving us communion with God and others, by one Spirit are we all baptized on body.

78
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Why is it hard for some to see the Oneness of God if it is so plain in Scripture?

A

It is not given for them to know the mysteries of the kingdom God has purpose for showing the truth in a partially hidden way.

79
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Why are there confusing verses in the Bible?

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It’s only confusing after the development of the trinity.