Trinity
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The Only Way
The Only Way
Jesus telling His disciples I am going away
and Thomas confused asks
Thomas said to him, “Lord, we do not know where you are going. How are we able to know the way?”
Jesus tells them
Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
God is a holy God, we are not
Telling them that He is the way, the only way.
the source of truth
the giver of life, His life as a sacrifice for us
and we being dead in trespasses, he made us alive together with Christ (by grace you are saved),
no one can be saved unless the truth is preached
a new life is given to you by the Holy Spirit
repentance and faith is given to us
And when they heard these things, they became silent and praised God, saying, “Then God has granted the repentance leading to life to the Gentiles also!”
correcting those who are opposed with gentleness, seeing whether perhaps God may grant them repentance to a knowledge of the truth,
what does repentance look like?
For they themselves report about us, what sort of welcome we had with you, and how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God,
from the worship of Idols to God
For by grace you are saved through faith, and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God;
from putting their faith in Idols to Trusting in Jesus
that if you confess with your mouth “Jesus is Lord” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For with the heart one believes, resulting in righteousness, and with the mouth one confesses, resulting in salvation.
a trust in the finished work of the cross
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Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
The Trinity
The Trinity
there is only 1 God
Therefore, concerning the eating of food sacrificed to idols, we know that “an idol is nothing in the world” and that “there is no God except one.”
For there is one God and one mediator between God and human beings, the man Christ Jesus,
but God is a trinity, there are the 3 persons of God
The Trinity not a biblical word but a word that describes the 3 persons of the God
God is a person. But, when we say that God is a “person,” we do not mean that He is a human being. We mean that God possesses “personality” and that He is a rational Being with self-awareness. Theologians often define person as “an individual being with a mind, emotions, and a will.” God definitely has an intellect Got Questions.org
Father, Son, Holy Spirit
a good place to see this is
Now after he was baptized, Jesus immediately went up from the water, and behold, the heavens opened and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove coming upon him. And behold, there was a voice from heaven saying, “This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased.”
The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with all of you.
The Holy Spirit is God
But Peter said, “Ananias, for what reason has Satan filled your heart, that you lied to the Holy Spirit and kept back for yourself some of the proceeds of the piece of land? When it remained to you, did it not remain yours? And when it was sold, was it at your disposal? How is it that you have contrived this deed in your heart? You have not lied to people, but to God!”
Jesus came as a human. born of a virgin, fathered by the Father, through the Holy Spirit
he came to reconcile man to The Father
to take the punishment for the wrath of the Father against sin
Jesus came representing the Father
Jesus came to do the Fathers will, to say what The Father wants
To heal who the Father wants
To represent the Father perfectly
Jesus perfectly represents God because He is God
he is not part of God He is God
the Father is God
the Holy Spirit is God
If you had known me, you would have known my Father also. From now on you know him and have seen him.”
Philips turn to Question Jesus
Philip said to him, “Lord, show us the Father, and it is enough for us.” Jesus said to him, “Am I with you so long a time and you have not known me, Philip? The one who has seen me has seen the Father! How can you say, ‘Show us the Father?’ Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in me? The words that I say to you I do not speak from myself, but the Father residing in me does his works. Believe me that I am in the Father and the Father is in me; but if not, believe because of the works themselves.
The Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, though they be 3, they are 1
False Beliefs
False Beliefs
Oneness Pentecostal
100 million world wide
TD Jakes is the best known preacher
in 1913 preacher R.E. McAlister preached a new radical sermon from
And Peter said to them, “Repent and be baptized, each one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
people mus be baptized in the name of Jesus only
A John G Scheppe went home and thought and studied about this all night
claimed that he recieved a NEW REVELATION from God
he Harmonized Matt 28 19 with Acts 2 38
Therefore, go and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,
came up with the conclusion that Jesus is God
modelistic God- there is only one God,
and his name is Jesus. and represents Himself as either the
Father in creation
Jesus on the cross
or the H.S. in regeneration
with this belief, other false beliefs have been established
this verse
And Peter said to them, “Repent and be baptized, each one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
is their salvation verse also
that includes
repent turn from all your sins
take care of all of them, including all that you have been forgotten
baptism is also included in salvation, by an authorized person
baptism washes away all the sins you have repented of
and if everything goes well you can speak in tongues
and if not, then something has gone wrong ,and you are living a life of fear
of course you can lose your salvation, and be excommunicated from the church
so there is a very strict code of living, dress, because of the fear of doing something wrong
this religion relies on you not knowing Gods Word
relies on you believing what the preacher tells you
probably the church has not a Bible in sight, because you might learn the truth
There are people living in this constant fear of losing something they might have never had.
when we add anything to the trust in the finished work of the cross
we are working for our salvation, thus it is not salvation
What then shall we say that Abraham, our ancestor according to the flesh, has found? For if Abraham was justified by works, he has something to boast about, but not before God. For what does the scripture say? “And Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him for righteousness.” Now to the one who works, his pay is not credited according to grace, but according to his due. But to the one who does not work, but who believes in the one who justifies the ungodly, his faith is credited for righteousness,
we are saved, justified, changed into a new creature; by faith
when we have to rely on being baptised, or confessing and repenting all of our sins
lets look at another acts account
While Peter was still speaking these words, the Holy Spirit fell on all those who were listening to the message. And those believers from the circumcision who had accompanied Peter were astonished that the gift of the Holy Spirit had been poured out even on the Gentiles, for they heard them speaking in tongues and glorifying God. Then Peter said, “Surely no one can withhold the water for these people to be baptized, who have received the Holy Spirit as we also did!”
these people heard the gospel, believed, the Holy Spirit came upon them, spoke in tongues, then were baptized
Gods word is true, Jesus is the truth,
and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”
if you are in this belief, or you know someone in the false belief
but set Christ apart as Lord in your hearts, always ready to make a defense to anyone who asks you for an accounting concerning the hope that is in you.
But do so with courtesy and respect, having a good conscience, so that in the things in which you are slandered, the ones who malign your good conduct in Christ may be put to shame.