Friday, December 21, 2012

The "TRINITY" is not a mystery


The Bible provides overwhelming evidence that there was, is, and will always be only one God… “Jehovah”.  First of all, (1Chronicles 17:20)(Isaiah 44:6) and (Isaiah 45:18 & 22) make it absolutely clear that there is no God except Jehovah alone.  In (Isaiah 43:10) Jehovah says that…“Before me there was no God formed, and after me there continues to be none.”  Jehovah declares in (Deuteronomy 32:39)…“See now that I, I am He and there are no gods (lesser gods) together with me.”   Also (Genesis 2:4)(2Kings 19:15) (Isaiah 45:18) and (Isaiah 48:12-13) make it clear that Jehovah, alone, with his own hand, created the heavens and the earth.

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The Biblical passages in (Deuteronomy 4:39)(Psalms 139:8)(Isaiah 66:1)(Jeremiah 23:24) and in (Acts 17:27) prove beyond any doubt that Jehovah is in the heavens, in the earth, and even in Sheol, all at the same time.  This attribute of God is called “omnipresence”.   The fact that God can be infinitely everywhere, in a specific limited place, and in a particular person, all at the same time is easily proven. 

In (Genesis 18:1-33) Jehovah himself appeared to Abraham in a visible, physical, and human-like body.  Read it for yourself!  The Bible also teaches that the “Son” is the visible image of the invisible and omnipresent God (Colossians 1:15).  Christ Jesus is the incarnation of the eternal “Son” (Hebrews 13:8) and the exact representation of Jehovah’s very being (Hebrews 1:3).  (Colossians 2:8-9) warns us to not be lead astray by those who would deny that the fullness of God dwells in Christ bodily.  (Isaiah 9:6) clearly reveals to us that the child born in Bethlehem was the “Mighty God and Eternal Father”.  Jesus himself said in (John 14:8-9) that …“He that has seen me has seen the Father also.”  Finally, in (Matthew 1:23) we are clearly told exactly who was born to us…“Look!  The virgin will become pregnant and will give birth to a son, and they will call his name Immanuel, which means, when translated, ‘With us is God.’”

The undeniable truth of scripture is that Jehovah exists eternally as the “Father”, as the “Son” who appeared to Abraham, and exists now as our Savior Christ Jesus, and Jehovah also exists as the eternal “Holy Spirit”.  “Now Jehovah is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of Jehovah is, there is freedom.” (2Corinthians 3:17) 

The word “Trinity” is not in the Bible.  However, the fact that Jehovah exists as the “Father”, the “Son”, and the “Holy Spirit”, is irrefutable.  To deny this fact, is to deny Jehovah himself.  That’s exactly why Jesus so clearly instructed his disciples to baptize in the name of the “Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit” (Matthew 28:19).  

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In (Isaiah 43:11) and (Isaiah 45:21-22) Jehovah irrefutably declares…”besides me there is no Savior”.  In (John 10:30) Jesus says…”I and the Father are one.”  The “Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world” (John 1:29 & 36) had to be completely spotless, without any blemish of any kind.  And God alone is holy (1Samuel 2:2) and (Isaiah 43:3).  Jesus in (Luke 18:19) makes another irrefutable statement… ”God alone is good”.  Therefore, if Jesus is not God, he cannot be good, and if he is not good, he cannot be sinless, and if he is not sinless, he cannot be the sinless “Lamb of God”.  Jesus said this in (John 8:23-24) to those who did not believe him to be God…“You are from this world, I am not from this world.  Therefore, you will die in your sins.  For if you do not believe that I am He (Jehovah) you will die in your sins.” “See now that I, I am He, and there is no god with me”. (Deuteronomy 32:39)
 

A CHRISTMAS THOUGHT


At this time of year when Christians around the world celebrate the birth of Christ, let us all take time to really think about why our Savior came...
 
 
 
 


 THE ONE MINUTE BIBLE

 





 

In the beginning God created the Heavens and the Earth.  He imprinted on the DNA molecule His
amazing plan for all living things.  Then, God created all life on this planet after its kind.
  
 
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In the beginning… Adam and Eve were created to live forever on a perfect paradise Earth.
  
 
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In the beginning… There was no “Judgment” or “Demand for Perfection”.  Adam and Eve had a relationship to God based on GRACE and MERCY.  GRACE is receiving the blessings of God that we don’t deserve. 
MERCY is not receiving the judgment of God that we do deserve. 
 
 
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However, filled with pride, and trusting in their own “Human” perfection, Adam and Eve were easily deceived into believing that they also possessed sinless “God-like” perfection.  Despite God’s stern warning
that eating from the tree of judgment would cost them their gift of eternal life, Adam and Eve
slapped away the loving hand of God, and deliberately ate from the tree.  Adam and Eve
failed the test, lost the gift of eternal life, and died.
 
 
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Adam and Eve willfully chose to eat from the tree of God’s judgment.  Therefore, the requirement of sinless “God-like” perfection has fallen to everyone who came after.  In order for this deadly curse
to be lifted, someone born of a woman, had to actually pass this impossible test.
 
 
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This hopeless situation is exactly why our Savior came.  Our Savior became one of us so that He, in our place, could pay the penalty for our sin, and pass the impossible test of sinless perfection.  Therefore, the curse brought by Adam and Eve has been removed.  If we truly admit our helpless situation, and choose
to trust completely in Christ’s atonement and His sinless perfection… we will no longer face
God’s judgment.  Those who truly trust Christ in this way, are covered with the robe of
His sinless perfection, and are protected from God’s judgment…
 
FOREVER!
 
 
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Grace and Mercy, and the free gift of eternal life is now available again to every human being on the planet.  All anyone has to do, is to acknowledge their own obvious imperfection, and cry out to God for mercy. 
This anyone, anywhere in the world can do!
 
 
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Unfortunately, prideful arrogance in the human heart has proven to be a tough nut to crack.  Many of those who claim Christ still choose to revere Him as their example and not as the Savior of sinners, and continue
to take pride in the false hope of their own potential to measure up to Christ.  Therefore, pride-filled
people around the world continue to slap away the loving hand of God, and willfully choose
God’s judgment instead of the gift of... Grace and Mercy, Salvation, and Eternal Life.
 
 
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WHAT WILL YOU CHOOSE ?