The Godhead & The Divinity of Christ - Doctrine of the Week (Trinity)

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The Doctrine of the Week for this Sunday is the Godhead and the Divinity of Christ.

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In the Gospel of John, chapter 1, verses 1 through 3, it says,

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In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was

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God. He was in the beginning with God, and all things were made through him.

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And without him nothing was made that was made. And then in verse 14, we read that the

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Word became flesh and dwelt among us. So clearly the Word is just another name or title for Jesus Christ.

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So we see this insight into the Godhead that in the beginning was

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Christ. Christ was with God, and Christ was

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God. So in one sense, Jesus is God.

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He is divine. And yet at the same time, there is a distinction between God and Christ.

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And then, of course, you have the Holy Spirit who is called, in Ephesians 4 .30, he is called the

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Holy Spirit of God. So the Word, as most of you know, the Word the church has used historically to describe this is the

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Word Trinity. That God is triune in nature. And of course,

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Trinity simply means the three in one. Tri - meaning three, and then unity - meaning one.

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So Christians believe that there is one God existing in three persons, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

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And we will simply close with the words of Jesus who told his disciples in Matthew 28 verse 19,

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Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the