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CHAPTER THREE

CONCERNING THE DIVINE TRINITY

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Scripture Reading: 1 Cor. 15:45b; 2 Cor. 3:17; Rev. 1:4; Isa. 9:6; Heb. 1:3; Col. 1:15; Rev. 5:6

OUTLINE

    1. The creeds:
      1. The Apostles’ Creed.
      2. The Nicene Creed.
      3. A Revision of the Nicene Creed.
      4. The Chalcedonian Confession of Faith.
      5. The Athanasian Creed.
      6. A heresy in the creeds-the Mother of God (Theotokos).
      7. The inadequacy of the creeds:
        1. The last Adam becoming the life-giving Spirit-1 Cor. 15:45b.
        2. The Lord being the Spirit-2 Cor. 3:17.
        3. The seven Spirits-Rev. 1:4; 3:1; 4:5; 5:6.
        4. The Son being called the Eternal Father-Isa. 9:6.
        5. The coinherence of the Father, the Son, and the Spirit-John 14:10, 20; 10:38; 17:21, 23.
        6. The Son being the effulgence of God’s glory and the impress of God’s substance-Heb. 1:3; Col. 1:15a; 2 Cor. 4:4.
        7. The Spirit being the eyes of the Son-Rev. 5:6; Zech. 3:9; 4:10.
        8. The Son as the Angel of Jehovah; as Jehovah, the self-existing and ever-existing One; and as Elohim, the Triune God-Exo. 3:2-15; 14:19; 23:20-21; Judg. 13:15-21; cf. Rev. 7:2; 8:3; 10:1; 18:1.
        9. The Son as the One sent by Jehovah and as Jehovah, the Sender-Zech. 2:8-11.
        10. When Christ, the Son, was baptized, the Spirit descending upon Him; when He died, God forsaking Him-Matt. 3:16; 27:46.
        11. The Son being the only begotten Son of the Father and the firstborn Son of God-John 1:18; 3:18; Rom. 8:29.
        12. The Son being the Firstborn of all creation-Col. 1:15b.
        13. The blood shed by the Son in His humanity being called the blood of God’s Son and God’s own blood-1 John 1:7; Acts 20:28.
        14. Christ being the mystery of God and in Him all the fullness of the entire Godhead-the Father, the Son, and the Spirit-dwelling bodily-Col. 2:2, 9.
        15. Christ, the Son, being the embodiment of the fullness of the divinity of the entire Triune God-Col. 2:9.

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