CHAPTER FOUR

CONCERNING THE DIVINE TRINITY

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Scripture Reading: Col. 2:2, 9; Isa. 9:6; 2 Cor. 3:17; John 1:14; Heb. 2:14; Col. 1:15, 18; Acts 2:36

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5. The all-inclusiveness of Christ:
   1. In His divinity:
      1. He is the mystery of God, and in Him all the fullness of the entire Godhead-the Father, the Son, and the Spirit-dwells bodily.
      2. He comes in the name of the Father and works also in the name of the Father.
      3. His name is called the Eternal Father.
      4. He is the image of God to declare God.
      5. In His name the Father sends the Holy Spirit, and in His name also the Holy Spirit comes.
      6. He sends the Holy Spirit from and with the Father, and the Holy Spirit also comes from and with the Father.
      7. He is the Spirit.
      8. He is the One who fills all in all.
   2. In His humanity:
      1. He became flesh, partaking of blood and flesh and taking the likeness of the flesh of sin.
      2. He became a man.
      3. He is the Firstborn of all creation.
      4. He is the Firstborn from the dead.
      5. He became the life-giving Spirit in resurrection.
      6. The Spirit of God became His Spirit, the Spirit of Jesus Christ.
      7. He poured out the Holy Spirit whom He had received from the Father, and He gives the Spirit not by measure.
      8. He was begotten with His humanity in resurrection to be the firstborn Son of God with many brothers.
      9. He was made both Lord and Christ in ascension.
      10. He is the Heir of all things.
   
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