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# 4~ Trinity Series
Contributed by William D. Brown on Nov 28, 2017 (message contributor)
Summary: One God manefest in three Person's
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Another word that Christians have used innumerable times is "rapture" and it's not in the Bible either.
1 Thessalonians 4:17 Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.
It comes from a Latin word meaning "to be snatched away"
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And even the word "BIBLE" is not found in the Scriptures but we would never stop using that word. And so the word Trinity is not found in the Scriptures we clearly understand it to mean the Godhead.
The doctrine of the Trinity means that the Father, Son and Holy Spirit consist of three distinct Persons, yet these three are one God.
Deuteronomy 6:4 Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD:--
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>The Trinity consists of three Persons, we find that in the first three verses of the Bible, do you remember me telling you when we were in the "numbers meaning" study that when ever we found a reference to "THREE" to look carefully because God is found most of the time.
Genesis 1:1-3 In the beginning God (Father) created the heaven and the earth. 2And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit (Holy Spirit) of God moved upon the face of the waters.
3And God said, (WORD) Let there be light: and there was light.
Here is the Trinity in the very beginning.
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Gen.1:26 notice the three's -- And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: - three times.
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Gen.3:22 And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, --
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Gen.11:7 Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language--
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Isaiah 6:8 Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?
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In Isaiah 48:16 we have the Son speaking while making reference to the Father and the Holy Spirit.
Come ye near unto me, (SON) hear ye this; I have not spoken in secret from the beginning; from the time that it was, there am I: and now the Lord GOD, (FATHER) and his Spirit, (Holy Spirit) hath sent me. (SON) --notice; it was the Son that was speaking.
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Again the SON is speaking while making reference to the FATHER and the HOLY SPIRIT in
Isaiah 61:1 The Spirit of the Lord GOD (Holy Spirit) is upon me; (SON) because the LORD (FATHER) hath anointed me (SON) to preach good tidings unto the meek;--
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In Matthew 3:16-17 we see God the Holy Spirit descending on God the Son while God the Father proclaims His pleasure in the Son.
Matthew 3:16-17 And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him: 17And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. -- The Trinity --
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2 Corinthians 13:14 The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, be with you all. Amen.
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The members of the Trinity are distinguished one from another in various passages. In the Old Testament, "LORD" (all capitol-self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah) is distinguished from "Lord" (not capitol letters, such as a person or land lord)
