Transcript THE TRINITY AND THE CREATION

THE GODHEAD AND THE
CREATION
Dr. Jobe Martin
Biblical Discipleship Ministries
www.biblicaldiscipleship.org
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“For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he.”
Proverbs 23:7
CHRISTIANS: WE MUST BE
EQUIPPED TO DEFEND THE FAITH!
“But and if ye suffer for righteousness
sake, happy are ye: and be not afraid of
their terror, neither be troubled; but
sanctify the Lord God in your hearts;
and be ready always to give an answer
to every man that asketh you a reason
of the hope that is in you with
meekness and fear.”
1 Peter 3:14,15
ARE WE SENDING OUR CHILDREN
OUT AS MISSION FIELDS……OR
AS MISSIONARIES?
STATISTICS SHOW THAT 70-80% OF
OUR CHRISTIAN YOUTH ARE LOSING
THEIR FAITH IN FOUR YEARS OF
COLLEGE.
PROVERBS 14:12
“There is a way which seemeth right
unto a man, but the end thereof are the
ways of death.”
We live in Satan’s world system and
the foundation of this system is
deception (lies).
Satan is a liar and the father of lies.
John 8:44
Satan uses lies to deceive!
“Lest Satan should get an advantage of
us: for we are not ignorant of his
devices.” 1 Corinthians 2:11
Therefore we must: “Put on the whole
armour of God, that ye may be able to
stand against the wiles of the devil.”
Ephesians 6:11
LET’S TAKE A LOOK AT A
PASSAGE OF
For I am not ashamed of the gospel of
Christ: for it is the power of God unto
salvation to everyone that believeth; to
the Jew first, and also to the Greek.
For therein is the righteousness of God
revealed from faith to faith: as it is
written, The just shall live by faith.
For the wrath of God is revealed from
heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold [suppress,NAS]
the truth in unrighteousness; because that
which may be known of God is manifest in
them; for God hath shown it unto them.
For the invisible things of Him from the
creation of the world are clearly seen, being
understood by the things that are made,
even His eternal power and Godhead,
Godhead = Trinity (Divine Nature)
so that they are without excuse:
because that, when they knew God,
they glorified Him not as God, neither
were thankful; but became vain in their
imaginations, and their foolish heart
was darkened.
Professing themselves to be wise, they
became fools, and changed the glory of
the uncorruptible God into an image
made like to corruptible man, and to
birds, and four-footed beasts, and
creeping things.
Wherefore God also gave them up to
uncleanness through the lusts of their
own hearts, to dishonor their own
bodies between themselves: who
changed the truth of God into a lie, and
worshipped and served the creature
more than the Creator, Who is blessed
forever.
Romans 1:16-25
A BRIEF REVIEW:
INCREDIBLE CREATIONS
Romans 1 says: unrighteous, ungodly
men study what God has made, and
then suppress (HOLD BACK) the facts
since they cannot explain them in
evolutionary terms.
Example: orchids, Lampsilis mussels,
jellyfish, male white-lipped “seismic”
frog of Puerto Rico, (chirps, thumps
and chuckles), etc.
A FOUNDATIONAL LIE OF SATAN:
The Bible does not teach the idea of a
trinitarian God. There is no such thing
as “The Trinity,” says the devil.
Jesus was just a man, not God!
The Holy Spirit is a force like electricity,
not a person.
May we never forget: Satan is a liar,
and a master deceiver!!!
HARVARD UNIVERSITY
1636: John Harvard and Thomas Sheppherd
founded Harvard University as an Evangelical Christian College. Almost 200 yrs of
Biblical teaching (Blackstone’s Law
Commentaries)
1805: Harvard went Unitarian (Jesus is not
God = Harvard denied the Trinity)
1839: Horace Mann (a Unitarian) established
government-sponsored education (Public
Education) in Mass.
SCRIPTURE AND CREATION SCREAM
OF THE REALITY OF THE TRINITY!
“In the beginning God created.”Gen.1:1
“God” (Heb: Elohim) is plural.
“Created” is singular (Heb: He created)
Did God make a grammatical mistake?
Same as saying “They was.”
God is a plural and He is a singular.
The God of the Bible is three in one.
Father, Son and Holy Spirit = One God
ISAIAH 6:3
And one cried unto another, and said, Holy,
holy, holy, is the LORD of hosts: the whole
earth is full of his glory.
One God: Three Persons: Each Holy!
God the Father is Holy.
God the Son is Holy.
THE TRINITY
God the Spirit is Holy.
“Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts: the
whole earth is full of His glory.”
God created, created, created!
Genesis 5:1,2: “This is the book of the
generations of Adam. In the day that God
created man, in the likeness of God
made He him; Male and female created
He them; and blessed them and called
their name Adam, in the day when they
were created.”
ISAIAH 6:8
“Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying;
Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?
Then said I, Here am I; send me.”
GENESIS 1:26
“And God said, Let us make man in our
image, after our likeness….”
MATTHEW 28:19
“Go ye therefore, and teach
all nations, baptizing them in
the name [singular] of the
Father, and of the Son, and
of the Holy Ghost.”
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.”
God the Father = Male
God the Son = Male
God the Holy Spirit = Male (not “it” see below):
The Greek word for “spirit” is neuter and should
be accompanied by a neuter pronoun.
However, contrary to normal usage, the
masculine pronoun is frequently used.
“…For if I go not away, the Comforter will
not come unto you, but if I depart, I will send
Him unto you. And when He is come, He will
reprove the world of sin….” John 16:7b,8a
THE TRINITARIAN GOD OF THE BIBLE
Scripture teaches, that the essence of
the one God, pertaining to the Father,
the Son, and the Holy Spirit, is simple
and indivisible, also, that the Father
differs in some special property from
the Son, and the Son from the Spirit,
and the Spirit from the Father, but they
are one in the Godhead.
Our Christian children are constantly
being intimidated in classrooms across
our country.
Through:
Pointed Questions
Where did Cain get his wife?
The ark could not have held all the animals!
You Christians are a bunch of polytheists.
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ROMANS 1:20
“For the invisible things of Him from
(ἀπό=from, by, since, because of) the
creation of the world are clearly seen, being
understood by the things that are made,
even His eternal power and Godhead, so
that they are without excuse….”
We can see evidence of the Trinity in the
things that God has made, even though the
Creation suffers from the Curse and cannot
be an exact picture of the perfect Trinity.
THE TRINITY OF THE BIBLE
“It came to pass, that Jesus also being
baptized, and praying, the Heaven was opened,
and the Holy Ghost descended in a bodily
shape like a dove upon Him, and a voice came
from Heaven, which said, Thou art my beloved
Son; in Thee I am well pleased.” Luke 3:21b, 22
God the Father can be speaking out of Heaven
while Jesus is being baptized and the Holy
Spirit simultaneously appears as a Dove.
The Trinity cannot be duplicated.
“In the beginning God created
the heaven and the earth.”
Universe is time, space, matter
“In the beginning…” = Time
“...God created the heaven…” = Space
“...And the earth.” = Matter
Time = Past, Present, Future
Space = Width, Depth, Height
Matter = Solid, Liquid, Gas +plasma?
Tooth
Mouth
Dirt
The Bible calls the Heavenly Bodies:
Sun
Moon
Stars
For one star differeth from
another star in glory 1 Cor 15:41b
There are also celestial bodies and
terrestrial, but the glory of the celestial is
one, and the glory of the terrestrial is
another. There is one glory of the sun, and
another glory of moon, and another glory
of the stars: For one star differeth from
another star in glory.
God NEVER calls the sun a star!
Therefore much of what we know about
stars may not be true!
The Bible names three Heavens:
Third Heaven
Stellar Heaven
Atmospheric Heaven
God reveals Himself in three ways:
Bible
Creation
Conscience
Music
H2O
Liquid
Gas
Solid
Rainbow
Water
Light
Air
Plant
Root
Stem
Leaf
Time
Days
Months
Years
Time
Tree
Root
Trunk
Branches
Biblical Marriage
Biblical Family
None of the above illustrations,
of one thing composed of
three major elements, is a
flawless picture of the perfect
God of the Bible.
GOD OF THE BIBLE
FATHER
SON
SPIRIT
THE TRINITARIAN GOD OF THE
BIBLE IS THE UNCAUSED CAUSE
Christians believe by faith that The
Eternal God of the Bible is the
Uncaused Cause of the Creation of the
universe.
Atheistic Evolutionists believe by faith
that matter/energy is/are eternal and
the Uncaused Cause of the universe.
College Students Ask (often with
a tinge of sarcasm):
“Where did your God come from; or,
Who made your God?”
Answer: “Where did your matter come
from; or Who made your matter?”
Everyone believes by faith in
something eternal!!!!!
ETERNAL
GOD
ETERNAL
MATTER
(energy)
OUR UNIVERSE IS AN EFFECT—THE
GOD OF THE BIBLE IS THE CAUSE.
1. Whatever begins to exist has a
cause.
2. The universe began to exist.
3. Therefore, the universe has a cause.
ARGUMENT FOR AN
INTELLIGENT CAUSE OF DNA
1. Language is caused by
Intelligence.
2. DNA is Language.
3. Therefore, DNA had an
Intelligent Cause.
GENESIS 1:31-2:1
“And God saw everything that
He had made, and, behold, it
was very good. And the evening
and the morning were the sixth
day. Thus the heavens and the
earth were finished, and all the
host of them.”
Were angels created within the
six day creation week?
I Kings 22:19
“And he said, Hear ye therefore the
word of the Lord: I saw the Lord
sitting on His throne, and all the
host of heaven standing by Him on
His right hand and on His left.”
EXODUS 20:11
For in six days the
Lord made the
heavens, the earth, the
seas and all that is in
them….
The Trinitarian God of the Bible made
everything within the six 24-hour days of the
Creation Week. (heavens, earth, seas, and all
that in them is).
The Trinity: God the Father in the power of the
Holy Spirit through the agency of Lord Jesus
created all that exists, and He did it within the
six 24-hour day Creation week.
Nothing was here before the first day of the six
days of Creation=No angels, no devil, no sun,
no sin, no death, no pre-Adamic race, no Gap,
no billions of years, no floods, no caveman,etc.
JESUS IS THE CREATOR
In the beginning was the Word, and the
Word was with God, and the Word was
God. The same was in the beginning
with God.
All things were made by Him; and
without Him was not anything made
that was made. In Him was life; and the
Life was the Light of men. JOHN 1:1,2
JESUS IS THE CREATOR
Colossians 1:16,17
For by Him (Jesus) were all things
created, that are in heaven, and that are
in earth,…all things were created by
Him and for Him: and He is before all
things, and by Him all things consist
(hold together).
JESUS IS THE CREATOR
“God…hath…spoken unto us by His
Son, Whom He hath appointed heir of
all things, by Whom also He made the
worlds; Who being the brightness of
His glory, and the express image of His
person, and upholding all things by the
word of His power, when He had by
Himself purged our sins….”
Hebrews 1:2,3
LORD JESUS CREATED YOU!
Each of us is unique in the universe.
We are designed by the Lord Jesus.
Only the Creator, Designer, Author has the
right, the authority and the power to change
His creation, design or composition.
“Therefore, if any man be in Christ, he is a
new creature: old things are passed away;
behold, all things are become new.”
2 Corinthians 5:17
Jesus the Creator is the Redeemer, the
Savior, the Messiah!
True Christians are “…Elect according
to the foreknowledge of God the Father,
through sanctification of the Spirit,
unto obedience and sprinkling of the
blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you,
and peace, be multiplied.” 1 Peter 1:2
ACTS 16:31
“And they said, Believe on the
Lord Jesus Christ, and thou
shalt be saved….”
Jesus the Creator, alone, has the right and
authority and power to be our redeemer
Romans 10:13
“For whosoever shall call
upon the name of the Lord
shall be saved.”
HOLY, HOLY, HOLY!
LORD GOD ALMIGHTY
HOLY, HOLY, HOLY! Lord God Almighty! Early
in the morning our song shall rise to Thee.
HOLY, HOLY, HOLY! Merciful and mighty!
God in three Persons, blessed Trinity!
HOLY, HOLY, HOLY! Lord God Almighty!
All Thy works shall praise Thy name in earth,
and sky, and sea. HOLY, HOLY, HOLY! Merciful
and mighty, GOD IN THREE PERSONS,
BLESSED TRINITY.