Jesus Christ: God the Son
Luke 1:35 (NIV) 35 The angel answered, "The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most
High will overshadow you. So the holy one to be born will be called the Son of God.
Exodus 3:14 (NIV) 14 God said to Moses, "I AM WHO I AM. This is what you are to say to the Israelites:
'I AM has sent me to you.'"
John 8:39 (NIV) 39 "Abraham is our father," they answered. "If you were Abraham's children," said Jesus,
"then you would do the things Abraham did.
John 8:56-59 (NIV) 56 Your father Abraham rejoiced at the thought of seeing my day; he saw it and was
glad."
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"You are not yet fifty years old," the Jews said to him, "and you have seen Abraham!"
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"I tell you the truth," Jesus answered, "before Abraham was born, I am!"
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At this, they picked up stones to stone him, but Jesus hid himself, slipping away from the temple
grounds.
Acts 5:3-4 (NIV) 3 Then Peter said, "Ananias, how is it that Satan has so filled your heart that you have
lied to the Holy Spirit and have kept for yourself some of the money you received for the land?
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Didn't it belong to you before it was sold? And after it was sold, wasn't the money at your disposal?
What made you think of doing such a thing? You have not lied to men but to God."
1 Timothy 3:16 (NKJV) 16 And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifested
in the flesh . . .
Isaiah 40:18 (NIV) 18 To whom, then, will you compare God? What image will you compare him to?
Isaiah 55:8-9 (NIV) 8 "For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways," declares
the Lord.
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"As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than
your thoughts.
1. Recognize the Trinity produced all creation
Genesis 1:1 (NIV) 1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
Genesis 1:26 (NIV) 26 Then God said, "Let us make man in our image, in our likeness . .
Job 26:13 (NKJV) 13 By His Spirit He adorned the heavens . . .
John 1:1-3 (NIV) 1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
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He was with God in the beginning.
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Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made.
John 1:14 (NIV) 14 The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the
glory of the One and Only, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.
2. Remember the Trinity in building relations/relationships
Deuteronomy 6:4-5 (NIV) 4 Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one.
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Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.
Genesis 2:24 (NIV) 24 For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and
they will become one flesh.
Genesis 11:6 (NKJV) 6 And the Lord said, "Indeed the people are one and they all have one language, and
this is what they begin to do; now nothing that they propose to do will be withheld from them.
1 Samuel 13:17 (NKJV) 17 Then raiders came out of the camp of the Philistines in three companies. One
company turned to the road . . .
1 Chronicles 17:21 (NIV) 21 And who is like your people Israel--the one nation on earth whose God went
out to redeem . . .
Daniel 3:25 (NKJV) 25 "Look!" he answered, "I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the
fire; and they are not hurt, and the form of the fourth is like the Son of God."
Proverbs 30:4 (NKJV) 4 Who has ascended into heaven, or descended? Who has gathered the
wind in His fists? Who has bound the waters in a garment? Who has established all the ends of
the earth? What is His name, and what is His Son's name, If you know?
Isaiah 9:6 (NKJV) 6 For unto us a Child is born, Unto us a Son is given; And the government will
be upon His shoulder. And His name will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God,
Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
3. Realize the Trinity provided Biblical inspiration
2 Timothy 3:16 (NIV) 16 All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking,
correcting and training in righteousness,
1 Peter 1:10-11 (NIV) 10 Concerning this salvation, the prophets, who spoke of the grace that was to come
to you, searched intently and with the greatest care,
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trying to find out the time and circumstances to which the Spirit of Christ in them was pointing when he
predicted the sufferings of Christ and the glories that would follow.
2 Peter 1:21 (NIV) 21 For prophecy never had its origin in the will of man, but men spoke from God as
they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.
4. Respond to the Trinity in personal salvation
Matthew 28:18-20 (NIV) 18 Then Jesus came to them and said, "All authority in heaven and
on earth has been given to me.
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Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father
and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,
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and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you
always, to the very end of the age."
Ephesians 1:3-6 (NIV) 3 Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has
blessed us in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ.
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For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight.
In love
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he predestined us to be adopted as his sons through Jesus Christ, in accordance with his
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to the praise of his glorious grace, which he has freely given us in the One he loves.
Ephesians 1:6-7 (NIV) 6 to the praise of his glorious grace, which he has freely given us in the One he
loves.
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In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of
God's grace
Ephesians 1:13-14 (NIV) 13 And you also were included in Christ when you heard the word of truth, the
gospel of your salvation. Having believed, you were marked in him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit,
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who is a deposit guaranteeing our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God's possession-to the praise of his glory.