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The True GodThe True God
Colossians 1:1-8Colossians 1:1-8
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Colossians
• Church planted through Epaphras
• Under threat from false teaching
• Paul— “an Apostle” writes to help
• He writes down words from God
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We Must Think Rightlyabout God
• In our culture the word “god” has no concrete meaning for many
• God is what is conceived in the imagination
• What if God—the true God, thinks differently about this matter?
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We Must Think Rightlyabout God
• Apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of GOD
• GOD the FATHER of our LORD Jesus Christ
• Faith in Christ Jesus; Minister of Christ
• Told of love in the SPIRIT
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We Must Think Rightlyabout God
• In the opening verses he mentions the three Persons of the Trinity
• “God eternally exists as three persons, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, and each person is fully God, and there is one God.”
Wayne Grudem
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We Must Think Rightlyabout God
• The Doctrine of the Trinity teaches that God is PERSONAL and that God has dwelt for ETERNITY in a relationship of LOVE
• God the FATHER; LORD Jesus—in reference to deity of Jesus
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We Must Think Rightlyabout God
• Any faith that does not teach that God is ultimately personal cannot be true.
• The Trinity dwells in an eternal relationship of LOVE
• The Son is fully God (Col. 2:9)
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We Must Think Rightlyabout God
• The Son has always been (John 1:1).
• This truth excludes any faith from being true that says there was time when he was not or that He is less than fully God.
• The Spirit is a Person as well who has existed for eternity (John 14:16)
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We Must Think Rightlyabout God
• This eternal God who did not need us chose to create and ultimately save a people
• He is bringing them into oneness with Him; in an eternal, loving relationship with the Father, Son, and Spirit (John 1:12-13; Col. 1:12-13)
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We Must Think Rightlyabout God
• The Doctrine of the Trinity makes possible salvation being a GIFT FROM GOD
• If God were not a trinitarian being, there would be no way for human sins ever to be forgiven.
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We Must Think Rightlyabout God
• The problem with all other approaches of humans trying to appease God is that we do not recognize how big is our problem
• Something had to be done OUTSIDE OF US and something had to be done FOR US