Essential Christianity

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John 3:16 – He gave His only begotten Son ...

John 10:30 - I and My Father are one. 

Colossians 2:9 - For in Christ all the fullness of the Deity lives in bodily form

Acts 2:36 - ...God hath made that same Jesus, whom ye have crucified, both Lord and Christ.

Isaiah 9:6 - For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, ... Mighty God, Everlasting Father ...

John 1:1 - In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

John 1:14 - And the Word became flesh ... glory as of the only begotten of the Father...

John 6:29 - Jesus answered and said to them, "This is the work of God, that you believe in Him whom He sent." 

John 6:40 - And this is the will of Him who sent Me, that everyone who sees the Son and believes in Him may have everlasting life; and I will raise him up at the last day."  

Romans 3:23 – For all have sinned and come short of the glory of God. 

Roman 6:23 – For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. 

1 John 1:9 – If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 

Romans 5:8 – But God commendeth His love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. 

Hebrews 11:6 – But without faith it is impossible to please Him: for he that cometh to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of them that diligently seek Him. 

Eph 2:8-9 - For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast.  

John 14:6 – Jesus said, I am the Way, the Truth, and the Light. No one comes to the Father, but by Me. 

John 10:27-30 - My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me. And I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; neither shall anyone snatch them out of My hand. My Father, who has given them to Me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch them out of My Father's hand. 

Ephesians 4:30 - And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption. 

Ephesians 2:8-9 - For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast.  

Romans 11:29 - For the gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable. 

Trinity The doctrine of the Trinity is foundational to the Christian faith. God is one being in three persons. There is only one God expressed in three distinct persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Each is fully God but distinct. 

Hard concept, I get it! To understand it completely you would need the mind of God yourself… but I’ll do my best to explain it.

The Father as God (Phil. 1:2) - Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ. 

Jesus as God (Rev 22:13) -   I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end. 

The Holy Spirit as God (Acts 5:3-4) - But Peter said, “Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and keep back part of the price of the land for yourself? While it remained, was it not your own? And after it was sold, was it not in your own control? Why have you conceived this thing in your heart? You have not lied to men but to God."  

The Father sent the Son into the world, so He cannot be the same person as the Son. (John 3:16) -  For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. 

Likewise, after the Son returned to the Father (John 16:10) - of righteousness, because I go to My Father and you see Me no more; 

The Father and the Son sent the Holy Spirit into the world. Therefore, the Holy Spirit must be distinct from the Father and the Son. (John 14:26) - But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all things that I said to you. Also (Acts 2:33) - Therefore being exalted to the right hand of God, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, He poured out this which you now see and hear.  

Sometimes the Holy Spirit is treated more like “energy” than a Person. But the Holy Spirit is not an ‘it’, but a He, (John 16:13) - However, when He, the Spirit of truth, has come, He will guide you into all truth; for He will not speak on His own authority, but whatever He hears He will speak; and He will tell you things to come.  The Holy Spirit is a Person. He speaks, reasons, thinks and understands and feels.