Mike Owens
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I believe in the One Ever Living, Eternal God: infinite in power, holy in nature, attributes and purpose; and possessing absolute, indivisible deity. This One True God has revealed Himself in separate and distinct forms as Father in authority, as Son in redemption and as the Holy Spirit in power; three separate and distinct individuals, originating from the same absolute indivisible essence.
Open mine eyes that I may behold wondrous things out of Thy Law Ps 119:18Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the Scriptures is of any private interpretation.
For the prophecy came not in old times by the will of man, but Holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost 2Pe 1:20As was mentioned in Chapter 2, the whole of Scripture is given by God's inspiration, all Scripture is inspired by God, not just the parts you feel comfortable with, not just the major parts but the details are a little less inspired, not just the Old or New Testaments, ALL!
It is God-breathed: the Holy Spirit gave each writer the main theme of the writing. As the writer prayed about it and meditated on it, the Holy Spirit broke the main theme down into various points of view. As the writer put pen and ink to paper, the Holy Spirit helped the writer to select just the right words to convey each idea precisely, accurately and dynamicly.
In other words, God took the writer's thoughts and actions, mixed them with the writer's own experiences, and, just short of verbal dictation, wrote His Word on the pages of the Bible.This can be seen in many different verses. In these verses very specific words were used when it was common to use different, less precise words. It is important while studying any doctrine to pay close attention to the individual words used in any passage in question in order to get at the full meaning of that passage. A good example of this is found in the Gospel accounts of the Resurrection. The entrance of the tomb was approximately four and a half feet to five feet tall, and two and a half feet to three feet wide, just big enough to allow access. Huge stones were used to cover this opening and seal the tomb once the body had been prepared. It has been estimated that it would require a stone about one and a half to two tons in size to cover an opening of this size. In the passages on the Resurrection, Matthew states that a large stone 1 was rolled against the entrance. Mark states that this large stone was rolled up a slope which was coming down to the front of the tomb2. Luke not only says that it was rolled up this slope, but that it was rolled some distance away from the entrance3. John goes on to say that the stone was not only rolled up a slope to some distance away, but that it was actually picked up and carried away4.
But the KJV puts it much simpler:...for the angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door... Mt 28:2Unlike the word study in the Old Testament, the New Testament does not have specific words used for God that shows the triune nature of God. Therefore it is necessary to use a more indirect path to show this teaching. I will now look at the individual words used in the New Testament which convey the message of the triune nature of God. Remember, as in the Old Testament study, the numbers before each word are reference numbers for the Strong's Concordance (see foot note on Chapter two)....and when they looked, they saw that the stone was rolled away... Mk 16:4
...and they found the stone rolled away from the sepulchre... Lk 24:2
...and seeth the stone taken away from the sepulchre... Jn 20:1
(0025) agapao to love a willful sacrificial love; to take pleasure in the object of the love; to prize it above all else; to be unwilling to abandon it or to do without it regardless of the cost. God's love
(0040) agios religious awe or reverence as belongs to the object in question such as things which have a connection to God, the Temple, apostles, angels, prophets; or things that are set apart for God, the first born son, the utensils of the Temple, sacrifices; or in a moral sense, pure, without sin, upright, holy. The Israelites considered themselves holy because they were God's chosen people, in like manner, the Christians in the New Testament hold the same claim. (see Heb qadash 6942)
(0079) adelphe a sister either be birth or in the family of God by spiritual birth.
(0080) adelphos from the same womb a brother.
(0243) allos another, other O allos the other as compared to etepos which denotes a qualitative difference between two, allos denotes distinction between two individuals regardless of any qualitative differences.
(0649) apostello to send off, send away to commission someone to go to an appointed place for a specific task, as Christ was sent to this world to redeem man for God.
(0746) arxo beginning, origin the beginning of all things, the beginning of a mission or task, the firstin a long line, the firstin importance. (see Heb. ro'sh 7218)
(1096) ginomai to become, come into being to come into exostamce, to arise, come to pass, appear in history.
(1097) ginosko to learn to know, come to know, get knowledge of to know, understand, perceive, to become aquainted with
(1166) deosis need, indigence a seeking, asking, entreaty, in the New Testament usage prayers to God.
(1321) didasko to teach to hold discorse with others in order to instruct them, to be a teacher, to impart doctrine, expound. (see Heb. lamad 3925)
(1410) dunamai to be able, have power by one's own ability, favorable circumstances, authority from Law or customs. (see Heb. yakol 3201)
(1492) eido to see, to know to see to perceive with the eyes or any of the senses, notice, discern, discover, to turn the attention to, to look at, examine, experience. to know, get knowledge of, understand any fact or force of meaning of something which has a definite meaning, to know how, pay attention to, regard, cherish. (see Heb. ra'ah 7200)
(1510) eimi to be to live, to be found (there was), to happen, take place, to be present, at hand.
(1722) en a preposition taking the indirect object after it in, out, at, with, by, among.
(1781) entello to order, command to be, enjoin (see Heb. tzavah 6680)
(1921) epibinosko to become thoroughly acquainted with, to know well (epi means mental direction towards that which is known) to know or recognize perceive, find out, understand. (see Heb yada 3045)
(2258) eimi was see 1510
(2307) thelema will what one wishes or has determined to be, choice. (see Heb. haftz 2654)
(2532) Kai a conjunction, and it serves to connect, it is repeated before single terms adding force or weight to the term, it connects numerical sequences, it connects partive words (in general, in short, in other words); it connects clauses and sentences, affirmative to negative, it connects what follows with what was before (and so, and yet, also). It marks an addition to what has been said (also, likewise); or a necessity from what has been said (besides).
(2962) kurios having power or authority he who has the power to decide over his possessions, master, lord, owner, a title of respect. (see Heb. 'adon 113)
(3056) logos both the thinking and the subsequent speaking of words; a distinct word uttered in intelligent speach, a saying, a discourse, a doctrine, a narration, the object of discussion, an event or deed. To reason, meditation, consideration, reckoning, explanation (as to give an answer during judgment), cause (why?). As in John, the first chapter; the essential Word of God, His personal wisdom and power in union with God, His ministry in the creation and government of the universe, the cause of all life, which for the sake of man's sin, put on fleshly form, gloriously shining forth with both the thinking and the subsequent speaking of words of God, representing God in the flesh. (see Heb. dabar 1697)
(3384) meter mother literal or figurative; immediate or remote.
(3439) monogenes only begotten single of its kind, used only of sons and daughters viewed in relationship to their parents. When used of Christ (Jn 1:14; et al), it denotes the ONLY Son of God, not in the sense of being eternally generated by God (as in His spoken word), nor in the sense of coming forth from the being of God just before the beginning of the world, but being of the very nature and essence of God, therefore different from man who was created in the image of God.
(3761) oude but, not; and not, also not, neither, not even.
(3772) ouranos to cover heaven as the expance above with all that is visible to man, or as the domain of God (see Heb shamayim 8064)
(3779) outo in this manner, thus, so, by demonstrative force it refers to what has preceded it; in the manner spoken of or described. It prepares for what will follow; under these circumstances. (see Heb. kan 3651)
(3857) paradeisos a large enclosed park it was a beautiful and restful place enclosed by walls with towers around the perimiter, equivilent to the Garden of Eden, which in later years became a place of residence in one half of hades for those who had died righteous. It now refers to the abode of God and the dead in Christ. (see Heb. gan 1588)
(3962) pater nurisher, protector, upholder the generator or originator, either as in immediate ancestor, a more remote ancestor, one who begins anything, or the original teacher of a particular train of thought. (see Heb. 'ab 1)
(3992) pempo to send as in a deputy or ambassitor, someone who is commanded and has the authority of the one who sent them to act on their behalf. (see Heb. shalef 7971)
(4151) pneuma spirit a movement of air; breath; the spirit, or that vital essence that gives life to the body, which at times is apart from that body, the Holy Spirit. (see Heb. ruah 7303)
(4572) seautou yourself, you
(4862) sun with a preposition that denotes accompaniment and fellowship; a community or participation together, united.
(5207) uios a son one begotten by a father, born of a mother; as Son of God, originating by direct creation, as was the first Adam, not begotten by a human father. (see Heb. ben 1121)
(5368) phileo to love to be friendly to one, delight in, long for, to kiss, an inclination promted by senses and emotion. (see Heb. 'ahab 157)
(5565) xoris separately, apart without, besides.
This concludes the word study for the New Testament. As stated earlier, these thirty-three words do not say anything about the Trinity doctrine, directly, but they do help to clearify those verses which do relate to this doctrine or which strongly imply this doctrine. Now comes teh verses in the New Testament that are use in support of this doctrine.
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