**Matthew 7:21 - New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)**

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Concerning Self-Deception

<21> "Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father in heaven. ```

yes?

You cannot simply focus on individual scriptures. You must read the Bible as a whole Lee

What about it?

Yes!

The Father, The Son, and the Holy Spirit are separate persons

The teaching of the Trinity is three persons, one divine beings

Isaiah 44:6

**Isaiah 44:6 - New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)**

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<6> Thus says the Lord, the King of Israel, and his Redeemer, the Lord of hosts: I am the first and I am the last; besides me there is no god. ```

Revelation 1:8

**Revelation 1:8 - New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)**

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<8> "I am the Alpha and the Omega," says the Lord God, who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty. ```

**OT**
God: I am the first and the last

**NT**
Jesus: I am the first and the last

Yes!

There is one God!

The Trinity teaching is one God

No, the Trinity means three persons

But one divine being

So three persons, one God.

John 20:28

**John 20:28 - New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)**

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<28> Thomas answered him, "My Lord and my God!" ```

Thomas calls Jesus his Lord and **his God**

Something like that

And he also calls him his God!

John 20:28-30

**John 20:28-30 - New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)**

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The Purpose of This Book

<28> Thomas answered him, "My Lord and my God!" <29> Jesus said to him, "Have you believed because you have seen me? Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have come to believe."<30> Now Jesus did many other signs in the presence of his disciples, which are not written in this book. ```

If Jesus was not God, he would've corrected Thomas's apparent blasphemy!

Also notice this

Exodus 3:14

**Exodus 3:14 - New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)**

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<14> God said to Moses, "I am who I am." He said further, "Thus you shall say to the Israelites, 'I am has sent me to you.'" ```

John 8:58

**John 8:58 - New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)**

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<58> Jesus said to them, "Very truly, I tell you, before Abraham was, I am." ```

**OT**
God identifies himself as "I AM"

**NT**
Jesus speaks of his prehuman existence, and instead of using the past tense, uses the PRESENT tense divine name "I AM"

Acts 20:28

**Acts 20:28 - New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)**

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<28> Keep watch over yourselves and over all the flock, of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the church of God that he obtained with the blood of his own Son. ```

Revelation 1:5-6

**Revelation 1:5-6 - New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)**

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<5> and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To him who loves us and freed us from our sins by his blood, <6> and made us to be a kingdom, priests serving his God and Father, to him be glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen. ```

Acts: God purchased us with his blood, Revelation: Jesus purchased us with his blood

John 1:1-3

**John 1:1-3 - New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)**

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The Word Became Flesh

<1> In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. <2> He was in the beginning with God. <3> All things came into being through him, and without him not one thing came into being. What has come into being ```

1:1 The Logos (Jesus) is God
1:2 Jesus was here from the beginning
1:3 Jesus created all things

Luke 2:11