christian basics part 1

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Christian Basics part 1

The Godhead

CHB 1 Godhead - Lecture 1 part 1

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What we can learn about God


Contents Introduction

The Word of God

Words used for God's name 1- 4

God's Character

God’s Will

God’s Sovereignty

God's Work

CHB 1 Godhead - Lecture 1 part 1

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It is the Christian belief that there are Three Persons in One

God. These Three Persons - the Father, the Son and the Holy

Spirit - are distinct from one another yet they share the same

Divine Nature. Thus they are not three distinct gods, but one

God; so God the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit all

(according to the Holy Bible) bear the character and attributes

of God.

• There is supernatural power in the hearing (or reading) of

the Word of God. It imparts faith to us. It changes us.

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Introduction

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The Word of God

The Bible reveals God to us -The Old Testament and to a greater extent the

New Testament indicate that God exists as a

Trinity: God the Father God the Son God the Holy Spirit

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• In the Hebrew (Old Testament) and Greek (New

Testament) the original word terms used for God’s

names can be translated as follows:

• Believing that God exists and the Bible (Scripture) is the

infallible Word of God, we as human beings believe that

there is supernatural power in the hearing (the

preaching, meditating and reading) of the Word of God

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Words used for God`s Name - 1


• El indicates might or strength, when used for God, the

meaning is Almighty.

• Elohim (plural for El) this plural form is mostly used for

God in the Old Testament.

• “In the beginning God (Elohim) created the heavens and

earth”. Genesis 1:1

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El and Elohim - 2


This word is often written as Jehovah. This is the personal

name of God, as it was revealed to Moses and through Moses

to Israel.

The name Yahweh is translated as LORD.

“You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain, for the

Lord will not hold him guiltless who takes His name in vain” Exodus 20:7

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Yahweh - 3


The name Adonai is translated as Lord in the Bible. It signifies

ownership or mastership and indicates the truth that God is

the owner of each member of the human family, and that He

consequently claims devoted obedience of all.

• “For the Lord your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the

great God, mighty and awesome, who shows no partiality nor

takes a bribe. Deuteronomy 10:17

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Adonai – 4


Lordship meant complete possession on the one hand and

complete submission on the other. God is never a

capricious or unjust Master and therefore does not ask

what cannot be performed, and never requires a task for

which He does not equip His servants.

In other words, everything God asks us to do is good and

just and can be accomplished as we trust Him to enable us

to do all that He has asked us to do.

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Adonai – 4a


Those things we see in the Bible that we strive to emulate,

while being coached by the Holy Spirit, are found in God in

their perfect form.

We, as men, can lose or gain these attributes but God is the

perfect example of love, goodness, mercy, grace, holiness,

justice, glory etc. but these attributes are always an integral

part of His being and do not change

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The Character of God


There are some communicable attributes of God that we can

relate to in our limited way. For example:

• Wisdom Proverbs

• Goodness Psalm 107

• Righteousness Romans

• Justice Amos 5

• Love 1 John 3 - 4

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The Character of God -1


There are incommunicable attributes found only in God that we

cannot relate to. For example:

• Self existence (Relies on Self)

• Immutability (Unchangeable)

• Omniscience (All knowing)

• Omnipresent (Not limited by space)

• Omnipotent (Can do anything He desires)

• Eternity (Not limited by time)

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The Character of God - 2


This expresses His self determination meaning He can do

anything He desires in His unlimited power and Godhead.

Because of His perfect attributes God will never do anything

that is not according to His nature.

God`s will can be seen as:

• His decreed will. What He says will happen!

• His perceived will. Understanding His Word

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The Will of God - 1


God’s Sovereignty means that He is the Supreme Ruler who

immanently and personally rules over all the affairs of the

universe—and this includes our personal lives both as

individuals and as a local body of believers. God’s sovereignty

is a place of rest for the child of God, as well as a cause of

worship. cf. Ps. 48:1; 95:3, 6.

• God`s will is backed by infinite wisdom and holiness• Operates graciously and kindly• Acts unconditionally• Manifests God`s own glory

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The Will of God - 2


• Sin came into the world through Satan’s fall and his temptation of man by God’s permissive will. Genesis 3:1-19.

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The Will of God - 3

Temptation of Eve by Satan


God’s mighty works are many and impressive. Records of

God’s mighty deeds include the Creation of the heavens and

the Earth, the destruction of the world by flood in the days of

Noah, the plagues against the Egyptians, the feeding of the

Israelites with manna during their wilderness journey, and the

empowerment of the Israelites as they conquered and settled

the land of Canaan.

• Many other remarkable events took place until the Coming

of Jesus.

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The Work of God – Old Testament


Declarations of God’s mighty works are focused around the

coming of His Son. God’s activities were made known through

the births and ministries of John the baptiser and Jesus, the

miracles and ministries of Jesus and His Apostles, the coming

of the Holy Spirit and the establishment of the church – God’s

kingdom on earth.

• Except for the creation event, these mighty works were all

observed by humanity.

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The Work of God – New Testament

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