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THE GODHEAD AND THE CREATION Dr. Jobe Martin Biblical Discipleship Ministries www.biblicaldiscipleship.org Behavior Values Respect for life Wealth Truth “Fruit of the Spirit” Happiness Health Loyalty Worldview A set of beliefs or ideas / a system of thought Ethics Sociology Theology Philosophy Biology Psychology Politics Economics Summit Ministries Manitou Spgs. CO Law History “For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he.” Proverbs 23:7 CHRISTIANS: WE MUST BE EQUIPPED TO DEFEND THE FAITH! “But and if ye suffer for righteousness sake, happy are ye: and be not afraid of their terror, neither be troubled; but sanctify the Lord God in your hearts; and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear.” 1 Peter 3:14,15 ARE WE SENDING OUR CHILDREN OUT AS MISSION FIELDS……OR AS MISSIONARIES? STATISTICS SHOW THAT 70-80% OF OUR CHRISTIAN YOUTH ARE LOSING THEIR FAITH IN FOUR YEARS OF COLLEGE. PROVERBS 14:12 “There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.” We live in Satan’s world system and the foundation of this system is deception (lies). Satan is a liar and the father of lies. John 8:44 Satan uses lies to deceive! “Lest Satan should get an advantage of us: for we are not ignorant of his devices.” 1 Corinthians 2:11 Therefore we must: “Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.” Ephesians 6:11 LET’S TAKE A LOOK AT A PASSAGE OF For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to everyone that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek. For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith. For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold [suppress,NAS] the truth in unrighteousness; because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath shown it unto them. For the invisible things of Him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead, Godhead = Trinity (Divine Nature) so that they are without excuse: because that, when they knew God, they glorified Him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened. Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools, and changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and four-footed beasts, and creeping things. Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonor their own bodies between themselves: who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, Who is blessed forever. Romans 1:16-25 A BRIEF REVIEW: INCREDIBLE CREATIONS Romans 1 says: unrighteous, ungodly men study what God has made, and then suppress (HOLD BACK) the facts since they cannot explain them in evolutionary terms. Example: orchids, Lampsilis mussels, jellyfish, male white-lipped “seismic” frog of Puerto Rico, (chirps, thumps and chuckles), etc. A FOUNDATIONAL LIE OF SATAN: The Bible does not teach the idea of a trinitarian God. There is no such thing as “The Trinity,” says the devil. Jesus was just a man, not God! The Holy Spirit is a force like electricity, not a person. May we never forget: Satan is a liar, and a master deceiver!!! HARVARD UNIVERSITY 1636: John Harvard and Thomas Sheppherd founded Harvard University as an Evangelical Christian College. Almost 200 yrs of Biblical teaching (Blackstone’s Law Commentaries) 1805: Harvard went Unitarian (Jesus is not God = Harvard denied the Trinity) 1839: Horace Mann (a Unitarian) established government-sponsored education (Public Education) in Mass. SCRIPTURE AND CREATION SCREAM OF THE REALITY OF THE TRINITY! “In the beginning God created.”Gen.1:1 “God” (Heb: Elohim) is plural. “Created” is singular (Heb: He created) Did God make a grammatical mistake? Same as saying “They was.” God is a plural and He is a singular. The God of the Bible is three in one. Father, Son and Holy Spirit = One God ISAIAH 6:3 And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is the LORD of hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory. One God: Three Persons: Each Holy! God the Father is Holy. God the Son is Holy. THE TRINITY God the Spirit is Holy. “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts: the whole earth is full of His glory.” God created, created, created! Genesis 5:1,2: “This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made He him; Male and female created He them; and blessed them and called their name Adam, in the day when they were created.” ISAIAH 6:8 “Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying; Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then said I, Here am I; send me.” GENESIS 1:26 “And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness….” MATTHEW 28:19 “Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name [singular] of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.” 2 CORINTHIANS 13:14 “The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, be with you all. Amen.” God the Father = Male God the Son = Male God the Holy Spirit = Male (not “it” see below): The Greek word for “spirit” is neuter and should be accompanied by a neuter pronoun. However, contrary to normal usage, the masculine pronoun is frequently used. “…For if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you, but if I depart, I will send Him unto you. And when He is come, He will reprove the world of sin….” John 16:7b,8a THE TRINITARIAN GOD OF THE BIBLE Scripture teaches, that the essence of the one God, pertaining to the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, is simple and indivisible, also, that the Father differs in some special property from the Son, and the Son from the Spirit, and the Spirit from the Father, but they are one in the Godhead. Our Christian children are constantly being intimidated in classrooms across our country. Through: Pointed Questions Where did Cain get his wife? The ark could not have held all the animals! You Christians are a bunch of polytheists. Project Grading ROMANS 1:20 “For the invisible things of Him from (ἀπό=from, by, since, because of) the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead, so that they are without excuse….” We can see evidence of the Trinity in the things that God has made, even though the Creation suffers from the Curse and cannot be an exact picture of the perfect Trinity. THE TRINITY OF THE BIBLE “It came to pass, that Jesus also being baptized, and praying, the Heaven was opened, and the Holy Ghost descended in a bodily shape like a dove upon Him, and a voice came from Heaven, which said, Thou art my beloved Son; in Thee I am well pleased.” Luke 3:21b, 22 God the Father can be speaking out of Heaven while Jesus is being baptized and the Holy Spirit simultaneously appears as a Dove. The Trinity cannot be duplicated. “In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.” Universe is time, space, matter “In the beginning…” = Time “...God created the heaven…” = Space “...And the earth.” = Matter Time = Past, Present, Future Space = Width, Depth, Height Matter = Solid, Liquid, Gas +plasma? Tooth Mouth Dirt The Bible calls the Heavenly Bodies: Sun Moon Stars For one star differeth from another star in glory 1 Cor 15:41b There are also celestial bodies and terrestrial, but the glory of the celestial is one, and the glory of the terrestrial is another. There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of moon, and another glory of the stars: For one star differeth from another star in glory. God NEVER calls the sun a star! Therefore much of what we know about stars may not be true! The Bible names three Heavens: Third Heaven Stellar Heaven Atmospheric Heaven God reveals Himself in three ways: Bible Creation Conscience Music H2O Liquid Gas Solid Rainbow Water Light Air Plant Root Stem Leaf Time Days Months Years Time Tree Root Trunk Branches Biblical Marriage Biblical Family None of the above illustrations, of one thing composed of three major elements, is a flawless picture of the perfect God of the Bible. GOD OF THE BIBLE FATHER SON SPIRIT THE TRINITARIAN GOD OF THE BIBLE IS THE UNCAUSED CAUSE Christians believe by faith that The Eternal God of the Bible is the Uncaused Cause of the Creation of the universe. Atheistic Evolutionists believe by faith that matter/energy is/are eternal and the Uncaused Cause of the universe. College Students Ask (often with a tinge of sarcasm): “Where did your God come from; or, Who made your God?” Answer: “Where did your matter come from; or Who made your matter?” Everyone believes by faith in something eternal!!!!! ETERNAL GOD ETERNAL MATTER (energy) OUR UNIVERSE IS AN EFFECT—THE GOD OF THE BIBLE IS THE CAUSE. 1. Whatever begins to exist has a cause. 2. The universe began to exist. 3. Therefore, the universe has a cause. ARGUMENT FOR AN INTELLIGENT CAUSE OF DNA 1. Language is caused by Intelligence. 2. DNA is Language. 3. Therefore, DNA had an Intelligent Cause. GENESIS 1:31-2:1 “And God saw everything that He had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day. Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.” Were angels created within the six day creation week? I Kings 22:19 “And he said, Hear ye therefore the word of the Lord: I saw the Lord sitting on His throne, and all the host of heaven standing by Him on His right hand and on His left.” EXODUS 20:11 For in six days the Lord made the heavens, the earth, the seas and all that is in them…. The Trinitarian God of the Bible made everything within the six 24-hour days of the Creation Week. (heavens, earth, seas, and all that in them is). The Trinity: God the Father in the power of the Holy Spirit through the agency of Lord Jesus created all that exists, and He did it within the six 24-hour day Creation week. Nothing was here before the first day of the six days of Creation=No angels, no devil, no sun, no sin, no death, no pre-Adamic race, no Gap, no billions of years, no floods, no caveman,etc. JESUS IS THE CREATOR In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by Him; and without Him was not anything made that was made. In Him was life; and the Life was the Light of men. JOHN 1:1,2 JESUS IS THE CREATOR Colossians 1:16,17 For by Him (Jesus) were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth,…all things were created by Him and for Him: and He is before all things, and by Him all things consist (hold together). JESUS IS THE CREATOR “God…hath…spoken unto us by His Son, Whom He hath appointed heir of all things, by Whom also He made the worlds; Who being the brightness of His glory, and the express image of His person, and upholding all things by the word of His power, when He had by Himself purged our sins….” Hebrews 1:2,3 LORD JESUS CREATED YOU! Each of us is unique in the universe. We are designed by the Lord Jesus. Only the Creator, Designer, Author has the right, the authority and the power to change His creation, design or composition. “Therefore, if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.” 2 Corinthians 5:17 Jesus the Creator is the Redeemer, the Savior, the Messiah! True Christians are “…Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied.” 1 Peter 1:2 ACTS 16:31 “And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved….” Jesus the Creator, alone, has the right and authority and power to be our redeemer Romans 10:13 “For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.” HOLY, HOLY, HOLY! LORD GOD ALMIGHTY HOLY, HOLY, HOLY! Lord God Almighty! Early in the morning our song shall rise to Thee. HOLY, HOLY, HOLY! Merciful and mighty! God in three Persons, blessed Trinity! HOLY, HOLY, HOLY! Lord God Almighty! All Thy works shall praise Thy name in earth, and sky, and sea. HOLY, HOLY, HOLY! Merciful and mighty, GOD IN THREE PERSONS, BLESSED TRINITY.