seniors…

SENIORS…

There has been an essential question on the whiteboard since

the 1st day of school- having completed the unit of God’s

existence, how would each of you now answer this question?

SENIORS…Monday start-up

Pray with your Tribond 2-3 minutes– have the person with the longest last name pray first, the person with

the shortest last name pray last

THIS WEEK IN SYSTEMATIC THEOLOGY

MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY

THE TRINITY

IS GOD A PERSON?

THE TRINITY

HOW CAN GOD BE 3 IN

1?

DEFINITION OF “TRINITY”

BIBLICAL EVIDENCE

MEMORYVERSEQUIZ

ACTS 17:24,25

THE TRINITY

ANALOGIES FOR THE TRINITY

THE TRINITY

DOCTRINAL ERRORS:

MODELISMARIANISMTRITHEISM

ATTRIBUTE ASSIGNMENT

DUE

WEEKLY QUESTIONS

DUE BY MIDNIGHT!

Screen shot of weekly reading assignment & group #3

Does God exist?Yes!!!

Then what is He like?

God’s a human being? Is that

true?

Yo. (Yes/No)

SENIORS…What do you

think you know about the Trinity?

What do youwant to know

about the Trinity?

SENIORS…

Why bother studying the Trinity?If it is so confusing,

why not ignore the topic altogether?

SENIORS…Tuesday start-up

Two pray Tuesday. In your Tribond have one person pray for the school and

another pray for the country



THE TRINITY

IS GOD A PERSON?

THE TRINITY

HOW CAN GOD BE 3 IN

1?


BIBLICAL EVIDENCE

MEMORYVERSEQUIZ

ACTS 17:24,25

THE TRINITY


THE TRINITY

DOCTRINAL ERRORS:



DUE

WEEKLY QUESTIONS

DUE BY MIDNIGHT!

Islam Hinduism New Age Mormonism Jehovah’s

Witnesses Biblical

Christianity

= 1 God, no Trinity= many “gods”= everything is “god”= one of many gods= 1 God, no Trinity

= Trinity

THE TRINITY

HOW IS GOD “THREE-IN-ONE”?

“Trinity” is the term used to describe the Christian doctrine that God exists as aunity of three distinct persons

(3 persons, 1 being)

WHAT IS THE TRINITY?

The Trinity can be defined as follows:

1. God eternally exists as three persons

2. Each person is fully God3. There is only one God


Father Son

Holy Spirit


Genesis 1:26Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, according

to Our likeness; and let them rule over the fish of

the sea and over the birds of the sky and over the cattle and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth”

EARLY EVIDENCE OF A TRINITY

Genesis 3:22Then the LORD God said,

“Behold, the man has become like one of Us,

knowing good and evil; and now, he might stretch out

his hand, and take also from the tree of life, and eat, and

live forever”


Genesis 11:6-7The LORD said, "Behold, they are one people, and they all have the same

language… Come, let Us go down and there confuse their language, so that they

will not understand one another's speech”


The Father is fully GodDeuteronomy 32:6

Do you thus repay the LORD, O foolish and unwise people? Is not He your Father who has bought you? He has made you and established you.

THE DOCTRINE OF THE TRINITY

The Father is fully GodJohn 6:27

Do not work for the food which perishes, but for the food which endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you, for on Him the Father God has set His seal


The Father is fully GodRom. 1:7; 1 Cor. 1:3; 2 Cor. 1:2;Gal. 1:1,3; Eph. 1:2-3; Phil. 1:2;Col. 1:2-3; 1 Thess. 1:1;2 Thess. 1:2; 1 Tim. 1:2; 2 Tim. 1:2;Titus 1:4; Phile. 1:3“grace and peace from God

the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ”


The Son is fully GodJohn 1:1

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.


The Son is fully GodJohn 20:28

Thomas answered and said to Him, “My Lord and my God!”


The Son is fully GodColossians 2:9

For in Him all the fullness of deity dwells in bodily form


The Son is fully GodTitus 2:13

looking for the blessed hope and the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Christ Jesus


The Son is fully GodHebrews 1:8

But of the Son He says, “Your throne, O God, is forever and ever, and the righteous scepter is the scepter of His kingdom”


The Son is fully God2 Peter 1:1

Simon Peter, a bond-servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who have received a faith of the same kind as ours, by the righteousness of our God and Savior, Jesus Christ


The Holy Spirit is fully God

Acts 5:3-4But Peter said, “Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and to keep back some of the price of the land… You have not lied to men but to God.”


The Holy Spirit is fully God

1 Corinthians 2:11For who among men knows the thoughts of a man except the spirit of the man which is in him? Even so the thoughts of God no one knows except the Spirit of God.


There is only one GodDeuteronomy 6:4

Hear, O Israel, the LORD is our God, the LORD is one!


There is only one GodIsaiah 45:5

I am the Lord, and there is no other; besides Me there is no God



…and there is no other God besides Me, a righteous God and a Savior; there is none except Me



Remember the former things long past, For I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is no one like Me


There is only one GodRomans 3:30

since indeed God who will justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through faith is one


There is only one God1 Corinthians 8:4

Therefore concerning the eating of things sacrificed to idols, we know that there is no such thing as an idol in the world, and that there is no God but one.


There is only one God1 Timothy 2:5

For there is one God, and one mediator also between God and men, the man Christ Jesus


God exists as three persons

Isaiah 48:16Come near to Me, listen to this: from the first I have not spoken in secret. From the time it took place, I was there. And now the Lord God has sent Me, and His Spirit



Matthew 3:16-17After being baptized, Jesus came up immediately from the water… and he saw the Spirit of God descending as a dove… and behold, a voice out of the heavens said, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well-pleased.”



Matthew 28:19Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit



John 14:26But 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 that I said to you.



1 Corinthians 12:4-6Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit. And there are varieties of ministries, and the same Lord. There are varieties of effects, but the same God who works all things in all persons.



Ephesians 4:4-6There is one body and one Spirit, just as also you were called in one hope of your calling; one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all who is over all and through all and in all.



1 Peter 1:2according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, by the sanctifying work of the Spirit, to obey Jesus Christ and be sprinkled with His blood, may grace and peace be yours in the fullest measure.



Jude 20-21But you, beloved, building yourselves up on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit, keep yourselves in the love of God, waiting anxiously for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to eternal life.


“GOD IN THREE PERSONS…”

FATHER SON HOLY SPIRIT

Called God Phil. 1:2 John 1:1,14 Acts 5:3-4

Creator Isaiah 64:8 John 1:3 Job 33:4

Omnipresent 1 Kings 8:27 Matt. 28:20 Ps. 139:7-10

Omniscient 1 John 3:20 John 16:30 1 Cor. 2:10-11

Eternal Psalm 90:2 Micah 5:1-2 Heb. 9:14

Will Luke 22:42 Luke 22:42 1 Cor. 12:11

Speaks Matt. 3:17 John 17:1 Acts 8:29

Loves John 3:16 Eph. 5:25 Rom. 15:30

SENIORS…

Put all your gear in the front away from your Tribond. It’s a

MVQ day!

SENIORS…Wednesday start-up

ePray. Tribond tweet a word of thanksgiving or

praise to God.



THE TRINITY

IS GOD A PERSON?

THE TRINITY

HOW CAN GOD BE 3 IN

1?


BIBLICAL EVIDENCE

MEMORYVERSEQUIZ

ACTS 17:24,25

THE TRINITY


THE TRINITY

DOCTRINAL ERRORS:



DUE

WEEKLY QUESTIONS

DUE BY MIDNIGHT!

SENIORS…

What analogy would you use to explain the Trinity to a child?

SENIORS…Thursday start-up

In your Tribond pray over the theme in your life.

“Fall into His story.”



THE TRINITY

IS GOD A PERSON?

THE TRINITY

HOW CAN GOD BE 3 IN

1?


BIBLICAL EVIDENCE

MEMORYVERSE

PRESENTATION

GROUP 3

ACTS 17:24,25

THE TRINITY


THE TRINITY

DOCTRINAL ERRORS:



DUE

WEEKLY QUESTIONS

DUE BY MIDNIGHT!

ANALOGIES OF THE TRINITY

“God is like…”

What is wrong with this illustration?One egg, three parts


What is wrong with this illustration?Three forms in one substance


What is wrong with this illustration?Three essences, one entity

1 Person


Many propose that the universe is comprised of a “trinity of

trinities”

PAST

PRESENT

T I M E

FUTURE

HEIG

HT WIDTH

S P A C E

DEPTH

SOLI

D

LIQUID

GAS

M A T T E R


What is wrong with this illustration?

A common illustration…

The fundamental problem is that all possible analogies are inadequate or misleading

Scripture never uses analogies to teach the doctrine of the

Trinity


SENIORS…

Decide as a Tribond if you think Tribonds should be added to the

Trinities of the universe.

Turn in Attributes Assignment to Brown box

SENIORS…Friday start-up

Rock/Paper/Scissors/Lizard/Spock to determine who opens

the class in prayer.



THE TRINITY

IS GOD A PERSON?

THE TRINITY

HOW CAN GOD BE 3 IN

1?


BIBLICAL EVIDENCE

MEMORYVERSE

PRESENTATION

GROUP 3

ACTS 17:24,25

THE TRINITY


THE TRINITY

DOCTRINAL ERRORS:



DUE

WEEKLY QUESTIONS

DUE BY MIDNIGHT!


“The Trinity is like…”

What is wrong with this illustration?One egg, three parts


What is wrong with this illustration?Three forms in one substance


What is wrong with this illustration?Three essences, one entity

1 Person


SENIORS…What? A surprise quiz?You can’t be serious!!!

1. 2.3. 4. In what book of Scripture is the first mention of plurality in the Godhead?5. Why does the egg analogy fail to properly represent the Trinity?

List the three part biblical definition for the Trinity

Modalism: God is one person who appears in three different forms/modes denies God is three persons (statement #1) denies His independence

DOCTRINAL ERRORS REGARDING THE TRINITY

Which analogies of the Trinity mistakenly present God from a Modalism point of view?

water; man as father, son, husband


Which Scripture passages refute Modalism?God is described as Father, Son, and Holy SpiritIsa. 48:16; Matt. 3:16-17, 28:19-20;John 14:26; 1 Cor. 12:4-6; Eph. 4:4-6; 1 Pet. 1:2; Jude 20-21


Arianism (Subordinationism):

the Son and/or the Holy Spirit are not fully God denies each is fully God (statement #2) belief of Jehovah’s Witnesses


Which analogies of the Trinity mistakenly present God from an Arianism point of view?

egg; human as body, soul, spirit


Which Scripture passages refute Arianism?The Son is said to be GodJohn 1:1, 20:28; Col. 2:9; Titus 2:13;Heb. 1:8; 2 Pet. 1:1The Holy Spirit is said to be GodActs 5:3-4; 1 Cor. 2:11


Tritheism: there exist three Gods denies there is only one God (statement #3) similar to pagan religions (ex: Greek mythology)


Which Scripture passages refute Tritheism?There is only one GodDeut. 6:4; Isa. 45:5, 45:21, 46:9;Rom. 3:30; 1 Cor. 8:4; 1 Tim. 2:5


SENIORS…

What (if any) are the differences and distinctions between the

persons of the Godhead?

SENIORS…Monday start-up

Pray with your Tribond 2-3 minutes– have the person with the longest last name pray first, the person with

the shortest last name pray last



THE TRINITY

DISTINCTION BETWEEN

MEMEBERS OF THE TRINITY

THE TRINITY

BIBLICAL EVIDENCE

PROBLEM PASSAGES

MEMORYVERSE

PRESENTATION

GROUP 3

MATTHEW28:19,20

THE TRINITY

WRAP-UP

SERVICE PROJECTS

WEEKLY QUESTIONS

DUE BY MIDNIGHT!

Screen shot of weekly reading assignment & group #3

One = aloneness

Two = relationship & intimacy

Three = community & fellowship

THE “TRINITY COMMUNITY”

The members of the Trinity are:

equal in their being butdifferent in their roles(equal in who they are

different in what they do)

DISTINCTIONS BETWEEN MEMBERS OF THE

TRINITY

The members of the Trinity are equal in

their being… each person is fully God each person possesses all of God’s attributes each person has the same essential nature


TRINITY

The members of the Trinity are different (subordinate) in their

roles… the Father sent the Son and later the Holy Spirit, the Son died on the cross, the Holy Spirit indwells the believer, etc…


TRINITY

Father Son

Holy Spirit

THE ROLES WITHIN THE TRINITY

Jn. 10:30Jn. 6:38Jn. 15:26, 16:7

The Father and the Son are one

The Son submits to the Father

The Holy Spirit submits to the Father and the Son

THE ROLES WITHIN THE TRINITY

Husband Wife

Children

THE TRINITY’S IMPRINT ON THE FAMILY

Gen. 2:24Eph. 5:22-33Eph. 6:1-3

Husband and wife are one

The wife submits to the husband

The children submit to the husband and the wife

THE TRINITY’S IMPRINT ON THE FAMILY

Christ Leaders

Church

THE TRINITY’S IMPRINT ON THE CHURCH

Acts 20:281 Tim. 5:17Heb. 13:17

The leaders submit to Christ

The church submits to Christ and the leaders

THE TRINITY’S IMPRINT ON THE CHURCH

God King

Citizens

THE TRINITY’S IMPRINT ON GOVERNMENT

Prov. 21:1Dan. 2:21Rom. 9:17Rom. 13:1-5

The king submits to God

The citizens submit to God and the king

THE TRINITY’S IMPRINT ON GOVERNMENT

God Neighbor

Needy

THE TRINITY’S IMPRINT ON COMMUNITY

Dt. 24:14Ps. 12:5, 72:4Lk. 10:30-37Jas. 1:27

The Trinity’s imprint is on every social sphere in lifeWe fulfill our purpose in

society when our relationships mimic the

Trinity!

FINAL THOUGHTS…

SENIORS…

Share with the people at your table an opportunity you had to defend or explain Christianity-If you had to do it over again,

what would you do differently?What would you do the same?

SENIORS…Tuesday start-up

Two pray Tuesday. In your Tribond have one person pray for the school and

another pray for the country



THE TRINITY

DISTINCTION BETWEEN


THE TRINITY

BIBLICAL EVIDENCE

PROBLEM PASSAGES

MEMORYVERSE

PRESENTATION

GROUP 3

MATTHEW28:19,20

THE TRINITY

WRAP UP

SERVICE PROJECTS

WEEKLY QUESTIONS

DUE BY MIDNIGHT!

The Trinity in The O.T.Plurality in the Old Testament:The idea of oneness in the Old Testament often carries a plural connotation.

• In Genesis 2:24, man and woman are to become “one flesh.”

• Elohim, used for God 2,570 times in the OT, literally means “the powerful ones.”

• Adonai, used 449 times, means “my lords.”

The Trinity in The O.T.Eccl. 12:1“Remember also your Creator in the days of your youth, before the evil days come and the years draw near when you will say, ‘I have no delight in them’ (Lit. “Creators”).”Job 35:10“But no one says, ‘Where is God my Maker?’ (Lit. “Makers”).”

The Trinity in The O.T.Isa. 54:5“For your husband is your Maker, Whose name is the Lord of hosts (Lit. “husbands” and “Makers”).”

Trinity in the N.T.“Many Christians, without knowing it, hold a false view of the Trinity simply due to their inability to articulate the difference between believing in the Being of God and three persons sharing that one Being. As a result, even orthodox Christian believers slip into an ancient heresy known by many names: modalism, Sabellianism, Patripassionism. Today this same error is called Oneness or the “Jesus Only” position. Whatever its name might be, it is a denial of the Trinity based upon a denial of the distinction between the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.”

–James White James R. White, The Forgotten Trinity (Minneapolis, MN: Bethany House Publishers,1998), 153

Trinity in the N.T.Matt. 28:19“Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit.”

Trinity in the N.T.1 Cor. 12:4–6“There are different kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit. There are different kinds of service, but the same Lord. There are different kinds of working, but the same God works all of them in all men.”

Trinity in the N.T.2 Cor. 13:14“May the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.”

Trinity in the N.T.Matt. 3:16–17“As soon as Jesus was baptized, he went up out of the water. At that moment heaven was opened, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and lighting on him. And a voice from heaven said, ‘This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased.’”

Trinity in the N.T.Eph. 2:18“For through him we both have access to the Father by one Spirit.”

Trinity in the N.T.Matt. 26:39“And He went a little beyond them, and fell on His face and prayed, saying, ‘My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from Me; yet not as I will, but as You will.’”

Trinity in the N.T.John 11:41–42“So they removed the stone. Then Jesus raised His eyes, and said, ‘Father, I thank You that You have heard Me. I know that You always hear Me; but because of the people standing around I said it, so that they may believe that You sent Me.’”

Trinity in the N.T. Mark 9:2–7“Six days later, Jesus took with Him Peter and James and John, and brought them up on a high mountain by themselves. And He was transfigured before them. . . Then a cloud formed, overshadowing them, and a voice came out of the cloud, ‘This is My beloved Son, listen to Him!’”

Trinity in the N.T.Mark 1:9–11“In those days Jesus came from Nazareth in Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan. Immediately coming up out of the water, He saw the heavens opening, and the Spirit like a dove descending upon Him; and a voice came out of the heavens: ‘You are My beloved Son, in You I am well-pleased.’”

Trinity in the N.T.Matt. 27:46“MY GOD, MY GOD, WHY HAVE YOU FORSAKEN ME?”

“PROBLEM” PASSAGES1. Colossians 1:15“He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation.”

“PROBLEM” PASSAGESAnswer:“First born” (prototokos) does not mean that Christ was created. In Scripture it could either mean, “The first born Child,” or it often meant, “one who possessed priority.”

“PROBLEM” PASSAGES2. “Only Begotten”

(monogenes)Used five times in N.T. to refer to Christ (John 1:14,18; 3:16,18; 1 John 4:9)

“PROBLEM” PASSAGESAnswer:Recent linguistic studies have shown that the Greek word monogenes (“only-begotten”) does not come from gennao, “to bear, beget,” but from genos, “kind, class.”

“PROBLEM” PASSAGESAnswer:Therefore, monogenes would be better translated, “one-of-a-kind” or “unique.” This explains why Isaac is referred to as the monogenes of Abraham when Abraham did have another son, Ishmael (Hebrews 11:17).

“PROBLEM” PASSAGES3. “Beginning of creation” Revelation 3:14“To the angel of the church in Laodicea write: The Amen, the faithful and true Witness, the Beginning of the creation of God, says this.”

“PROBLEM” PASSAGESAnswer:“Beginning of Creation” simply means that Christ is the origin of all things created.

“PROBLEM” PASSAGES3. The Father is greater than

the SonJohn 14:28“You heard that I said to you, ‘I go away, and I will come to you.’ If you loved Me, you would have rejoiced because I go to the Father, for the Father is greater than I.”

“PROBLEM” PASSAGESAnswer: A king may be greater then his servant, but that does not mean that his actual being is greater. Just his current position is greater. This passage speaks of functional, not ontological, greatness.

SENIORS…

Group 3 prepare. Everyone else get out your Bible and preview Matthew 28:19-20 at your desk.

SENIORS…Wednesday start-up

ePray. Tribond tweet a word of thanksgiving or

praise to God.



THE TRINITY

DISTINCTION BETWEEN


THE TRINITY

BIBLICAL EVIDENCE

PROBLEM PASSAGES

MEMORYVERSE

PRESENTATION

GROUP 3

MATTHEW28:19,20

THE TRINITY

WRAP UP

SERVICE PROJECTS

WEEKLY QUESTIONS

DUE BY MIDNIGHT!

SENIORS…

In your Tribonds secure the viability of your 1-2 minute

commercial for the Trinity unit. You will be sharing it in class

today.

SENIORS…Thursday start-up

In your Tribond pray over the theme in your life.

“Fall into His story.”



THE TRINITY

DISTINCTION BETWEEN


THE TRINITY

BIBLICAL EVIDENCE

PROBLEM PASSAGES

MEMORYVERSE

PRESENTATION

GROUP 3

MATTHEW28:19,20

THE TRINITY

WRAP UP

SERVICE PROJECTS

WEEKLY QUESTIONS

DUE BY MIDNIGHT!

ORTHODOX ILLUSTRATION

seniors…

Documents

trinity analogies

knowability of god

trinity doctrinal errors

theology program

infinite knowledge

explanation of slide

group discussion

yesno seniors