The Godhead Bible Study Part 2 by Larry Smith
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- Опубликовано: 2 окт 2024
- “For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily” (Colossians 2:9).
The fact that Jesus is God is as firmly established in Scripture as the fact that God is one. The Bible teaches that Jesus is fully God and fully man. In this chapter we will discuss the former; in Chapter V the latter.
In the next few sections we will present and discuss scriptural proofs that Jesus is God, numbering them for the reader’s convenience.
The Old Testament Testifies That Jesus Is God
1. Isaiah 9:6 is one of the most powerful proofs that Jesus is God: “For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.”
The terms child and son refer to the Incarnation or manifestation of “The mighty God” and “The everlasting Father.”
2. Isaiah prophesied that the Messiah would be called Immanuel, that is, God with us (Isaiah 7:14; Matthew 1:22-23).
3. Isaiah described the Messiah as both a branch out of Jesse (the father of David) and as the root of Jesse (Isaiah 11:1, 10; see also Revelation 22:16). According to the flesh He was a descendant (branch) of Jesse and David, but according to His Spirit He was their Creator and source of life (root). Jesus used this concept to confound the Pharisees when He quoted Psalm 110:1 and asked, in essence, “How could David call the Messiah Lord when the Messiah was to be the son (descendant) of David?” (Matthew 22:41-46).
4. Isaiah 35:4-6 shows that Jesus is God: “Behold, your God. . .he will come and save you.” This passage goes on to say that when God comes the eyes of the blind would be opened, the ears of the deaf would be unstopped, the lame would leap, and the tongue of the dumb would speak. Jesus applied this passage of Scripture to Himself (Luke 7:22) and, of course, His ministry did produce all of these things.
5. Isaiah 40:3 declares that one would cry in the wilderness, “Prepare ye the way of the LORD, make straight in the desert a highway for our God.” John the Baptist fulfilled this prophecy when he prepared the way for Jesus (Matthew 3:3); so Jesus is the LORD (Jehovah) and our God.
6. Micah 5:2 proves that the Messiah is God. “But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah. . .out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel, whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting.”
Thus the Old Testament clearly states that the Messiah and Savior to come would be God Himself.
The New Testament Proclaims That Jesus is God
1. Thomas confessed Jesus as both Lord and God (John 20:28).
2. According to Acts 20:28, the church was purchased with God’s own blood, namely the blood of Jesus.
3. Paul described Jesus as “the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ” (Titus 2:13; NIV has “our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ”).
4. Peter described Him as “God and our Saviour Jesus Christ” (II Peter 1:1; NIV and TAB both have “our God and Savior Jesus Christ”).
5. Our bodies are the temples of God (I Corinthians 3:16-17), yet we know Christ dwells in our hearts (Ephesians 3:17).
6. The Book of Colossians strongly emphasizes the deity of Christ. “For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily” (Colossians 2:9; see also 1:19). According to these verses of Scripture, Jesus is not just a part of God, but all of God is resident in Him. If there were several persons in the Godhead, according to Colossians 2:9 they would all be resident in the bodily form of Jesus. We are complete in Him (Colossians 2:10). Whatever we need from God we can find in Jesus Christ alone. (For further discussion of Colossians 2:9 and other proofs of Christ’s deity in Colossians, see Chapter IX.)
We conclude that the New Testament testifies to the full deity of Jesus Christ.
A great study.
@46:00 I find it interesting that God had stationed Lucifer at the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil - to guard it. (See Ezekiel 28)Then after the failure of Lucifer, who then became Satan, and Adam, who he charged the duty of keeping or guarding, he once again stationed two of his other cherubim to guard the way to the Tree of Life. Obviously, they were successful in their task.
Awesome message!! Romans the first chapter says not knowing the Godhead is without excuse. I heard Billy Graham say once it's one God and three person's. That makes no sense to me! The proper way to say that it's one God with three manifestations not individual person's. The God of Creation, the Son of Redemption and the Holy Ghost in Omniscience! I'm a Father, I'm a Son and I have the Holy Ghost but I'm not three person's! I Timothy 3:16 says God was manifested in the flesh and that word manifested means revealed in the flesh! Thank God it's only one or we would be in double trouble or triple trouble!😊
The insanity of the trinity goes to Greek philosophy. Greek Tertullian coined the word in 200. The 3 Greek Cappodocians created and made authorized teaching in 381. According to their philosophy and vain deceit, Moses, Jesus and the Apostles got it wrong calling God one instead of a unity of persons; and they call monotheism modalism to smear the truth.
@45:00 let us not forget the description of God's throne in Ezekiel, it is not just any ol' throne, it's a chariot! -- and special angels provide the motion for it. He gives the command -- where to go, and they obey. Also, Scripture says that God dwells between the cherubim. In Eden as in Sodom, the LORD God stationed an angel or two to do his bidding.
I once asked my oldest son,"Why would God create angels when he is perfectly capable of doing everything by himself?" He thought for a moment and said, "He made the angels because he can." There you go, out of the mouth of babes.☺️
26:55 it can't be stressed enough that the name "Jesus" means: "Yahwah is salvation!" Jesus said that he came in his Father's name (Yahwah) to do his Father's work (salvation). So every time they heard his name, that's what they'd hear, its meaning. All the more reason for them to hate Jesus , God the Father manifested in the flesh, and his great name! The Gentiles have NO CLUE what Jesus's name means, nor do they understand its O.T/N.T. significance.
@54:54 🤔seemingly random thought here😏...
Satan always says and does the opposite of what God says and does. So "zombies" are the "living dead," right?🤷🏻♀️ Whereas God brings the dead back to life. See? Opposite. Therefore zombies are Satan's lame attempt to be like the Most High.🤨
Not even close...😩
I will be like the Most High...he's duplicates but never is original. On another topic, our church received a word from the Lord. He foretold (prophesied) to us that the end day church would be like the first century one. Not as. I can be like my heavenly father by his spirit in me, even by holy spirit. We can Christ like and do more works than he did in his name, but may never replicate many of them.
@24:00 🤷🏻♀️well...
🤨 I'd argue that the scribes and priests did indeed despised God's name even back then.
How so?🤷🏻♀️
🤔Because they replaced his name, Yahwah, with YHVH and Adonai, names they made up for themselves.
🤨Then to cover up their butchering of his name, they claimed to have done it to save his name from being "blasphemed."
😩This is yet another case of taking God's simple command and disobeying him in the effort to "one up" Yahwah and make his word "more safe."🤨
🤔Through Moses he told them NOT to add or take away from His word, but they did it anyway. Their changing his name from Yahwah to YHVH is a perfect example of their disobedience and hatred of his name.
😒Even though I can't prove this, since I don't have Moses original text to see if this is so, neither is there any Scripture that says Moses or God told them to change or shorten his name to prevent "blaspheme."🤷🏻♀️
Oh yes, the scribes, priests, and Pharisees have always hated his name, be it Yahwah, or Yeshuah, or Jesus. They'll receive anyone that comes in his own name, but they'll refuse the one who comes in Yah's name.
Good arguments sister!
@@CalledChosenandFaithful thank you. And thank you for posting this great study!☺️
Thank you.
@56:00 "Logos" means: spoken word. And the words "pros ton" that were translated as "with" used in John 1:1 should be translated as "pertaining to" like it was in other Scriptures. Finally, the Trinitarian translators switched the last two nouns in that verse when there is no grammatical reason to do so.
So that verse should read:
"In the beginning was the logos (spoken word), and the logos was pertaining to God and God was the logos."
See? That is actually what the Apostle John wrote in the Greek.
Logos is reason, word, word, thought, ect. Nowhere does it describe another god. It is the trinitarian form of exegesis. You know the term but for those who don't it means “to lead out of.” The way it fits this is that God preplanned or thought out Christ beforehand as you implied. Just as Christ didn't literally suffer or die before the world was made. Instead he was planned. As was his bride. For He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world to be holy and blameless in His presence. Nothing of that literal creation, rather preplanned.
@@CalledChosenandFaithful Logos definitely isn't another God person in the Bible. That's a pagan philosophy that was shoehorned into Scripture by human implication from the so-called "Ante-Nicene church father's."
Ironically, I think the Holy Spirit meant that verse to thwart that pagan idea in the first place. Amazing how Satan can twist Scripture, isn't it?
Can you please show me where I can find info on this to share with someone? Thank you! 🙏
Concerning this try this video and pray and study. ruclips.net/video/nTXvUfS4Mcs/видео.htmlsi=KqxxVKjyflAWeJ2_
@@CalledChosenandFaithful thank you so much! 🙏
Can you explain what is Godhead?
The meaning of GODHEAD is divine nature or essence. God is one. God is a spirit. Jesus was God manifested in the flesh. For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily.
🤔"Godhead" simply means: godhood, deity, i.e. "divinity."
😑Then the Trinitarians came along and hijacked that term to mean "a committee of three separate god persons."😒
Don't believe me?🤷🏻♀️
Go ahead and Google it!☺️
True.
@@TheBereangirl Thanks for the definition. can you explain would Godhead means like the attributes of God such as His omnipresence omniscience etc?