Christian Understanding of Trinity3
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TRINITY : M. M. NINAN<br />
8. God the Father, Son and the Holy Spirit<br />
afraid. I am the First and the Last. I am the Living One; I was<br />
dead, and behold I am alive for ever and ever! And I hold the<br />
keys <strong>of</strong> death and Hades."<br />
Jesus identified Himself as the Son <strong>of</strong> God:<br />
John 9:35-37 ;"Jesus heard that they had cast him out; and<br />
when He had found him, He said to him, 'Do you believe in the<br />
Son <strong>of</strong> God?' He answered and said, 'Who is He, Lord, that I<br />
may believe in Him?' And Jesus said to him, 'You have both<br />
seen Him and it is He who is talking with you.'" (<br />
John 10:36 "...do you say <strong>of</strong> Him whom the Father sanctified and<br />
sent into the world, 'You are blaspheming,' because I said, 'I am<br />
the Son <strong>of</strong> God'?"<br />
Matthew 27:43"He trusted in God; let Him deliver Him now if He<br />
will have Him; for He said, 'I am the Son <strong>of</strong> God.'"<br />
John 11:4"When Jesus heard that, He said, 'This sickness is not<br />
unto death, but for the glory <strong>of</strong> God, that the Son <strong>of</strong> God may be<br />
glorified through it.'"<br />
The Apostles confessed Jesus Christ as "the Son <strong>of</strong> God":<br />
John 20:31 "...but these are written that you may believe that<br />
Jesus is the Christ, the Son <strong>of</strong> God, and that believing you may<br />
have life in His name."<br />
Acts 8:37 "Then Philip said, 'If you believe with all your heart,<br />
you may.' And he answered and said, 'I believe that Jesus<br />
Christ is the Son <strong>of</strong> God.'"<br />
Acts 9:20 "Immediately he preached the Christ in the<br />
synagogues, that He is the Son <strong>of</strong> God."<br />
In the New Testament, Jews are described as rejecting Jesus'<br />
apparent claims to divinity, accusing him <strong>of</strong> blasphemy.<br />
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