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TRINITY : M. M. NINAN<br />

8. God the Father, Son and the Holy Spirit<br />

In the Gospel <strong>of</strong> Mark, Jesus forgives a man's sins and some<br />

Jewish teachers thought to themselves: "Why does this fellow<br />

talk like that? He's blaspheming! Who can forgive sins but God<br />

alone?"<br />

In the Gospel <strong>of</strong> John, some Jews began to stone Jesus,<br />

explaining that they did so "for blasphemy, because you, a mere<br />

man, claim to be God."<br />

Evidently Jews who heard Jesus understood his claim to be God<br />

or equal to God.<br />

GOD THE HOLY SPIRIT<br />

The Holy Spirit is God<br />

Psalm 139:7-8: [David cries to God:] "Where can I go from your<br />

Spirit? Where can I flee from your presence? If I go up to the<br />

heavens, you are there; if I make my bed in the depths, you are<br />

there."<br />

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