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The Oneness of God
HisnamebeingJesus. Whenwehaveascripturalui^ersta the deity of Jesus Christ, we will acknowledge the Father in
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In the fullest sense, then, the Father and the Son are
in Jesus Christ, the Godhead manifested in His own ^
^ wordofGodthatbecameflesh). WecannothavetheFather n» Or the Son without the Father (John 12:44-45; 14.6-10,
Paul, John, and Jude all wrote warnings against false *ng the Godhead. Jude in writing to early Christians
<^ontend for the faith which was once delivered unto the sainte. certain men crept in unawares, who were before of
enmation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God in
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jyjousness, • jw flude
denying the only Lord God, and (even) our Lord Jesus ^'4). (SeealsoColossians2:7-8;IICorinthians11:1-4;Galatians .
4:1; II Timothy 4:1-5.)
Kai" is the Greek word translated "and". It also means ,g p^ul
I®•"Kai"isusedinalltheNewTestamentsalutations. For^a ^ says, "Grace and peace to you from God our father and (
I-ord Jesus Christ" (Romans 1:7). Since "Kai" clearly means
Father and the Lord Jesus Christ can be stated as thus: God t e a is)theLordJesusChrist. Paulobviouslywasreferringtothesame
in all his salutation passages. ^
Colossians 2:2 spieaks of "the mystery of God, and of the the Christ." If we interpret this passage to indicate separate verses
Godhead, we could easily have four persons in the Godhead, of scriptures talk about God and of the Father:
• Colossians3:17 "...givingthankstoGodandtheFatherby
_ j _j jheFather.
• James 1:27 "Pure religion and undefiled before God ana
• I Thessalonians 1:3 "... in the sight of God and our Father.
• IThessalonians3:11says,"NowGodhimselfandourFather, Lord Jesus Christ, direct our way unto you."
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sons • Gow If "and" separates different persons we have at least four James
the Father, the Lord Jesus Christ and the Holy Ghost. The verse
Versiontranslates"Kai" as"and" inIICorinthians1:2,butas"even
3. Verse 2 says, "from God our Father, and from the Lord , yerse 2
while verse 3 says, "God even the Father of our Lord Jesus jesus could properly appear as, "From God our Father, even from t e
Christ."