The Fullness of the Godhead Bodily

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The Fullness of the Godhead Bodily

• The deity and humanity of Jesus
  Christ

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Controversy through the ages

• Gnosticism, 1 John 42-3 2 John 7
• Councils have debated and creeds have declared
  orthodoxy
• Modern deceivers include Jehovahs Witnesses,
  Mormons and liberal theology of Protestantism
• Christians over the past 20 years

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Controversy through the ages

• Truth about the deity and humanity of Christ has
  been revealed
• Sufficient for faith and salvation, John 11-3,
  14, 823-25 2030-31

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Controversy through the ages

• We will never explain HOW this miracle happened
  (except that it was by the power of God), Deut.
  2929
• We can understand what Scripture reveals about
  the nature of Christ
• Our Faith God was manifested in the flesh
  (1 Tim. 316)

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In Him dwells all the fullness of the Godhead
bodily, Col. 29

• All treasures of wisdom and knowledge are in
  Christ, Col. 21-3
• Warning against heresies of false knowledge, Col.
  24-8
• Assurance of our faith in Christ, Col. 29-10
  (119)

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God became man without giving up Godhood, Phil.
25-8

• Christ emptied Himself of the form of God and
  took the form of a servant (man)
• morphe the form by which a person or thing
  strikes the vision external appearance
• Laid aside the appearance and glory of his deity,
  Matt. 172 Jno. 175 (Mk. 1612 Lk.
  2416)

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Christ revealed the Father and became the
sacrifice for sins

• The Son reveals the Father to us, Hebrews 11-3
• By his words, John 826-28
• By his life, John 1245 149
• The Son is the brightness of Gods splendor and
  the express image of Gods person (essence,
  nature)

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Christ revealed the Father and became the
sacrifice for sins

• The Son upholds everything by his power, Hebrews
  13 (Col. 117)
• This answers the speculation and error over
  whether Jesus gave up the power of deity when he
  came to earth!
• He purged (cleansed) our sins by his death, 13
  (Romans 58-10)

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The days of His flesh, Heb. 57-9

• The days of his flesh equipped Christ to be the
  perfect sacrifice for sins
• He lived by faith (prayers and supplications),
  57
• He possessed godly fear, 57
• He was obedient, enduring suffering, 58 (Lk.
  2228) Heb. 414-16
• The cross, Heb. 29-10

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The days of His flesh, Heb. 57-9

• His sacrifice for our sins was possible because
  he became human, Hebrews 29 105-7, 10
• A body was prepared for the Son
• For the purpose of doing Gods will (dying for
  our redemption) Heb. 926 John 129

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How this affects us

• Without this belief we will die in our sins, John
  823-24, 58 (2031)
• Christ did not give up the powers of deity when
  he became human
• To minimize his deity is false doctrine
• Jesus chose not to sin, Heb. 414-16
• To minimize his humanity is false doctrine

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