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The Trinity Pt. 2: God The Father

Within the Trinity, there is the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. There is zero debate on the fact that the Father is God, but do we actually know what His role is in the Trinity? What is the role of God the Father? What is His relationship like with us? Join ArieRashelle as she searches through Scripture for the answer to these questions and more in her video, The Trinity Pt. 2: God The Father.

Matthew 15:10-14
Jeremiah 29:11
Matthew 7:21-23
Matthew 5:43-45
Lamentations 3:22-23
Acts 2:21
Matthew 7:7-11
John 16:26-27
1 Timothy 2:5
Hebrews 4:14-16
John 15:16
John 15:1-11
John 14:6

The Trinity

God The Father

⁴³ You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ ⁴⁴ But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, ⁴⁵ so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven. For He makes His sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust.

Matthew 5:43-45

²¹ Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. ²² On that day many will say to me, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many mighty works in your name?’ ²³ And then will I declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness.’

Matthew 7:21-23

¹⁰ And He called the people to Him and said to them, “Hear and understand: ¹¹ it is not what goes into the mouth that defiles a person, but what comes out of the mouth; this defiles a person.” ¹² Then the disciples came and said to Him, “Do you know that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this saying?” ¹³ He answered, “Every plant that my heavenly Father has not planted will be rooted up. ¹⁴ Let them alone; they are blind guides. And if the blind lead the blind, both will fall into a pit.”

Matthew 15:10-14

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From Everlasting to Everlasting

The deity of Christ is one of the most debated topics in the Church. There are those who believe that because there is only one God, therefore, God has to be the Father alone and not Jesus, as Jesus was a man. But is that what the Bible says? Is Jesus God, or was He just a created being with a great purpose? Join Reverend Kenny Yates as he opens our eyes to key verses that are often overlooked in this pressing debate in his message, From Everlasting to Everlasting.

Psalms 90:1-2
John 8:56-59
Matthew 6:9
John 10:24-30
John 10:31-39
Genesis 1:1
Deuteronomy 6:4
John 1:1-5
Numbers 23:19
Ephesians 3:5
Hosea 11:9
John 3:17
John 12:47
John 14:28
John 16:7
Hebrews 10:12
John 1:29-34
Matthew 8:2
Matthew 9:18
Matthew 14:33
Matthew 15:25
Matthew 20:20
John 20:28
Acts 4:11-12
John 6:68

From Everlasting to Everlasting

Is Jesus God?

²⁴So the Jews gathered around Him and said to Him, “How long will you keep us in suspense? If you are the Christ, tell us plainly.” ²⁵Jesus answered them, “I told you, and you do not believe. The works that I do in my Father’s name bear witness about me, ²⁶but you do not believe because you are not among my sheep. ²⁷My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me. ²⁸I give them eternal life, and they will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand. ²⁹My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all, and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father’s hand. ³⁰I and the Father are one.”
³¹The Jews picked up stones again to stone Him. ³²Jesus answered them, “I have shown you many good works from the Father; for which of them are you going to stone me?” ³³The Jews answered Him, “It is not for a good work that we are going to stone you but for blasphemy, because you, being a man, make yourself God.” ³⁴Jesus answered them, “Is it not written in your Law, ‘I said, you are gods’? ³⁵If He called them gods to whom the word of God came—and Scripture cannot be broken— ³⁶do you say of Him whom the Father consecrated and sent into the world, ‘You are blaspheming,’ because I said, ‘I am the Son of God’? ³⁷If I am not doing the works of my Father, then do not believe me; ³⁸but if I do them, even though you do not believe me, believe the works, that you may know and understand that the Father is in me and I am in the Father.” ³⁹Again they sought to arrest Him, but He escaped from their hands.

John 10:31–39

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The Trinity Pt. 1: Is It In The Bible?

The term Trinity is often used in the Christian community to describe God. Within the Trinity, you have the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Many people believe that this is a man-made belief as the term ‘Trinity’ is never used in the Bible. So, does that mean that there is no evidence for the Trinity in the Bible? Join ArieRashelle as she searches through Scripture to find the Truth in her video, The Trinity Pt. 1: Is It Biblical?

Genesis 1:1
Exodus 20:3
Deuteronomy 32:17
Judges 17:5
Genesis 1:26-27
John 1:1-3
Colossians 1:15-17
Psalms 104:30
Job 33:4
Genesis 2:4
Exodus 3:15
Psalms 110:1
Matthew 22:44
Exodus 3:1-6
Isaiah 61:1-2a
Luke 4:16-21
Luke 3:21-22
Matthew 28:19-20
Proverbs 18:10
Colossians 2:8-10
James 2:19

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The Trinity In The Bible

²⁶Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.” ²⁷So God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.

Genesis 1:26-27

⁴These are the generations of the heavens and the earth when they were created, in the day that the Lord God made the earth and the heavens.

Genesis 2:4

¹⁵God also said to Moses, “Say this to the people of Israel: ‘The Lord, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you.’ This is my name forever, and thus I am to be remembered throughout all generations.”

Exodus 3:15

John 1:1-3

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Did Jesus Say He Was Lucifer?

Lucifer is often referred to as the Morning Star, but Jesus refers to Himself as the Bright Morning Star. Does this mean that they are both morning stars or that Jesus is claiming to be Lucifer? Is Lucifer really a morning star, or is that simply a misunderstanding of Scripture? Join ArieRashelle as she searches through Scripture for the Truth in her video, Did Jesus Say He Was Lucifer?

Isaiah 14:12
Revelation 22:16
Genesis 1:5
Genesis 1:16
Job 38:6-7
Genesis 1:1-5
Genesis 1:14-19
2 Peter 1:19
Revelation 2:28
John 8:58
Exodus 3:14
Revelation 22:13
Isaiah 44:6
Isaiah 14:12-15
Philippians 2:5-11
Ephesians 2:11-17
Jeremiah 30:14
1 John 5:17
2 Corinthians 5:17-21
2 Peter 1:16-21
John 10:11
Luke 23:45-47
John 19:30
Romans 6:10-11
John 1:1-5
John 1:14
Numbers 24:15-19
Hebrews 10

Did Jesus Say He Was Lucifer?

Jesus and Lucifer in The Bible

Jesus

¹⁶ I, Jesus, have sent my angel to attest these things to you for the churches. I am the Root and descendant of David, the bright morning star.

Revelation 22:16

Lucifer

¹² How you are fallen from heaven, O Day Star, son of Dawn! How you are cut down to the ground, you who laid the nations low!

Isaiah 14:12

The Morning Stars

⁶ On what were its bases sunk, or who laid its cornerstone, ⁷ when the morning stars sang together and all the sons of God shouted for joy?

Job 38:6-7

¹⁹ And we have the prophetic word more fully confirmed, to which you will do well to pay attention as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts,

2 Peter 1:19

²⁵Only hold fast what you have until I come. ²⁶The one who conquers and who keeps my works until the end, to him I will give authority over the nations, ²⁷and he will rule them with a rod of iron, as when earthen pots are broken in pieces, even as I myself have received authority from my Father. ²⁸And I will give him the morning star.

Revelation 2:25-28

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Five Biblical Statements That Claim Jesus Is God

The belief that God is made up of three separate persons (The Trinity Doctrine) with one mind, heart, and desire is the foundation of Christianity. This belief that Jesus is God is the very reason He was crucified and His followers attacked and persecuted. 2,000 years later, the divinity of the LORD Jesus Christ is still being questioned, debated, and discussed not just in the world but the Church. How can we say that Jesus saves us and call on His name for salvation, yet claim He was not God incarnate? This one statement alone is blasphemy if the divinity of Christ is from the Spirit of Error. Join ArieRashelle as she guides us through Scripture, pointing out multiple statements claiming the divinity of Jesus Christ in her video, Five Biblical Statements That Claim Jesus Is God.

Genesis 1:1
Isaiah 44:24-25
Genesis 1:1
Exodus 20:3
Deuteronomy 10:17
Psalms 82:1
Genesis 1:26-27
Colossians 1:15-20
Hebrews 6:19-20
Hebrews 1:1-4
1 John 2:22
John 1:29
Acts 8:32-35
Revelation 17:14
John 1
Revelation 19:13-16
Psalms 136:1-3
Matthew 22:37
Deuteronomy 6:5
Matthew 22:44
Psalms 110:1
1 Samuel 8:7
Isaiah 44:6
Isaiah 48:12
Revelation 1:8
Revelation 21:5-7
Revelation 22:12-13
John 10:11-18
Psalms 23:1
Zechariah 11:17
Jeremiah 23:1
Matthew 22:41-46
2 Corinthians 3:12-18
2 Corinthians 4:3-4
Matthew 1:23
Philippians 2:5-11
Matthew 1:1-17
Psalms 89:35-37
Acts 2:29-31
Revelation 5:5
Revelation 22:16
Philippians 2:10-11
Isaiah 45:23

Five Biblical Statements That Claim Jesus Is God

The Trinity Doctrine In The Bible

¹⁹Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, ²⁰teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.

Matthew 28:19-20

⁶And because you are sons, God has sent the Spirit of His Son into our hearts, crying, “Abba! Father!”

Galatians 4:6

²²At that time the Feast of Dedication took place at Jerusalem. It was winter, ²³and Jesus was walking in the temple, in the colonnade of Solomon. ²⁴So the Jews gathered around Him and said to Him, “How long will you keep us in suspense? If you are the Christ, tell us plainly.” ²⁵Jesus answered them, “I told you, and you do not believe. The works that I do in my Father’s name bear witness about me, ²⁶but you do not believe because you are not among my sheep. ²⁷My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me. ²⁸I give them eternal life, and they will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand. ²⁹My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all, and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father’s hand. ³⁰I and the Father are one.” ³¹The Jews picked up stones again to stone him. ³²Jesus answered them, “I have shown you many good works from the Father; for which of them are you going to stone me?” ³³The Jews answered Him, “It is not for a good work that we are going to stone you but for blasphemy, because you, being a man, make yourself God.” ³⁴Jesus answered them, “Is it not written in your Law, ‘I said, you are gods’? ³⁵If He called them gods to whom the word of God came—and Scripture cannot be broken— ³⁶do you say of Him whom the Father consecrated and sent into the world, ‘You are blaspheming,’ because I said, ‘I am the Son of God’? ³⁷If I am not doing the works of my Father, then do not believe me; ³⁸but if I do them, even though you do not believe me, believe the works, that you may know and understand that the Father is in me and I am in the Father.” ³⁹Again they sought to arrest Him, but He escaped from their hands.

John 10:22-39

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False Teachings Pt. 3: The Trinity

The doctrine that Jesus is not LORD has been around since He came on to this earth. This is the Spirit of Antichrist, the spirit that denies that Jesus is the Christ. In doing so, you deny that Jesus is divine in nature and an equal member of the Godhead. But when does Jesus ever claim to be God? Join Reverend Kenny Yates as he opens our eyes to not only the importance of believing in the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit but also the indisputable evidence of the divine nature of Jesus in his message, False Teachings Pt. 3: The Trinity.

Deuteronomy 6:4
Genesis 1:2b
John 1:1-5
John 17:1-5
John 8:48-59
John 9:35-39
Matthew 14:33
Matthew 28:9, 17
Luke 24:52
Psalms 45:6-7
Psalms 110:1
Matthew 22:41-46
Mark 12:35-37
Luke 20:41-44
Psalms 2:11-12
Isaiah 59:16
Isaiah 63:5
Psalms 98:1-2
Zechariah 9:9
Psalms 3:8
1 Corinthians 8:5-6

The Trinity

The Godhead

One of the most dangerous false teachings taught is that Jesus is not God but only a man.

The Creator

¹ In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.

Genesis 1:1

²⁶Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.” ²⁷So God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.

Genesis 1:26-27

If God alone created all things, then Jesus must then be God as Jesus is the Word of God.

¹ In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. ²He was in the beginning with God. ³All things were made through Him, and without Him was not any thing made that was made. ⁴In Him was life, and the life was the light of men. ⁵The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.

John 1:1-5

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The Vine and The Vinedresser Pt. 2: The Vinedresser

Jesus told many parables explaining who He is, who the Father is, and who we are. The parable of The Vine and The Vinedresser is no different. Jesus tells us that He is the Vine and that the Father is the Vinedresser, but what does that mean for us? What does the Vinedresser really do to the Vine and the Branches? Join Reverend Kenny Yates as he opens our eyes to the importance of the Vinedresser in the second part of his two-part series, The Vine and The Vinedresser Pt. 2: The Vinedresser.

John 15:1-11
John 10:1-2
Matthew 22
1 Corinthians 1:17
Ephesians 4:11-12; 5:9
Revelation 3:19a
Hebrews 12:6
Romans 8:7-8; 10:3; 6:22
Galatians 5:22-23a
Philippians 1:9-11
Hebrews 13:15

The Vine and The Vinedresser Pt. 2: The Vinedresser

Jesus is the Vine, and the Father is the Vinedresser.

¹ I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinedresser. ²Every branch in me that does not bear fruit he takes away, and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes, that it may bear more fruit. ³Already you are clean because of the word that I have spoken to you. ⁴Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me. ⁵I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.

John 15:1-5

The Vinedresser (our Heavenly Father) prunes us, trims us, and makes sure we’re healthy.

⁶If anyone does not abide in me he is thrown away like a branch and withers; and the branches are gathered, thrown into the fire, and burned. ⁷If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. ⁸By this my Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit and so prove to be my disciples. ⁹As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Abide in my love. ¹⁰If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commandments and abide in his love. ¹¹These things I have spoken to you, that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be full.

John 15:6-11

It’s the Job of the Vinedresser to make sure that the branches on the Vine produce fruit.

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Is Jesus The Beginning of God’s Creation?

The Trinity belief is the very foundation of Christianity. You have to believe that Jesus is LORD and God in order to be saved, but certain Scriptures seem to cast doubt upon this belief. Is there a contradiction in Scripture? Or is the Trinity doctrine false? Was Jesus created by God? Or did Jesus always exist because He is God? Join ArieRashelle as she searches through Scripture to find the answers to these questions and more in her video, Is Jesus The Beginning of God’s Creation?

Revelation 3:14
John 1:1-3
John 8:58
John 10:35
Jeremiah 1:12
John 1:14
Philippians 2:5-7
Colossians 1:13-20
1 Corinthians 15:20-23; 42-45; 50-53
Matthew 3:13-18
John 14:6
Acts 4:12
Genesis 5:3
1 Corinthians 15:47-49
Romans 8:15

Is Jesus The Beginning of God’s Creation?

Was Jesus Created?

The Account of The Creation Story

¹ In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. ²He was in the beginning with God. ³All things were made through Him, and without Him was not any thing made that was made. ⁴In Him was life, and the life was the light of men. ⁵The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.

⁶There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. ⁷He came as a witness, to bear witness about the light, that all might believe through him. ⁸He was not the light, but came to bear witness about the light.

⁹The true light, which gives light to everyone, was coming into the world. ¹⁰He was in the world, and the world was made through Him, yet the world did not know Him. ¹¹He came to his own, and his own people did not receive Him. ¹²But to all who did receive Him, who believed in His name, He gave the right to become children of God, ¹³who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God.

¹⁴And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen His glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.

John 1:1-14

Jesus is the Word of God. He’s the Word that created all of creation. Therefore, Jesus created all things, so then how could Jesus be created? The answer is Jesus wasn’t created. Jesus is God and the second member of the Trinity.

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Is Jesus Really The Only Way?

It’s a common belief that Jesus is the only way to Eternal Life, but is that truly what the Scripture says? Isn’t believing in God enough to get us salvation? Why do we have to go through Jesus? Many believe that as long as you believe in the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob is enough to receive salvation. Is there something that we aren’t seeing in Jesus’ statement in John 14:6, ‘I am the way, the truth, and the life.’ Join ArieRashelle as she searches through Scripture to find the answers to these questions and more in her video, Is Jesus Really The Only Way?

Exodus 3:1-6
Exodus 3:13-14
John 14:6
John 8:58
Acts 4:11-12
1 Timothy 2:5-6
John 3:16-17
Hebrews 9:11-15
James 2:19

Is Jesus Really The Only Way?

Why Do I Need Jesus?

⁶Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.”
John 14:6

¹¹This Jesus is the stone that was rejected by you, the builders, which has become the cornerstone.¹²And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.
Acts 4:11-12

If we could save ourselves, Jesus wouldn’t have needed to die 2,000 years ago, but because we can’t save ourselves, Jesus came to save us.

Where Does Salvation Come From?

¹ My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous. ²He is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the sins of the whole world.
1 John 2:1-2

¹¹But when Christ appeared as a high priest of the good things that have come, then through the greater and more perfect tent (not made with hands, that is, not of this creation) ¹²He entered once for all into the holy places, not by means of the blood of goats and calves but by means of His own blood, thus securing an eternal redemption.
¹³For if the blood of goats and bulls, and the sprinkling of defiled persons with the ashes of a heifer, sanctify for the purification of the flesh, ¹⁴how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish to God, purify our conscience from dead works to serve the living God. ¹⁵Therefore He is the mediator of a new covenant, so that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance, since a death has occurred that redeems them from the transgressions committed under the first covenant.
Hebrews 9:11-15

How Do You Get Salvation?

¹⁶For God so loved the world, that He gave His only Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life. ¹⁷For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through Him.
John 3:16-17

⁹because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. ¹⁰For with the heart one believes and is justified, and with the mouth one confesses and is saved. ¹¹For the Scripture says, “Everyone who believes in him will not be put to shame.” ¹²For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek; for the same Lord is Lord of all, bestowing his riches on all who call on him. ¹³For “everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”
Romans 10:9-13

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The Trinity: The Holy Spirit

Is the Holy Spirit really God? Is the Holy Spirit even a person? Does the Holy Spirit have His own thoughts? How do we know it’s not just the manifestation of The Father’s presence? Join ArieRashelle in the final video, The Spirit, of our three-part series, The Trinity, as she explains who the Holy Spirit is and what His role is in the Trinity.

Psalms 51:11
Luke 1:19
Hebrews 9:24
John 16:7
2 Timothy 1:14
Matthew 28:19
Matthew 3:11
Mark 3:28-29
Jude 1:8-10
John 3:5-6
Romans 8:26
1 Samuel 10:10
1 Samuel 10:12
Luke 1:67
1 Corinthians 12:1
Acts 1:8
Romans 15:13
John 1:32
Luke 24:29
2 Kings 4:18-37
2 Kings 2:19-22

The Holy Spirit’s Role In The Trinity:

We explained the Trinity as being a body: The Father as the brain, directing the arms and legs, which is Jesus, which means the Holy Spirit makes up the blood, veins, nerves that connect the Father and the Son. For instance, in the video above, we explained that Jesus could not begin His work on Earth until He was baptized and filled with the Holy Spirit.

³²And John (John the Baptist) bore witness: ‘I saw the Spirit descend from heaven like a dove, and it remained on Him.’
1 John 1:32

Therefore, the Holy Spirit is the one who gives out the Spiritual Gifts.

When Jesus was explaining who the Holy Spirit is to His disciples, He explained that He would bring conviction to the World.

⁸And when He comes, He will convict the world concerning sin and righteousness and judgment: ⁹concerning sin, because they do not believe in me; ¹⁰concerning righteousness, because I go to the Father, and you will see me no longer; ¹¹concerning judgment, because the ruler of this world is judged.
John 16:8-11

So, we can see that it’s the Holy Spirit’s role to be our conscience. Jesus never said that it was just the Church that He would do this for, but the world, which means that the world has no excuse for the Spirit has personally convicted everyone of sin, righteousness, and judgment.

Fun Fact:

¹ In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. ²The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.
Genesis 1:1-2

Moses tells us that God (Elohim) created the heaven and the earth, but not the specific God-Head being because it took all three of them to create. So, the first God-Head being mentioned is the Holy Spirit.

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