1 What do you think the word spirit

1. What do you think the word “spirit” is referring to in 1 John 4? “spirit” = breath, speech, teaching, doctrine _______________________

Performing a sign or wonder (even predicting the future) does NOT make a prophet true. It’s the words he speaks! Are they consistent with the Truth of God’s Word? !

Wolves in Sheep’s clothing – DECEPTION! Jesus predicted MANY would arise – to deceive! False prophets from AMONG believers – ECHO to Antichrist!

CLUE #8: Would the work of the false prophets concern a few people or many? The “Antichrist movement” would be large and popular. _______________________

Romans 7: 5, 18 ________________________ Romans 8: 3, 5, 6 Jesus came with this “flesh” – that is a “carnal” nature. ________________________ 3. Give a biblical definition of what “flesh” is: ________________________ Our nature which is instinctively opposed to the things of God. 4. What does it mean to “confess” that Jesus Christ came “in the flesh”? To believe WITHOUT reservation that Jesus had OUR nature. ________________________

Hebrews 2: 14 -18 “he also himself likewise”!! – He had the same nature as US! ________________________ Hebrews 4: 14 -16 ________________________ “in all points TEMPTED like as we are”! Based on these passages, what type of nature did Jesus have? Was it human nature like ours, able to sin - OR - a nature like God’s, pure and incapable of sin? (see James 1: 12 -15)

CLUE #9: What teaching about Christ’s nature distinguishes between true teachers and those of Antichrist? _________________________ The truth is that Jesus had human nature. Antichrist teaches something opposed to this. _________________________ CLUE #10: Again, is the Antichrist system something only to exist in the future, or was it already in existence before the New Testament was completed? Why is this significant? These false ideas (of Antichrist) were in existence in the _________________________ First Century. Antichrist is NOT just a future concept! _________________________

"We worship on God in Trinity, and Trinity in Unity; Neither confounding the Persons, nor dividing the Substance [Essence]. For there is one Person of the Father, another of the Son, and another of the Holy Ghost. But the Godhead of the Father, of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost is all one, the Glory equal, the Majesty co-eternal. Such as the Father is, such is the Son, and such is the Holy Ghost. The Father uncreate, the Son uncreate, and the Holy Ghost uncreate. . . The Father eternal, the Son eternal, and the Holy Ghost eternal. And yet they are not three eternals, but one eternal. . . So the Father is God, the Son is God, and the Holy Ghost is God. And yet there are not three Gods, but one God. . . the Unity in Trinity and the Trinity in Unity is to be worshipped. "

(New Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Guild Publishers; 1967 -1974. Trinity; 14: 299)

Trinity: God "gave himself" as a substitute We just need to "belong" to a strong Church to be saved Truth: God sent His Son in our nature as a representative We need to develop "Christ-like" characteristics to be saved

"In God there are three Persons, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost. Each of the three Persons possesses the one Divine Essence. " Fundamentals of Catholic Dogma "In the Unity of this Godhead there be three Persons of one substance, power and eternity, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost. " Introduction to the Church of England (Anglican) "God is revealed to men as the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. This One Person, whom we worship as the true and living God, is manifested in three characters, each of these being personal in nature. " What Baptists Believe The Godhead exists eternally in three Persons: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. These three are one God, having the same nature and attributes. . . Pentecostal

Jesus chose to set aside some of His attributes to become the God-man. He chose to subordinate Himself - not only to God the Father, but also to man. This is not a commentary on His nature, which of course no one can change, but on His purpose - His office while on earth. . . He subjected Himself to the Father while on earth. RBC Ministries, The Man who said He's God, page 23

A Trinitarian writes: "The term Trinity is not a Biblical term, and we are not using Bible language when we define what is expressed by it as the doctrine that there is one only and true God, but in the unity of the Godhead there are three coeternal and coequal Persons, the same in substance but distinct in subsistence. " (International Standard Bible Encyclopedia)