WILL THE REAL GOD PLEASE STAND UP?
Scripture: II CORINTHIANS 13:14
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Will The Real God Please Stand Up?
James Merritt
2 corinthians 13:14
Introduction
1. In the 1950s, one of the most popular tv shows was a game show called ''to tell the truth.'' a person in a certain profession was brought in, along with two other people, and they were asked questions by a panel of celebrities to determine who the person really was.
2. The job of the three contestants was to try to fool the celebrities into selecting the wrong person. When the celebrities made their choice, the mc would then say: ''would the real ___ please stand up?'' after a moment of suspense, the real person would indeed stand up.
3. If you ask god the father, jesus christ, and the holy spirit the question: ''will the real god please stand up?'' then all three would have to stand in order to tell the truth. Now before i get too far ahead of myself, let me share with you that the bible teaches three truths about god, all of which are necessary to know god, none of which can be denied. I call them: ''trinity truths.''
A. There is one god-eternal and indivisible.
B. This one god is three persons-each distinct from the other.
C. Each person is fully god-co-equal, co-existent, and co-eternal.
4. Admittedly, this is obviously a deep subject that calls for serious thought and contemplation. But it is well worth it, for as charles haddon spurgeon once said: ''nothing will so enlarge the intellect and magnify the whole soul of man as a devout, earnest, continued investigation of the whole subject of the trinity.''1
5. The doctrine of the trinity may be the greatest distinctive characteristic of christianity. No other religion in the world is, or ever has been, a trinitarian religion. Judaism, islam, the unitarians, and the jehovah's witnesses, all deny the doctrine of the trinity. Even though the word ''trinity'' is not found in the bible, the truth of the trinity is found throughout the bible.
6. The very passage we have selected as a foundation verse, ...
James Merritt
2 corinthians 13:14
Introduction
1. In the 1950s, one of the most popular tv shows was a game show called ''to tell the truth.'' a person in a certain profession was brought in, along with two other people, and they were asked questions by a panel of celebrities to determine who the person really was.
2. The job of the three contestants was to try to fool the celebrities into selecting the wrong person. When the celebrities made their choice, the mc would then say: ''would the real ___ please stand up?'' after a moment of suspense, the real person would indeed stand up.
3. If you ask god the father, jesus christ, and the holy spirit the question: ''will the real god please stand up?'' then all three would have to stand in order to tell the truth. Now before i get too far ahead of myself, let me share with you that the bible teaches three truths about god, all of which are necessary to know god, none of which can be denied. I call them: ''trinity truths.''
A. There is one god-eternal and indivisible.
B. This one god is three persons-each distinct from the other.
C. Each person is fully god-co-equal, co-existent, and co-eternal.
4. Admittedly, this is obviously a deep subject that calls for serious thought and contemplation. But it is well worth it, for as charles haddon spurgeon once said: ''nothing will so enlarge the intellect and magnify the whole soul of man as a devout, earnest, continued investigation of the whole subject of the trinity.''1
5. The doctrine of the trinity may be the greatest distinctive characteristic of christianity. No other religion in the world is, or ever has been, a trinitarian religion. Judaism, islam, the unitarians, and the jehovah's witnesses, all deny the doctrine of the trinity. Even though the word ''trinity'' is not found in the bible, the truth of the trinity is found throughout the bible.
6. The very passage we have selected as a foundation verse, ...
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