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:''And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.<ref>The Holy Bible: English Standard Version (Wheaton: Standard Bible Society, 2001), Eph 4:30.</ref> | :''And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.<ref>The Holy Bible: English Standard Version (Wheaton: Standard Bible Society, 2001), Eph 4:30.</ref> | ||
===Each of the person is fully God=== | |||
While there should be not question that the Father is fully God, there are people in the message that do not believe that the Son is fully God (see [[Vaylism]]) | |||
====The Son is fully God==== | |||
The first chapter of John clearly affirms the full deity of Christ: | |||
:''In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was '''with God''', and the Word '''was God'''. He was in the beginning '''with God'''. All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made. In him was life, and the life was the light of men.<ref>The Holy Bible: English Standard Version (Wheaton: Standard Bible Society, 2001), Jn 1:1–4.</ref> | |||
The Son was always fully God. The story of Thomas' encounter with the risen Christ also confirms this. The narrative shows that both John in writing his gospel and Jesus himself approve of what Thomas has said and encourage everyone who hears about Thomas to believe the same things that Thomas did.<ref>Wayne A. Grudem, Systematic Theology: An Introduction to Biblical Doctrine (Leicester, England; Grand Rapids, MI: Inter-Varsity Press; Zondervan Pub. House, 2004), 235.</ref> | |||
:''Then he said to Thomas, “Put your finger here, and see my hands; and put out your hand, and place it in my side. Do not disbelieve, but believe.” Thomas answered him, '''“My Lord and my God!”''' Jesus said to him, “Have you believed because you have seen me? Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.”<ref>The Holy Bible: English Standard Version (Wheaton: Standard Bible Society, 2001), Jn 20:27–29.</ref> | |||
Other passages speaking of Jesus as fully divine include Hebrews 1, where the author says that Christ is the “exact representation” (vs. 3, Gk. χαρακτήρ, G5917, “exact duplicate”) of the nature or being (Gk. ὑπόστασις, G5712) of God—meaning that God the Son exactly duplicates the being or nature of God the Father in every way: whatever attributes or power God the Father has, God the Son has them as well.<ref>Wayne A. Grudem, Systematic Theology: An Introduction to Biblical Doctrine (Leicester, England; Grand Rapids, MI: Inter-Varsity Press; Zondervan Pub. House, 2004), 235–236.</ref> | |||
:''He is the radiance of the glory of God and the exact imprint of his nature, and he upholds the universe by the word of his power.<ref>The Holy Bible: English Standard Version (Wheaton: Standard Bible Society, 2001), Heb 1:3.</ref> | |||
:''But of the Son he says... You, Lord, laid the foundation of the earth in the beginning, and the heavens are the work of your hands; they will perish, but you remain; they will all wear out like a garment, like a robe you will roll them up, like a garment they will be changed. But you are the same, and your years will have no end.<ref>The Holy Bible: English Standard Version (Wheaton: Standard Bible Society, 2001), Heb 1:10–12.</ref> | |||
:''...waiting for our blessed hope, the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ...<ref>The Holy Bible: English Standard Version (Wheaton: Standard Bible Society, 2001), Tt 2:13.</ref> | |||