Part 01 – The Trinity Doctrine Part 02 – Who is the Most High God? Part 03 – Who and what is Jesus? Part 04 – The true meaning of ‘God’ Part 05 – Supporting the Trinity Part 06 – Pre-Nicene writings Part 07 – Development of the Trinity Part 08 – Why challenge the Trinity Part 09 – Trinity Doctrine conclusion Part 10 – An Apostasy Part 11 – 100 indisputable proof verses Part 12 – What is your confession? Part 13 – The Roman Catholic faith Part 14 – Trinity Doctrine resources An important but much overlooked fact when understanding the word ‘God ‘in the bible is that both the Old and New Testament are translated from a number of different words and each original Hebrew or Greek word for ‘God’ have a wide range of uses. Theos Theos {theh’-os} is by far the most common Greek word that we translate as God or god. Below are the possible meanings of the word ‘theos’. 1) a god or goddess, a general name of deities or divinities 3) spoken of the only and true God 3a) refers to the things of God 3b) his counsels, interests, things due to him 4) whatever can in any respect be likened unto God, or resemble him in any way 4a) God’s representative or viceregent 4a1) of magistrates and judges So the Father is God because of his authority. However God the author also sends messengers with his authority, so when our Father anoints someone to speak His words, that person is can be given the title ‘god’ whether he be an angel or a man. Also, someone or something that takes takes the place of God is also called a god, in particular a false god. In addition, the word god can be used when describing something great, like a great earthquake. Let’s now look at some biblical verses that apply the word God (Theos) to denote different identities or as a description. Below we see a verse where the word ‘theos’ is used when referring to the Father. The Father Ephesians 1:3 (English-NIV) Praise be to the God (theos) and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ. Satan The word ‘theos’ in the next verse is used to describe Satan / The Devil as he is the god of this world/age. 2 Corinthians 4:4 (English-NIV) The god (theos) of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers, so that they cannot see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God (theos). Man The word (theos) is also used to describe man / judges. John 10:34 (English-NIV) Jesus answered them, “Is it not written in your Law, `I have said you are gods (theos)’ The Old Testament was written in Hebrew and again we see that the word “God” can apply to our Heavenly Father, Jesus Christ, Angelic & Demonic powers, mankind, idols, and even things or events. El The NIV & NASB translate the following 3 words as God … Continue reading The true meaning of the word ‘God’ – The Trinity Doctrine