God the Father, Mentor's Guide, MG06

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G O D T H E F A T H E R

a. The plural form of the noun for God: Elohim (cf. Gen. 1.26 with Isa. 6.8)

b. The self-mention of God at the creation of the imago Dei in humankind, Gen. 1.27 with 2.24

4. Trinitarian formulae (plural names of the Lord as triune in the New Testament)

a. The baptism of Jesus, Matt. 3.16-17

b. The Great Commission, Matt. 28.19

c. The Corinthian benediction, 2 Cor. 13.14

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5. Jesus’ claim of oneness with the Father

a. John asserts that Jesus is the Word, being with God, who is God, and giving revelation of God, John 1.1-18.

b. Jesus and the Father are one, John 10.30.

c. The one who sees Jesus has seen the Father, John 14.9.

d. The Father and Jesus shared a fundamental glory before his self-emptying for our salvation, cf. John 17.21 with Phil. 2.6-8.