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•WEEK #2

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•REVIEW

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•REVIEW•The Council of Nicea 365AD

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•REVIEW•The Council of Nicea 365AD•The purpose

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•REVIEW•The Council of Nicea 365AD•The purpose•The result

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• I Believe- what does it mean?

1.From the Greek “pistis”

2.Into Latin as pasta, then “paste”

3.When we say this is what I Believe we are saying this is what binds me together!

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• I believe in God, • We believe in one God,

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one God,

“Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one”

Deuteronomy 6:4

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one God,

Judaism and Christianity stood alone as an island of “monotheism” in a sea of “polytheism”

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one God,

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one God,

• Supreme Being

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one God,

• Supreme Being

• Creator

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one God,

• Supreme Being

• Creator

• ruler

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• I believe in God, the Father

• We believe in one God, the Father

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• the Father

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• the Father

• A God who is loving

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• the Father

• A God who is loving

• A God who is a provider

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• the Father

• A God who is loving

• A God who is a provider

• A God who is a protector

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• the Father

• A God who is loving

• A God who is a provider

• A God who is a protector

• I am His child!

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• I believe in God, the Father Almighty,

• We believe in one God, the Father Almighty,

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Almighty,

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Almighty,

• Unlimited power

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Almighty,

• Unlimited power

• Omnipotent

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Almighty,

• Unlimited power

• Omnipotent

• Infinite/unlimited

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• I believe in God, the Father Almighty, creator of heaven and earth.

• We believe in one God, the Father Almighty, maker of heaven and earth, and of all things visible and invisible.

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• maker of heaven and earth,

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• maker of heaven and earth,

• John 1: 3• “through Him all things were

made; without Him nothing was made that has been made”

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and of all things visible and invisible.

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and of all things visible and invisible.

• instead of seen and unseen: This implies our inability to see them

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and of all things visible and invisible.

• instead of seen and unseen: This implies our inability to see them

• Visible and invisible means things that are kept from us yet we are connected to them.

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and of all things visible and invisible. • Colossians 1 16-17

“For by Him all things were created: things in Heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things were created by Him and for Him. He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together”

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•Final Thoughts

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•WEEK #3

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• I believe in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord.

• And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the only-begotten Son of God, begotten of His Father before all worlds, God of God, Light of Light, very God of very God, begotten, not made, being of one substance with the Father; by whom all things were made.