What are the essentials of the Christian faith? The deity of Christ. Jesus is God. While Jesus...

What are the essentials of the Christian faith? The deity of Christ. Jesus is God. While Jesus never directly says, "I am God" in the Scriptures He makes it very clear John 10:30 Jesus says "I and the Father are one." Jesus was claiming "deity". John 20:28 when Thomas says, "My Lord and my God!" Again, Jesus does not correct Him by saying that He is not God. Monotheism. There is only one God. Exodus 20:3 states very powerfully, "You shall have no other gods before me." Monotheism is the belief that there is only one God to be worshiped and served. ’You are my witnesses,’ (Isaiah 43:10). The Holy Trinity. If we look at Matthew 28:19 we see the verse calling out the trinity: "Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit." While this verse mentions all three Persons of the triune God, it does not call them the Trinity. So to understand the doctrine of the Holy Trinity we must look at the "totality" of Scripture and glean from it the very definition of it. In 1 Corinthians 12:4-6, we see how this comes together "Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit; and there are varieties of service, but the same Lord; and there are varieties of activities, but it is the same God who empowers them all in everyone." We see all three being represented but not titled the Holy Trinity. The gospel of the grace of God. In 1 Corinthians 15:1-4, Paul spells out what the gospel is : "that Christ died <b>...</b>