What is Jesus? | New Testament | Colossians 1

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🗓️ 16 August 2023

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Your answer to the question "who or what is Jesus" might be the most important thing about you. So how confident are you in your answer? In today's episode, Patrickexplores Colossians 1 which includes one of the most beautiful descriptions of Jesus. Listen to find out who he is. Your support makes TMBT possible. Ten Minute Bible Talks is a crowd-funded project. Join the TMBTeam to reach more people with the Bible. Give now. Join the TMBT community in reading the entire New Testament in one year. Get your FREE reading plan here. Like this content? Make sure to leave us a rating and share it with others, so others can find it too. Use #asktmbt to connect with us, ask questions, and suggest topics. We'd love to hear from you! To learn more, visit our website and follow us on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter@TenMinuteBibleTalks. Don't forget to subscribe to the TMBT Newsletter here. Passages: Colossians 1

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0:00.0	Welcome to 10 minute Bible Talks, where we connect the Bible to your life.
0:09.0	In the time it takes to get to work.
0:10.6	I'm Patrick Miller.
0:17.0	Who is Jesus? What is Jesus? I know that sounds like a weird question, but it's totally important.
0:21.0	And I say that because when I became a Christian I understood some
0:24.2	fundamental things about who Jesus was that he was both human and God but I
0:29.8	somehow got the idea that the way this whole thing worked out was that he had a human body and a divine soul.
0:36.0	Now I didn't know it at the time, but that's actually an ancient heresy called Nestorianism.
0:41.4	Thankfully, God is gracious with us in our process of learning and
0:44.3	he showed me the error of my ways, but I've since discovered that Christians have a lot of
0:49.6	views about God that actually misrepresent him. For example, some Christians describe God like water.
0:55.6	Just like water comes in three different forms,
0:57.7	liquid vapor and solid,
0:59.1	God can change his form as father, son, and Holy Spirit.
1:02.5	But that's actually not true.
1:03.8	That's a heresy called modalism.
1:05.9	God is three persons who share in one divine substance.
1:09.8	The Father is not the Spirit, and the Spirit is not the Son, but all are one substance, one Godhead.
1:16.4	Does your brain hurt yet?
1:17.4	Don't worry, this isn't seminary.
1:19.3	I'm bringing all of this up for a reason.
1:21.9	What you believe about God really matters. In fact, it might be the most
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