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In the latest episode from Beautiful News, Adam and Collier consider one of the oldest and also controversial descriptions of God that there is, namely, One God in Three distinct Persons. What does it even mean? Is this something that the bible declares? Do you have to believe it to be a Christian? How can we even understand something like the Trinity? How does this help me practically to love my family more? Listen to the end and you may be surprised at some of the implications that the Triune nature of God has for our lives!

What is the Royal Law? How are we to obey it? Who is my neighbor? Listen in to part 2 of the question of the "Greatest Commandment." This message was shared on Sunday, Nov 5, 2023.

In this episode, guest speaker, Ryan opens up about some of the struggles with trying to run a Christian wedding venue in a culture that embraces LGBT. Together, Adam and Ryan discuss some of the questions dealing with homosexuality and the bible, such as " Can a Christian live a homosexual lifestyle? "

The short answer to that question is, yes, according to the bible. Words like “Almighty” (Rev. 4:8) and “omnipotent” (Rev. 19:6) mean all-powerful. However, the problem with the question is that many do not understand what ‘all-powerful’ means. Some claim that ‘all-powerful’ means that God should be able to do literally anything that can be conceived. If this is what is meant by ‘all-powerful’, it is a contradictory concept. Consider for a moment what such a being would be like. Could this being make itself not exist? Could it become not ‘all-powerful’? Or, to use the traditional thought experiment, could this being make a rock so big he could not pick it up? These notions are often used to try and disprove God. However, the bible never attributes nonsense to God.

A better definition of ‘all-powerful’ is to say that all power is derived from a single source. If there is a power somewhere, it finds its ultimate origin in God. This is the concept that the bible uses frequently. For example, John 1:3 says “All things were made by him; and without him was not anything made that was made.” Notice how the author articulates the fact that anything that is made is made by Him. So, of course, we can imagine nonsense like ‘God making Himself cease to exist’ as a string of words, but this is not a makeable quality. In fact, the bible says that there are multiple things that God cannot do.

• He cannot lie (Hebrews 6:18, Titus 1:2)
• He cannot be tempted toward evil (James 1:13)
• He cannot tempt toward evil (James 1:13)
• He cannot deny Himself (2 Tim. 2:13)
• He cannot change His nature (Malachi 3:6, Hebrews 13:8)

God is all-powerful. He is the Source of all power.