There is a fine balance to be drawn between those passages which emphasize the degree to which "God was in Christ", and those which highlight his humanity. The latter group of passages make it impossible to Biblically justify the idea that Jesus is God Himself, "very God of very God", as the doctrine of the Trinity wrongly states. (This phrase "very God of very God" was used at the Council of Nicea in 325 A.D., where the idea of God being a 'trinity' was first promulgated; it was unknown to the early Christians.) The word 'trinity' never occurs in the Bible. Study 9 will delve further into Christ's total victory over sin, and God's part in it. As we commence these studies, let us remember that salvation depends upon a correct understanding of the real Jesus Christ (John 3:36; 6:53;17:3).
Upo uwiano mzuri wa kuupokea kati ya maneno hayo yanayotia mkazo kiwango ambacho"Mungu alikuwa ndani ya Kristo", na hayo yatokezayo ubinadamu wake, fungu la maneno ya sasa yanamfanya Yesu asiweze kuwa Mungu mwenyewe kwa kuthibitisha kwa Biblia jambo hilo,"Mungu kabisa ambaye ni Mungu"kama mafundisho ya utatu kwa makosa yanavyosema.(Msemo huu:"Mungu kabisa ambaye ni Mungu"ulitumiwa kwenye baraza la Nicea katika mwaka wa 325 BK, ambako wazo la Mungu kuwa na ‘nafsi tatu’ lilitangazwa kwa mara ya kwanza, halikujulikana kwa wakristo wa kwanza) Neno ‘utatu’ halipatikani katika Biblia. Somo la 9 linachimba zaidi katika ushindi wa Kristo juu ya dhambi kabisa na sehemu ya Mungu ndani yake. Tunapoanza masomo haya, tukumbuke ya kuwa wokovu kuja kuupata unahitaji kumfahamu vyema Yesu Kristo wa kweli (Yohana 3:36; 6:53; 17:3).