For a Testament is of Force After Men Are Dead - Part 914

Only when one begins to study the scriptures -- as a workman might do to show himself or herself approved to a superior -- is it possible to see how the Word is being changed to say something that was never intended. A prime example can be found in Colossians 2:9.

The King James version states: "For in Him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily" referring to Him "who has delivered us from the power of darkness and has translated us into the Kingdom of His dear Son in whom we have redemption through His blood  even the forgiveness of sins -- who is the image of invisible God the firstborn of every creature -- for by Him were all things created." (Colossians 1:13-16)

Note that the scriptures here are singular, confirming that Jesus is Almighty God in the flesh.  God Himself had become as one of us. One Lord, one faith, one baptism. Jesus repeatedly states that He and His Father are one. Indeed, the scribes and Pharisees wanted to kill Jesus for blasphemy - declaring that He was the great I AM. They knew who Jesus was. Who else could heal the brokenhearted, the blind, and the lame? Who else could feed the 5,000 with five loaves and two fishes? 

His name is Jesus -- meaning God with us. (Matthew 1:21) The "only" name given under heaven whereby we can be saved. The very name that we are instructed to do everything that we do in word or deed -- in the name of Jesus. This is why every one who was baptized in the Bible was baptized in the name of Jesus. This is why healing is performed in the name of Jesus ... because simply put --- there is no other. God Himself became flesh so that we might be have life eternal. He paid the price for our sin once and for all.

Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many and unto them that look for Him shall He appear the second time without sin unto salvation.(Hebrews 9:28)

But the authors of the NIV renders the same scripture as if the Father and Son were separate persons. The revision states: "For in Christ all the fullness of the Deity lives in bodily form." (Colossians 1:26 NIV). Like the word trinity, deity does not exist in the scriptures. Never is the Godhead referred to as a deity or trinity. The religious culture of this day has sadly bought into the Roman Catholic revision of Matthew 28:19.

Thank the Lord that we do not have to do the same.  We don't have to accept anything that does not align with the scriptures. God is not the author of confusion. "For Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands, which are the figures of the true, but into heaven itself now to appear in the presence of God for us: nor yet that He should offer Himself often, as the high priest enters into the holy place every year with blood of others ... for then must He often have suffered since the foundation of the world -- but now once in the end of the world hath He appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of Himself. (Hebrews 9:26)

Search the scriptures for yourself. Let His Spirit guide you and direct you into all truth and wisdom. Stand in the offering plate.