~ 2 Corinthians 13:14. The Spirit dwells in the church, teaches and guides Christians (John 14:26; 15:26; 16:13-14; Acts 5:32; Heb. But still, we can pray to the Spirit because we are also called into fellowship with the Spirit. It is built of living stones, believers. How could the Trinity truly be relevant to anything that takes place in our daily lives, including the issues related to church and family ministry? Let me draw one important inference. God has not given husbands this authority for the purpose of gratifying their own pleasures or for exploiting opportunities for their own com- fort! Wherever you have human relationshipswhich is about everywhere you look!you have the opportunity to ask, How do relationships among the trinitarian Persons help us understand how our relationships are to be lived out in ways that better reflect something of the triune God and better express Gods designed purposes for us, his human creatures made in his image?. The Holy Spirit is the Builder of the holy temple which is a habitation of God. The answer of course is yes. "Holy Father, Holy Son, Holy Spirit, Three we name you;While in essence only one, undivided God we claim you.Then, adoring, bend the knee, and confess the mystery.". What is Blasphemy and Why is it So Deadly? WebThe Holy Spirit is the means of access to God, the Father. As the Psalmist says of the animals, When you [God] send forth your Spirit, they are created (Psalm 104:30). He has the personhood and mind of God, and performs a special duty to help us connect with God the Father. Equality and distinction, oneness and difference, unity and harmony, mark the Trinity. And yet, it is so clearly revealed that Jesus is in the water being baptized, that the father speaks from heaven, that the holy spirit alights upon him as a dove, and we're there. Luke 11:13 That, by the way, is the number one question I have been asked about the Holy Spirit since writing Names of the Holy Spirit. He, through Jesus Christ, is the Creator of the heavens and the earth and all that is in them. One might expect that, in the next verse, Paul would have continued to urge both parents-but he doesnt! Tony Evans commented that the pretzel is a good illustration because it consists of one piece of dough with three holes. From todays Second Reading we should realize that the design and grace bestowed on us in Christ Jesus (2 Timothy 1:9) stems from Trinitarian love ( CCC 257). WebDue to a planned power outage on Friday, 1/14, between 8am-1pm PST, some services may be impacted. The more we understand about him, the more we'll understand about ourselves and the world in which we live. Let's start with the negative and work toward the positive. If you were to describe the Spirits relationship with the Father and Son in a single word it would be procession. While the Father is uncreated and the Son is eternally begotten of the Father, the Holy Spirit eternally proceeds from the Father and the Son. The Spirit, while being third in the Trinity and always under the ultimate authority of Father and Son, considers it his delight to honor and to glorify the Son (John 16:14; 1 Cor 12:3). But if they share in God's essence, they are God alongside the Father. Here is a simple yet revolutionary and counter-cul- tural observation: Every New Testament passage offer- ing instruction directly to wives includes one common element. While God the Father, Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit are all acknowledged as part of the process of baptism in Matthew 28:19. , we understand the Spirit is the It is becausesuch an attitude fails to understand the nature of submission as a reflection of the Sons submission to the Father, and the Spirits submission to the Father and the Son. Hovering over the earth, ensuring that the Fathers plan to create through the Son, is effectual. While the relationship between the Father and Son as well as the roles they play is something many Christians are knowledgeable about, the Holy Spirit is frequently perceived as mysterious, hard to understand, and mystical. Second, the Bible teaches that the Spirit equipped and qualified Christ to do the work of Redemption. For example, at Jesus baptism, Jesus stands in the water for baptism; God speaks from heaven; and the Holy Spirit appears like a dove (Matthew 3:16; Luke 3:22). 4 There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called to one hope when you were called; 5 one Lord, one faith, one baptism; 6 one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all. The Holy Spirit makes this happen. For example, my wife Jodi and I are equally human, in that each of us possesses a human nature. You could also say it this way: 1 x 1 x 1 = 1! To understand how these roles are expressed, consider some of the works that God accomplishes. We may try and go to the shell, the white, and the yolk, but our children will be clever enough to say that, "I don't think that really gets to it either. One sinful response is for men to abuse their headship by being heavy-handed, mean-spirited, harsh, or demanding in unloving ways. The equality of essence among the members of the Trinity is greater than the equality that exists among human beings or among any other finite reality. From us and our to he. Yet God has revealed to us the great mystery of the Trinity: there is a plurality within Gods oneness. MP3 Audio (24.71 MB) We believe in one God, the Father, eternally existing, who is a Spirit, a personal Being of supreme intelligence, knowledge, love, justice, power and authority. Each Person is equal in essence to the other divine Persons. Inscrutable puzzle or central truth? The Father, Son, and Spirit are equal in their divine attributes. Implications for Husbands and Fathers Everything the Son did for our salvation was made possible with the help of the Holy Spirit. This article is part of our larger resource library of terms important to the Christian faith. 21 Now it is God who makes both us and you stand firm in Christ. While always submitting completely and fully to the Father, the Son does so with joy and delight (Heb 12:2). We were so lost that it took every member of the Godhead to save us. Holy Spirit serves a Gods divine Administrator on earth and He desires and works to recreate the life of Christ in His people. In each of these roles, the model of the Trinity provides invaluable guidance, for we see in the Trinity that the Ones who submit are fully equal to the One who holds ultimate authority in their relationships. How could the Son and the Spirit be called God unless they somehow share in God's essence? In order to see how the doctrine of the Trinity is foundational for family ministry, we will consider three areas. (According to some people, the pretzel was actually invented in Europe several hundred years ago by a monk who wanted to illustrate the Trinity to the children of his village so he took some dough, looped into the familiar three-hour shape, based it, and gave it to the children as an edible object lesson.). In John 14:14, Jesus informs his adherents that they can inquire about anything in His name. An egg is made up of a shell, the eggwhite, and the yolk. Also mirrored in the family are trinitarian distinctives that relate to roles and relationships. Salvation comes by knowing the Father through the Son. He anointed us, 22 set his seal of ownership on us, and put his Spirit in our hearts as a deposit, guaranteeing what is to come. They are not one Son, or one Father, but One God. (Religious Facts) the Father, Son (Jesus), and Holy Spirit. And, when it comes to something as central and essential to who God is as the Trinity, that must be significant, that must inform how we view him, how we view our lives, living with him. Matthew 28:19 "This is a question little children like to stump their parents with. Yet I am only one person. They don't "prove" the Trinity, they simply help us understand the concept. Webpatrick fuller son of robert fuller. God the Father, the son and the holy spirit bible verses. Why then do you accuse me of blasphemy because I said, I am Gods Son? The equality that exists in the Trinity is reflected in the equality by which God has made every human being. 7 For there are three that testify: 8 the Spirit, the water and the blood; and the three are in agreement. It simply shows how easily the writers of Scripture passed from one Person of the Trinity to another, doing so in a way that assumes their equality of nature while preserving their distinct personhood. All rights reserved. When the Son came, he made it clear over and again that he came down from heaven to do his Fathers will ( John 6:38), even declaring in Gethsemane that hisupcoming death on the cross was specifically the will of his Father (Matt 26:39). This is abundantly clear as it relates both to the spiritual well-being of a husbands wife, and of a fathers children. Each person is distinct from the others in the way they eternally relate amongst themselves and in the roles they take on in Gods works. In this perversion, husbands and fathers abdicate their God-given responsibility. He is the author of 27 books, includingCredo, The Healing Power of Forgiveness, An Anchor for the Soul, and Why Did This Happen to Me? 1 Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, To Gods elect, exiles scattered throughout the provinces of Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia and Bithynia, 2 who have been chosen according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through the sanctifying work of the Spirit, to be obedient to Jesus Christ and sprinkled with his blood: Grace and peace be yours in abundance. They each fully possess one undivided divine nature. He will bless you enormously as you seek to obey him by being faithful to fulfilling what he has called you to do. He also has authored Gods Lesser Glory: The Diminished God of Open Theism; Gods Greater Glory: The Exalted God of Scripture and the Christian Faith; Father, Son, and Holy Spirit: Relationships, Roles, and Relevance; Big Truths for Young Hearts: Teaching and Learning the Greatness of God; and The Man Christ Jesus: Theological Reflections on the Humanity of Christ. The Father planned that it would take place through the work of his Son, such that his Son would have the highest place of exaltation in the end (Eph 1:9-10). The Father chose the Son to be the One who would come as our Savior and die for our sins (Acts 2:23; 1 Pet 1:20). he created him." These same realities, in finite measure, ought to mark the family relationships we enjoy, as persons created in the very image of the triune God. I am the Lord, and there is no other (Isa 45:5-6). From heaven and hell to communion and baptism, we want to provide easy-to-read and understand articles that answer your questions about theological terms and their meaning. Yet each member has distinct roles and relation- ships within the family; these roles and relationships areworked out within an authority-submission structure that God designed as purposefully reflective of God himself (4). 9 Jesus answered: Dont you know me, Philip, even after I have been among you such a long time? 15 The Son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. In this way we see that God is not a static singularity (only Father), nor is he a never-ending emanation of being (just Father and Son). So, The Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit are not named for separate parts of God, but one name for God because the three persons coexist in God as one entity. What grows out of the joint life of the Father and Son is a real Person, is in fact the Third of the three Persons who are God. Prior to this, he taught at Western Conservative Baptist Seminary and Bethel Theological Seminary. 2 Corinthians 13:14 However since the Spirit is sent, not begotten, he completes the Trinity with three persons. 4 Ways Scripture Reveals That the Holy Spirit Is God, How You Can Be Filled with the Holy Spirit. God exists in three person as one God, known as God the Father, the son and the holy spirit. That's a good wordeven though it sounds odd to our earsbecause it combines the two ideas of unity and diversity in one word. Yet the Father and Son and Spirit each carries out a distinct role and does so within an eternal relational structure of authority and submission. The issue is not the word, but the concept or the idea. 10:15; I John 2:27). How can you say, Show us the Father? So the holy one to be born will be called the Son of God. But scripturally, the Holy is the Triune God manifested as God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit, each entity itself being God. Philippians 2:5-8 God could have existed forever without us. The Spirit also has a unique role to play in Gods work of redemption. Finally, we will explore how truths about the Trinity, rightly understood, provide foundational underpinnings for family-equipping ministries in the church (2). When we say these things we mean that the Father is God, the Son is God, and the Holy Spirit is God, but they are not three gods but only one God. The Son carried out the plan (John 6:37-38). In a real and vitally important sense, husbands and fathers bear responsibility for the Christian nurture of their householdsa responsibility that differs from their wife and from other members of the household. Trinitarian Foundations for Family Ministry The headship of the hus- band must take to heart the sober and joyous responsibility to work, to serve, to love, to pray, and long for the continual spiritual growth of his wife. The three persons of the Trinity (the threeness) are not separate. James 1:1-7 orders them to worship or pray instantly to God with belief that is steadying. In John 14:14, Jesus informs his Many Christians simply do not feel comfortable praying to the Spirit even though we often sing songs that are essentially prayers to the Spirit, such as "Spirit of God, descend upon my heart" and "Spirit of the living God, fall afresh on me." That's a heresy called Tritheism. Within the car- rying out of these roles, there seems to be a clear relationship in which the Father is supreme in authority, the Son submits fully to the will of the Father, and the Spirit seeks to carry forward the work of the Son to theultimate praise of the Father (Phil 2:11) (3). First, it shows the unity of the Trinity. In this section of the message I want to examine some of the common questions about the Trinity. Finally, all three Persons are associated together on an equal basis in numerous passages: This list of passages might be extended. We believe in one living and true God who is the Creator of heaven and earth; who is eternal, almighty, unchangeable, infinitely powerful, wise, just, and holy. He came to Southern Seminary from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School where he served as chairman of the Department of Biblical and Systematic Theology. They concluded that God is . God is more than the Trinity, but he is not less than that. Family-equipping ministry seeks to partner with husbands, wives, parents, and children to assist themin learning what it means to be a family as God intends them to be. ________. For instance, in Genesis 1:2, God the Spirit brings the life of the universe into being, and also, in Genesis 1:26 when God decides to create human beings, He says, Let us make Who was he talking to? Youll agree with me that God was the Beginning and himself is still going to be the end. I'm not suggesting that Isaiah fully understood the Trinity or that the Jewish readers would have understood what it meant, but I do think that in the light of the New Testament, we can say that this seems to be a clear statement of the Trinity in the Old Testament. But skeptics like to ask it as well. Sometimes we speak of the "Triune" God. What we don't meanFirst of all, Christians don't believe in three Gods. The persons of the Trinity are not the building blocks that combine to form God, they are each God. 17 And a voice from heaven said, This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased.. To receive the Holy Spirit into your heart, you must believe that God is able to give His Spirit to you. 6 For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. 1050. A. (5) A question may be raised here regarding how women should respond if their husbands engage in abusive behaviors. Both headship relationshipsthe husband guiding his wife and the father directing his childrencan be easily perverted into one of two sinful tendencies. All rights reserved. He is the Source of life and the One for whom human life exists. These three individuals coexist as one, below are 25 bible scriptures for God the father the son and the holy spirit. Consider Gods work of redemption: The Father purposed and planned that our redemption as sinners would be accomplished. 1 Corinthians 12:4-6 Unlike the churchs relationship to Jesus, in which the church can be confident that anything Jesus commands will be wise and good, husbands cannot be counted on to lead with flawless wisdom and goodness. Beginning from Genesis to revelation, The holy spirit or holy ghost was not given a personal name throughout the Scripture. He followed the Father's instructions to come to earth, even though that meant He would have to die. 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 ~ Matthew 28:19, Draw near to me, hear this: from the beginning I have not spoken in secret, from the time it came to be I have been there. And now the Lord God has sent me, and his Spirit. Before Abraham was, I am [Yahweh], He says in John 8:58. In addition to having a unique relationship with the Father and Son, the Holy Spirit has a unique role in the works of God. It's important to remember that all illustrations fail eventually. Each member of the Godhead is equally God, each is eternally God, and each is fully Godnot three gods but three Persons of the one eternal Godhead. Taken from "The Truth About the Trinity" by In Touch Ministries (used by permission). The Third Person of the Trinity is not an "influence" or some vague power. 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