The Trinity
The Trinity
God
There is only one living and true God.
He is an intelligent, spiritual, and personal
Being, the Creator, Redeemer, Preserver, and
Ruler of the universe. God is infinate in holi-
ness and all other perfections. To Him we
owe the highest love, reverence, and obedience.
The eternal God reveals Himself to us as
Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, with distinct
personal attributes, but without division of
nature, essence, or being.
God The Father
God as Father reigns with providential care
over His universe, His creatures, and the flow
of the stream of human history according to the
purposes of His grace. He is all powerful, all
loving, and all wise. God is Father in truth to
those who become children of God through
faith in Jesus Christ. He is fatherly in His
attitude toward all men.
(Gen. 1:1; 2:7; Ex. 3:14; 6:2-3; 15:11 ff.; 20:1 ff.)
Lev. 22:2; Deut. 6:4; 32:6; 1 Chron. 29:10)
(Psalm 19:1-3; Isa. 43:3, 15; 64:8; Jer. 10:10)
Jer.17:13; Matt. 6:9 ff.; 7:11; 23:9; 28:19)
Mark 1:9-11; John 4:24; 5:26; 14:6-13; 17:1-8;)
(Acts 1:7; Rom. 8:14-15; 1 Cor. 8:6; Gal. 4:6)
(Eph. 4:6; Col. 1:15; 1 Tim. 1:17; Heb. 11:6; 12:9)
(1 Peter 1:17; 1 John 5:7)
God The Son
Christ is the eternal Son of God. In His in-
carnation as Jesus Christ He was conceived of
the Holy Spirit and born of the virgin Mary.
Jesus perfectly revealed and did the will of God,
taking upon Himself the demands and neces-
sities of human nature and identifying Himself
completely with mankind yet without sin. He
honored the divine law by His personal obe-
dience, and in His death on the cross He made
provision for the redemption of men from sin.
He was raised from the dead with a glorified
body and appeared to His disciples as the
person who was with them before His cruci-
fixion. He ascended into heaven and is now
exalted at the right hand of God where He is
the One Mediator, partaking of the nature of
God and of man, and in whose Person is effected
the reconciliation between God and Man. He
will return in power and glory to judge the
world and to consummate His redemptive mis-
sion. He now dwells in all believers as the
living and ever present Lord.
(Gen. 18:1 ff.; Psalm 2:7 ff; 110:1 ff; Isa. 7:14 53)
Matt. 1:18-23; 3:17; 8:29; 11:27; 14:33; 16:16, 27)
(Matt. 17:5; 27; 28:1-6, 19; Mark 1:1; 3:11;)
Luke 1:35; 4:41; 22:70; 24:46; John 1:1-18, 29; 10:30, 38)
(John 11:25-27; 12:44-50; 14:7-11; 16:15-16, 28)
(John 17:1-5, 21-22; 20:1-20, 28; Acts 1:9; 2:22-24)
(Acts 7:55-56; 9:4-5, 20; Rom. 1:3-4; 3:23-26; 5:6-21)
(Rom. 8:1-3, 34; 10:4; 1 Cor. 1:30; 2:2; 8:6; 15:1-8, 24-28)
(1 Cor. 5:19-21; Gal. 4:4-5; Eph. 1:20; 3:11)
(Eph. 4:7-19; Phil. 2:5-11; Col. 1:13-22; 2:9)
1 Thess. 4:14-18; 1 Tim. 2:5-6; 3:16; Titus 2:13-14)
(Heb. 1:1-3; 4:14-15; 7:14-28; 9:12-15; 12:2; 13:8)
(1 Peter 2:21-25; 3:22; 1 John 1:7-9; 3:2; 4:14-15; 5:9)
(2 John 7-9; Rev. 1:13-16; 5:9-14; 12:10-11; 13:8; 19:16)
God The Holy Spirit
The Holy Spirit is the Spirit of God. He in-
spired holy men of old to write the Scriptures.
Through illumination He enables men to un-
derstand truth. He exalts Christ. He con-
victs of sin, of righteousness and of judgment.
He calls men to the Saviour, and effects re-
generation. He cultivates Christian character,
comforts believers, and bestows the spiritual
gifts by which they serve God through His
church. He seals the believer unto the day of
final redemption. His presence in the Christ-
ian is the assurance of God to bring the be-
liever into the fullness of the stature of Christ.
He enlightens and empowers the believer and
the church in worship, evangelism, and service.
(Gen. 1:2; Judg. 14:6; Job 26:13; Psalm 51:11)
Psalm 139:7 ff; Isa. 61:1-3; Joel 2:28-32; Matt. 1:18)
(Matt. 3:16; 4:1; 12:28-32; 28:19; Mark 1:10, 12; Luke 1:35)
(Luke 4:1, 18-19; 11:13; 12:12; 24:49; John 4:24)
(John 14:16-17, 26; 15:26; 16:7-14; Acts 1:8; 2:1-4, 38)
(Acts 4:31; 5:3; 6:3; 7:55; 8:17, 39; 10:44; 13:2; 15:28)
(Acts 16:6; 19:1-6; Rom. 8:9-11, 14-16, 26-27)
1 Cor. 2:10-14; 3:16; 12:3-11; Gal. 4:6; Eph. 1:13-14)
(Eph. 4:30; 5:18; 1 Thess. 5:19; 1 Tim. 3:16; 4:1)
(2 Tim. 1:14; 3:16; Heb. 9:8, 14; 2 Peter 1-21)
(1 John 4:13; 5:6-7; rev. 1:10; 22:17
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