God

Posted by on June 30, 2011

The Triune God is a mystery:

  1. There is only one God: Deut 4:39; Psalms 86:10; Isa 44:6, 8; 45:5, 6, 21, 22; 46:9; 1 Cor 8:4; Eph 4:6; 1 Tim 1:17; 2:5
  2. God is Triune: the Father, the Son, and the Spirit: Matt 3:16-17; 28:19; 2 Cor 13:13
  3. Mystery of mysteries: Gen 1:26; Isa 6:8; 9:6; John 1:1; 2 Cor 3:17; Heb 1:8-9; Rev 1:4; 4:5; 5:6

God is eternally Triune:

  1. The Father is God: 1 Pet 1:2; Eph 1:17
  2. The Son is God: Heb 1:8; John 1:1; Rom 9:5
  3. The Spirit is God: Acts 5:3-4
  4. The Father is eternal: Isa 9:6
  5. The Son is eternal: Heb 1:12; 7:3
  6. The Spirit is eternal: Heb 9:14
  7. All three co-exist simultaneously and not in stages or modes: Gen 1:26; Matt 3:16-17; John 1:1; 14:16-17; 17:5; 1 Cor 12:4-6; 2 Cor 13:13; Eph 3:14-17; Heb 9:14; Rev 1:4-5
  8. All three co-inhere and are not separate: John 1:1; 10:30; 14:10-11; 17:21; 1 Cor 15:45b; Col 2:9

The Son is the embodiment of the Triune God:

  1. The Son is God: Isa 9:6; Matt 1:21, 23; John 1:1; 20:28; Rom 9:5; Phil 2:6; Heb 1:8
  2. The Son is the Father: Isa 9:6; John 10:30; 14:7-11; 1 John 2:22-23
  3. The incarnation of the Son is from the Holy Spirit: Matt 1:18, 20; Luke 1:35
  4. The Son came from/with the Father: John 1:14; 6:46; 8:16, 29; 16:27, 32; 1 John 2:23
  5. The Son is the Spirit: John 14:16-20; 1 Cor 15:45; 2 Cor 3:17-18
  6. All fullness of the Godhead dwells bodily in the Son: Col 1:19; 2:9

The Spirit is the consummation of the Triune God:

  1. God is Spirit: John 4:24
  2. The Spirit is sent by the Father and by the Son, and come from/with the Father: John 14:16-17, 26; 15:26
  3. The Spirit comes in the name of the Son: John 14:26; cf 1 Cor 12:3; John 5:43; 10:30; 2 Cor 3:17
  4. The Spirit is the consummation of the Triune God: John 7:37-39; Acts 16:6-7; Rom 8:9; Phil 1:19

The essential and economical Trinity:

  1. In His essence, life, and being, God is eternally one
  2. In His economy, God is Triune. The Father, the Son, and the Spirit have, each one, a distinct function (Eph 1:3-14) . The Father planned, the Son accomplished, and the Spirit applied all to us
  3. The selection and predestination from the Father – God’s eternal purpose (Eph 1:1-6)
  4. The redemption from the Son – the consummation of God’s eternal purpose (Eph 1:7-12)
  5. The sealing and the pledge from the Spirit (Eph 1:13-14)

The co-inherence of the Triune God with the believers:

  1. The Triune God is in us – Eph 4:6; 2 Cor 13:5; Gal 2:20; Rom 8:9-11; 1 Cor 3:16; 6:19; Col 1:27; John 14:17; 1 John 2:23
  2. We are in the Triune God – Matt 28:19; John 14:3; 10, 20; John 17:21; Rom 8:1; 1 Cor 1:30; 1 Cor 12:13; 2 Cor 5:17; Rom 6:3; Gal 3:27; 1 John 5:20
  3. Living in this co-inherence – John 15:4; 1 John 2:24; 3:24; 4:13, 16; Eph 4:30

God is

  1. Invisible – John 4:24 (God is spirit); 1 Tim. 6:16 (whom no man has seen nor can see)
  2. Personal – Jer. 10:6ff.; 1 Thess. 1:9 (a living and true God)
  3. Omnipresent – 1 Kings 8:27; Jer. 23:23-24
  4. Eternal – Ps. 90:2; 1 Tim. 6:16 (who alone possesses immortality)
  5. Dependent on none – Act 17:25
  6. Unchanging – Mal. 3:6; Jas 1:17 (with whom there is no variation, or shifting shadow)
  7. Truthful – Num. 23:19; John 17:17; Tit. 1:2
  8. Trustworthy – Deut. 32:4; 1 Cor. 1:9
  9. Almighty – Gen. 17:1; Rev. 15:3
  10. Sovereign – Deut. 32:39; Dan. 4:35; Eph. 1:11; 1 Tim 6:15
  11. Omniscient – Heb. 4:13
  12. Righteous – Ps. 145:17; Nah. 1:2-8
  13. Holy – Ps. 5:4-6; Isa. 6:3; Rev. 15:4
  14. Good – Ps. 25:8; Nah. 1:7
  15. Loving – John 3:16; Rom. 5:8; Eph. 2:4
  16. Merciful – Luke 6:36; 2 Cor. 1:3; Eph. 2:4
  17. Long-suffering – Num. 14:18; 2 Pet. 3:9
  18. Gracious – Ex. 34:6-7; Neh. 9:31; Jonah 4:2; Eph. 1:6
  19. Love – 1 John 4:8, 16
  20. Light – 1 John 1:5

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