THE TRINITY

The Trinity is concerned with EVERY aspect of God’s relationship with men.
A. In his creation
Gen 1:1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
Gen 1:26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
(I am no Hebrew scholar, but am told that in the Hebrew language nouns have singular, dual, and plural forms and Elohim, translated God in Gen. 1:1 is plural and therefore refers to three or more. 'Let US' in Gen 1:26 bears this out)

B. In man’s fall
Gen 3:22 And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:

C. In the condemnation of man’s evil works
Gen 11:7 Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech.

D. In reconciling man to Himself
Isa 6:8 Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then said I, Here am I; send me.


The Trinity was involved:
A. At the baptism of Jesus
Lu 3:21, Now when all the people were baptized, it came to pass, that Jesus also being baptized, and praying, the heaven was opened,
22 And the Holy Ghost descended in a bodily shape like a dove upon him, and a voice came from heaven, which said, Thou art my beloved Son; in thee I am well pleased.

B. In His command to the Church to baptize
Mat 28:19 Go ye therefore, and all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:

C. Paul’s farewell to the Corinthian Church
II Cor 13:14 The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, be with you all. Amen.

D. In reference to our relationship to God
Eph 2:18 For through him we both have access by one Spirit unto the Father.

E. In the promise of the Comforter
John 14:16 And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever;

III The divine title of God applied to each of the persons of the Trinity
A The Father is God
Exo 20:1,And God spake all these words, saying,
2 I am the LORD thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
B. The Son is God
John 20:28 And Thomas answered and said unto him, My Lord and my God.
C. the Holy Spirit is God
Acts 5:3 But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, and to keep back part of the price of the land?
4 Whiles it remained, was it not thine own? and after it was sold, was it not in thine own power? why hast thou conceived this thing in thine heart? thou hast not lied unto men, but unto God.

IV Acts or Attributes applied to each of the Trinity
A. Eternal
1. Father: Rom 16:26 But now is made manifest, and by the scriptures of the prophets, according to the commandment of the everlasting God, made known to all nations for the obedience of faith:
2. Son Rev 22:13 I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last.
3. Holy Spirit Heb 9:14 How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?

B. Holy
1. Father: Rev 4:8 And the four beasts had each of them six wings about him; and they were full of eyes within: and they rest not day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come.
2. Son: Acts 3:14 But ye denied the Holy One and the Just, and desired a murderer to be granted unto you;
3. Holy Spirit: I John 2:20 But ye have an unction from the Holy One, and ye know all things.

C. Omnipresent
1. Father: Jer 23:24 Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him? saith the LORD. Do not I fill heaven and earth? saith the LORD.
2. Son: Mat 18:20 For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.
3. Holy Spirit: Psa 139:7 Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence?
8 If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there.

D. Omnipotent
1. Father: Gen 17:1 And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect.
2 Son: Rev 1:8 I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty.
3. Holy Spirit: Rom 15:19 Through mighty signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit of God; so that from Jerusalem, and round about unto Illyricum, I have fully preached the gospel of Christ.

E Omniscient
1. Father: Acts 15:8 And God, which knoweth the hearts, bare them witness, giving them the Holy Ghost, even as he did unto us;
2. Son: John 21:17 He saith unto him the third time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? Peter was grieved because he said unto him the third time, Lovest thou me? And he said unto him, Lord, thou knowest all things; thou knowest that I love thee. Jesus saith unto him, Feed my sheep.
3. Holy Spirit I Cor 2:10 But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.

F. Creator
1. Father: Gen 1:1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
2. Son: Col 1:16 For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him:
3. Holy Spirit Job 33:4 The Spirit of God hath made me, and the breath of the Almighty hath given me life.

G. Sanctifier:
1. Father: Jude 1:1 Jude, the servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to them that are sanctified by God the Father, and preserved in Jesus Christ, and called:
2. Son: Heb 2:11 For both he that sanctifieth and they who are sanctified are all of one: for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brethren,
3. Holy Spirit: I Pet 1:2 Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied.

H. Author of all Spiritual operations
1. Father: Heb 13:20 Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant.
21 Make you perfect in every good work to do his will, working in you that which is well pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ; to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.
2. Son: Col 1:28. Whom we preach, warning every man, and teaching every man in all wisdom; that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus:
29Whereunto I also labour, striving according to his working, which worketh in me mightily.
3. Holy Spirit: I Cor 12:11But all these worketh that one and the selfsame Spirit, dividing to every man severally as he will.

I. Source of Eternal Life:
1. Father: Rom 6:23 For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
2. Son: John 10:28 And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.
3. Holy Spirit: Gal 6:8 For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.

J. Teacher:
1. Father: Isa 28:10 For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little:
11 For with stammering lips and another tongue will he speak to this people.
2. Son: Luke 21:15 For I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries shall not be able to gainsay nor resist.
3. Holy Spirit: John 14:26 But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.

K. In the Resurrection
1. Father: I Cor 6:14 And God hath both raised up the Lord, and will also raise up us by his own power.
2. Son: John 2:19 Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.
3. Holy Spirit: I Pet 3:18 For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit:

L. Inspiration:
1. Father: Heb 1:1 God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets,
2 Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds;
2. Son: 2 Cor 13:3 Since ye seek a proof of Christ speaking in me, which to you-ward is not weak, but is mighty in you.
3. Holy Spirit: 2 Pet 1:21 For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.

M. All Three work together in Salvation
1. Father: I Pet 1:2 Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied.
2. Son: 2 Thess 2:13 But we are bound to give thanks alway to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth:
3. Holy Spirit: Titus 3:4 But after that the kindness and love of God our Saviour toward man appeared,
5 Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost;
6 Which he shed on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Saviour;

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