Some of the Biblical Proofs For The Threeness of God |
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Some of the Biblical Proofs For The Threeness of God - the Trinity of Persons are:
A. Denied by J.Ws, Unitarians, Socinians and all heathen religions. - Heathendom can never know God as triune,
a. He can be known as such only through His Word. b. Creation reveals that God is, but not what God is. - The problem for many is that they cannot reconcile the ONE-ness of God with the THREE-ness of God.
a. They deny that God can be 1 and 3 at the same time; arguing that this is a logical contradiction that the rationality of faith cannot receive. b. Because of this denial they MUST, and do, also deny the divinity of Christ. - For He is the 2nd person of the Holy Trinity.
- If there is no tri-personal God then Christ’s true divinity is a lie.
- This is one of the ways in which the faith is attacked and denied by the spirit of antichrist.
B. Scripture teaches that the Son and Holy Spirit are co-equal, co-eternal God with the Father. It does so not only in those passages that speak directly, but also by good and necessary consequence – by ascribing to the Son and the Spirit those names, attributes, works and worship that are due unto God alone. Here are but a few of the instances… - Jesus the eternal Son of God receives God's:
a. Names - - Jehovah - I am, John 8:58.
- God - John 1:1,14: True God – 1 John 5:20;
- The Mighty God, the everlasting Father (Isaiah 9:6).
b. Attributes - - Eternity - John 8:58, Prov. 8:23.
- Divine Wisdom - Prov. 8,
- Omnipotence Heb. 1:3, John 1:3. etc.
c. Works - - Creation - Col. 1:16.
- Forgiveness of sins - Luke 7:48-49.
- Providence - Matthew 28:18.
d. Worship - - Bowing before Him to worship - Phi.2:10-11.
- Angels worship Him - Heb. 1:6.
- Baptism is to be performed in His name.
- The Holy Spirit also is seen to be personally God as He is:
a. Referred to as a Personal being - - Spirit = neuter noun but takes the masculine pronoun to personally identify him (John 16:13 ff).
- Rational, knowledge, intelligence,1 Cor. 2:10-11.
- Moral, willing, subject of his own acts, 1 Cor. 12:11
b. And receives in common with the Father and Son the: Names - - God - Acts 5:3-4.
- Spirit of (who is) God - 1 Cor. 3:16-17
c. Attributes - - Eternal - Gen.1:2 before there was He was there.
- Omnipresent - Psa. 139:7-8.
- Omniscient - 1 Cor. 2:10-11.
- Omnipotent - Luke 1:35, Isa. 11:2.
d. Works - - Creation - Gen.1:2, Psa.33:6.
- Regeneration - John 3:6, Gal. 5:25, 2 Cor.3:6.
- Sanctification - Rom. 8:11, 1 Peter 1:2.
e. And Worship that belong to God alone - - Receives worship in Baptism as God – Matt. 28:19.
- Included in doxologies and blessings (2 Co.13:14)
- Sin is personally against the Holy Spirit - 1 John 5:16.
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