Basic Beliefs #3 Holy Spirit & Trinity
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Intro:
Who is the Holy Spirit?
Who is the Holy Spirit?
From the very beginning of creation we have an indication that the Holy Spirit’s work is to complete and sustain what God the Father has planned and what God the Son has begun, for in Genesis 1:2, “the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters
We may define the work of the Holy Spirit as follows:
The work of the Holy Spirit is to manifest the active presence of God in the world, and especially in the church
The work of the Holy Spirit is to manifest the active presence of God in the world, and especially in the church
For I will pour water on the thirsty land, and streams on the dry ground; I will pour my Spirit upon your offspring, and my blessing on your descendants.
The Holy Spirit Purifies
The Holy Spirit Purifies
It is not surprising to find that one of his primary activities is to cleanse us from sin and to “sanctify us” or make us more holy in actual conduct of life
When people become Christians, the Holy Spirit does an initial cleansing work in them, making a decisive break with the patterns of sin that were in their lives before
And such were some of you. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.
He also produces in us growth in holiness of life. He brings forth the “fruit of the Spirit” within us
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.
The Holy Spirit Unifies
The Holy Spirit Unifies
On the day of Pentecost, the Holy Spirit created a new community, the church. The community was marked by unprecedented unity
The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.
Paul’s discussion of spiritual gifts also repeats this theme of the unifying work of the Holy Spirit.
Whereas we might think that people who have differing gifts would not readily get along well with each other, Paul’s conclusion is just the opposite: differing gifts draw us together because we are forced to depend on each other.
The eye cannot say to the hand, “I have no need of you,” nor again the head to the feet, “I have no need of you.”
The Holy Spirit Reveals
The Holy Spirit Reveals
Revelation to Prophets & Apostles
For no prophecy was ever produced by the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.
Guides and Directs God’s People
For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God.
Manifests His Presence
Because the Holy Spirit is fully God and shares all the attributes of God, his influence will be to bring a Godlike character or atmosphere to the situations in which he is active.
Because he is the Holy Spirit, he will at times bring about a conviction of sin, righteousness, and judgment (John 16:8–11).
Because God is love, the Holy Spirit pours God’s love into our hearts (Rom. 5:5; 15:30; Col. 1:8), and often the strongly manifested presence of the Holy Spirit will create an atmosphere of love.
Because God is “not a God of confusion but of peace” (1 Cor. 14:33), the Holy Spirit brings an atmosphere of peace into situations
Gives us Assurance
The Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God,
Teaches and Illuminates
The Holy Spirit Empowers
The Holy Spirit Empowers
Gives Life
Gives Life
It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh is no help at all. The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and life.
Power to Serve
Power to Serve
What is the Trinity?
What is the Trinity?
We may define the doctrine of the Trinity as follows:
God eternally exists as three persons, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, and each person is fully God, and there is one God.
God eternally exists as three persons, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, and each person is fully God, and there is one God.
God eternally exists as three persons, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, and each person is fully God, and there is one God.
Bible’s View of the Trinity
Bible’s View of the Trinity
God in three persons
Each person is fully God
There is one God
Biblical teaching on the Trinity tells us that all of God’s attributes are true of all three persons, for each is fully God. God the Son and God the Holy Spirit are also eternal, omnipresent, omnipotent, infinitely wise, infinitely holy, infinitely loving, omniscient,
Then 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 birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.”
And when Jesus was baptized, immediately he went up from the water, and behold, the heavens were opened to him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and coming to rest on him; and behold, a voice from heaven said, “This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased.”
The Meaning of the Trinity
The Meaning of the Trinity
The word trinity means “tri-unity” or “three-in-oneness.” It is used to summarize the teaching of Scripture that God is three persons yet one God.
The word trinity means “tri-unity” or “three-in-oneness.” It is used to summarize the teaching of Scripture that God is three persons yet one God.
The father is not the son, the son is not the father or Holy Spirit, and the Spirit is not the father or son
Each person of the trinity is fully God
When the Bible refers to God it is referring to God the Father
But God the son, who came to earth as Jesus Christ, is also fully God
For in him the whole fullness of deity dwells bodily,
John said he wrote his Gospel so that people would believe that Jesus is the son of God
but these are written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name.
God the Holy Spirit is fully God
Paul says that the Spirit is Omniscient Like God the father
For who knows a person’s thoughts except the spirit of that person, which is in him? So also no one comprehends the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God.
The Bible is clear that there is only one God
“Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one.
Paul backs this up
since God is one—who will justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through faith.
It should be difficult to understand how there are three distinct persons of the trinity with each being God in himself, even there is only one God
Trinity is one of those mysteries we can only describe in part
All analogies fail in describing this mystery
Distinct Roles of the Trinity
Distinct Roles of the Trinity
When Scripture discusses the way in which God relates to the world, both in creation and in redemption, the persons of the Trinity are said to have different functions or primary activities.
God the Father
The role of the Father in creation and redemption has been to plan, direct, and send the Son and Holy Spirit.
Jesus the Son
God the Son, the eternal Word of God, is who carried out these creative decrees
All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made.
The Son obeyed the Father and accomplished redemption for us.
God the Father did not come and die for our sins, nor did God the Holy Spirit. That was the particular work of the Son.
Holy Spirit
The work of the Holy Spirit brings to completion the work that has been planned by God the Father and begun by God the Son
The Trinity are equal in all their attributes, they nonetheless differ in their relationships to the creation. The Son and Holy Spirit are completely equal in deity to God the Father, but they are subordinate in their roles.
Erroneous Teaching on Trinity
Erroneous Teaching on Trinity
Modalism
Arianism
Tritheism
