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Introduction
Have you met anyone else in my family?
If so you would probably see that we share traits.
We’re similar in many ways!
There’s been occasions where I've met someone, and after 5 minutes of talking they ask “oh, are you related to Alexander?
You’re just like him!
You sound like him” or “you look similar” or “the way you gesture reminds me of him.”
The thing is though, the reason that Alexander, or Sarah, or any of my siblings have a resemblance to me, is because we come from the same parents.
We got our traits either by genetics, or by learning them from our Mum & Dad!
We are a product of our parents, not only shaped by them as they raised us, but intrinsically I’m made up of my Mum & Dad.
They are the source of my physical being.
I’m sure you’ve hear the phrase, “like Father, like Son” or “like mother, like daughter.”
We use it when we see a child embodying some trait of parents.
In those moments it’s abundantly clear who their parent is, you can look at the child and see the parent.
Sometimes I catch my Dad doing something and then I realize, I do that exact same thing!
That’s just like what I do.
I have received the trait and reflected it.
You know what?
Parents are reflected in their offspring, and that is a reflection of heavenly realty.
God the Son, reflects God the Father.
Like Father, Like Son.
Jesus Christ, Son of God is like our own experience, with parents and offspring: an embodiment of The God the Father.
Jesus’ traits, his characteristics, his being is from God the Father.
He is inseparable from the Father and like him in so many ways!
Now when it comes to you, I can’t meet you and then say, “I’ve met you, now I’ve met your Father.”
I can get a pretty good idea of what your dad might be like, but you are different.
You are separated and diluted from your dad.
You’re not made of the same substance as your dad, you’re two divided beings who are made of different stuff, who probably share different opinions on things.
You have had different upbringings and life experiences.
So even through you’re from your dad, you two are distinctly separate.
You could even be vastly different from each other.
Unlike God the Son & God the Father!
Even though these are two persons, they are not separated.
They share the same substance.
They’re made of the same stuff.
They’re one God, who in along with the Spirit are expressed and exist in three persons.
Jesus the Son has his source in the Father but they’ve never been divided into two individuals.
In fact, they’re so intrinsically connected that Jesus said:
Whoever has seen me has seen the Father
That’s a powerful claim.
That’s epic.
That’s big.
I can’t say “look at me and you see my Dad.”
I can say “Look at me and you can get and idea of my Dad”.
You can look at my Dad and see how I reflect his nature and traits, but the idea that you could look at the Son to see the Father is huge!
In Hebrews is says of God the Father and God the Son
3 He is the radiance of the glory of God and the exact imprint of his nature
Jesus the Son is the exact imprint of God the Father.
He is thoroughly God.
Exactly like God.
Exactly like God because he is in fact God, and shares the substance of the Father!
Like Father, Like Son.
Family Photo, resemblance, mannerisms,
Now, before I get carried away ranting and raving about the depths of the nature of God, I better stop and tell you what’s happening here this morning...
Trinity Recap
We’ve chosen to spend a few weeks dwelling on the deep things of God by having a bit of a look at what the Bible says about who God is.
We’ve had a bit of an overview, and then last week Steve helped us understand God the Father, this week we’re looking at God the Son, and then we’ll finish off with God the Holy Spirit next week.
This way we’ll cover each of the persons of the Trinity.
Trinity is a word that we use to describe God, like Creator, or Almighty.
It is something that is intrinsic to who God is.
But similar to words like “omnipotent” or “omnipresent”, Trinity is a word we’ve made up to explain a biblical concept.
The crux of that concept is this:
We worship one God in Trinity, a Trinity in Unity; We don’t mix the three persons, nor do we divide the stuff of God into three pieces.
There is one person of the Father, another of the Son, and another of the Holy Spirit.
But the Godhead of the Father, of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit is all one, their glory equal, their majesty all eternal.
The Father uncreated, the Son uncreated, and the Holy Spirit uncreated.
The Father incomprehensible, the Son incomprehensible, and the Holy Spirit incomprehensible.
The Father eternal, the Son eternal, and the Holy Spirit eternal.
And yet they are not three eternals but one eternal.
Also there are not three uncreated, nor three incomprehensible, but one uncreated and one incomprehensible.
The Father is almighty, the Son almighty, and the Holy Spirit almighty.
And yet they are not three almighties, but one almighty.
The Father is almighty, the Son almighty, and the Holy Spirit almighty.
And yet they are not three almighties, but one almighty.
So the Father is God, the Son is God, and the Holy Spirit is God; And yet they are not three Gods, but one God.
So likewise the Father is Lord, the Son Lord, and the Holy Spirit Lord; And yet they are not three Lords but one Lord.
For like as we are compelled by the Christian verity to acknowledge every Person by himself to be God and Lord; So are we forbidden by the catholic religion to say; There are three Gods or three Lords.
The Father is made of none, neither created nor begotten.
The Son is of the Father alone; not made nor created, but begotten.
The Holy Spirit is of the Father and of the Son; neither made, nor created, nor begotten, but proceeding.
So there is one Father, not three Fathers; one Son, not three Sons; one Holy Spirit, not three Holy Spirits.
And in this Trinity none is afore or after another; none is greater or less than another.
But the whole three persons are coeternal, and coequal.
So that in all things, as aforesaid, the Unity in Trinity and the Trinity in Unity is to be worshipped.
He therefore that will be saved must thus think of the Trinity
So the Father is God, the Son is God, and the Holy Spirit is God; And yet they are not three Gods, but one God.
So likewise the Father is Lord, the Son Lord, and the Holy Spirit Lord; And yet they are not three Lords but one Lord.
The Father is made of none, neither created nor begotten.
The Son is of the Father alone; not made nor created, but begotten.
The Holy Spirit is of the Father and of the Son; neither made, nor created, nor begotten, but proceeding.
In this Trinity none is before or after another; none is greater or less than another.
But the whole three persons are all eternal, and all equal.
Now I know, i know this might be a bit heavy on the brain for a Sunday morning, but I really want to share with you something of our amazing God!
If you think other humans, other people, are complex imagine how much more complex God is who is so far beyond us!
This morning we get the privilege to dwell on the nature of God, to soak it in.
Some stuff might just fly straight over your head, and that's ok, you can pick it up some other time.
It’s like Pokemon, you gotta catch them all, but you don’t need to catch them all today.
It’s a deep topic.
A complex topic.
It’s mystery.
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