Well it is Friday and another week has gone by. I worked the last couple of days so I wasn't able to post. We are going to enjoy a beautiful weekend in Cheyenne if the weatherman's prediction comes true. I hope that your weekend will be nice also.
My daughter Jasmine is coming over today to visit and pick up a NFL Steelers Jacket that I was able to get for her. It is fun around here because not one of us has the same team for our favorite. My son-in-law Tim likes the Raiders. That is good because they are not doing very good so far in the season and they need support. We have fun with it even though we want different teams to win.
It is nice that we are all on the same team in our spiritual life. We have one God who is in heaven. Even though we have one God, He is three distinct Persons. The Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. In the Christian religion, it is referred to as the Trinity. The New Unger's Bible Dictionary gives this definition (Trinity. The term by which is expressed the unity of three Persons in one God. The Christian doctrine is: (1) That there is only one God, one divine nature and being. (2) This one divine Being is tripersonal, involving the distinctions of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. (3) These three are joint partakers of the same nature and majesty of God.) It is essential to the understanding of the Scriptures.
[THE FATHER]
How do I know it is true? Romans 1;19-20 (Because what may be known of God is manifest in them, for God has shown it to them. For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead, so that they are without excuse,) Now God tells us that we are not going to be able to say we didnt know about Him and that He exisited.
[THE SON]
How do I know it is true? John 1;1-2 ( In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God.) Now here we find that the second person of the Trinity, the Son "Jesus" was with the Father in the beginning. Still not convinced? Matthew 1;21 ( She will bear a Son; and you shall call His name Jesus, for He will save His people from their sins.) Need More? Matthew 1;23 ("Behold the virgin shall be with child, and bear a Son, and they shall call His name Immanuel," which is translated, "God with us".) The Scriptures tells us many places that Jesus is God.
[THE HOLY SPIRIT]
How do I know it is true? Matthew 3;16-17 ( When He had been baptized, Jesus came up immediately from the water; and behold, the heavens were opened to Him, and He saw the Spirit of God decending like a dove and alighting upon Him. And suddenly a voice came from heaven, saying, "This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.") Need more? John 14;16 ( I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may be with you forever; that is the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it does not see Him or know Him, but you know Him because He abides with you and will be in you.) John 14;26 ( But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all that I said to you.)
So as you can see, there is a Trinity in heaven. God the Father, God the Son, God the Holy Spirit. One last proof? When Jesus was speaking to the disciples, He told them in Matthew 28;19 ( Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit.) Now this is straight from God the Son.
I pray that this helps explain the Trinity. I encourage you to search the scriptures for yourself. Don't take my word for it. Ask God to explain His word to you so you can understand.
God Bless You
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