Our Triune God – Part 1
The most fundamental doctrine of the Christian faith is that there is one God in three persons – Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Sadly this important doctrine is often neglected. My challenge to students is that they consider the incredible pressure that they will face in believing that all the religions of the world basically can come together and find unity. This is nothing new, but we live in an age that deems those who will not go along with these ideas as being bigots, intolerant, and perhaps even terrorists. In order to stand against this pressure, it is essential that we know what we believe and why we believe it.
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Outline of my chapel talk:
1. Introduction: Reading from the Westminster Confession of Faith
3. In the unity of the Godhead there be three persons, of one substance, power, and eternity: God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Ghost: the Father is of none, neither begotten, nor proceeding; the Son is eternally begotten of the Father; the Holy Ghost eternally proceeding from the Father and the Son.
2. Proposition: The most fundamental doctrine of the Christian faith is that there is One God in Three Persons.
Three basic points of the doctrine of the Trinity:
- There is one living and true God who is eternally and unchangeably indivisible.
- The Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit are each fully and equally God.
- The Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit are each distinct persons. The Father is not the Son or the Holy Spirit, etc.
3. Organizational Sentence: We will consider first the basic Scriptural evidence, second, false understandings of this doctrine, and third, practical applications of this most important doctrine.
4. Outline:
I. Basic Scriptural Evidence
- A. Deuteronomy 6:4-5
- B. Matthew 3:16-17
- C. Matthew 28:18-20
- D. John 1:1-3, 14
- E 1 Peter 1:1-2
October 14th, 2009 at 5:26 pm
A book that I recently purchased and would recommend on the doctrine of the Trinity is a new book by Robert Letham entitled ‘The Holy Trinity.’ The book, over 500 pages in length, provides helpful theological, historical, and practical discussion.
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