“Go due to this fact and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them within the title of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit” (Matthew 28:19).
GOD IS ONE, BUT HIS UNITY IS A TRI-UNITY. That’s to say, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit are all components of the oneness of God. Whereas this challenges even our greatest efforts to grasp, it’s clearly what the Scriptures reveal about God. We’re not free to dispense with the unity of God, however neither are we free to disclaim that the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are all components of the one God.
The unity of God. The primary textual content that involves thoughts might be Moses’ declaration: “Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one” (Deuteronomy 6:4). However many different texts additionally affirm this, in each the Outdated and the New Testaments (Malachi 2:10; 1 Corinthians 8:4–6; and many others.). So allow us to not waver: God — and God alone — is God.
The complexity of God. Even within the Outdated Testomony, God’s personhood was not easy. At Sodom, “the Lord” on the scene that morning rained down hearth from “the Lord” nonetheless in heaven (Genesis 19:24). That is per the New Testomony, the place the Father, Son, and Spirit are seen doing various things concurrently however in numerous areas, as at Jesus’ baptism (Matthew 3:16,17).
Folks usually try analogies to point out how God may very well be three Individuals and nonetheless be one God, however with deep theological truths, analogy-making is commonly harmful. It’s best for us to easily affirm what the Scriptures train. It’s our privilege to be the recipients of each little bit of details about Himself that God has revealed.
We should courageously settle for God’s self-disclosure, even the components that appear to us to not “match.” It will be mistaken to delete any of it for the sake of logic or concord. But along with being brave, we should even be humble. It is part of the majesty of God that He’s advanced past our potential to research or describe. As tempting as it’s to reject complexities our minds can’t deal with, we have to humble ourselves — in each marvel and gratitude — earlier than the reality about God. Even in eternity His deep and varied nature might be past our creaturely understanding. But our half might be to not tame Him however to take pleasure in Him . . . in all His variety.
“The truth is, it’s spiritually wholesome for us to acknowledge brazenly that God’s very being is way better than we will ever comprehend. This humbles us earlier than God and attracts us to worship him with out reservation” (Wayne Grudem).
Gary Henry — WordPoints.com + AreYouaChristian.com
