There are three main issues that the Bible teaches which leads to the logical conclusion of the trinity, here are the 3 key issues we will be working with during this series
-There is one God (The Bible teaches Monotheism, one God) Deut 6:4
-God is three persons
-Each person is fully God
(5) We learned about the community aspect, we also learned about the divine dance of mutual love and glory.
Theologians have two categories for the trinity
Ontological (essence of the being) this is a “given” when we read the N.T. not one writer questions the being of the God encompassing three persons of the trinity.
Economical (the outworking of the being) This is the teaching of the N.T.
This is extremely important to understand because the accusation against the trinity is that it was invented by early church fathers and not a teaching of the N.T. But from reading and studying the N.T. we see that the authors freely speak of each person of the trinity in the context of their divinity.
I want to illustrate this point with an important passage Ephesians 1:2-14 is the praise of the Trinity. The three members are working together to accomplish Salvation.
The Holy Spirit is God: Psalm 139:7-9 speaks of the omnipresence of the Spirit, 1 Cor. 2:10-11 speaks of the omniscience of the Spirit
1 Cor. 3:16 Do you not know that you are a temple of God and His Spirit lives within you”
****So how does the Spirit impact our lives?
*John 16:8-11 Brings Conviction
Convicts world of sin, before you came to know Jesus as your Savior you came to the conclusion your sin needed to be forgiven, Godly sorrow produces repentance which leads to salvation 2 Cor 7:9-11
-most of the time we only feel bad or sorry because we are caught, that is worldly sorrow.
Of righteousness, the Holy Spirit makes us realize we need to be made righteous. Sometime we think we are righteous because the people around us are not.
Of Judgment because the Spirit makes us realize there is judgment and a need for judgment
We have a Holy and just and righteous God and that is what He desires from us but we can never compare and the Spirit convicts us so we realize we are not and we need Jesus
*1 Peter 1:2 Brings Sanctification being set apart. If there are no changes occurring in your life there is something wrong. Or if last year or five years ago you were spiritually closer to God there is a problem.
Ez 36:26-27 Prophecy of the Holy Spirit being given to believers
The question becomes for many of you, why am I not being sanctified? What is wrong?
1. Maybe you are not a Christian: you are confused about what a Christian is
2. Maybe you are not exposing yourself to God’s Word
The Bible is the “Sword of the Spirit”
3. Maybe you don’t trust that Jesus is right so therefore you don’t follow the teachings of Jesus. Dumb Oprah book
4. You have fallen into the trap of blame. Like Adam and Eve. If…
5. Maybe you just don’t care. We tend to think of people who are hog wild in sin, but Jesus was always challenging the religious. Did you know that Jesus hates religion.
Maybe you are convicted and you are being sanctified, then guess what you start to stand out in the crowd. When this happens you are open to being persecuted because the world does not understand.
Two Iranian Women in jail
2 Tim 3:12 Yes, all who desire to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted. It is bizarre but it is true that people actually will mock you, hate you and try to harm your reputation because you love Jesus and are living what even the worst of people would think is good.
-Its like making fun of your kid for getting good grades,
-It like a wife yelling at her husband for getting a raise at work
-It is like a teenager telling their parents they hate them for buying them car
It is bizarre to be persecuted for doing good, but that is what happens when we are living for Jesus. Why? Because we become a reminder to those who do not believe.
*1 Peter 4:14 Brings comfort when you are suffering in the Name of Jesus “Spirit rests on you”
How does the Spirit rest on us?
2 Cor 13:14 We have fellowship with the Spirit which implies His personal nature and how the Spirit is the means in which we are united with the Godhead. *Lonely at work or school or home
Romans 5:5 God’s Love is poured out in our hearts. No matter how hard it gets it is an encouragement to know that God loves us and this is something that through the Holy Spirit that we can also experience.
John 15:26 He is the Helper, helps us out of the persecution Paul broken out of prison, during persecution we are tempted to sin. If I give in they will not persecute me any more.
Helps us to escape temptation Jesus in Matt 4
John 14:26 teaches and brings to remembrance “they hated me first”
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