Post by Keith on Sept 24, 2008 14:14:12 GMT -6
Divinity of the Triune Godhead
The Divinity of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit:
The Father is called God:
"Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ." (Philippians 1:2)
The Son is called God:
"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God." (John 1:1) ("the Word" was made flesh through Jesus (John 1:14))
And the Holy Spirit is called God:
"But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, and to keep back part of the price of the land? While it remained, was it not thine own? and after it was sold, was it not in thine own power? why hast thou conceived this thing in thine heart? thou hast not lied unto men, but unto God." (Acts 5:3-4)
Each member of the Trinity was involved in Christ's resurrection:
The Father's involvement:
"And to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, even Jesus, which delivered us from the wrath to come." (1 Thessalonians 1:10)
The Son's involvement:
"Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up. Then said the Jews, Forty and six years was this temple in building, and wilt thou rear it up in three days? But he spake of the temple of his body." (John 2:19-21)
And the Holy Spirit's involvement:
"But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you." (Romans 8:11)
Each member of the Trinity is all knowing, which is ascribed only to Divinity:
The Father is all knowing:
"For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things." (1 John 3:20)
The Son is all knowing:
"Now are we sure that thou knowest all things, and needest not that any man should ask thee: by this we believe that thou camest forth from God." (John 16:30)
"He saith unto him the third time, Simon, son of Jona, lovest thou me? Peter was grieved because he said unto him the third time, Lovest thou me? And he said unto him, Lord, thou knowest all things; thou knowest that I love thee. Jesus saith unto him, Feed my sheep." (John 21:17)
And the Holy Spirit is all knowing:
"But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God." (1 Corinthians 2:10)
"For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God." (1 Corinthians 2:11)
The Divinity of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit:
The Father is called God:
"Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ." (Philippians 1:2)
The Son is called God:
"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God." (John 1:1) ("the Word" was made flesh through Jesus (John 1:14))
And the Holy Spirit is called God:
"But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, and to keep back part of the price of the land? While it remained, was it not thine own? and after it was sold, was it not in thine own power? why hast thou conceived this thing in thine heart? thou hast not lied unto men, but unto God." (Acts 5:3-4)
Each member of the Trinity was involved in Christ's resurrection:
The Father's involvement:
"And to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, even Jesus, which delivered us from the wrath to come." (1 Thessalonians 1:10)
The Son's involvement:
"Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up. Then said the Jews, Forty and six years was this temple in building, and wilt thou rear it up in three days? But he spake of the temple of his body." (John 2:19-21)
And the Holy Spirit's involvement:
"But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you." (Romans 8:11)
Each member of the Trinity is all knowing, which is ascribed only to Divinity:
The Father is all knowing:
"For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things." (1 John 3:20)
The Son is all knowing:
"Now are we sure that thou knowest all things, and needest not that any man should ask thee: by this we believe that thou camest forth from God." (John 16:30)
"He saith unto him the third time, Simon, son of Jona, lovest thou me? Peter was grieved because he said unto him the third time, Lovest thou me? And he said unto him, Lord, thou knowest all things; thou knowest that I love thee. Jesus saith unto him, Feed my sheep." (John 21:17)
And the Holy Spirit is all knowing:
"But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God." (1 Corinthians 2:10)
"For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God." (1 Corinthians 2:11)