Intimacy with God revealed in truths about the Godhead!
1 John 5:7 For there are three that bear witness in heaven: the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit; and these three are one.
Many words are spoken about the Godhead. The intimacy with God is reveal when you study the scriptures in regards to the Father, the Word and the Holy Spirit. It draws man into fellowship with an intimate God. God wants you and yes, even longs for you! What an awesome Savior. The word of God needs proclaimed even if our traditions have to be laid down. John 5:7, there are three that bear witness in heaven: The Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit, and these three are one. When I am asked what I believe about the “trinity” I declare “everything the scriptures say about the Godhead I believe.” While some deny the truths spoken about the Triune Being, others go to the another extreme and embellish and fabricate beyond what the scriptures teach. We must long to walk in the full counsel of God’s word.
Matthew 28:19 "Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,
Here is another passage that speaks clearly of the triune Being. The gospel of Jesus Christ is defined in a nutshell in this one verse.
Man’s sin has separated him from Father God.
The Father sent Jesus the Only Begotten Son for ransom.
All who surrender to the Son will be lead of the Holy Spirit.
True believers are those who are guided by the Holy Spirit.
Will you be immersed in the truths the Holy Spirit reveals?
John 5:22 "For the Father judges no one, but has committed all judgment to the Son, 23 "that all should honor the Son just as they honor the Father. He who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent Him.
Here Jesus Himself speaks of the differences and distinguishing factors of Himself and the Father. It was a big deal for Jew to admit Jesus was the Messiah; it could cost the Jewish believer everything. However Jesus said that Jesus the Son should be honored just as Father God is honored.
John 5:24 "Most assuredly, I say to you, he who hears My word and believes in Him who sent Me has everlasting life, and shall not come into judgment, but has passed from death into life. 25 "Most assuredly, I say to you, the hour is coming, and now is, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God; and those who hear will live. 26 "For as the Father has life in Himself, so He has granted the Son to have life in Himself, 27 "and has given Him authority to execute judgment also, because He is the Son of Man.
Here in John 5:24 Jesus Himself declares where the point of salvation is; it is defined by the point when one passes from death unto life! When you believe that God the Father sent the Son and Jesus is the Son, the Messiah, you have already passed from death unto life and shall not come into judgment. What you believe about Jesus determines your destiny in this life and in the life to come!
Colossians 1:12 giving thanks to the Father who has qualified us to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in the light. 13 He has delivered us from the power of darkness and conveyed us into the kingdom of the Son of His love, 14 in whom we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins.
The Father Himself had salvation’s plan worked out from the foundation of the world. It is the Father Himself who has qualified us to be partakers of the inheritance of the saint in light. It is His goodness that delivered us from the power of darkness and transferred us into the kingdom of the Son of His love. It is the goodness of God that leads men to repentance. Every good and perfect gift comes from the Father and there is no variable that can change that truth.
Ephesians 1:2 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. 3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ,…
It is the Father Himself who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus.
Ephesians 1:11 In Him (Jesus Christ) also we have obtained an inheritance, ...
Jesus was in complete agreement with the Father and in Him we have obtained an inheritance. We have been made joint heirs with Christ! Wow!
Ephesians 1:13 In Him you also trusted, after you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation; in whom also, having believed, you were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise, 14 who is the guarantee of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, to the praise of His glory.
When we trust in Jesus we are sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise. It is the gift of the Bridegroom to His precious bride the church. The Father choose us, the Son shared His inheritance with us and the precious Holy Spirit sealed us!
John 14:16 "And I will pray the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may abide with you forever; 17 "the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him; but you know Him, for He dwells with you and will be in you.
Jesus clearly made distinct differences between the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Jesus prayed to the Father that He would give us a Helper; and that Helper the Holy Spirit would be in us forever! Whenever the Triune is brought up in scriptures it points us to God’s desired intimacy with man.
John14:18 "I will not leave you orphans; I will come to 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 things that I said to you.
The Holy Spirit always brings us revelation of Jesus Christ. The Father gives us the Holy Spirit in the precious name of Jesus.
John 16:7 "Nevertheless I tell you the truth. It is to your advantage that I go away; for if I do not go away, the Helper will not come to you; but if I depart, I will send Him to you.
Jesus declared that the Holy Spirit could not come unless Jesus himself departed from the earth. Then the precious Helper the Holy Spirit could come. Jesus declared I will send Him to you!
Acts 2:32 "This Jesus God has raised up, of which we are all witnesses. 33 "Therefore being exalted to the right hand of God, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, He poured out this which you now see and hear.
Here in Acts 2 we once again see the clear distinction between God the Father, Jesus the Son, the Holy Spirit. When Jesus ascending to the Father, Jesus received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit. Jesus poured out the Holy Spirit upon the believers assembled on the day of Pentecost. Jesus is still the baptizer of the Holy Spirit today! Indeed this was the fulfillment of Jesus own words in John 16:7.
John 16:8 "And when He has come, He will convict the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment: 9 "of sin, because they do not believe in Me; 10 "of righteousness, because I go to My Father and you see Me no more; 11 "of judgment, because the ruler of this world is judged.
The purpose of the Holy Spirit coming to us is defined in this passage. The Holy Spirit has come to convict the unbeliever of their sin. The Holy Spirit has come for each believer to be convicted of righteousness! Finally the Holy Spirit is to convince all that the devil has been judged already. Jesus made a public spectacle of the enemy, triumphing over him!
John 16:12 "I still have many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now. 13 "However, when He, the Spirit of truth, has come, He will guide you into all truth; for He will not speak on His own authority, but whatever He hears He will speak; and He will tell you things to come. 14 "He will glorify Me, for He will take of what is Mine and declare it to you. 15 "All things that the Father has are Mine. Therefore I said that He will take of Mine and declare it to you.
Again Jesus portraying the distinguishing factors between the Father, Son, Holy Spirit. The message Jesus was bringing was the intimacy God desires with His people.
Hebrews 2:12 saying: "I will declare Your name to My brethren; In the midst of the assembly I will sing praise to You.“ 13 And again: "I will put My trust in Him." And again: "Here am I and the children whom God has given Me.“
What a song service it will be when Jesus Christ Himself sings the praise of the Father in the midst of the assembly! And on that same day Jesus will present to the Father the children the Father gave Him. How will you react on the day Jesus presents you to the Father as one of the adopted sons of God.
Genesis 1:26 Then God said, "Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness;
It started in Genesis and can be found all through the word of God
Daniel 7:13 "I was watching in the night visions, And behold, One like the Son of Man, Coming with the clouds of heaven! He came to the Ancient of Days, And they brought Him near before Him. 14 Then to Him was given dominion and glory and a kingdom, That all peoples, nations, and languages should serve Him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion, Which shall not pass away, And His kingdom the one Which shall not be destroyed.
Here in Daniel a clear picture of the Father and the Son!
1 Corinthians 15:24 Then comes the end, when He delivers the kingdom to God the Father, when He puts an end to all rule and all authority and power. 25 For He must reign till He has put all enemies under His feet. 26 The last enemy that will be destroyed is death. 27 For "He has put all things under His feet." But when He says "all things are put under Him," it is evident that He who put all things under Him is excepted. 28 Now when all things are made subject to Him, then the Son Himself will also be subject to Him who put all things under Him, that God may be all in all.
Here in Corinthians is a prophetic picture of our future! It is the day when Jesus the Son delivers the kingdom of God to the Father! Wow Jesus has all authority in heaven and in earth but there was one exception; the Father Himself was never under or subject to the Son. The Father is the source of Jesus authority. How great this plan of salvation is! It shows us through the Triune Being our salvation has been secured. What a lovely God!
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