TITLE: The Trinity
TEXT: Matthew 3:16-17
PROPOSITION: Deity is manifested in three distinct persons.
QUESTION: How?
KEY WORD: Distinctions
SCRIPTURE READING: Same
INTRODUCTION:
- There are many misunderstandings and confusion
about the Godhead
- Jehovah Only
- Jesus Only
- Jesus was 1st of creation
- Holy Spirit is just an impersonal life force
- Many gods Jehovah, Allah, Buddha, Shinto
- Bible View
- There is a godhead (deity, divine nature)
i.
Acts 17:29
ii.
Romans 1:20
- Plural
i.
Genesis 1:1
ii.
Genesis 1:26
- Trinity
i.
1 John 5:7
ii.
Matthew 28:19
iii.
2 Corinthians 13:14
Proving the Trinity
- Father is God John 20:17
- Son is God Hebrews 1:8
- Holy Spirit is God Acts 5:3, 4b
- Deity Godhead, Godhood, Divine Nature the qualities
and essence of God
Proving 3 Separate Persons
- Father is not the Son John 8:18
- Father is not the Holy Spirit John 14:26
- Son is not the Holy Spirit Acts 10:38
- Entire chart is shown
One Simple Passage
- John 8:13-15
- John 8:16-18
- ISBE on Trinity (see quote below)
Conclusion
- 1 John 5:6-8
- This is the God we worship.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia There
is one only and true God, but in the unity of the godhead there are three
coeternal and coequal Persons, the same in substance, but distinct in
subsistence.