TRINITY: GOD THE FATHER
(Message by Tanny Keng)
1. What Is the Trinity?
a) Introduction
i) The doctrine of the Trinity states that the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit coexist in the unity of one God. The term "Trinity" is never mentioned in the Bible. It is the Christian Church's way of reconciling the Old Testament teaching that there is only one God (Deuteronomy 6:4) with New Testament teachings about the Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
ii) Trinity [is] the term by which is expressed the unity of three Persons in the one God. The Christian doctrine is:
@1. That there is only one God, one divine nature and being.
@2. This one divine Being is tri-personal, involving the distinctions of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
@3.These three are joint partakers of the same nature and majesty of God.
2. God the Father
a) God the Father is the creator and sustainer of the universe. As mere humans, we cannot see or touch God and we cannot fully understand how or why He came into being and created the universe:
i) For my thoughts are not your thoughts,
nor are your ways my ways, says the Lord.
For as the heavens are higher than the earth,
so are my ways higher than your ways
and my thoughts than your thoughts.
(Isaiah 55:8-9)
b) However, the Bible reveals some of God's characteristics in ways that we can understand:
i) God is the creator of everything (Genesis 1:1, Acts 17:24-25, Revelation 4:11).
ii) God is our Father and we are His children (Deuteronomy 14:1, Isaiah 63:16, Matthew 5:43-45, 6:7-9, Mark 11:25).
iii) God is purely spiritual and invisible to us (John 4:24, 1 John 4:12, 1 Timothy 1:17).
iv) God is incomprehensible to us (Job 11:7-9, Psalms 18:11, Isaiah 55:8-9, Matthew 11:27, 1 Corinthians 2:16).
v) God is all-powerful (Genesis 18:13-14, Job 42:1-2, Matthew 19:26).
vi) God is loving (Deuteronomy 4:37, Psalms 146:8, John 3:16, Romans 5:8, 1 John 4:8-16).
vii) God is eternal (Genesis 21:33, Psalms 90:2, Revelation 4:8-10).
viii) God is perfect (Matthew 5:48).
ix) God is faithful and keeps His promises (Numbers 23:19, John 8:26, 1 Corinthians 10:13, Titus 1:1-3, 1 Peter 4:19).
x) God is merciful (Psalms 86:5, Matthew 18:11-14, Ephesians 2:4-7, 1 Peter 1:3).
The End ...
1. What Is the Trinity?a) Introduction
i) The doctrine of the Trinity states that the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit coexist in the unity of one God. The term "Trinity" is never mentioned in the Bible. It is the Christian Church's way of reconciling the Old Testament teaching that there is only one God (Deuteronomy 6:4) with New Testament teachings about the Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
ii) Trinity [is] the term by which is expressed the unity of three Persons in the one God. The Christian doctrine is:
@1. That there is only one God, one divine nature and being.
@2. This one divine Being is tri-personal, involving the distinctions of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
@3.These three are joint partakers of the same nature and majesty of God.
2. God the Father
a) God the Father is the creator and sustainer of the universe. As mere humans, we cannot see or touch God and we cannot fully understand how or why He came into being and created the universe:
i) For my thoughts are not your thoughts,
nor are your ways my ways, says the Lord.
For as the heavens are higher than the earth,
so are my ways higher than your ways
and my thoughts than your thoughts.
(Isaiah 55:8-9)
b) However, the Bible reveals some of God's characteristics in ways that we can understand:
i) God is the creator of everything (Genesis 1:1, Acts 17:24-25, Revelation 4:11).
ii) God is our Father and we are His children (Deuteronomy 14:1, Isaiah 63:16, Matthew 5:43-45, 6:7-9, Mark 11:25).
iii) God is purely spiritual and invisible to us (John 4:24, 1 John 4:12, 1 Timothy 1:17).
iv) God is incomprehensible to us (Job 11:7-9, Psalms 18:11, Isaiah 55:8-9, Matthew 11:27, 1 Corinthians 2:16).
v) God is all-powerful (Genesis 18:13-14, Job 42:1-2, Matthew 19:26).
vi) God is loving (Deuteronomy 4:37, Psalms 146:8, John 3:16, Romans 5:8, 1 John 4:8-16).
vii) God is eternal (Genesis 21:33, Psalms 90:2, Revelation 4:8-10).
viii) God is perfect (Matthew 5:48).
ix) God is faithful and keeps His promises (Numbers 23:19, John 8:26, 1 Corinthians 10:13, Titus 1:1-3, 1 Peter 4:19).
x) God is merciful (Psalms 86:5, Matthew 18:11-14, Ephesians 2:4-7, 1 Peter 1:3).
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