The Nature of God
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One God in Character
One God in Character
The Father is Eternal
The Father is Eternal
26 but now made manifest, and by the prophetic Scriptures made known to all nations, according to the commandment of the everlasting God, for obedience to the faith—
The Son is Eternal
The Son is Eternal
6 For unto us a Child is born, Unto us a Son is given; And the government will be upon His shoulder. And His name will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
The Holy Spirit is Eternal
The Holy Spirit is Eternal
14 how much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without spot to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?
One God All-Knowing
One God All-Knowing
The Father is All-Knowing
The Father is All-Knowing
1 O Lord, You have searched me and known me.
2 You know my sitting down and my rising up; You understand my thought afar off.
3 You comprehend my path and my lying down, And are acquainted with all my ways.
The Son is All-Knowing
The Son is All-Knowing
24 But Jesus did not commit Himself to them, because He knew all men,
25 and had no need that anyone should testify of man, for He knew what was in man.
The Spirit is All-Knowing
The Spirit is All-Knowing
10 But God has revealed them to us through His Spirit. For the Spirit searches all things, yes, the deep things of God.
11 For what man knows the things of a man except the spirit of the man which is in him? Even so no one knows the things of God except the Spirit of God.
One God Holy
One God Holy
The Father Holy
The Father Holy
3 And one cried to another and said: “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts; The whole earth is full of His glory!”
The Son Holy
The Son Holy
24 saying, “Let us alone! What have we to do with You, Jesus of Nazareth? Did You come to destroy us? I know who You are—the Holy One of God!”
The Spirit Holy
The Spirit Holy
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.
One God in Creation
One God in Creation
The Father, the Spirit, the Son
The Father, the Spirit, the Son
1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
2 The earth was without form, and void; and darkness was on the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.
3 Then God said, “Let there be light”; and there was light.
The Son
The Son
16 For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him.
The Spirit
The Spirit
4 The Spirit of God has made me, And the breath of the Almighty gives me life.
One God in Indwelling
One God in Indwelling
23 Jesus answered and said to him, “If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word; and My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our home with him.
16 Do you not know that you are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you?
20 I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me.
Our Response to the God of Unity
Our Response to the God of Unity
Doctrine must change our Practice
Creeds our customs
Gospel our groove
Book our behavior
Dogma our disposition
LEARN
LEARN
LOVE
LOVE
LONG FOR
LONG FOR
LIVE FOR
LIVE FOR
15 but as He who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct,
16 because it is written, “Be holy, for I am holy.”
Dictionary of Bible Themes 1170 God, unity of
God acts as a unity in all his deeds. The three persons of the Trinity are united in one Godhead. They are interrelated with one another, share the same attributes and co-operate in the same work. God’s characteristics are consistent, expressing his integral divine nature.