New Christians need to see this and appreciate what God has done and is doing for His saints here yet in this world:
GOD IS LORD OVERALL
To properly understand our relationship with God, it might be helpful to better understand the trinity of God in a brief distinction, and appreciate His manifestation to mankind:
GOD, the Father: Jehovah --Creator and Lord, provider of all good, our progenitor, and the mind of the Godhead.
GOD, the Son: Jesus, the Christ --Savior and Lord, Bridegroom, our Redeemer and hope, and beloved personage (man) of the Godhead.
GOD, the Spirit: Holy Ghost --secret worker and power, comforter, energy and silent teacher of the Godhead.
A child of God can thank the Father-Jehovah for His great creation, plan of salvation, hope, care, and precious promises in His beloved Son (Gen.1:26; John 17:5; John 3:16). The believer can give thanks to Him for His many blessings, teaching, and care by His Holy Spirit (John 16:12-14); and one can also praise the Lord Jesus --the Christ, for coming unto us as a sacrifice for our redemption, comforting us, His promised return for us, and intercession---"no man cometh unto the Father but by Me" (John 14:6; 1 John 5:11-13).
This seems a proper appreciation of our triune God, who will come to us who believe, and dwell with us (see John 14:23 - "we will come" - the Trinity).
- R. DeWitt, GD03 - from biblecounsel.net
ADDENDUM 5/11: It is a growing practice in Christendom, and quite common among the charismatic type Christians, to not take "all the counsel of God" as we are told; and they thus fail to discern the working of God and are often talking to the "power" --Spirit, and neglecting the Father; and that seems to be due to a religious preoccupation with having some special revelation and spiritual experiences to the neglect of Scripture. They fail to see the Lord Jesus as our intercessor, and ignore the fact that the church is the "Bride" of Christ. It also is contrary to the presence of the Spirit as the Power of God, the silent Teacher and worker among men. These unlearned ones also fail to discern the New Testament in Christ, and some continue trying to keep the Hebrew language and ways of Israel ---calling Jehovah: Yahweh, and the Lord Jesus: Yeshua. Most of us in the world do not speak Hebrew. They do not understand the difference between Israel and the Church. Much sound ministry is available if one desires to know these things. A faithful saint today needs to enter in to the "high calling of God in Christ Jesus" (Phil. 3:14). - RLD: GD03
One has remarked: "A person can dismantle the trinity by researching all the places in the Bible that the three are shown as distinct and separate. These folks are not incorrect ---just incomplete. To be complete, they also must also research all the places where the three are shown to be one and the same. At that point they have re-assembled the trinity, and are now completely correct." - A. M.: Internet Forum.
GOD IS LORD OVERALL
THE MARVEL OF THE TRINITY
To properly understand our relationship with God, it might be helpful to better understand the trinity of God in a brief distinction, and appreciate His manifestation to mankind:
GOD, the Father: Jehovah --Creator and Lord, provider of all good, our progenitor, and the mind of the Godhead.
GOD, the Son: Jesus, the Christ --Savior and Lord, Bridegroom, our Redeemer and hope, and beloved personage (man) of the Godhead.
GOD, the Spirit: Holy Ghost --secret worker and power, comforter, energy and silent teacher of the Godhead.
A child of God can thank the Father-Jehovah for His great creation, plan of salvation, hope, care, and precious promises in His beloved Son (Gen.1:26; John 17:5; John 3:16). The believer can give thanks to Him for His many blessings, teaching, and care by His Holy Spirit (John 16:12-14); and one can also praise the Lord Jesus --the Christ, for coming unto us as a sacrifice for our redemption, comforting us, His promised return for us, and intercession---"no man cometh unto the Father but by Me" (John 14:6; 1 John 5:11-13).
This seems a proper appreciation of our triune God, who will come to us who believe, and dwell with us (see John 14:23 - "we will come" - the Trinity).
- R. DeWitt, GD03 - from biblecounsel.net
ADDENDUM 5/11: It is a growing practice in Christendom, and quite common among the charismatic type Christians, to not take "all the counsel of God" as we are told; and they thus fail to discern the working of God and are often talking to the "power" --Spirit, and neglecting the Father; and that seems to be due to a religious preoccupation with having some special revelation and spiritual experiences to the neglect of Scripture. They fail to see the Lord Jesus as our intercessor, and ignore the fact that the church is the "Bride" of Christ. It also is contrary to the presence of the Spirit as the Power of God, the silent Teacher and worker among men. These unlearned ones also fail to discern the New Testament in Christ, and some continue trying to keep the Hebrew language and ways of Israel ---calling Jehovah: Yahweh, and the Lord Jesus: Yeshua. Most of us in the world do not speak Hebrew. They do not understand the difference between Israel and the Church. Much sound ministry is available if one desires to know these things. A faithful saint today needs to enter in to the "high calling of God in Christ Jesus" (Phil. 3:14). - RLD: GD03
One has remarked: "A person can dismantle the trinity by researching all the places in the Bible that the three are shown as distinct and separate. These folks are not incorrect ---just incomplete. To be complete, they also must also research all the places where the three are shown to be one and the same. At that point they have re-assembled the trinity, and are now completely correct." - A. M.: Internet Forum.
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