Baptist, the fact of the Trinity was clearly set forth (Matt. 3:16, 17). You see, the unity of God does not conflict with what the Scriptures teach about the tri-personality of God. Those who attack the Bible should also oppose such verses as Genesis 2:24, “Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.” This doesn’t mean that the husband loses his iden tity or the wife hers. The suggestion is a composite intellectual, emotion al, and spiritual unity established in the marriage. Even in man, created in the image of God, there is both unity and plurality. The Christian agrees with the Jew, Mohammedan, and the Unitarian in their belief in the Unity of God. There is only One. But, as believers, we have infinitely more. The fact of the tri-personality of God cannot be challenged by an honest and unprejudiced mind. The triune God has exercised Himself in the giving of the Holy Scriptures, all Three Persons appearing in the ac tivity of inspiration (II Tim. 3:16; I Pet. 1:10, 11; II Pet. 1:21). The most thrilling aspect, however, is the fact that the triune God exer cises Himself in the believer by His indwelling presence (Eph. 4:6; Col. 1:24; I Cor. 6:19). The 10th chap ter of John shows that our security and safe-keeping in eternal salva tion are assured through the Trin ity (John 10:29). Other passages likewise give us this assurance (Eph. 1:13; 4:30). Finally, I want to point out the important fact that all Three Per sons in the Godhead are active in delivering the sinner out of death unto life. Have you been saved? Do you know the Lord Jesus Christ as your only Saviour and hope for heaven? If you do not, come to God at once through faith in Christ. Be lieve on the Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt be saved!
is not addressing angels because we read in the next verse, “So God cre ated man in His own image.” Here is a conversation and council within the Trinity. God the Son was also active in creation. The same truth occurs in John 1:1, referring to Christ, “Without Him was not any thing made that was made.” Without question, the Three Per sons in the Godhead are called God (John 6:27; Rom. 1:7; I Cor. 8:6; Gal. 1:1; Eph. 4:6; I Pet. 1:2). At the same time, we are faced with the truth that Christ, the Second Per son of the Trinity, is likewise God (John 1:1, 14; 10:30; 20:28; Col. 2:9; Tit. 2:13; Heb. 1:8, and many others). When Jesus Christ was born of the virgin Mary, God was mani fest in the flesh (I Tim. 3:16). The third fact is that the Holy Spirit is also God. All of the attri butes of deity are ascribed to Him such as eternality (Heb. 9:14), om niscience (I Cor. 2:10, 11), omnipo tence (Lk. 1:35), and omnipresence (Psa. 139:7-10). In Matthew 28:19, we have the proper formula for a church ordinance. “Baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.” The same tri-personality of God is seen in the apostolic benediction, “The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, be with you all, Amen” (II Cor. 13:14; I Cor. 12:4- 6). The Trinity is shown us in the announcement of our Lord’s birth. Read the accounts in both Matthew and Luke. “Mary was found with child of the Holy Ghost.” “And the angel answered and said unto her, the Holy Ghost shall come upon Thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be bom of thee shall be called the Son of God.” All Three Persons in the God head were working. When our Lord Jesus was baptized by John the 12
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