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The Trinity – God the Father “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 (= essence) but distinct in subsistence (=necessary existence)” Benjamin Warfield, “Trinity”, International Standard Bible Encyclopaedia, 5: 3012 3

The Trinity – God the Father Norman Geisler : substance or essence = what you are, person = who you are. God is one “what” but three “who’s. ” 4

The Trinity – God the Father The Trinity in Seven Statements A. God is three distinct Persons. 1 - The Father is not the Son. 2 - The Son is the not the Holy Spirit. 3 - The Holy Spirit is not the Father. B. Each Person is fully God. 4 - The Father is God. 5 - The Son is God. 6 - The Holy Spirit is God. C. 7 - There is only one God. 5

The Trinity – God the Father - God are one. - They is three. Oneness in the Threeness 6

The Trinity – God the Father (NIV) Exodus 19: 16 On the morning of the third day there was thunder and lightning, with a thick cloud over the mountain…… Everyone in the camp trembled. 17 Then Moses led the people out of the camp to meet with God, and they stood at the foot of the mountain. 18 Mount Sinai was covered with smoke, because the Lord descended on it in fire. The smoke billowed up from it like smoke from a furnace, and the whole mountain trembled violently. 7

The Trinity – God the Father Exodus 24: 17 To the Israelites the glory of the Lord looked like a consuming fire on top of the mountain. Deuteronomy 4: 24 For the Lord your God is a consuming fire, a jealous God. 8

The Trinity – God the Father Exodus 4: 22 -23 22. 'This is what the LORD says: Israel is my firstborn son, 23. and I told you, "Let my son go, so he may worship me. " 9

The Trinity – God Our Father He is the Holy God who is our Loving Father. 10

The Trinity – God Our Father Jeremiah 3: 19 -20 (NLT) 19 “I thought to myself, ‘I would love to treat you as my own children!’ …. I looked forward to your calling me ‘Father, ’ and I wanted you never to turn from me. 20 But you have been unfaithful to me, you people of Israel! 11

The Trinity – God Our Father Jeremiah 31: 9 They will come with weeping; they will pray as I bring them back. I will lead them beside streams of water on a level path where they will not stumble, because I am Israel's father, and Ephraim is my firstborn son. 12

The Trinity – God Our Father John 14: 7 If you really know me, you will know my Father as well. 9 Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father. 10 Don’t you believe that I am in the Father, and that the Father is in me? John 10: 30 I and the Father are one. ” 13

The Trinity – God Our Father Before he was even born. At conception - Luke 1: 32 He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. At age 12, age of accountability Luke 2: 49 “Didn’t you know I had to be in my Father’s house? ” At age 30, at his baptism, the start of his public ministry - Matthew 3: 17 “This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased. ” 14

The Trinity – God Our Father At the Mt of Transfiguration as he prepares to go to the Cross - Matthew 17: 5 “This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased. Listen to him!” At the Garden of Gethsemane, as he surrenders to God’s will on the Cross - Mark 14: 36 “Abba, Father, ” he said, “everything is possible for you. Take this cup from me. Yet not what I will, but what you will. ” 15

The Trinity – God Our Father Matthew 27: 46 My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? 16

The Trinity – God Our Father Luke 23: 46 Father, into your hands I commit my spirit. " 17

The Trinity – God Our Father Calling God Abba Father affirms our - Identity and salvation (John 1: 12) - Authority and submission (Mark 14: 36) - Intimacy and communion (John 7: 29) - Family and affection (Ephesians 2: 19) 18

The Trinity – God Our Father Calling God Abba Father affirms our - identity and salvation (John 1: 12) John 1: 12 Yet to all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God — Gal 3: 26 You are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus. 19

The Trinity – God Our Father The only identity that saves and nurtures us is this identity - that we are sons and daughters of God. - who we are - because of whose we are. “foreigners and aliens” (Ephesians 2: 19), “God’s enemies” (Romans 5: 10), “members of God’s household” (Ephesians 2: 19), “children of God” (John 1: 12). 20

The Trinity – God Our Father Calling God Abba Father affirms our - identity and salvation (John 1: 12) - Authority and submission (Mark 14: 36) Mark 14: 36 “Abba, Father, ” he said, “everything is possible for you. Take this cup from me. Yet not what I will, but what you will. ” If God is my Father, then John 8: 29 - I always do what pleases him. ” 21

The Trinity – God Our Father Calling God Abba Father affirms our - identity and salvation (John 1: 12) - Authority and submission (Mark 14: 36) - Intimacy and communion (John 7: 29) Abba Father is God’s favorite name. - Max Lucado, The Great House of God, pg 13 22

The Trinity – God Our Father John 7: 29 but I know him. 23

The Trinity – God Our Father Calling God Abba Father affirms our - identity and salvation (John 1: 12) - Authority and submission (Mark 14: 36) - Intimacy and communion (John 7: 29) - Family and affection (Ephesians 2: 19) Matthew 6: 9 This, then, is how you should pray: ‘Our Father in heaven, ’ 24

The Trinity – God Our Father 1 John 4: 19 We love because he first loved us. 20 Whoever claims to love God yet hates a brother or sister is a liar. For whoever does not love their brother and sister, whom they have seen, cannot love God, whom they have not seen. 21 And he has given us this command: Anyone who loves God must also love their brother and sister. 25

The Trinity – God Our Father 2 Thessalonians 1: 3 We ought always to thank God for you, brothers and sisters, and rightly so, because your faith is growing more and more, and the love all of you have for one another is increasing. Can you say that your love for the family = God’s Family is growing and increasing? 26

The Trinity – God Our Father Calling God Abba Father affirms our - Identity and salvation (John 1: 12) - Authority and submission (Mark 14: 36) - Intimacy and communion (John 7: 29) - Family and affection (Ephesians 2: 19) 27

The Trinity – God Our Father The Story of the Prodigal Son (Luke 15: 11 -32) Luke 15: 18 -20 Father, I have sinned against you. 19 I am no longer worthy to be called your son 20 So he got up and went to his father. 28

The Trinity – God Our Father Can you call God, my Father? Can you call God, our Father? 29