GOD THE FATHER

God the Father is the Creator and Sustainer of all things, and He fashioned the universe with love. Man was created in His own image to commune with Him, but after the rebellion and fall, God called humanity back to Himself through Christ. These truths find support in the following Scriptures:

 

1. Creator and Sustainer:

   • Colossians 1:16-17 (NIV): "For in him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things have been created through him and for him. He is before all things, and in him all things hold together."

2. Created in His Image for Fellowship:

   • Genesis 1:26-27 (NIV): "Then God said, 'Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, over the livestock and all the wild animals, and over all the creatures that move along the ground.' So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them."

3. Calling Humanity Back Through Christ:

   • 2 Corinthians 5:18 (NIV): "All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation."

 

GOD THE SON

Jesus Christ is eternally God, existing as one with the Father and the Holy Spirit from the very beginning. Through Him, all things were created. To redeem humanity, He left the glory of heaven and took on human form, being conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of the virgin Mary. As a result, He forever remains one Christ with two distinct natures—fully God and fully man—united in a single person. These biblical truths are affirmed in the following Scriptures:

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1. Eternally God and Creator:

   • John 1:1-3 (NIV): "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made."

2. Incarnation by the Holy Spirit and Virgin Mary:

   • Matthew 1:20 (NIV): "But after he had considered this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, 'Joseph son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary home as your wife, because what is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit.'"

   • Luke 1:34-35 (NIV): " 'How will this be,' Mary asked the angel, 'since I am a virgin?' The angel answered, 'The Holy Spirit will come on you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the holy one to be born will be called the Son of God.'"

3. One Christ with Two Natures:

   • Philippians 2:6-7 (NIV): "Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be used to his own advantage; rather, he made himself nothing by taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness."

 

GOD THE HOLY SPIRIT

The Holy Spirit, who is God and the giver of life, has been actively present throughout the Old Testament and was fully imparted to the Church on Pentecost. He empowers believers for service and witness, purifies us from our old nature, and molds us into the likeness of Christ. The experience of being baptized in the Holy Spirit, which occurs after conversion, releases the fullness of the Spirit and is evident through the manifestation of the fruits and gifts of the Holy Spirit.

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1. Acts 2:1-4 - This passage describes the events of Pentecost, where the Holy Spirit descended upon the apostles, and they began speaking in tongues. This is often seen as the initial outpouring of the Holy Spirit upon believers.

2. Acts 8:14-17 - Here, the apostles in Jerusalem sent Peter and John to lay hands on the new believers in Samaria, who had already been baptized but had not received the Holy Spirit. When they laid hands on them, they received the Holy Spirit.

3. Acts 9:17 - Ananias lays hands on Saul (who later became the apostle Paul) to receive the Holy Spirit after his conversion.

4. Acts 10:44-48 - The Holy Spirit falls upon Gentiles while Peter is preaching to them. This event demonstrates that the Holy Spirit is not limited to a particular group but is available to all who believe.

5. Acts 19:1-7 -Paul encounters disciples in Ephesus who had been baptized with John's baptism but had not received the Holy Spirit. Paul baptizes them in the name of Jesus, and they receive the Holy Spirit when he lays hands on them.