1. Theology Proper
Grace Bible Institute 2015
Grace Bible Institute 2015

2. Lesson 11 – The Trinity (oneness & threeness)
Theology Proper
Grace Bible Institute 2015
Lesson 11 – The Trinity (oneness & threeness)
the TRIUNE GOD

3. The Trinity in the New Testament
There are no explicit statements on the Trinity
For there are three that testify: I John 5:7

4. Trinity Defined
Evidence for oneness.

5. Trinity Defined Sacrifice to idols…there is no god but one
Therefore concerning the eating of things sacrificed to idols, we know that there is no such thing as an idol in the world, and that there is no God but one.  For even if there are so-called gods whether in heaven or on earth, as indeed there are many gods and many lords,  yet for us there is but one God, the Father, from whom are all things and we exist for Him; and one Lord, Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we exist through Him. I Cor. 8:4-6

6. Trinity Defined
One Lord, one faith, one baptism…one God and Father…through, to, in all things.
3 being diligent to preserve the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. 4 There is one body and one Spirit, just as also you were called in one hope of your calling; 5 one Lord, one faith, one baptism, 6 one God and Father of all who is over all and through all and in all. Ephesians 4:3-6

7. Trinity Defined
One God – You believe that God is one, you do well; the demons also believe…
You believe that God is one. You do well; the demons also believe, and shudder. James 2:19

8. Trinity Defined
They relate to one another as three distinct persons.  

9. They Know One Another
even as the Father knows Me and I know the Father; and I lay down My life for the sheep. John 10:15

10. They Know One Another
All things have been handed over to Me by My Father; and no one knows the Son except the Father; nor does anyone know the Father except the Son, and anyone to whom the Son wills to reveal Him. Matthew 11:27

11. They Know One Another and He who searches the hearts knows
what the mind of the Spirit is, because
He intercedes for the saints according to
the will of God.
Romans 8:27

12. They Know One Another I Corinthians 2:10
 For to us God revealed them through the Spirit; for the Spirit searches all things, even the depths of God.
I Corinthians 2:10

13. The will of God They Know One Another
but so that the world may know that I love the Father, I do exactly as the Father commanded Me. Get up, let us go from here. John 14:31

14. They Love One Another
If you keep My commandments, you will abide in My love; just as I have kept My Father’s commandments and abide in His love.
John 15:10

15. They Love One Another
Father, I desire that they also, whom You have given Me, be with Me where I am, so that they may see My glory which You have given Me, for You loved Me before the foundation of the world. John 17:24

16. They Glorify One Another
He will glorify Me, for He will take of Mine and will disclose it to you. John 16:14

17. They Glorify One Another
1 Jesus spoke these things; and lifting up His eyes to heaven, He said, “Father, the hour has come; glorify Your Son, that the Son may glorify You,
4 I glorified You on the earth, having accomplished the work which You have given Me to do.
5 Now, Father, glorify Me together with Yourself, with the glory which I had with You before the world was. John 17:1, 4, 5

18. They Each Possess Attributes of God
Father
The
Essence
of God
Eternal
Faithful
All-powerful
True Holy
All-Knowing
Righteous
Etc.
Son
Holy Spirit

19. Eternity - Father
Before the mountains were born Or You gave birth to the earth and the world, Even from everlasting to everlasting, You are God. Psalm 90:2

20. Eternity - Son
8 “I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, “who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.”
17 When I saw Him, I fell at His feet like a dead man. And He placed His right hand on me, saying, “Do not be afraid;
I am the first and the last, Rev. 1:8, 17

21. Eternity - Spirit
 how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without blemish to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God? Heb. 9:14

22. Omnipotence - Father
5 who are protected by the power of God through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. I Peter 1:5

23. Omnipotence - Son
And He has said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for power is perfected in weakness.” Most gladly, therefore, I will rather boast about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may dwell in me. 2 Cor. 12:9

24. Omnipotence - Spirit
in the power of signs and wonders, in the power of the Spirit; so that from Jerusalem and round about as far as Illyricum I have fully preached the gospel of Christ.
Romans 15:19

25. Omniscience - Father
Oh, the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments and unfathomable His ways! Romans 11:33

26. Omniscience - Son
And I will kill her children with pestilence, and all the churches will know that I am He who searches the minds and hearts; and I will give to each one of you according to your deeds. Revelation 2:23

27. Omniscience - Spirit
For who among men knows the thoughts of a man except the spirit of the man which is in him? Even so the thoughts of God no one knows except the Spirit of God. I Corinthians 2:11

28. Omnipresence - Father
And looking at them Jesus said to them,

29. Omnipresence - Son
For where two or three have gathered together in My name, I am there in their midst.” Matthew 18:20

30. Omnipresence - Spirit Where can I go from Your Spirit?
Or where can I flee from Your presence? Psalm 139:7

31. Holiness - Father
I am no longer in the world; and yet they themselves are in the world, and I come to You. Holy Father, keep them in Your name, the name which You have given Me, that they may be one even as We are. John 17:11

32. Holiness - Son
But you disowned the Holy and Righteous One and asked for a murderer to be granted to you, Acts 3:14

33. Holiness - Spirit
called “Holy” in NT
but you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be My witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and even to the remotest part of the earth.” Acts 1:8

34. Truth - Father
Then Jesus cried out in the temple, teaching and saying, “You both know Me and know where I am from; and I have not come of Myself, but He who sent Me is true, whom you do not know. Jn 7:28

35. Truth –Son
 “And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write: He who is holy, who is true, who has the key of David, who opens and no one will shut, and who shuts and no one opens, says this: Rev. 3:7

36. Truth - Son
 “And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write: He who is holy, who is true, who has the key of David, who opens and no one will shut, and who shuts and no one opens, says this: Rev. 3:7

37. For there are three that testify: I John 5:7
Truth - Spirit
 For there are three that testify: I John 5:7

38. Shared Prerogatives
Each exercises the prerogatives of God.

39. Accepts Worship – Father
But an hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth; for such people the Father seeks to be His worshipers. John 4:23

40. Accepts Worship - Son
38 And he said, “Lord, I believe.” And he worshiped Him.
28 Thomas answered and said to Him, “My Lord and my God!”
John 9:38; 20:28

41. Issues Commands - Father

42. Issues Commands - Son
 “This is My commandment, that you love one another, just as I have loved you. John 15:12

43. Issues Commands- Spirit
Then the Spirit said to Philip, “Go up and join this chariot.” Acts 8:29

44. Distinct “Persons”
They function as
three distinct “persons.”  

45. Different Roles in Authority
 I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Helper,
that He may be with you forever; John 14:16

46. Different Roles in Authority
“When the Helper comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, that is the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father, He will testify about Me, John 15:26

47. Trinity Defined
 Different roles in working out God’s plan (2 Cor 13:14).  
The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit, be with you all. 2 Corinthians 13:14

48. Trinity Defined I and the Father are One. John 10:30
 Teaches the trinity as well as the deity of Christ.
I and the Father are One.
John 10:30

49. Plural pronouns
 The Trinity in the Old Testament – God speaks using plural pronouns