1. 1 #irelateseries Copyright © Simon G. Harris 2012 Scripture quotations taken from the HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society. Used by permission

2. 2 John 17:21 Father, just as you are in me and I am in you.May they also be in us so that the world may believe that you have sent me. The Relationship that lies at the heart of the universe astonishing invitation

3. 3 John 15:15 I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master’s business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you. that lies at the heart of the universe I have called you friends

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5. 5 “For all the difficulty, the Trinity is simply the price to be paid for having a God who is great enough to command our worship and service.” God is three persons Each person is fully God There is one God

6. 6 Genesis 1:26 Then God said, “Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness,....” In God’s trinitarian image... 1. The priority of relationships

7. 7 Luke 22:42 “Father, if you are willing, take this cup from me; yet not my will, but yours be done.” 2. The priority of selfless living

8. 8 Luke 22:42 “Father, if you are willing, take this cup from me; yet not my will, but yours be done.” 2. The priority of selfless living

9. 9 John 6:7 But very truly I tell you, it is for your good that I am going away. Unless I go away, the Advocate will not come to you; but if I go, I will send him to you. In God’s trinitarian image... 2. The priority of selfless living

10. 10 John 14:26 But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have said to you. In God’s trinitarian image... 2. The priority of selfless living

11. 11 John 16:14-15 He will glorify me because it is from me that he will receive what he will make known to you. All that belongs to the Father is mine. That is why I said the Spirit will receive from me what he will make known to you. In God’s trinitarian image... 2. The priority of selfless living

12. 12 Philippians 2:9-10 Therefore God exalted him to the highest place and gave him the name that is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, In God’s trinitarian image... 2. The priority of selfless living

13. 13 Ephesians 5:21 Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ. In God’s trinitarian image... 2. The priority of selfless living

14. 14 Philippians 2:3-5 Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others. In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as Christ Jesus: In God’s trinitarian image... 2. The priority of selfless living

15. 15 John 14:10 Don’t you believe that I am in the Father, and that the Father is in me? The words I say to you I do not speak on my own authority. Rather, it is the Father, living in me, who is doing his work. In God’s trinitarian image... 3. The priority of partnerships

16. 16 Matthew 28:19 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations,baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, In God’s trinitarian image... 4. The priority of community

17. 17 Genesis 2:24 That is why a man leaves his father and mother and is united to his wife, and they become one flesh In God’s trinitarian image... 5. The priority of diversity

18. 18 Romans 12:4-5 For just as each of us has one body with many members, and these members do not all have the same function, so in Christ we, though many, form one body, and each member belongs to all the others. In God’s trinitarian image... 5. The priority of diversity

19. 19 Philippians 2:2 Then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being one in spirit and purpose.. In God’s trinitarian image... 5. The priority of diversity

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