Essential Beliefs: Part 3 in the series

The Triune God –Father, Son, and Spirit

To access the Barn’s essential beliefs

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Scroll down past “our vision”, past “our values” to “our Beliefs”

For previous messages, click on “teachings”

WhatdoesitmeantobelieveintheTriuneGod?

The Shema: Deuteronomy6:4“Shema,Yisrael;Adonai Elohenu;Adonai Echod!”HearOIsrael;theLORDourGod;theLORDisOne!

The Nicene creed: IbelieveinOneGod,theFatherAlmighty…

andinOneLordJesusChrist...andintheHolyGhost...

Barn essential belief #2 –

AttheBarnVineyardChurch,webelievethat:ThereisonlyonetrueGod,Whoisboth

infiniteandpersonal;thatHeexistsasthreePersonsinperfectunity,oftenreferredtoasthe“Trinity”;thatthistriuneGodexistsasGodtheFather,GodtheSon[JesusChrist],

andGodtheSpirit[theHolySpirit]

The Trinity in the creation story –

Genesis1:1Inthebeginning,God[Elohim]createdtheheavensandtheearth.

Genesis1:2-3…theSpiritofGodwasmoving...ThenGodsaid,‘Lettherebelight!’

John1:1-3InthebeginningwastheWord...AndtheWordwasGod...

echod vs. yachid –Deut.6:4Shema Yisrael…AdonaiEchod!

GodisOne!James2:19;ITim.2:5;Romans3:30

Ezekiel37:15-19Thenjoin them...thattheymaybecomeone inyourhand.

Genesis1:26LetUsmakemaninOurimage...Genesis1:27Hecreatedhim/them...

Genesis2:24...manandwifebecomeone flesh.

god as three persons –ThreePersons(hypostaseis),OneBeing.Oneinsubstance(ousia),essence,nature,

power,action,andwill.Father,Son,andSpirit– onenameforGod.Theycannotbeseparatefromoneanother.

Theyaremutuallyindwelling.John17:21;14:10;14:16;IJn.5:7;Matt.3:16

Trinitarian Formulae –Jude20-21PrayintheHolySpirit;keep

yourselvesintheloveofGod,waitingforthemercyofourLordJesusChrist.

IICorinthians13:14ICorinthians12:4-5Ephesians4:4-6IPeter1:1-2

Revelation1:4-6

DeityofGodtheFather–ICorinthians8:6ThereisoneGod,theFather.ITim.1:17…immortal,invisible,theonlyGod.

James1:17theFatheroflights...ITim.6:13-16...Whodwellsin

unapproachablelight,Whomnomanhasseenorcansee...

John1:18NomanhasseenGodatanytime...John6:46

DeityofGodtheSon–Colossians2:8-10…inHim(Christ)allthefullnessofDeitydwellsinbodilyform…

Philippians2:5-11...althoughHeexistedintheformofGod...didnotregardequalitywithGodathingtobegrasped,butlaidaside...Heb.1:1-14God...HisSon...heirofall...

radiance...exactrepresentationofHisnature.John14:6-7,9-11...IAmintheFather...

DeityofGodtheSpirit–Acts5:3-4(equatestheSpiritwithGod)ICorinthians3:16-17;6:19…youarethetempleofGod…SpiritofGoddwellsinyou.IICorinthians3:17...theLordistheSpirit.ShekinahGlory,theSpiritofGrace,but...

Heisnotaforce!TheHolySpiritexhibitsallofthecharacteristicsofaperson!

TheInseparableActivityoftheTrinity–

Father,Son,andSpirit,theThreePersonsoftheTrinityalwaysworkinseparably;

TheyhavebutonewillasTheyhavebutoneBeing.Notacommitteeofthree!Lovinglydependentandmutuallyindwelling,theTriuneGodisOne– echod!IICor.4:6-7…theGloryofGodinthefaceofChrist

OtherIdeasabouttheDivine–Modalism(Sabellianism)

ArianismEpicureanism,Stoicism,Neo-Platonism,Gnosticism

Monotheism,Deism,Polytheism,Animism,Pantheism,PanentheismUnitarianism,Jedi-ism,

Mormonism,Jehovah’sWitnessesSeventhDayChurchofGod

Jesus-Only/OnenessPentecostalism(Modalistic Monarchianism)ChristianUniversalism(Panentheism revisited)

So what? How do I apply these truths to my life?

Eph. 3 “I bow my knees to the father…Asking That he would

strengthen you through his spirit…so that christ may dwell

in your heart by faith!

St. Patrick’s breastplate“I arise today

through a mighty strength,The invocation of the trinity,Through belief in the three-ness,Through confession of the oneness,

Of the creator of creation!”

The end