✝️ THE TRIUNE GOD AND THE THREEFOLD NATURE OF MAN
Main Texts: 2 Corinthians 13:14; 1 Thessalonians 5:23
Key Pauline Text: Ephesians 4:4–6
Theme: One God—Father, Son, and Holy Spirit; one believer wholly belonging to God in spirit, soul, and body.
Important distinction: Man's spirit, soul, and body can be useful as an illustration, but they are not a perfect explanation of the Trinity. God is not made of three “parts.” The Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are distinct Persons who eternally share ... more✝️ THE TRIUNE GOD AND THE THREEFOLD NATURE OF MAN
Main Texts: 2 Corinthians 13:14; 1 Thessalonians 5:23
Key Pauline Text: Ephesians 4:4–6
Theme: One God—Father, Son, and Holy Spirit; one believer wholly belonging to God in spirit, soul, and body.
Important distinction: Man's spirit, soul, and body can be useful as an illustration, but they are not a perfect explanation of the Trinity. God is not made of three “parts.” The Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are distinct Persons who eternally share the one divine being.
🔰 INTRODUCTION — ONE GOD, THREE PERSONS
The word “Trinity” does not appear in the Bible, but the truth represented by that term is revealed throughout Scripture.
The Bible teaches:
There is ONE God.
📖 1 Corinthians 8:4
The Father is God.
📖 Ephesians 4:6
The Son is God.
📖 Colossians 2:9
The Holy Spirit is God.
📖 Acts 5:3–4
Yet the Father is not the Son, the Son is not the Holy Spirit, and the Holy Spirit is not the Father.
Paul beautifully brings the three together:
📖 2 Corinthians 13:14 KJV
“The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, be with you all.”
From a Dispensational perspective, this doctrine is especially precious because our salvation and position in the Body of Christ involve the work of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
The Father planned.
The Son purchased.
The Spirit placed and sealed.
Let us examine six truths.
1️⃣ THE PERSONS OF THE GODHEAD
📖 2 Corinthians 13:14; Ephesians 4:4–6; Matthew 28:19
The Bible presents the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit distinctly without teaching three Gods.
A. THE FATHER IS PERSONAL
📖 Ephesians 4:6
“One God and Father of all…”
The Father is not merely a title or manifestation. Scripture distinguishes Him personally from the Son.
📖 Galatians 4:4.
B. THE SON IS PERSONAL
📖 Romans 1:3–4
Jesus Christ is the eternal Son who truly entered humanity.
He is not the Father pretending to be the Son.
Paul distinguishes:
“God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ…”
📖 Romans 1:7.
C. THE SPIRIT IS PERSONAL
📖 Ephesians 4:30
“And grieve not the holy Spirit of God…”
The Holy Spirit is not merely an impersonal “force.”
He teaches, reveals, leads, seals, and can be grieved.
📖 1 Corinthians 2:10–13.
🔥 PREACHING TRUTH:
THREE DISTINCT PERSONS—YET ONE TRUE GOD.
2️⃣ THE PERFECTION OF THE GODHEAD
📖 Colossians 2:9; Romans 9:5; 1 Corinthians 3:16
We must not think that the Father is one-third God, the Son one-third God, and the Spirit one-third God.
The divine nature is not divided into thirds.
A. THE FATHER POSSESSES DEITY
📖 1 Corinthians 8:6
“But to us there is but one God, the Father…”
The Father possesses the fullness of divine nature.
B. THE SON POSSESSES DEITY
📖 Colossians 2:9
“For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily.”
Jesus Christ is not merely a prophet, teacher, angel, or created being.
He is fully God.
📖 Romans 9:5.
C. THE SPIRIT POSSESSES DEITY
📖 1 Corinthians 3:16
“...the Spirit of God dwelleth in you.”
Compare Acts 5:3–4, where lying to the Holy Ghost is described as lying unto God.
🔥 PREACHING TRUTH:
**THE FATHER IS GOD.
THE SON IS GOD.
THE HOLY SPIRIT IS GOD.
YET THERE IS ONE GOD.**
3️⃣ THE PLAN OF THE GODHEAD IN SALVATION
📖 Ephesians 1:3–14
Ephesians 1 gives one of Scripture's magnificent presentations of the work of the Triune God in our salvation.
A. THE FATHER PURPOSED
📖 Ephesians 1:3–6
God's eternal purpose did not begin when man developed religion.
Our spiritual blessings originate in God's purpose in Christ.
Paul says:
“According as he hath chosen us in him…”
Our blessing and standing are in Christ.
B. THE SON PURCHASED
📖 Ephesians 1:7
“In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins…”
The Son accomplished the redemptive work.
Our salvation rests upon Christ's:
death,
burial,
and resurrection.
📖 1 Corinthians 15:1–4.
C. THE SPIRIT PRESERVES
📖 Ephesians 1:13–14
“...after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise,”
The believer is not waiting for the Holy Spirit to seal him after performing enough religious works.
Upon believing the Gospel, he is sealed.
📖 Ephesians 4:30.
🔥 PREACHING TRUTH:
**THE FATHER PLANNED IT.
THE SON PURCHASED IT.
THE SPIRIT SEALED IT.**
4️⃣ THE PLACEMENT INTO THE BODY OF CHRIST
📖 1 Corinthians 12:13; Romans 6:3–4; Ephesians 4:5
This is especially important in a Dispensational understanding.
God's work today concerns the formation of the one Body, revealed particularly through the Apostle Paul.
A. PLACED BY SPIRIT BAPTISM
📖 1 Corinthians 12:13
“For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body…”
The baptism that identifies believers with the Body of Christ is a divine spiritual operation.
It is not accomplished by water.
B. POSITIONED IN CHRIST
📖 Romans 6:3
“Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death?”
Our identification is with Christ Himself:
His death,
His burial,
His resurrection life.
C. PERFECTED IN ONE BODY
📖 Ephesians 4:4–5
“There is one body, and one Spirit… One Lord, one faith, one baptism,”
The believer's unity is not based upon denominational labels.
Our spiritual unity comes from our position in Christ.
🔥 PREACHING TRUTH:
**ONE SPIRIT.
ONE BODY.
ONE LORD.
ONE FAITH.
ONE BAPTISM.**
5️⃣ THE PARTS OF MAN MUST BE CONSECRATED TO GOD
📖 1 Thessalonians 5:23; Romans 12:1–2; 1 Corinthians 6:19–20
Paul speaks of:
“your whole spirit and soul and body…”
Again, this should not be used as a one-to-one model of the Trinity. But it does remind us that salvation affects the believer as a whole person.
A. THE SPIRIT — OUR INNER LIFE
📖 Romans 8:16
“The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit…”
The believer possesses spiritual life in Christ.
📖 Ephesians 2:5.
We are no longer spiritually identified with Adam alone—we possess life in Christ.
B. THE SOUL — OUR INNER SELF
📖 Romans 12:2
“...be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind…”
Our thinking, desires, attitudes, and decisions must increasingly come under the influence of sound doctrine.
Grace does not merely change our destination.
Grace teaches us how to live.
📖 Titus 2:11–12.
C. THE BODY — OUR EARTHLY SERVICE
📖 Romans 12:1
“...present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God…”
We do not present our bodies to become saved.
We present them because we are saved.
Grace produces grateful service rather than legalistic service.
🔥 PREACHING TRUTH:
SAVED BY GRACE—THEN SERVE GOD WITH YOUR WHOLE LIFE.
6️⃣ THE PRACTICE OF TRINITARIAN GRACE
📖 Ephesians 2:18; 3:14–21; 5:18–20
The Trinity must not remain merely a theological diagram.
Truth must affect our daily walk.
A. PRAY THROUGH CHRIST
📖 Ephesians 2:18
“For through him we both have access by one Spirit unto the Father.”
Notice the beautiful order:
THROUGH THE SON
BY THE SPIRIT
UNTO THE FATHER.
Christ alone provides our access to God.
📖 1 Timothy 2:5.
B. PROGRESS THROUGH THE SPIRIT
📖 Ephesians 5:18
“...be filled with the Spirit;”
Being filled with the Spirit is not losing control through emotional manifestations.
Compare:
📖 Ephesians 5:18–19
📖 Colossians 3:16.
The Spirit-filled life is inseparably connected with God's Word dwelling richly in us.
C. PRAISE THE FATHER THROUGH CHRIST
📖 Ephesians 5:20
“Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ;”
Grace produces gratitude.
The mature believer recognizes that everything he possesses spiritually is because of God's grace in Christ.
🔥 PREACHING TRUTH:
**KNOW THE FATHER.
GLORY IN THE SON.
WALK IN THE SPIRIT.**
🏁 CONCLUSION — ONE GOD, ONE SAVIOUR, ONE BODY
The doctrine of the Trinity is not a mathematical contradiction.
We are not teaching:
1 God + 1 God + 1 God = 3 Gods.
Biblical Christianity teaches:
ONE divine Being eternally existing as THREE distinct Persons—Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
And in this present Dispensation of Grace we see the Godhead beautifully working in our salvation:
The FATHER purposed our blessing.
📖 Ephesians 1:3–6
The SON purchased our redemption.
📖 Ephesians 1:7
The SPIRIT sealed our salvation.
📖 Ephesians 1:13–14
And all three appear beautifully in Paul's benediction:
📖 2 Corinthians 13:14
“The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost…”
📣 CALL TO ACTION
1️⃣ BELIEVE THE GOSPEL
📖 1 Corinthians 15:1–4
Do not merely believe facts about the Trinity while remaining unsaved.
Trust the Gospel:
CHRIST DIED FOR OUR SINS.
HE WAS BURIED.
HE ROSE AGAIN.
Salvation is by grace through faith, apart from works.
📖 Ephesians 2:8–9.
2️⃣ BUILD YOUR LIFE UPON SOUND DOCTRINE
📖 2 Timothy 2:15
“Study to shew thyself approved unto God…”
Reject both Oneness/modalism, which collapses the Persons into one Person, and tritheism, which turns the three Persons into three Gods.
Believe everything Scripture reveals without forcing God's nature into inadequate human analogies.
3️⃣ BRING YOUR WHOLE LIFE TO GOD
📖 Romans 12:1–2
Let your:
mind be renewed,
body be presented,
life be transformed,
and service be motivated by grace.
Not to earn salvation, but because you already possess salvation in Christ.
💡 FINAL THOUGHTS
1️⃣ ONE GOD — PERFECT IN DEITY
📖 1 Corinthians 8:4
2️⃣ THREE PERSONS — PERSONAL IN DISTINCTION
📖 2 Corinthians 13:14
3️⃣ THE FATHER — PURPOSED OUR BLESSING
📖 Ephesians 1:3–6
4️⃣ THE SON — PURCHASED OUR REDEMPTION
📖 Ephesians 1:7
5️⃣ THE SPIRIT — PRESERVES US BY HIS SEAL
📖 Ephesians 1:13–14; 4:30
6️⃣ THE BELIEVER — PRESENTS HIS WHOLE LIFE FOR SERVICE
📖 Romans 12:1–2; 1 Thessalonians 5:23
✝️ THE FATHER PLANNED.
✝️ THE SON PAID.
✝️ THE SPIRIT PLACED AND SEALED.
ONE GOD. THREE PERSONS. ONE PERFECT PLAN OF GRACE.
📖 2 Corinthians 13:14 | Ephesians 1:3–14 | Ephesians 4:4–6
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