The Trinity - Day 5

The Trinity - Day 5

II. This One God Is Known in the OT as "Jehovah/Yahweh" ("The Lord")

A. Texts where Jehovah is said to be elohim or el: Deut. 4:35, 4:39; Psa. 100:3;
B. Texts where the compound name "Jehovah God" (Yahweh Elohim) is used: Gen. 2:3; 9:26; 24:3; Ex. 3:15-18; 4:4; 2 Sam. 7:22, 7:25; etc.
C. Only one Yahweh/Jehovah: Deut. 6:4; Mark 12:29
D. Conclusion: Jehovah is the only God, the only El or Elohim

III. God Is a Unique, Incomprehensible Being

A. Only one God, thus unique, None are even like God
God cannot be fully comprehended: 1 Cor. 8:2-3
B. God can only be known insofar as the Son reveals Him: Matt. 11:25-27; John 1:18
Analogical language needed to describe God: Ezek. 1:26-28; Rev. 1:13-16
C. God is transcendent, entirely distinct from and different than the universe, as the carpenter is distinct from the bench
Separate from the world: Isa. 40:22; Acts 17:24
Contrasted with the world: Psa. 102:25-27; 1 John 2:15-17
Created the world: Gen. 1:1; Psa. 33:6; 102:25; Isa. 42:5; 44:24; John 1:3; Rom. 11:36; Heb. 1:2; 11:3

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STUDY QUESTIONS:

1. Does knowing that God is not fully comprehensible help you accept the truth of the triune God?

2. Does knowing the "elohim" is a plural form of "el" give light to your understanding?

3. Jehovah is His Name, "El" is who He is; the great I AM. Remember pondering God as a verb? What do you think about that now?

4. Since God is Creator of All, doesn't it make sense that His "being" is beyond our comprehension or ability to fully visualize?

5. Does this make you understand the phrase "to reverence" or "fear" the Lord? What does that mean to you?

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Beloved, the more we open our hearts and learn of Him isn't it true the more we realize our place in this universe? I think it no accident that as He becomes larger we become smaller. The smallness is not to degrade our value but to illuminate the true value we have in God's universe.

Can you imagine the grains of sand on the beach? Reaching out and capturing just one of these grains, pulling it towards you, looking at it and seeing the richness and beauty? Knowing how to see and feel about this one grain? Holding it to your heart, protecting it, making a way for it, comforting it? I find that difficult to visualize but I believe that it is how our Elohim sees each one of us, no grain bigger or better than the other.

No grain more or less valued but each having a special place on the beach being drenched from the Son and washed with the Water-the Holy Spirit and loved by Our Father. What a beautiful picture to realize that smallness is not to be abhorred but a place of honor in our Father's Kingdom.

We need all of God, the full three persons to receive and experience the Grace, Love, Mercy that He has bestowed on us. The trinity of Grace is Faith, Love and Hope. Faith in the past, what God has done for us; Love in the present, how Jesus walks among us; Hope for the future, what the Holy Spirit reveals to our hearts of the kingdom to come. Hallelujah and praise Him, Beloved. What an awesome God we serve. Sister, Lisa