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Qualities of God

Posted in Knowing God, The Holy Spirit on February 13, 2010| Leave a Comment »

“I am the vine, you are the branches; he who abides in Me and I in him, he bears much fruit, for apart from Me you can do nothing.  John 5:15

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.  Galatians 5:22-23

Jesus tells us that if we abide in Him, He will abide in us and we will bear much fruit.  Paul describes the fruit of the Spirit in Galatians.  The fruits of the Spirit are actually the qualities of God.  God is loving, joyful, patient, kind, good, faithful, gentle, self-controlled and full of peace.  When we bear the fruit of the Spirit we reflect the image of God, and people will experience the nature of God.  We can know God more by understanding and bearing the fruit of the Spirit.

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The Trinity

Posted in Jesus, Knowing God, The Father, The Holy Spirit on February 12, 2010| Leave a Comment »

 10“Do you not believe that I am in the Father, and the Father is in Me? The words that I say to you I do not speak on My own initiative, but the Father abiding in Me does His works.

 11“Believe Me that I am in the Father and the Father is in Me; otherwise believe because of the works themselves.  John 14:10-11

13“But when He, the Spirit of truth, comes, He will  guide you into all the truth; for He will not speak on His own initiative, but whatever He hears, He will speak; and He will disclose to you what is to come.

 14“He will glorify Me, for He will take of Mine and will disclose it to you.

 15“All things that the Father has are Mine; therefore I said that He takes of Mine and will disclose it to you.  John 16:13-15

God is triune – The Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit.  You cannot claim to know Jehovah God and deny the deity of Jesus.  You cannot claim to know Jesus and deny the work of the Holy Spirit, because to know One is to know all three.  Jesus only did what He saw the Father doing.  The Holy Spirit does not speak on His own initiative but what He hears God speak He will disclose.

Our human mind cannot fully comprehend the idea of the Trinity.  But we know that they exist as one and yet exist as three.  God spoke to the prophets in the old testament and gave them the law.  Jesus came to show us God the Father in the flesh.  After Jesus’ death and resurrection the Holy Spirit came to show us the truth and reveal the mind of God. 

To know God is to know the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit.

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