Built On A Rock
Unit 4: One God in Three Persons
Lesson 14
The Trinity
1. What’s the difference between
the law and the gospel?
1 Corinthians 2:9-10 However, as it is
written: “No eye has seen, no ear has
heard, no mind has conceived what God
has prepared for those who love him”—
10 but God has revealed it to us by his
Spirit. The Spirit searches all things,
even the deep things of God.
1 Corinthians 2:9-10 However, as it is
written: “No eye has seen, no ear has
heard, no mind has conceived what God
has prepared for those who love him”—
10 but God has revealed it to us by his
Spirit. The Spirit searches all things,
even the deep things of God.
1. What’s the difference between
the law and the gospel?
The differences between the law and the
gospel are:
1) where they’re found
1 John 4:10 This is love: not that we
loved God, but that he loved us and sent
his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our
sins.
1 John 4:10 This is love: not that we
loved God, but that he loved us and sent
his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our
sins.
1. What’s the difference between
the law and the gospel?
The differences between the law and the
gospel are:
1) where they’re found
2) who does what
John 3:16 For God so loved the world
that he gave his one and only Son, that
whoever believes in him shall not perish
but have eternal life.
John 3:16 For God so loved the world
that he gave his one and only Son, that
whoever believes in him shall not perish
but have eternal life.
1. What’s the difference between
the law and the gospel?
The differences between the law and the
gospel are:
1) where they’re found
2) who does what
3) what they promise
Romans 12:1 Therefore, I urge you,
brothers, in view of God’s mercy, to
offer your bodies as living sacrifices,
holy and pleasing to God—this is your
spiritual act of worship.
Romans 12:1 Therefore, I urge you,
brothers, in view of God’s mercy, to
offer your bodies as living sacrifices,
holy and pleasing to God—this is your
spiritual act of worship.
1. What’s the difference between
the law and the gospel?
The differences between the law and the
gospel are:
1) where they’re found
2) who does what
3) what they promise
4) how they lead us to obey God.
The Differences Between
Law and Gospel
The Law:
The Gospel:
Written in the
Bible AND in
our hearts
Written
ONLY in the
Bible
The Differences Between
Law and Gospel
The Law:
The Gospel:
Tell US what
WE have to
do and not do
Tell us what
GOD has
already done
through
JESUS
The Differences Between
Law and Gospel
The Law:
The Gospel:
Threatens to
send us to
HELL
Promises to
give us
ETERNAL
LIFE
The Differences Between
Law and Gospel
The Law:
The Gospel:
Makes us
obey out of
FEAR
Enables us to
obey out of
LOVE
The Ecumenical Creeds –
Expressions of the Gospel
Ecumenical: Dealing with the whole
church
Creed: Short statement of what
we believe
The Ecumenical Creeds –
Expressions of the Gospel
Apostles’ Creed A summary
of what the
apostles
believed
Services
without
communion
Simplest summary of faith in the Trinity
The Ecumenical Creeds –
Expressions of the Gospel
Nicene Creed
A creed that Communion
defends the
services
Trinity,
written in
Nicea
A more exact defense of the doctrine of
the Trinity
The Ecumenical Creeds –
Expressions of the Gospel
Athanasian
Creed
A creed that
defends the
teaching
about Jesus,
named after
Athanasius
Trinity
Sunday
A detailed defense of the doctrine of the
Trinity and of who Jesus was
2. How many Gods are there?
1 Corinthians 8:4 So then, about eating
food sacrificed to idols: We know that an
idol is nothing at all in the world and
that there is no God but one.
1 Corinthians 8:4 So then, about eating
food sacrificed to idols: We know that an
idol is nothing at all in the world and
that there is no God but one.
Deuteronomy 6:4 Hear, O Israel: The
LORD our God, the LORD is one.
Deuteronomy 6:4 Hear, O Israel: The
LORD our God, the LORD is one.
2. How many Gods are there?
There is only one God.
Matthew 3:16-17 As soon as Jesus was
baptized, he went up out of the water. At
that moment heaven was opened, and he
saw the Spirit of God descending like a
dove and lighting on him. 17 And a voice
from heaven said, “This is my Son,
whom I love; with him I am well
pleased.”
Matthew 3:16-17 As soon as Jesus was
baptized, he went up out of the water. At
that moment heaven was opened, and he
saw the Spirit of God descending like a
dove and lighting on him. 17 And a voice
from heaven said, “This is my Son,
whom I love; with him I am well
pleased.”
Person:
A being that exists by
itself
In God, it means the
Father, the Son or the
Holy Spirit – there are 3
Persons.
2. How many Gods are there?
There is only one God.
But he reveals himself to us in three
separate persons (the Father, the Son and
the Holy Spirit).
John 15:26 When the Counselor comes,
whom I will send to you from the Father,
the Spirit of truth who goes out from the
Father, he will testify about me.
John 15:26 When the Counselor comes,
whom I will send to you from the Father,
the Spirit of truth who goes out from the
Father, he will testify about me.
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,
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,
2 Corinthians 13:14 May the grace of the
Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God,
and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be
with you all.
2 Corinthians 13:14 May the grace of the
Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God,
and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be
with you all.
Trinity: Three persons in One
God
Triune: Three persons in One
God (the adjective)
These two words are NOT in the
Bible. But they do express what the
Bible teaches.
2. How many Gods are there?
There is only one God.
But he reveals himself to us in three
separate persons (the Father, the Son and
the Holy Spirit).
But there is still only one God. We call
this teaching “the Trinity.”
3. What is the Triune God like?
John 4:24 God is spirit, and his
worshipers must worship in spirit and in
truth.
John 4:24 God is spirit, and his
worshipers must worship in spirit and in
truth.
Spirit: Has no body (although
Jesus has a body)
Psalm 90:2 Before the mountains were
born or you brought forth the earth and
the world, from everlasting to
everlasting you are God.
Psalm 90:2 Before the mountains were
born or you brought forth the earth and
the world, from everlasting to
everlasting you are God.
Eternal: Has no beginning and
no ending
James 1:17 Every good and perfect gift
is from above, coming down from the
Father of the heavenly lights, who does
not change like shifting shadows.
James 1:17 Every good and perfect gift
is from above, coming down from the
Father of the heavenly lights, who does
not change like shifting shadows.
Immutable: Unchanging.
Luke 1:37 For nothing is impossible
with God.
Luke 1:37 For nothing is impossible
with God.
Omnipotent: Almighty or all
powerful.
1 John 3:19-20 This then is how we
know that we belong to the truth, and
how we set our hearts at rest in his
presence 20 whenever our hearts
condemn us. For God is greater than our
hearts, and he knows everything.
1 John 3:19-20 This then is how we
know that we belong to the truth, and
how we set our hearts at rest in his
presence 20 whenever our hearts
condemn us. For God is greater than our
hearts, and he knows everything.
Omniscient: Knows everything.
Jeremiah 23:23-24 “Am I only a God
nearby,” declares the LORD, “and not a
God far away? 24 Can anyone hide in
secret places so that I cannot see him?”
declares the LORD. “Do not I fill heaven
and earth?” declares the LORD.
Jeremiah 23:23-24 “Am I only a God
nearby,” declares the LORD, “and not a
God far away? 24 Can anyone hide in
secret places so that I cannot see him?”
declares the LORD. “Do not I fill heaven
and earth?” declares the LORD.
Omnipresent: Everywhere at once.
Leviticus 19:2 Speak to the entire
assembly of Israel and say to them: “Be
holy because I, the LORD your God, am
holy.”
Leviticus 19:2 Speak to the entire
assembly of Israel and say to them: “Be
holy because I, the LORD your God, am
holy.”
Holy: Perfect. Without sin.
Deuteronomy 32:4 He is the Rock, his
works are perfect, and all his ways are
just. A faithful God who does no wrong,
upright and just is he.
Deuteronomy 32:4 He is the Rock, his
works are perfect, and all his ways are
just. A faithful God who does no wrong,
upright and just is he.
Just: Always judges correctly
(according to the law).
2 Timothy 2:13 if we are faithless, he
will remain faithful, for he cannot
disown himself.
2 Timothy 2:13 if we are faithless, he
will remain faithful, for he cannot
disown himself.
Faithful: Always keeps his promises
Psalm 145:9 The LORD is good to all;
he has compassion on all he has made.
Psalm 145:9 The LORD is good to all;
he has compassion on all he has made.
Good: Loving and kind.
Exodus 34:6-7 And he passed in front of
Moses, proclaiming, “The LORD, the
LORD, the compassionate and gracious
God, slow to anger, abounding in love
and faithfulness, 7 maintaining love to
thousands, and forgiving wickedness,
rebellion and sin. Yet he does not leave
the guilty unpunished; he punishes the
children and their children for the sin of
the fathers to the third and fourth
generation.”
Exodus 34:6-7 And he passed in front of
Moses, proclaiming, “The LORD, the
LORD, the compassionate and gracious
God, slow to anger, abounding in love
and faithfulness, 7 maintaining love to
thousands, and forgiving wickedness,
rebellion and sin. Yet he does not leave
the guilty unpunished; he punishes the
children and their children for the sin of
the fathers to the third and fourth
generation.”
Forgiving: He doesn’t hold our sins
against us.