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Pardington breaks nine names into the following categories: The principal names of God are
nine, falling into three classes of three names each
and suggesting, many think, the Trinity.
(Pardington, Revelation George P. Ph.D.; Outline Studies In Christian Doctrine; Harrisburg, PA: Christian Publications, 1926, p 87 Cited in Dericksons Notes on Theology: A Textbook in Theology by Stanley L. Derickson)
cated in this usage of the word. (Pardington, Revelation George P. Ph.D.; Outline Studies In Christian Doctrine; Harrisburg, PA: Christian Publications, 1926, p 88)
The idea of the Trinity is not ascribed to by liberals and Jews. The Jews, whilst acknowledging
the plurality of God, naturally do not want a Trinity as this would mean accepting Jesus. They attribute the plurality of God to a plural of majesty
and not indicative of numbers.
Walvoord indicates that the Trinity is not always indicated. The context would or would not
indicate it. Genesis 1:26 would be an example of
this, Let Us make man in Our image, after Our
likeness;.... The term is used in Deuteronomy 6:4,
Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD:
This uses the plural term in a passage that states
that He is one thus showing very clearly the Trinity.
This term is used of God and other gods as well.
Ryrie mentions the term appears in relation to
deity 2,570 times and 2,310 of those times it refers
to God the true God.
2. Lord Yhwh: Spelling varies with the author. Walvoord & Chafer use Yahweh; Pardington
uses Yahwe; and Ryrie uses YHWH. Ryrie mentions
that it occurs about 5,321 times in the Old Testament. (p 47)
The Jews felt that Gods name was too sacred
to pronounce so they eliminated the vowels and
pronounced just the consonants. We do not know
how to pronounce this name due to the loss of the
vowels. Ryrie mentions that the Jews substituted
the term adoni for YHWH until the post-exilic
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TRINITARIANISM
The Trinity of God is His tri-personal existence
as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. The essence is simultaneously three persons and three persons are
simultaneously one essence. (Miller, Dr. David; Theology Class Notes; Western Baptist College; Salem, OR)
FALSE VIEWS
OF THE TRINITY
Unitarianism: The unitarians trace their roots
to Arius or Arianism. They feel that the Father created the Son.
Sebellianism: The Father was the God of the
Old Testament, The Son was the God of the New
Testament and The Holy Spirit is the God of this
time. There is only one God but He has manifested
himself in three different ways in three different
times.
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Church. We acknowledge one baptism for the forgiveness of sins. We look for the resurrection of the
dead, and the life of the world to come. Amen.
A portion from the HEIDELBERG CATECHISM,
1563 (Written by Olevianus and Ursinus and revised by
the Synod of Dort)
and in all His commands. To Him is due from angels and men, and every other creature, whatsoever worship, service, or obedience He is pleased
to require of them.
III. In the unity of the Godhead there be three
persons, of one substance, power, and eternity:
God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy
Ghost: the Father is of none, neither begotten, nor
proceeding; the Son is eternally begotten of the
Father; the Holy Ghost eternally proceeding from
the Father and the Son.
THE WESTMINSTER
SHORTER CATECHISM
Question 4: What is God?
Answer 4: God is a Spirit, infinite, eternal, and
unchangeable, in his being, wisdom, power, holiness, justice, goodness, and truth.
Question 5: Are there more Gods than one?
Answer 5: There is but one only, the living and
true God.
Question 6: How many persons are there in the
Godhead?
Answer 6: There are three persons in the Godhead; the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost; and
these three are one God, the same in substance,
equal in power and glory.
A
segment
from
4. Q. What is God?
A. God is Spirit, (John 4:24) infinite, (Job 11:7)
eternal, (Psalms 90:2; 1 Timothy 1:17) and unchangeable (James 1:17) in his being, (Ezekiel 3:14)
wisdom, power, (Psalms 147:5) holiness, (Revelation 4:8) justice, goodness and truth. (Ezekiel
34:6,7)
5. Q. Are there more Gods than one?
A. There is but one only, (Deuteronomy 6:4) the
living and true God. (Jeremiah 10:10)
6. Q. How many persons are there in the Godhead?
A. There are three persons in the Godhead, the
Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, and these
three are one God, the same in essence, equal in
power and glory. (1 John 5:7; Matthew 28:19)
John Wesley's comment
on the Trinity: Tell me how
it is that in this room there
are three candles and but
one light, and I will explain
to you the mode of the Divine
existence.
Snow is water, and ice is water,
and water is water; these three are one.
- Joseph Dare.
Faith is a Trinity. It is one
faith in God; and it is three
faith in God, faith in self,
and faith in humanity.
- Rose E. Cleveland.
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Trinity. The Father confirming the Son to be Mediator; the Son solemnly entering upon the work;
the Holy Spirit descending on him, to be through
his mediation communicated to his people.
Luke 3:21, 22 The Holy Ghost descended in a
bodily shape like a dove upon him, and there came
a voice from heaven, from God the Father, from
the excellencies glory. Thus was a proof of the Holy
Trinity, of the Three Persons in the Godhead, given
at the baptism of Christ.
1 John 5:6-8 Whether this passage be cited or
not, the doctrine of the Trinity in Unity stands
equally firm and certain.
Revelation 1:4-8 This blessing is in the name of
God, of the Holy Trinity, it is an act of adoration.
The Father is first named; he is described as the
Jehovah who is, and who was, and who is to come,
eternal, unchangeable. The Holy Spirit is called the
seven spirits, the perfect Spirit of God, in whom
there is a diversity of gifts and operations. The Lord
Jesus Christ was from eternity, a Witness to all the
counsels of God. He is the First-born from the dead,
who will by his own power raise up his people.
General references to the Trinity: Gen 1:26; Gen
3:22; Isa 6:3; Isa 6:8; Isa 11:2-3; Isa 42:1; Matt 12:18; Isa
48:16; Isa 61:1-3; Luke 4:18; Isa 63:9-10; Matt 1:18; Matt
1:20; Matt 3:11; Mark 1:8; Luke 3:16; Matt 12:28; Matt 28:19;
Luke 1:35; Luke 3:22; Matt 3:16; Luke 4:1; Luke 4:14; John
1:32-33; John 3:34-35; John 7:39; John 14:16-17; John 14:26;
John 15:26; John 16:7; John 16:13-15; John 20:22; Acts 1:2;
Acts 1:4-5; Acts 2:33; Acts 10:36-38; Rom 1:3-4; Rom 8:911; Rom 8:26-27; 1 Cor 2:10-11; 1 Cor 6:19; 1 Cor 8:6; 1 Cor
12:3-6; 2 Cor 1:21-22; 2 Cor 5:5; 2 Cor 3:17; 2 Cor 13:14; Gal
4:4; Gal 4:6; Phil 1:19; Col 2:2; 2 Thess 2:13-14; 2 Thess 2:16;
1 Tim 3:16; Tit 3:4-6; Heb 9:14; 1 Pet 1:2; 1 Pet 3:18; 1 John
5:6-7; Rev 4:8
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