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“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ” (Ephesians 1:3).
“Our Lord Jesus Christ…dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto” (1 Timothy 6:14,16).
“After that ye believed, ye were sealed with that Holy Spirit of promise” (Ephesians 1:13).
Before we go on to another beginning, I would like to explain the word “trinity” a little. This word does not appear in the Bible, but it is a good word to know, for it describes what the Bible teaches about God being three Persons in one — God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. These three Persons of God are distinct, yet always work together in perfect harmony. God the Father is the One who starts the purposes, God the Son carries them out, and the power to do so is the Holy Spirit. Every action of God is like this, whether creation, redemption, resurrection, judgment, etc.
This was not made clear until the New Testament, when the Lord Jesus came down into this world as a Man, and revealed the Father. He also spoke of the Holy Spirit, and we know that it came down and rested upon Him, as we get in Matthew 3:16-17. Since this wonderful revelation, we as Christians now know God as our Father, Christ as our Savior, and the Holy Spirit as the One who lives within us. It is wonderful to live at a time when we can know all this!
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