 Hey man, get your place in 1 John 5, that's a great chapter right there in the Bible, not that all chapters aren't great in the Bible, but especially when we're going to be talking about this morning. So it's kind of a, you know, you preach hundreds of sermons and you get up and here's a sermon where it's like you're not talking about a doctrine or you're not talking about a sin or anything specific like that, you know, preaching a sermon trying to describe God himself is kind of nerve-wracking, you know. It's like, I hope I get this correct, but we'll just stick straight to the Bible this morning and we're going to talk about this morning is the subject of the Trinity, the subject of the Trinity. You look down at 1 John chapter 5 and actually look at verse number 6 in the Bible, 1 John chapter 5 and look at verse number 6, this is he that came by water and blood even Jesus Christ, not by water only but by water and blood and it is the spirit, capital S that Barith witnessed because the spirit is truth. So notice how the Bible says there the spirit is truth, I'll bring that up later and then in verse number 7 is really the subject of this morning sermon for there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word and the Holy Ghost and these three are one. So the topic of the Trinity. Now me personally, I have always believed in the traditional Trinity. This was not something that's been difficult for me to really wrap my head around because I just kind of grew up that way. I didn't grow up with a lot of Bible prophecy being raised Lutheran but as far as the Trinity goes it was just something that was always taught, always believed. So I kind of have to like think back and kind of think organically to realize what you know the difficulty people have wrapping their head around this but let's just look at what the Bible says. So first of all there's this idea of and I'm going to explain to you why I believe people have a hard time understanding the Trinity itself towards the end of the sermon but the Bible here in 1 John chapter 5 and verse number 7 says there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word and the Holy Ghost and these three are one. Let's pray. That's the Trinity right there. So there's three that bear record in heaven, three witnesses you can say, three persons some people say and I do believe some people say you shouldn't say persons but the Bible actually says persons I'll show you that in a few minutes you know personalities you know okay now people will start to come after you if you start saying personalities and things like that. Basically there's three witnesses, there's three distinct persons you want to call them witnesses whatever that make up one God is what the Bible teaches and that's really the Trinity right there and you know it's people are confused about the Trinity not because of the three witnesses or the three persons because those are described in great detail in the Bible and we'll go through that this morning but people are confused about the Trinity because of the nature of God and because of the being of God and I'll explain that why people are confused and why it's actually okay to not completely understand that in your life but I'll talk about that at the end. So look it's three distinct persons that's what I always say in the Trinity that make up one God we don't worship three gods you know the Muslims will say oh you worship three gods no it is one God three distinct witnesses persons parts whatever you want to call it you know pick whatever you want look at Malachi chapter 2 let's start to understand this just a little bit we're going to go through these three distinct parts of God three different persons of God in some detail this morning look at Malachi chapter 2 and look what the Bible says in verse number 10 Malachi chapter 2 and verse number 10 so we don't worship three gods that's the first thing the Trinity does not mean three God we are not polytheistic as the Muslims would say we worship one God look at Malachi to take have we got all one father so the Bible here is saying you know you have one father in your life like one physical father nobody can possibly have more than two fathers like a biological father and then he compares that he says half not one God created us why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother by profaning the covenant of our father so he's saying look we have one God okay one God and it is this three parts or three distinct persons that make up that God not three God now turn to Ephesians chapter 4 let's look at kind of the top of the Godhead as I as I've always looked at it which is the father we'll look at the father first go to Ephesians chapter 4 in your Bible so we have one God we do not have three guys we have one God made up of three persons look at Ephesians chapter 4 in verse number 6 Ephesians chapter 4 in verse number 6 the Bible says one God and father of all who is above all and through all and in you all now turn to 1st John chapter 4 we have one God and father of us all who is above all look at 1st John chapter 4 1st John chapter 4 so of the Godhead we kind of have the top of the Godhead which is the father look at 1st John chapter 4 the Bible says in 1st John 5 7 it says they're three bear the bear record the father the word and the spirit and the holy ghost it says in 1st John chapter 5 look at 1st John chapter 4 and we have seen in verse 14 and we have seen and do testify that the father sent the son to be the savior of the world so we haven't even brought the son into this yet but the point is is that the father is the one that did the sending okay the father in the Trinity we have one God made up of the work you know the father the word and the holy ghost and we're gonna get into the word equating to the son here in a few minutes but the father is the one that does the sending okay that is a key you know he sent the son to do a job and we'll look at that a little bit later look at Isaiah chapter 64 we're looking at the father here the father so first of all the father is the one that does the sending he does the sending of the holy ghost he does the sending of the son and we'll see how you know the word relates to the son in a few minutes look at Isaiah chapter 64 look what the Bible says in verse number 8 but now oh Lord thou art our father we are the clay and thou our potter and we are the work of thy hand so here the Bible says and this is kind of this is kind of key to my understanding of the father and I'll show you that towards the end of the sermon but go to Genesis chapter 1 so here the Bible says that the father is the potter he's the one that you know creates the pot and we are the work of thy hand now God the father actually created the universe as well but the very first verse in your Bible in Genesis chapter 1 and I'll show you the Trinity and the first three verses of the Bible right here it's really interesting that as we have this God that is made up of three parts of three persons that verse number one of the Bible verse number two of the Bible verse number three in the Bible you can find the Trinity in those three verses so God the father created the universe look at verse number one the Bible says in the beginning God created the heaven and the earth this is talking about God the father right here I'll explain to you why I know that in a couple verses God the father's in verse number one it says God created the heaven and the earth and the earth was without form and void and darkness was upon the face of the deep and the spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters it's interesting that water was already there before the you know that's a whole other sermon in itself you all know how much I like water but I'll preach a sermon on that in a few weeks on just water itself but the spirit of God before the universe was born before God started the creation the spirit of God the Holy Ghost was moving upon the face of the waters and then look in verse number three so we see God the father in verse number one we see the spirit of God or the Holy Ghost in verse number two and look at verse number three we see and God said let there be light and there was light in verse number three we see the word of God so we see all three parts of the Trinity in the first three verses of the Bible and I said the father created the universe but here's the thing how did how did God the father create the universe he literally spoke it into existence now this being of God I always thought of the Potter as we just read in Isaiah 64 he's kind of the architect he's kind of the mastermind of the whole situation and then he has I mean it's really simple to think about God in just this sense in the first three verses of Genesis I should just explain this in the next two minutes and we should end the sermon and none of you would be confused about anything but basically you have God the father who's the architect the Potter of the whole thing he's going to create the universe the spirit of God is out on the waters kind of need to explain what the point of the spirit of God is and then we have number three God said we have God's literal words okay so that is God right there that is the Godhead that has three parts you have God the father he has words and he also has a spirit okay that's it that's the God it's not complicated when we start in that way now let's look at now we know who God the father is let's look at his word that we see in verse number three let's look at his word his word in the beginning you know the Bible says that God created the heaven and the earth and these are the literal words of God by the way you're reading about in you know Genesis these are the literal words of God how did God actually create the world so God created the world in Genesis chapter one and how did he do it well he literally spoke it into existence now this is where people get confused and if you look at verse number three Genesis says and God said and then there was life and God said and then there was firmament and God said and then there was creatures and that's how God created the whole universe if you just read through Genesis it's just and God said and God said and God said and God said see God's word and you have to understand this is why people get confused about God is because people want to compare God to themselves and the thing is God's word works differently than your words you know you can't create things with your words you know God his word is so powerful that God says you know let there be a zebra and there's a zebra just like that you know I can't do that you know I can't say you know let there be a dog and a dog appears you know I'm just a man with words that mean nothing God's word is different God's word has great power think about that next time you're not reading the Bible God's word has literal power he literally spoke this entire universe into existence with his actual word capital W okay so the word was always there it was always there with God the father that's another thing that you need to realize that the word was always with God it was always with God the father and it's how it's what he used to create the world they turn to Psalm chapter 33 Psalm chapter 33 Psalm chapter 33 look at verse number 6 Psalm 33 look at verse number 6 songs right in the center of your Bible in the book of Psalms Psalm 33 look at verse number 6 what would the Bible says it says by by the word of the Lord where the heavens made and by the host of them by the breath of his mouth again showing us that God created I mean he created the Sun and the planets and all these things by just speaking and he created them so it was the word of the Lord that created the universe and created what we call the creation now let's build on that word okay go to John chapter 1 let's build on that we're talking about the word you know first John chapter 5 verse 7 is the father the word and the holy ghost so we talked about the father he's the Potter he's the one in Genesis chapter 1 where it says you know he created he created everything and he did he did the creation he made the creation by speaking it by using his word go to John chapter 1 and look at verse number 1 now John chapter 1 and verse number 1 just reinforces Genesis it just reinforces the story of the creation it says in the beginning was the word and the word was with God there's another thing about you know God you have to realize is that his word is not just you know when I say when I speak words up here I just I'm throwing out these sound waves and you know they're just they're just and you know they're just words from a man right but God's word is God look at John chapter 1 and verse number 1 you have to understand that the word of God is different than your words and then it's easier to understand the Trinity itself you know the words that God have you know they have literal power and they are literally God okay in the beginning was the word and the word was with God kind of like my words are with me right my words are with me but guess what here's an extra on God's word and the word was God so the word was God the same was in the beginning with God this is saying that the word of God was always God it was always with God it was not something that was created it was just it was always part of God that's it okay now look at verse number 3 all things were made by him and without him was not anything that anything made that was made again showing us the importance of the word and the emphasis on it and again in verse number 3 talking about how God the father just created the entire world using his word okay now look at verse number 14 now where Jesus comes in now we see the tie between Jesus and God himself look at verse number 14 where did Jesus come from where did Jesus come from why we believe what we believe about Jesus why do we believe different than the witnesses believe and it's right here in John chapter 1 and verse number 14 we've already seen that the word of God and it was there with God in the beginning we seen in first John chapter 5 that God has three distinct persons that are part of this one God and one of those is the word the word was used to create the entire world the word is mentioned as being God himself and look at verse 14 and this is what God did 2000 years ago and the word was made flesh and dwelt among us and we beheld his glory and the glory of the only to God that the father full of grace and truth John bear witness of him and cried this is John the Baptist saying this is of him who I say he that coming after me is preferred before me for he was before me so Jesus physically came after John the Baptist but John the Baptist says he was before me because he was from the beginning of the world because he's literally the word of God turned into a man is what the Bible is saying here and of his fullness have always received grace for grace for the one who will be talking about verse 17 for the law was given by Moses but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ now we're talking about the man the word was made flesh in verse 14 is talking about the man Christ Jesus in verse 17 in Jesus Christ is God's literal word manifest in the form of a man so saying that Jesus is God's literal word is correct that is correct look the word the word created the universe man okay the word created the universe God's word didn't create Jesus that's a difference okay so God used his word to create all of creation everything that you've ever seen or ever will see was created using God's word using God speaking it into existence but his word actually became Jesus his word didn't create Jesus his word is Jesus saying that this Bible these words are Jesus is correct that is what the Bible is saying in John chapter 1 he is the only begotten Son of God is what was created the word becoming flesh the brightness of God's glory look at verse look at verse go to Hebrews chapter 1 I'm sorry Hebrews chapter 1 a lot of Bible here how do I do we just read Bible for hours and hours and hours of this so he wasn't created by the word he is the word okay Hebrews chapter 1 look at verse number one Hebrews chapter 1 and verse number 1 God this is talking about God the Father right here in verse number 1 who at sundry times and in diverse manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets so it's God the Father speaking that's Jesus half in these last days spoken unto us by his son whom he had the pointed air of all things by who also he made the worlds you see that that right there is equating Jesus to the word because we saw how God created the universe and the creation through his word I'm just going to keep repeating this because you need to equate the word with Jesus okay and in Hebrews chapter 1 and verse number 2 does exactly that it was by the son the son by who also he made the worlds you see that the son Jesus created the universe because he is the word that makes sense if a equals b and b equals c a equals c that kind of logic okay that's what that's what Hebrews chapter 1 and verse number 2 did who look at verse number 3 who this is talking about the son now who being the brightness of his glory the father's glory now here's why it's okay to say persons in the Trinity right here okay a lot of people say well you can't say persons well you know the Bible says it so how else are you going to describe something other than just using Bible words how are you going to describe something that's not really morally describable except using the Bible words so who being the brightness of his glory so this is saying Jesus is the brightness of the father's glory is what this is saying and Jesus is the expressed image of his person of the father's person you see that so the father the father has a person and Jesus his person is an image of the father okay and upholding all things by the word of his power and he had made himself purged our sins sat down on the right hand this is Jesus he sat down on the right hand of the majesty that's the father okay so the majesty here is the father so Jesus he's the expressed image of the father he's the word become flesh and he's now sits at the right hand of the majesty of the father so he says that the right hand of God in heaven right now okay look at verse number four being made so much better talking about Jesus again being made so much better than the angels at the act by inheritance obtained a more excellent name that they for unto which of the angels said he at any time thou art my son this day have I begotten me and again I will be to him a father and he shall be to me a son so Jesus is the son of God but more importantly he is the only begotten son of God okay so God is the father God the father he sent Jesus the son by making his word become Jesus okay manifest in his the brightness of God's glory he's the brightness of God's glory is the image of his person turn to Luke chapter 22 turn to Luke chapter 22 so there's a huge difference here Jesus is God as first John 5 7 would say because he's the word he's the word okay now that you always witness would say yeah Jesus is not God but the Bible says actually I'll just read for you John Jesus literally in John chapter 5 verse 18 he made himself equal with God that's why he was killed by the by the Jews because he made himself equal with God he made himself God that's what he did in Colossians 2 you know the Bible again talks about Jesus being God now go to Luke chapter 22 so Jesus is God go to Luke chapter 22 look at verse number 4 now the son Jesus is obedient to the father the son Jesus was sent by the father and he's obedient to the father look at Luke chapter 22 look what the Bible says verse number 40 says when he was at the place he said to them pray that he entered not into temptation he was asking them to come pray with him and stay away with him while he prayed and when he was withdrawn from them about a stone's cast he kneeled down and prayed this is Jesus praying saying Jesus is praying to the father saying father if thou be willing remove this cup for me nevertheless not my will but thine be done turn to Philippians chapter 2 in verse number 8 I want to address this idea of separate separate wills in the Bible I think actually personally this is why I never would have really praised a sermon like this until I was a pastor because this is dangerous territory to go into here when you're just a satellite there but I mean I think especially you know things that people say over the last several years I think too much is made about the separate wills of the three I believe God has one will I believe that the will of the father matches the will of the son matches will of the spirit you know I don't believe that there's conflicting contradicting wills in Luke chapter 22 what we are seeing here what we are seeing here is that God and God the father sent Jesus the son to do a job on this earth and what we are seeing demonstrated in Luke chapter 22 is not the separate will of you know the word or the son what we're seeing is the humanity of Christ what you're seeing is that is that God was Jesus Christ was fully God and he was fully man he was about to be tortured and killed right he was about to be crucified by you know one of the most brutal brutal methods you could possibly even be killed by and what you're seeing the humanity of Jesus Christ and that's important that we see this because there's heresies that teach just like I said that you always witnesses teach that Jesus wasn't God there's also heresies that teach that Jesus wasn't man Jesus was fully man and fully God and what in Luke chapter 22 we see the humanity of Christ we don't see a separate will we see the humanity of Christ God the father wasn't manifest in the flesh Jesus the son who was God was manifest in the flesh and he says Lord you know I'm he was he was he was he was not wanting to go through that as a man but notice how he does it and he asked the question without sinning and this is a good lesson for us by the way he says you know remove this company never the less not my will but thine be done that's always how you should pray to you by the way you can ask questions to God but always say to God God whatever your will is that's my will you know this is a question I'm asking God you know if you need me to go through this that's fine whatever your will be done go to Philippians chapter 2 and look at verse number 8 Jesus was obedient to the father that is clear in the Bible look at verse number 8 and being found in a fashion as a man he humbled himself and became obedient unto death even the death of the cross this is what Jesus was praying about in Luke chapter 22 but he was obedient who is he obedient to so Jesus is clearly the son the only god son of God the word become flesh is clearly obedient to the father and I mean the Bible is super clear but he wasn't obedient to the Romans he wasn't obedient to the Jews I mean he was obedient to the father he was obedient to the architect that sent him to the earth to do a job and he was obedient unto death that job that he had to do he was always like this is just Luke chapter 22 is showing the perspective of God's will through the human experience through the humanity of Christ Jesus was feeling the pain the suffering he was so stressed out about what was happening you can see it in Luke chapter 22 but he was always obedient to the father so let's look at Jesus the word summarized here God was manifest as a man Jesus was sent to earth the word was manifest as a man Jesus was sent to do a job on this earth the word became flesh he was he was sent here to live an innocent life that could be given as a sacrifice to appease the wrath of God that's what Jesus did no other person what this and God had to do it because no other person could do that because no other person could live a life that would be worthy as a sacrifice to God for the sins of the entire world you know I say that up I said that out so many I say that with my soul any partner I'll tell that the person at the door I'll be like you know what brother Johannes he would probably die for me but he can't die for my sins because he's not innocent because we've all sinned he's sinned I've sinned we can't die for each other it had to be God that did that's why God created Jesus and his word became flesh so God used his word to literally create the world the second person of the Trinity he used to create the world and he also used his word to free mankind think about that think about how beautiful of a design that is just using God's word he created everything and he frees us using his word you know so out so many you know I don't explain the Trinity to people out so many by the way you're not to go into the Trinity right all you have to do is explain that you know God this is how I usually say it God became a man in the person of Jesus Christ people need to understand that Jesus Christ was God that's what they need to understand and it's clear it's clear to understand when you tell people that Jesus lived a perfect life and that way he could be that perfect sacrifice but people understand that because you know what it makes sense it makes sense it makes sense that it takes an innocent sacrifice to appease the wrath of God it also makes sense that that person who can live an entire life without sin is God himself it just makes sense so you don't think it in a complicated doctrine that we're talking about this morning out so many people just need to realize that Jesus was God he lived a perfect life it became the perfect sacrifice and who so ever believe it in him should not perish but have everlasting life that's what people need to realize he he was the word that went forth to do the work of redeeming man that who so ever you know trust in that believes in that will have eternal or everlasting life the Holy Ghost let's look at the third the third part of the Trinity the Holy Ghost what does he do turn to Romans chapter 8 like he he does a lot there's too much for for us to go over here I'm just gonna touch on a few different things and I'm kind of summarize it but the Holy Ghost does a lot for us in the Bible look at Romans chapter 8 let's look at just a couple of things that the Holy Ghost does look at Romans chapter 8 verse number 15 the Bible says for you have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear but you have received the spirit of adoption where we cry Abba father so I mean notice how spirit is a capital S there the spirit itself bear witness with our spirit that we are the children of God so here's the personhood of the spirit right here that the spirit itself is a witness the spirit is a witness what's a witness a witness is a person you can think of a witness as a person okay so there's the personhood of the spirit it's basically the Holy Spirit it's basically a spiritual guide for us 30 feces chapter 1 if he's a chapter was a great chapter for the Trinity especially the work of the Holy Spirit that it does in our lives but look it's basically a spiritual guide for us giving us access after we've been saved the Holy Spirit is us access to the will of God in our lives look at Ephesians chapter 1 look at verse number 9 look at verse number 9 so Ephesians chapter 1 we're gonna start reading in verse number 9 but if you go back to verse number 3 you'll see that the context of verse number 9 we're gonna read down we're talking about the father here we're talking about the father in Ephesians 1 chapter 9 can't just grab phrases out of the Bible and just apply them to things you need to know what the context is who we're talking about which which part of the God had we're talking about verse number 9 we're talking about the father look at Ephesians chapter 1 and verse number 9 let me turn back there if you read number verse number 3 it says blessed be God what and father of our Lord Jesus Christ who blessed us with all spiritual blessings and in heavenly places in Christ so this is the context of the verses I'm going to read you is talking about you know thank God for the father who's blessed us through Jesus because what did he do how did he bless us through Jesus because he sent him he sent him he's the one that took his word and made it into Jesus okay he manifest Jesus in the flesh using it you know his word became flesh look at verse number 9 having made known unto us the mystery of his will father's will according to his good pleasure which he had purposed in himself so first of all since we're talking about God the father we're talking about his will and then we start to read about Christ and the Holy Spirit here look God has one will folks there's one will here we don't need to get weird about that and start like people just take this stuff apart until they just get themselves in a twisted up mess they make themselves into a trinity pretzel nearly know talking about it so God has one will for us and he uses Christ and he uses the Holy Spirit to get that will known to us and deliver it to us okay look at verse number 10 then in the dispensation of the fullness of times he might gather in one all things in Christ both which are in heaven and which are on earth even in him in whom also we have obtained an inheritance being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worked all things after the Council of his own will that we should be to the praise of his glory who first trusted in Christ in whom he also trusted now he's talking to same people is like you have also trusted this is the same thing as saying you believed on so how do you get saved you believe on or you trust if you want to explain to people at the door what believe on means it doesn't mean I just believe Jesus existed because the Muslim believes Jesus existed it doesn't even mean you believe Jesus existed and that he was God it look you're trusting in him by believing on him you're saying I trust in him trusting in him is a hundred percent or nothing it's not 90% trust Jesus 10% think I have to go to church it that's not trusting you're either all trusting Jesus or you're trusting something else okay so verse number 13 equates believe on with trust in whom he also trusted in Jesus in Christ that after he heard the word of truth the gospel of your salvation in whom also after he believed he were sealed oh something's happened to you here you were sealed with that what that Holy Spirit of promise something happens to you once you trust in Christ look this is something that actually happens this is something that physically happens to you you are spiritually sealed the Bible says with the Holy Spirit that is that is God that is the third person of the Trinity so the Holy Spirit is given to you and it seals you after you trust in Jesus you are literally sealed by God folks by the witness of the Holy Spirit look at verse 14 which is now it gets even better which is so God he gives this Holy Spirit to you to seal you to do a job and then the Bible says which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the person's possession unto the praise of his glory so now we see some more detail here so you trust in Jesus here's the process you trust in Jesus Christ for your salvation and the Bible says you're sealed you're sealed by the Holy Spirit but guess what he stays with you it's not like the Holy Spirit comes in and turns some gears and tightens some screws he's like all right you're sealed your seal mechanism is done and then he takes off says no he's the earnest of our inheritance you know what that means that means as a down payment right that means he stays with you right he stays with you and he stays with you it's a sign what earnest means it's a sign of a promise for a down payment on something look at verse 15 wherefore I also after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and love unto the saints sees not to give thanks for you making mention of you in my prayers that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ the father of glory may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him so look the spirit is there the spirit seals you but the spirit is there to do a job in your life it's there to lead you turn to John chapter 16 it's there to lead you it's there to guide us look at John chapter 16 and verse number 13 John chapter 16 and verse number 13 look at the Bible says how be it when he so it's a heat too by the way people run into these strange people that tell you that you know God is a woman or you know whatever I mean it's it's all three persons are a heat okay all right 13 verse 13 how be it when he the spirit of truth has come he will guide you in all truth for he shall not speak of himself whatever he shall hear that he shall speak and he will show you things to come he shall glorify me for he shall receive of mine and shall show it unto you all things that the Father hath our mind therefore said I that he shall take of mine and he shall show it to you so the spirit is going to come and he's going to guide you in all truth the Bible says so the spirit you can turn to Luke chapter Luke chapter 12 Luke chapter 12 actually I'm going to John chapter few turn to John turn to Luke 12 I'll turn to John 14 and just reading just more on what the spirit will do for you John chapter 14 and verse number 26 says but the Comforter which is the Holy Ghost this is Jesus speaking whom the Father will send in my name he shall teach you all things and bring all things to your remembrance whatsoever I have said to you so the Holy Ghost once again the Holy Ghost is going to seal you he's going he's going to be with you after you're saved he's going to you know he's going to be inside you you're the temple of the Holy Ghost that's what the Bible is saying there and then the Bible says he's going to teach you all things he's going to teach you all things sometimes if you're in Luke chapter 12 look at verse number 11 sometimes and maybe this hasn't happened to you but the Bible says that there may be a time in your life that the Holy Spirit will literally tell you what to say look at verse number 11 of Luke chapter 12 and I hope that this never happens to any of you in this room but it happened to people in the Bible look at verse number 11 and when they bring you into the synagogues and under the magistrates and the powers and take note take me no thought how or what thing you shall answer or what you shall say why does when they bring you and they're taking you to trial and they're taking you to execution because you're a Christian because you believe in Jesus Christ it's like you know most people would be worried oh man I'm worried I'm gonna yell and scream in pain I'm worried I'm gonna deny Christ I'm worried that I'm gonna do these you know say something that I don't believe and that my testimony will be destroyed but the Bible says don't worry about any of that because when that time comes it says in verse number 12 for the Holy Ghost shall teach you in the same hour what you ought to say the Bible says in those times I will give you the words to say and how does God give you the words to say it would be the Holy Ghost that delivers those words to you look at Acts chapter 7 this actually happened to Stephen in the Bible this happened to Stephen in the Bible Stephen gave this great miraculous sermon in the Bible before he was killed and he gave such a powerful certain what these were normal men folks these were normal men these were working class men these were fishermen these were you know just tax collectors these were normal people these were not great orders these were not kings and we're reading about these disciples these apostles okay to ask chapter 7 of verse 54 Stephen gives this miraculous sermon and testimony of Jesus Christ and look at verse 54 and when they had heard these things they were cut to the heart and they gnashed on him with their teeth he had such a powerful sermon with Stephen some great preacher Stephen gave some powerful sermon how did he do it how in the world is Stephen a normal guy just how did he give such a miraculous sermon that just cut everyone to the heart so much so that they killed him for it look at verse 55 but he being full of the Holy Ghost the Holy Ghost filled him and came and just gave him that this is this is Luke chapter 12 being fulfilled right here in Acts chapter 7 he looked up step back to the look what God look what God rewards him with here right before his death look what God does for him since he he just has this miraculous sermon that cuts everyone to the heart he looks up step back to the heaven and saw the glory of God and Jesus standing in the right hand of God look Jesus stood up for this man Jesus wasn't sitting on the right hand of God here Jesus stood up for Stephen and said behold I see the heavens open and the Son of Man standing on the right hand of God but there's too much that the Holy Spirit does for us the most important thing is after we get saved the Holy Spirit seals us and indwells us it's a whole sermon series on everything that the Holy Spirit does for us but essentially it is the Holy Spirit that God uses to interact with believers that makes sense it's that it's God's think of it this way it's God's spiritual interface for us we have the Bible but we also have the Holy Spirit that is interacting with us so those are the three parts those are just general overviews of the three parts of the Trinity in at first John chapter 5 verse number 7 talks about but the confusion that people have with the Trinity is because people don't really understand the being of God you don't understand God himself people want to compare God to like a person or a human being and you can't really do that I mean but look it's not difficult to three to see the three parts of the Trinity in the Bible there's a lot spoken about it the word Trinity it's true it's never used in the Bible but you can see you know the Father the Word Jesus and the Holy Spirit all over the Bible turn to first Peter chapter 1 and verse number 2 a lot of Bible verses mentioned the whole Trinity in one verse or a couple of verses that you see in Genesis chapter 1 it's the first three verses of the Bible just describes the whole Godhead right there has all three parts of the Trinity we'll give first Peter chapter 1 look at verse number 2 he elect according to the foreign knowledge of God the Father through sanctification of the Spirit unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ grace unto you and peace be multiplied that right there talks about how the Trinity basically works for us right there God God the Father was the one look that we can see how they relate to each other God the Father is we've seen he sent the son and the son is obedient to the father it was God the father who had the knowledge in first Peter chapter 1 and verse number 2 look in the Spirit goes for representing the son but what's hard for people to understand like I said turn to John chapter 10 is this being called God now there is some places in the Bible I want to address this just briefly where Jesus says that I am the Father are one I mean that I'm the Father and I were the same that's what he says and I want to explain that in a few minutes I think that you know it's worth just looking at that quickly but look at John chapter 10 and verse number 27 one of my favorite couple of verses in the Bible right here John chapter 10 look at verse number 27 Jesus is speaking here you have a red letter Bible this is talking about their Jesus is speaking here look at verse number 27 my sheep hear my voice and I know them and they follow me this is Jesus and I give unto them eternal life and they shall never perish any man put them out of my hand just proving once again internal security right here once you are saved once you have trusted on Jesus you're sealed by the Holy Spirit it's a done deal there's nothing you could ever do to lose your salvation neither shall any man put them out of my hand look you're a man look God holds your salvation not you and thank God that he holds my salvation or I would try and I'm sure I would get rid of it on accident or whatever we're verse 29 my father which gave them me is greater than all and no man is able to pluck them out of my father's hand so Jesus here is saying you know my father holds your salvation you know my my father holds you and then in verse number 30 like oh this this got Jesus in trouble right here I and my father are one look John Jesus clarifies this in John 14 so what Jesus is saying here he's saying I am God that's what he's saying I mean let's not like you know don't don't wrap your don't put yourself in a pretzel over this he's just saying I and my father are one being we're both God that's what he's saying look at John 14 in verse 10 John 14 in verse 10 Jesus gets in the little more detail of this idea that he and the father are one in verse number 10 of John 14 the Bible says believe us not that I am in the father and the father and me the words that I speak of you I speak not of myself but the father that dwelleth in me he do it the works Jesus is saying we're both God that's what he's saying he's saying I am God that's what Jesus is saying in John 10 30 and in John 14 verse number 10 and good Isaiah chapter nine in verse number six Isaiah chapter nine in verse number six I'll show you how diverse the people really you know they really have a hard time not sure why but some people have a hard time with this one as well Isaiah chapter nine in verse number six is talking about some of the names of Jesus some of the names of Jesus or unto us the Bible says in Isaiah nine six unto us a child is born and to us a son is given and the government shall be upon his shoulder and his name shall be called wonderful counselor the mighty God the everlasting father the prince of peace number Isaiah 63 so people are sitting here they're saying okay is Jesus the father that he says that Jesus is the everlasting father look this is talking about the name before that is just equating Jesus to the mighty God again proving to the Jehovah's way is that no Jesus is God Jesus is the mighty God then it says the everlasting father but this is just saying here Jesus is God that's what this is explaining look at Isaiah 63 look at verse 16 the Bible says Dallas tower our father through Abraham the eight though Abraham be ignorant of us and Israel acknowledge us not now oh Lord our our father our redeemer thy name is from everlasting this Isaiah 63 is kind of the flint of Isaiah chapter 9 meaning in Isaiah chapter 9 it's talking about the names of Jesus look down at Isaiah 63 and I'll explain this to you verse number 16 it's God the father really the redeemer what Jesus is God the father the redeemer well he sent the redeemer Jesus is the one that actually did the redeeming but yeah God the father is the redeemer see I can say those things and they're both true so God the father sent Jesus the son to do the redeeming and in Isaiah 63 so Isaiah does this is what I'm trying to say Isaiah does this it says God the father's our redeemer and in Isaiah chapter 9 it says Jesus is the everlasting father because it's just saying look there they're God that's what it's saying that's that's the way Isaiah describes God and that's the way Isaiah does it so he does it calling the father the redeemer and you can take that feeling see Jesus is the father and the father is Jesus like no it's just saying that they're both God is what it's saying okay it's still talking about the Trinity is still valid the father sent the son the father sends the Holy Spirit to be a witness or an ambassador in the son's name it all works so it's just talking about in Isaiah 63 how the father redeemed us and it's the way he did it was through Jesus okay the same thing is in Isaiah chapter 9 the everlasting father just saying that this Jesus Christ is God he is deity he is God so look they are I mean it's hard to understand this being of God that's why people have a hard time with the Trinity is because you know the being of God we think of like a being you know creation in our image you know something that is it like we want to think of a person we want to think of a human being but God is not us his word is different from us so people come up with analogies so people come up with analogies to describe the Trinity and every single analogy has problems right it has problems because an analogy is really you're trying to compare two things so when I come up with an analogy and I'm going to tell you my analogy that I've always thought of things and I'm sure there's some kind of problem that you can probably find but it's just a way that we come up with to compare something we know with something that we have to find hard to understand and the problem is if you take something that you know like this mortal world that we live in and you try to describe an infinite being like God there's it's just not going to match perfectly that's that's the problem but we want to think of God like us but he's not like us you know my words are not like God's words I can't create things with my words you know God can do that you know so his words he used to they have actual power that's one difference you know we need to think about that when you think about that the seriousness of reading your Bible by the way you think about just the difference between God's words and our words that God can actually use his word to create the universe and actually actually save your soul and then he's also given it to you and you never read it so that's something to think about right there you know his spirit he uses to adopt us to seal us to guide us you know turn to 1st Corinthians chapter 6 1st Corinthians chapter 6 1st Corinthians chapter 6 look at verse number 19 1st Corinthians chapter 6 look at verse number 19 the Bible says what know you not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you which you have of God that you're not your own for you're bought with a price therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit which are God so it's talking about you know you're you're the Holy Ghost in verse number 19 and it's saying your spirit you know in verse number 20 so the spirit of God when he seals you and he gives you that down payment the spirit of God if you're saying this morning the spirit of God is inside you and your spirit what you want to do you know your flesh as the Bible would call it in Romans you know is boring against you know that Holy Spirit in Ephesians chapter 4 verse number 30 the Bible says you can greed the Holy Spirit of God if your spirit wins if your flesh what you want to do you want to go sing you want to go do something you want to go just you know go against what the Bible says you know you know get out of the Bible and get on spiritual in your life but the Holy Spirit still in you you're still sealed but the Holy Spirit can be greed inside you so the spirit is this miraculous way that God the Father uses to interface with us think about like a computer interface for like all you you know PC guys out there you know it's it's it's the way God uses to interact with us it's his spiritual interface so the way I always thought about it was kind of it's kind of based on you know Psalm 33 talking about the Potter I always thought about it this way here's my analogy God the Father is the architect never to kind of use that word a few times he's the architect in first Peter chapter 2 you know the Bible says that he had the foreknowledge the father is the one that had the foreknowledge it was his plan look we're thinking about this words can't be spoken until the mind decides to speak them right so I mean I think of words and then I speak those words so God the Father is the one that decided to speak the words to create the universe he decided to you know come up with this plan of salvation look it is God the Father who is the architect that built the plan of salvation I mean the plan of salvation could have been anything it could have been you know if you could be anything if you do these 10 works five times in your life then you can be saved that could have been the plan but that's not the plan the plan instead is believe alone but so God the Father is the architect of everything he's the architect of the universe and he's the architect of our salvation that's how I think about it Jesus Jesus is the construction crew that's kind of how I always thought about you know Jesus is the one that came down here first of all he's the one he's the one that built the universe through the words he was the word and then Jesus is also the one that came down here to execute the plan of salvation that the architect came up with he came down here and he did the work he actually put that plan into place and he was obedient but that plan cost him his life that plan put him through a horrible death but he was obedient to the Father who sent him to execute that plan he's the one that came here to actually make it happen live a perfect life I think that I mean none of you can do that none of us can do that Jesus is the one that came here and made that happen perform all these miracles raise people from the dead just execute this this plan that the architect and place die on the cross be buried rise again the third day but look and also be the one who people need to trust it Jesus was the one that made that happen for God to grant them eternal life and the Spirit what's the Spirit the Spirit is the tools the interface that God has with us and once that trust happens and once you're you know once you're saved the Holy Spirit is the tool God uses to seal you it's the down payment God uses to put down on you to guarantee that promise of eternal life that gives you look it makes perfect sense how the Trinity works together for the salvation of mankind that's not that difficult to understand it's actually brilliant when you look at the whole plan and how it all played out I'm glad it exists or why it exists but it works look good Isaiah 10 for 55 but how all that looks how all that works together and looks as one being called God you know that's kind of like where we're just like whoa but here's the thing here's the thing folks let me put you in ease a little bit this morning you know it's just the Trinity the plan the architect the construction crew the interface God uses with us with the Holy Spirit that's brilliant that's great that's awesome how God has this working for us and gives us these opportunities and how he's done that by creating the world creating our salvation plan and all that that's great how does this all fit together and look like you know with one God what can I say a 55 in verse number eight look folks this Bible right here this we don't have to understand all God this Bible is what God wants us to know about him that's it and if you want to know about God read these words that he's given us that he's preserved for us what can I say a 55 verse 8 the Bible says my thoughts are not your thoughts neither are your ways my ways say the Lord what do you mean okay I get that God's thoughts are better than mine you know God's thoughts are not my ways are not his ways I get all that he say look here's the deal here's the deal mankind here's the deal man and woman on the earth as the heavens are higher than your sorely my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts then your thoughts God saying look my ways are higher than your ways my thoughts are higher than your thoughts like you are just not going to understand everything about me and what I want you to understand about me I preserved for you right here that's what God says so look some things just need to be taken on faith you don't have to sit here and try to like fill in every gap that God didn't tell you there's some things in the Bible and I point those things out as much as I possibly can when we preach sermons or when I preach sermons up here it's like you know what the Bible is going to tell us that so don't fill in the blanks three verses one God that's it and look it's brilliant how those three parts or distinct individuals secured your eternal life it's brilliant how God does that and not only that but how he uses that holy spirit to interface with us and interact with us as we live our lives on this earth it's brilliant and then other things you know we go up to God we get to heaven and like hey don't start a sentence with the word hate or don't look to God say hey but go up you know go and ask God how does all this work and you get to heaven there's nothing wrong with taking things on faith what far heads and have a word of