The Trinity at Work

 

All of God’s word impresses me

But two realities to be more concise:

I speak of the coming of the Holy Spirit

And the resurrection of Jesus Christ.

Let us not focus on their order

Or the relative importance of the two,

But let us see the Trinity at work

And how this should shape our view.

First the resurrection of Jesus Christ

And who raised him from the dead:

I know I mentioned the other one first

But I will start with this one instead.

Concerning the question at verse 3

Three answers are correct,

Let me show you in the Word of God

As I am sure you would expect.

 

In John chapter 10 verses 17 and 18

There you will see it plain

Jesus is saying he will lay down his life

But also he will take it up again.

He said no man could take it from him

But of himself he lay it down,

He also had the power to take it up

To this fact we should come around.

 

“Him God raised up the third day”

This is stated in the book of the Acts

In Acts chapters 2, 3, 4, 5, and beyond

This is an undeniable fact.

To see the Holy Spirit’s operation

In the resurrection of Jesus Christ

Turn to Romans 8 and verse 11,

There it is very precise.

 

The Spirit of God raised up Jesus

This is a reference to the Holy Spirit,

All three featured in the resurrection

Hence they all must take that credit.

  

And so we come to the the next point:

The point of the coming of the Spirit,

Again we see the Trinity in action

For operating together is their habit.

The Gospel of John bears out this

Successive chapters in fact

Turn to chapters numbers 14 and 15

And verse 26 to be exact.

Let us start with chapter number 14

And see there what it states:

In sending the Holy Ghost

Note how the Father and Son relate.

 

The Father is sending the Comforter

But He is doing so in the Jesus’ name

Read it over a number of times

And you will find it is explicitly plain.

Now turn to chapter number 15

Let us see what we have there,

By the way there is no contradiction,

Before you read let me make that clear.

 

 

Here Jesus is sending the Comforter

From the Father he is doing this,

See how the Trinity again operates

This is a point you should never miss.

I know that I mentioned two points

But I feel pressed to state a third

Turn to the book of the Acts again

Where this third one there is inferred.

Acts 20:28 would be confusing

Were it not for the blessed Trinity

But an understanding of this passage

Is Trinity-based essentially.

It needs no special interpretation

So it must be read as a basic reader would

A literal rendering of this passage is

God bought the church with His own blood.

Is this a contradiction of sorts?

I am convinced it definitely is not,

It is the Trinity at work again

In Satan’s web let’s not be caught.

 

It is Jesus whose blood was shed

However, the Father and the Son are one,

The Father in Christ reconciled us to Himself

And by His Spirit the church was born.

Stewart Russell © March 2019