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    Holy, Holy, Holy
    Holy, Holy, Holy
    Holy, Holy, Holy
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    Holy, Holy, Holy

    By Kirk Lee

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    This book is about the Trinity. Having pondered it for many years, some timely thoughts forth.

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    PublisherKirk Lee
    Release dateOct 31, 2017
    ISBN9781370570027
    Holy, Holy, Holy
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    Kirk Lee

    As a graduate of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary with a Masters of Divinity in Apologetics, he is currently serving as an senior pastor at a small church. In the past he has been involved in church planting.

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      Holy, Holy, Holy - Kirk Lee

      HOLY, HOLY, HOLY

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      By

      Kirk Lee

      Copyright © 2017 Kirk Lee

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      Contents

      Introduction

      Does the Trinity Matter?

      How is the Trinity Defined?

      What the Trinity is Not

      Just Thinking Out Loud

      What Do They Mention About Each Other?

      The Holy Spirit as a Person

      Where Can I Find the Trinity?

      Conclusion: What Responsibility Do We Have?

      Appendix One

      Bibliography

      Introduction

      When it comes to the Trinity…

      What? How can we have a Trinity when we only have one Savior?

      So why do we talk about the Trinity when it is not directly mentioned by word in the Bible? It is simply a word used to describe the three aspects of God as one. We are trying to reach into the infinite with finite minds. God has three names, but God is One somebody. Those names are Holy, Holy, Holy and is referenced as the title of the book which comes from Revelation 4:8. As long as we are under His wings we are to call Him, Holy. How can we understand a God who represents Himself three different ways? Each aspect of the Trinity has a purpose, yet are connected to each other. Each respecting the other but with no animosity, all are after the same purpose. To bring honor and glory to the Godhead. How can Jesus be separate with His own nature and yet have the exact same purpose as God the Father? All while fulfilling His unity with the Holy Spirit at the same instance without hesitation or separation in objective. How can we search for something which seems so far from our hands? In ESV Isaiah 40:28 it reads, Have you not known? Have you not heard? The LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He does not faint or grow weary; His understanding is unsearchable. His un-searchability is from His infinite dimensionality revealed to us in our limited finitude.

      Each person of the Trinity shares that nature and mission. Their roles are both related and distinct. God the Father sends the Son and the Spirit. God the Son came, fulfilled the promise of the Father as redeemer of the Kingdom, and declared the Kingdom message, and sent the Spirit. God the Holy Spirit came to complete the mission of God the Father, by the continuing presence of the Son, and to gather and lead the Church. God has three eternal distinctions, and they are coequal and coeternal. There is unity in the universe. When it comes to the Trinity, how do we understand what seems to be beyond our understanding? We see life, but do we understand it? We see the universe, but do we understand it? We seem to realize people work better in relationship, not in isolationism. People seem to be designed to live and love others, while at the same time wanting independence from others. We are multidimensional and singular at the same time. We are complex and simple at the same time. Our Godhead is complex. Out of many One! Unity and diversity in One. God has three names, but is one living God. God is a One somebody. A trinity in the complexity of a relationship of unity in love. Love is not just a singular action. Love is for sharing. As complex as love is, why would I not expect my Lord to be more complex? To have unity and community in love.[1] Love cost so much. Love cost God the Father His Son. Love gives and gives. Love understands better than we do. Even though we may never understand the Trinity, its existence is important to each of us for our salvation. In this book, we will try to understand the Trinity from a pastoral or layman’s point of view.

      Does the Trinity Matter?

      As a pastor, I am trying to understand the Trinity so I may be a better bondservant to Christ and at the same time try to help my flock understand how the Trinity impacts our lives. I simply ask myself what is the Trinity and how does it impact my worship? The Trinity is like the cost of gasoline in our present day. No one can figure it out. The cost per barrel and price at the pump do not match. We just accept it for what it is.[2]

      The belief that the one and only God exists eternally as three persons is known as the doctrine of the Trinity. There exists precisely one God and there are three divine Persons in the Godhead. Our inability to understand how God is both one and three, tells us far more about ourselves than it does about God. The Bible presents God as both one and three; that suffices for us to know that He is so. Regardless how we understand it or perceive it to be.[3]

      A simple illustration could be if the Father’s role is the author and architect of everything,[4] Jesus’ role is the accomplisher or agent by which creation and salvation comes, the Holy Spirit is who reveals all these things to us. The late Dr. Adrian Rogers, former pastor of Bellevue Baptist Church of Memphis, TN., began a sermon on the doctrine of the Trinity with this statement: Ladies and gentlemen, I am going to confess to you at the start of this message that I do not understand it (the Trinity). Billy Graham once wrote to Joel Hemphill, As you know, the Trinity was one of the most hotly debated topics of the first five centuries, and still it has us scratching our heads. Anyone who isn't confused doesn't really understand the situation.[5] A simple understanding of the Trinity is we believe that the one true God exists eternally in three persons (Father, Son, and Holy Spirit) and that these, being one God, are equal in deity, power, and glory.

      So how do we understand a spiritual being who is not bound by the universe as we are? Since we are bound in the physical world we cannot seem to comprehend a nature espoused in three persons equal in glory yet individualize in personality, while in harmony of purpose. It is not three people in one, it is three persons in one. Three distinct persons fussed in eternal unity through selfless giving and receiving in one being. Our physical limitations are nothing compared to trying to understand love, joy, faith, or goodness. The universe has no idea why an innate object loves another oblivious object. Having the freedom to love when we may choose not to love is to give love legitimacy. The freedom to choose love lends to the validity of the action itself. John Stott wrote, The will of the Father and the will of the Son coincided in the perfect self-sacrifice of love. We must never view the Son and the Father as being in opposition to each other.[6]

      God being Triune is central to everything Scripture says about God and how He is different from all other little gods. Centered in the initiative of God the Father, the substitutionary work of God the Son, and the application of the Son’s sacrifice by God the Holy Spirit. God is complete in Himself.

      If God is love then God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit, must always meet the conditions of love. For example, 1 Corinthians 13:4-8[7] must always be true. If love be not mutual, it is a torment and not a pleasure…[8] In Lewis Drummond’s book The Word of the Cross, he writes, As Torrey put it: The Trinity involves our whole spiritual life, and it is of the highest importance in the very practical matter of praying. We need God the Father to pray to; we need Jesus Christ the Son to pray through; and we need the Holy Spirit to pray in. It is the prayer that is to God the Father, through Jesus Christ the Son, under the guidance and in the power of the Holy Spirit, that God the Father answers.[9] Do we pray to the Holy Spirit or through the Holy Spirit? A little of both. We pray to God the Father in the name of Jesus Christ the Son, through the Holy Spirit. It is not just one part of God, but all three parts of God. So, we do not just pray to the Holy Spirit. Nor do we pray in the name of the Holy Spirit, but the Holy Spirit is God all at the same time. The infinite regard that the Father has for the

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