Praise Jehovah the Creator and Sustainer of all things (Psa. 100). The one true God is revealed in the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. We can know God’s character and purpose.
The Godhead is a challenge for finite minds to comprehend. This lesson helps us better grasp the nature of God and who possesses deity.
4. 1. Isaiah 6:1-3 The Godhead is holy:
One person in the Godhead is the Holy Spirit
1 In the year that king Uzziah died
I saw also the Lord sitting upon a throne,
high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple.
2 Above it stood the seraphims:
each one had six wings;
with twain he covered his face,
and with twain he covered his feet,
and with twain he did fly.
3 And one cried unto another, and said,
Holy, holy, holy, is the LORD of hosts:
the whole earth is full of his glory. 4
5. Introduction:
2. The One True God Revealed Himself:
The Father
Jesus Christ, the Son
The Holy Spirit
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6. Introduction:
3. The Holy Spirit loves us & works to save us:
The Holy Spirit is a person in the Godhead
The Spirit’s role was to reveal all truth
The Holy Spirit revealed God to man
The Spirit reveals our relationship to God
The Spirit revealed the gospel of Christ
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7. I. The Holy Spirit Is a Person in the Godhead
A. Gen. 1:1-2, 26 He Was Active in Creation
1 In the beginning God created the heaven
and the earth.
2 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.
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26 And God said, Let us make man in our 7
image, after our likeness: …
8. I. The Holy Spirit Is a Person in the Godhead
B. Plural Persons Can Be Distinct Yet United
Gen. 2:24 Husband & wife are one flesh
24 Therefore shall a man
leave his father and his
mother, and
shall cleave unto his wife:
and they shall be one flesh.
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9. I. The Holy Spirit Is a Person in the Godhead
B. Plural Persons Can Be Distinct Yet United
Acts 17:26 Many nations are of one blood
26 And hath made of one blood all nations of men
for to dwell on all the face of the earth,
and hath determined the times before appointed,
and the bounds of their habitation;
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10. I. The Holy Spirit Is a Person in the Godhead
B. Plural Persons Can Be Distinct Yet United
Jn. 17:21 Many believers are one body
21 That they all may be one;
as thou, Father, art in me, and I in
thee, that they also may be one in
us: that the world may believe
that thou hast sent me.
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11. I. The Holy Spirit Is a Person in the Godhead
B. Plural Persons Can Be Distinct Yet United
Jn. 17:21 Father & Son are one God
21 That they all may be one;
as thou, Father, art in me, and I in
thee, that they also may be one in
us: that the world may believe
that thou hast sent me.
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12. I. The Holy Spirit Is a Person in the Godhead
C. Each Divine Person Is Distinct
The Father is a person
The Son is a person
The Holy Spirit is a person
He is not a mysterious divine fog,
electricity, or better-felt-than-told emotion
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13. I. The Holy Spirit Is a Person in the Godhead
D. The Spirit Is Directly Referred to as God
Acts 5:3-4 Lying to the Spirit is lying to God
3 But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan
filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost,
and to keep back part of the price of the land?
4 Whiles it remained, was it not thine own?
and after it was sold, was it not in thine own power?
why hast thou conceived this thing in thine heart?
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thou hast not lied unto men, but unto God.
14. II. The Spirit’s Role Was to Reveal All Truth
A. Jn. 16:7-13 He Will Convict Men by Truth
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15. A. Jn. 16:7-13 He Will Convict Men by Truth
7 Nevertheless I tell you the truth;
It is expedient for you that I go away:
for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you;
but if I depart, I will send him unto you.
8 And when he is come, he will reprove the world of
sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment:
9 Of sin, because they believe not on me;
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righteousness, bec
ause I go to my Father, and ye see me no more;
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16. A. Jn. 16:7-13 He Will Convict Men by Truth
12 I have yet many things to say unto you,
but ye cannot bear them now.
13 Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come,
he will guide you into all truth:
for he shall not speak of himself;
but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak:
and he will shew you things to come.
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17. II. The Spirit’s Role Was to Reveal All Truth
A. Jn. 16:7-13 He Will Convict Men by Truth
The Spirit revealed all truth to the Apostles
By the power of truth he will convict men
Of sin: love of sin prevents faith in Christ
Of righteousness: Christ completed
God’s plan for our salvation
Of judgment: Satan’s defeat is certain!
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18. III. The Holy Spirit Revealed God to Man
A. Acts 17:24, 29 God exists not as an idol
24 God that made the world and all things
therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and
earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands;
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29 Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of
God, we ought not to think that the Godhead
is like unto gold, or silver, or
stone, graven by art and man's 18
19. III. The Holy Spirit Revealed God to Man
B. Matt. 28:19 God is one in three persons
19 Go ye therefore, and teach all nations,
baptizing them in the name of the Father,
and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:
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20. III. The Holy Spirit Revealed God to Man
C. Isa. 6:1-3 God is holy, infinite, love, etc.
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21. C. Isa. 6:1-3 God is holy, infinite, love, etc.
1 In the year that king Uzziah died
I saw also the Lord sitting upon a throne,
high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple.
2 Above it stood the seraphims:
each one had six wings;
with twain he covered his face,
and with twain he covered his feet,
and with twain he did fly.
3 And one cried unto another, and said,
Holy, holy, holy, is the LORD of hosts:
the whole earth is full of his glory. 21
22. III. The Holy Spirit Revealed God to Man
D. 1 Cor. 2:9-10 He Revealed God’s Will
9 But as it is
written, Eye
hath not seen, nor ear
heard, neither have entered
into the heart of man, the things
which God hath prepared for them
that love him.
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10 But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit:
23. IV. The Spirit Reveals Our Relationship to God
A. Gen. 1:1, 27 God Created Man
in His Image to Know, Love, & Serve Him
1 In the beginning God created the heaven
and the earth.
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27 So God created man in his own
image, in the image of God
created he him; male 23
and female created he them.
24. IV. The Spirit Reveals Our Relationship to God
B. Eccl. 12:13-14 We Find Meaning & Purpose
in Serving God—We Are Accountable to Him
13 Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter:
Fear God, and keep his commandments:
for this is the whole duty of man.
14 For God shall bring every work into
judgment, with every secret
thing, whether it be
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good, or whether it be evil.
25. IV. The Spirit Reveals Our Relationship to God
C. We Are United to God When We Love
& Obey Him: He Dwells in Us & We in Him
Matt. 28:19 We Are Baptized into Union
with One God in Three Persons
19 Go ye therefore, and teach all
nations, baptizing them in the name of
the Father, and of the Son, and of the
Holy Ghost: 25
26. IV. The Spirit Reveals Our Relationship to God
C. We Are United to God When We Love
& Obey Him: He Dwells in Us & We in Him
Jn. 17:21 We are united with God in Christ
21 That they all may be one;
as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee,
that they also may be one in us:
that the world may believe
that thou hast sent me. 26
27. IV. The Spirit Reveals Our Relationship to God
C. We Are United to God When We Love
& Obey Him: He Dwells in Us & We in Him
1 Cor. 6:19-20 The Spirit dwells in us
when we glorify God by obeying Him
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28. 1 Cor. 6:19-20 The Spirit dwells in us
when we glorify God by obeying Him
19 What? know ye not that your body
is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in
you, which ye have of
God, and ye
are not your own?
20 For ye are bought with a price:
therefore glorify God in your
body, and in your
spirit, which are God's.
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29. IV. The Spirit Reveals Our Relationship to God
C. We Are United to God When We Love
& Obey Him: He Dwells in Us & We in Him
We dwell in God & God in us:
spiritual unity & fellowship
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31. V. The Spirit Revealed the Gospel of Christ
A. Rom. 1:16 The Truth of the Gospel
Given by the Spirit Is God’s Power to Save!
16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ:
for it is the power of God unto salvation
to every one that believeth;
to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.
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32. V. The Spirit Revealed the Gospel of Christ
B. Rom. 3:23-26 He Revealed the Basis
of Salvation in the Cross of Christ
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33. B. Rom. 3:23-26 He Revealed the Basis
of Salvation in the Cross of Christ
23 For all have sinned,
and come short of the glory of God;
24 Being justified freely by his grace
through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:
25 Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation
through faith in his blood,
to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins
that are past, through the forbearance of God;
26 To declare, I say, at this time his righteousness:
that he might be just, JUSTICE: Sin is punished
and the justifier of MERCY: Sin is forgiven
him which believeth in Jesus. 33
34. V. The Spirit Revealed the Gospel of Christ
C. He Revealed the Conditions of Salvation
Jn. 3:5 The gospel convinces us to believe,
repent, confess Christ, & be baptized
5 Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto
thee, Except a man be born of water and of the
Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.
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35. V. The Spirit Revealed the Gospel of Christ
C. He Revealed the Conditions of Salvation
Matt. 28:18-20 We must submit in
obedient faith to Christ
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36. Matt. 28:18-20 We must submit
in obedient faith to Christ
18 And Jesus came and spake unto
them, saying, All power is given unto me
in heaven and in earth.
19 Go ye therefore, and teach all
nations, baptizing them in the name of the
Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy
Ghost:
20 Teaching them to observe all things
whatsoever I have commanded you:
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37. V. The Spirit Revealed the Gospel of Christ
D. The Gospel Reveals the Church of Christ
Matt. 16:16-19 The divine Savior-King
promised to save & unite men in his church
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38. Matt. 16:16-19 The divine Savior-King
promised to save & unite men in his church
16 And Simon Peter answered and
said, Thou art the Christ, the Son
of the living God.
17 And Jesus answered and said unto
him, Blessed art thou, Simon
Barjona: for flesh and
blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my
Father which is in heaven.
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39. Matt. 16:16-19 The divine Savior-King
promised to save & unite men in his church
18 And I say also unto thee, That thou art
Peter, and upon this rock I will
build my church; and
the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
19 And I will give unto thee
the keys of the kingdom of heaven:
and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth
shall be bound in heaven:
and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth
shall be loosed in heaven. 39
40. V. The Spirit Revealed the Gospel of Christ
D. The Gospel Reveals the Church of Christ
1 Tim. 3:14-15 The Spirit gave the pattern
for this church in the New Testament
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41. 1 Tim. 3:14-15 The Spirit gave the pattern
for this church in the New Testament
14 These things write I unto
thee, hoping to
come unto thee shortly:
15 But if I tarry
long,
that thou mayest know
how
thou oughtest to behave thyself
in the house of 41
42. V. The Spirit Revealed the Gospel of Christ
E. He Teaches Us to Live Holy, Godly Lives
Tit. 2:11-14 God’s grace teaches us
the right doctrine & the right life
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43. Tit. 2:11-14 God’s grace teaches us
the right doctrine & the right life
11 For the grace of God that bringeth salvation
hath appeared to all men,
12 Teaching us that, denying ungodliness
and worldly lusts, we should live
soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present
world;
13 Looking for that blessed
hope, and the glorious
appearing of the great God and
our Saviour Jesus Christ;
14 Who gave himself for
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us, that he might
44. V. The Spirit Revealed the Gospel of Christ
F. He Revealed Our Destiny: Heaven or Hell
Rev. 21:1-8 God prepared heaven
for His people, hell for Satan’s followers
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45. Rev. 21:1-8 God prepared heaven
for His people, hell for Satan’s followers
1 And I saw a new heaven and a new earth:
for the first heaven and the first earth
were passed away; and there was no more sea.
2 And I John saw the holy city, new
Jerusalem, coming down from God out of
heaven, prepared as a bride adorned
for her husband.
3 And I heard a great voice out of heaven
saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with
men, and he will dwell with
them, and they shall be his 45
people, and God
46. Rev. 21:1-8 God prepared heaven
for His people, hell for Satan’s followers
4 And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes;
and there shall be no more
death, neither sorrow, nor
crying, neither shall
there be any more pain: for
the former things are passed away.
5 And he that sat upon the throne
said, Behold, I make all things
new. And he said
unto me, Write: for
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these words are true and faithful.
47. Rev. 21:1-8 God prepared heaven
for His people, hell for Satan’s followers
6 And he said unto me, It is done.
I am Alpha and
Omega, the
beginning and the end.
I will give unto him that is athirst
of the fountain of the water of life freely.
7 He that overcometh shall inherit all things;
and I will be his God, and he shall be my son.
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48. Rev. 21:1-8 God prepared heaven
for His people, hell for Satan’s followers
8 But the fearful, and unbelieving,
and the abominable, and murderers,
and whoremongers, and sorcerers,
and idolaters, and all liars,
shall have their part in the lake
which burneth with fire and brimstone:
which is the second death.
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50. 1. Isaiah 6:1-3 The Godhead is holy:
One person in the Godhead is the Holy Spirit
1 In the year that king Uzziah died
I saw also the Lord sitting upon a
throne, high and lifted up, and
his train filled the temple.
2 Above it stood the seraphims:
each one had six wings;
with twain he covered his
face, and with twain
he covered his feet, and
with twain he did fly.
3 And one cried unto another, and 50
51. Invitation:
2. The One True God Revealed Himself:
The Father
Jesus Christ, the Son
The Holy Spirit
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52. Invitation:
3. The Holy Spirit loves us & works to save us:
The Holy Spirit is a person in the Godhead
The Spirit’s role was to reveal all truth
The Holy Spirit revealed God to man
The Spirit reveals our relationship to God
The Spirit revealed the gospel of Christ
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53. Invitation:
4. The Holy Spirit calls us to salvation:
Jn. 3:5 He convinces us to believe,
repent, confess Christ, & be baptized
5 Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee,
Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit,
he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.
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54. Invitation:
4. The Holy Spirit calls us to salvation:
Acts 8:22 He convinces erring saints
to repent, confess sin, & pray
22 Repent therefore of this thy
wickedness, and pray
God, i
f perhaps the thought of thine heart
may be forgiven thee. 54