This
posting is the second installment of our Foursquare Declaration of Faith Series,
The Eternal Godhead. We hope you’ll enjoy this and that you’ll take a moment to
comment or ask questions. Pastor Michael
THE ETERNAL GODHEAD
We believe that there is1
but one true and living God; maker of heaven and earth and all that is in them;
the Alpha and Omega, who ever was, and is and shall be, time without end, Amen;
that He is infinitely holy, mighty, tender, loving and glorious; worthy of all
possible love and honor, confidence and obedience, majesty, dominion and might,
both now and forever; and that in the unity of the Godhead there are three,
equal in every divine perfection executing distinct but harmonious offices in the
great work of redemption.
The Father — Whose glory is so
exceeding bright that mortal man cannot look 2upon His face and
live, 3but whose heart was so filled with love and pity for His lost
and sin-benighted children that He freely gave His only begotten Son to redeem
and reconcile them unto Himself.
The Son — 4Co-existent
and co-eternal with the Father, who, conceived by the Holy Spirit and 5born
of the Virgin Mary took upon Himself the form of man, bore our sins, carried
our sorrows, and by the shedding of His precious blood upon the cross of
Calvary, purchased redemption for all that would believe upon Him: then, bursting
the bonds of death and hell rose from the grave and ascended on high leading
captivity captive, 6that as the great mediator between God and man,
He might stand at the right hand of the Father making intercession for those
whom He laid down His life.
The Holy Spirit — The 7third
person of the Godhead, the Spirit of the Father shed abroad, omnipotent,
omnipresent, performing an inexpressibly important mission upon earth,
convicting of sin, of righteousness, and of judgment, 8drawing
sinners to the Savior, rebuking, pleading, searching, comforting, guiding,
quickening, teaching, glorifying, baptizing and enduing with power from on high
those who yield to His tender ministrations, preparing them for the great day
of the Lord’s appearing.
Scripture References
1. “...Before Me there was no God
formed, Nor shall there be after Me.” (Is. 43:10) “Is there a God besides Me?
Indeed there is no other Rock; I know not one.” (Is. 44:8)
2. “...You cannot see My face; for
no man shall see Me, and live.” (Ex. 33:20)
3. “For God so loved the world that
He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish
but have everlasting life.” (Jn. 3:16)
4. “In the beginning was the Word,
and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with
God. All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that
was made.” (Jn. 1:1-3) (Also Job 38:4-7)
5. “Behold, the virgin shall be with child, and
bear a Son, and they shall call His name Immanuel...” (Mt. 1:23)
6. “I, even I, am the LORD, and
besides Me there is no savior.” (Is. 43:11) “For there is one God and one
Mediator between God and men, the Man Christ Jesus, who gave Himself a ransom
for all...” (1 Tim.:2:5, 6a) “For through Him we both have access by one Spirit
to the Father.” (Eph. 2:18)
7.“For there are three that bear
witness in heaven: the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit, and these three
are one.” (1 Jn. 5:7)
8. “But when the Helper comes whom I
shall send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the
Father, He will testify of Me.” (Jn. 15:26) (Also, 2 Cor. 13:14; Mt. 28:19;
Rom. 8:11; Jn. 1
6:7-14)
