The Trinity
- Categories Doctrine
God the Father
We believe that God the Father is the first person set forth in the Divine Trinity; that He is almighty, merciful, and just; that He is holy, righteous, and true; that He is eternally existent, glorious in nature, possessing the attributes of omnipotence, omniscience, and omnipresence; and that He, in harmony with His divine office, loves, provides, and protects, thus exercising providential watch care over the sons of men, and especially a fatherly care over the children of God.
- Matt. 28:19
- Gen. 17:1
- Matt. 19:26
- Ps. 19:9
- Isa. 6:3
- Ps. 100:5
- Prov. 15:3
- Ps. 139:1-6, 13-14
- Ps. 103:13
- Matt. 6:25-30
- Matt. 10:29-31
- Matt. 7:11
God the Son
Virgin Born: We believe that god the Son is the second person set forth in the Divine Trinity; that He is Very God of Very God; that He is almighty, merciful, and just; that He is holy, righteous, and true; that He is eternally existent, glorious in nature, possessing the attributes of omnipotence, omniscience, and omnipresence; that God the Father, through the Holy Spirit, is actually and eternally His divine father, and Mary the Virgin is actually and innocently His human mother; and that He, in harmony with His divine office, mediates, seeks, and saves, thus exercising the mediatorial office of redemption.
- Matt. 28:19
- Jn. 1:1-3
- Isa. 9:6
- Matt. 28:18
- Titus 3:5-6
- Jn. 8:15-16
- II Cor. 5:21
- Heb. 13:8
- Phil. 2:6
- Jn. 2:24
- Matt. 28:20
- Luke 1:35
- Luke 2:7-14
- I Tim. 2:5-6
- Luke 19:10
- Jn. 3:16.
God the Holy Spirit
We believe that God the Holy Spirit is the third person set forth in the Divine Trinity: that He is almighty, merciful, and just; that He is holy, righteous, and true; that He is eternally existent, glorious in nature, possessing the attributes of omnipotence, omniscience, and omnipresence; that He restrains the world, the flesh and the devil; that He witnesses to the Truth, convicts the lost, extols the Christ, and testifies to the righteous judgments of God; that He, in harmony with His divine office, comforts, teaches, testifies, preaches, guides; regenerates, empowers, sanctifies, and anoints, thus exercising the quickening role in the works of saving the lost and the supervising role in the life of the saved.