The Trinity

John 17:24

What was God doing before the Creation of the world? 

The Creator God is first a loving Father

The Triune God makes us in His Image

The Triune God is at work in salvation 

A triune God means my relationship before God is not performance-driven.

A triune God shows us that different functions does not mean different value

Life Group Discussion Questions

  1. Read John 17:24. Before creation the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit were in perfect love and fellowship.  How does God first being a loving Father, before creator, impact the way you think about Him?

  2. Read Genesis 1:26-27. If the Triune God has always existed in perfect love. What does this say about how we are called to exist being made in His image? How does sin impact this?

  3. One implication of the Trinity is that it shows us our relationship with God is not performance-driven. How does the Trinity help guide you in this reality?

  4. A second implication of the trinity shows us that different functions do not mean different values. How does the Trinity help us embrace biblical manhood and biblical womanhood? 

  5. How has our time this week thinking about the Trinity stretched or impacted you?

Proposed Statement of Faith

We believe that there is one living and true God, existing eternally in three persons—Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. These three persons contain the very nature of God and are equal in every divine perfection. They each execute distinct but harmonious offices in the work of creation, providence, and redemption. The triune God is self-existent and self-sufficient, perfect and immutable, infinite and all-knowing, purposeful and all-powerful, sovereign and worthy of our praise, loyalty, and love.

Main Text: Deuteronomy 6:4-5; Matthew 28:18-20

Other Key Texts: John 1:1-5; 2 Corinthians 13:14; Isaiah 44:6

For Further Study: Michael Reeves, Delighting In The Trinity

“If the Trinity were something we could shave off God, we would not be relieving him of some irksome weight; we would be shearing him of precisely what is so delightful about him. For God is triune, and it is as triune that he is so good and desirable.” - Michael Reeves