Waching daily Nov 28 2018

Our amazing God

is a triune God.

Three persons, one God.

Father, Son, Holy Spirit.

But how do you know that that God,

our God, has always been that way?

Can you prove it in the Old Testament

to show that God is three persons,

yet one God?

In the New Testament, it's pretty obvious.

Think of the baptism of Jesus.

Jesus is there, he's getting baptized.

God the Father from heaven speaks, "This is my son whom I love.

"With him I am well-pleased."

The Holy Spirit is there in the form of a dove.

Lighting on Jesus.

So you see all three distinct persons

of the triune God there at Jesus' baptism.

But what about the Old Testament?

Could you prove that God is three persons, yet one, in the Old Testament?

Now, the first thing you could do is you could look into

an amazing passage, Deuteronomy, chapter 6,

where it's very clear, where God says, "The Lord our God, the Lord is one."

So clearly you see God as one, but

did you know, in that passage, God reveals himself as

more than that?

The word that God uses in the Hebrew there for God is

actually in the plural.

So God reveals himself to be more than one.

We know that to be three distinct persons.

But you don't have to know grammar and Hebrew

in order to know that God, in the Old Testament,

reveals Himself as more than one.

Go into the beginning of creation.

When God is talking.

And he's creating mankind.

And God says this,

God reveals himself to be more than one.

Not specifically three yet, but more than one right there.

But then you turn to this.

You turn to Numbers, chapter 6.

And God shows himself to be three.

Did you catch it?

Did you catch that there's three "The Lord's" there?

And each of those "The Lord's" refers to one different person

of the Holy Trinity.

And so the first "The Lord" is God the Father who blesses you.

Who keeps you, provides for you.

Takes care of you.

The next "The Lord" is Jesus.

Who makes his face shine upon you and be gracious to you.

And that's the work of Jesus.

Jesus pours grace, pours love, favor

into our lives.

The final "The Lord"

is God the Holy Spirit.

That he turns his face toward you.

God's loving grace-filled mercy toward you.

And gives you peace.

Because that's the work of God the Holy Spirit.

He brings us to faith.

Grows us in that faith.

Anoints our lives with peace.

God is a triune God.

Not just in the New Testament.

You see and hear in the Old Testament.

Because God was, is and always will be that triune God

who loves you, who provides for you.

And now you know that God has always been,

always will be

and is the loving God

who provides for you everything that you need.

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For more infomation >> How Is God Three Persons? - Duration: 3:58.

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This is our Story | United 19 - Duration: 2:24.

it starts in the silence the Creator breathes himself into his creation the

artist stares at his masterpiece saying it is good his story becomes their story

this is our story a family dispersed across the nation brought together

patiently waiting and assured expectation that the one who started

won't stop creating this is our story so we gather in one place one community one

body one group of believers waiting for the one who when we encounter transforms

lives rewrites stories and empowers us to go and change the nation

this is our story every face every individual although

beautifully different hunger for the one

we said yes and yes and yes and yes again

amen so be it let it be done on earth as it is in heaven

accepting his story his will and choosing freedom

this is our story

we find acceptance joy peace

calling love this is our story we pray we dance we scream we sing

we laugh we cry this is our story our history has always been his story our

worship takes us back to that very first whisper that very first breath and each

time we breathe his breath his story is written on our hearts that very first

encounter that very first prophetic word that very first prayer which

all started in the silence in his presence this is his story this is our story