The Forgotten Trinity

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Authors: James R. White
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calls them all by name;
because of the greatness of His might and the strength of His
power, not one of them is missing. Why do you say, 0 Jacob, and
assert, 0 Israel, "My way is hidden from the LORD, and the justice
due me escapes the notice of my God"? Do you not know? Have
you not heard? The Everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the
ends of the earth does not become weary or tired. His understanding is inscrutable. (Isaiah 40:21-28)

    This is the only God worthy of worship and adoration. And God expects us to know this truth-He upbraids those who have forgotten
by asking, "Do you not know? Have you not heard?" That this has
always been known is plainly proclaimed. There is no excuse for idolatry, no defense for polytheism. This is the true Creator, the Maker of
heaven and earth, and the men who dwell on the earth.
    The fact that God rules and reigns over His creation is often placed
in the context of demonstrating God's true nature. Listen to these
words from Scripture:
    "Remember the former things long past, for I am God, and
there is no other; I am God, and there is no one like Me, declaring
the end from the beginning, and from ancient times things which
have not been done, saying, `My purpose will be established, and
I will accomplish all My good pleasure'" (Isaiah 46:9-10).
    None but the true God can say, "My purpose will be established." James
wisely warned us against boasting of tomorrow, for we don't know
what tomorrow will hold. Instead, he taught that we, as finite creatures,
should say, "If the Lord wills I will do such and so" (James 4:13-16).
But God is completely different than man: He can say that His purpose
will be established, and beyond all question, it will be.
    Jeremiah ministered to a people who were surrounded by the
pressures of idolatry. They were constantly being enticed to go after other gods. Hear his antidote to idolatry:

    But the LORD is the true God; He is the living God and the
everlasting King. At His wrath the earth quakes, and the nations
cannot endure His indignation. Thus you shall say to them, "The
gods that did not make the heavens and the earth shall perish from
the earth and from under the heavens" (Jeremiah 10:10-11).'
    God provides His people with the very words to say to those who
would lead them after other gods: unless those gods created the heavens and the earth, they will perish from the earth. The irony of a god
"perishing" is meant to point out the foolishness of making a god out
of anyone but the Creator himself.
    GOD IS SPIRIT
    God does not exist in the same mode or way we do. He is utterly
unlike us in many aspects. One truth about God's existence that is very
difficult for us to grasp (but very important for us to struggle with) is
that He is not limited to time and space. Theologians refer to this as
His spirituality, not in the sense of simply being one spirit among many
spirits, but that He exists as spirit and is therefore "omnipresent." It is
best to think of omnipresence more in the realm of "lack of spatial
limitations" than anything else. As with most things, God is far beyond
our creaturely categories. When we speak of His omnipresence, we are
saying something that is primarily negative (He does not have limitations of space, just as His eternal existence is basically a statement
of His not having limitations based in time).
    When speaking with the woman at the well in Samaria, the Lord
Jesus ended the controversy regarding the place of worship by pointing
out a basic truth:
    "God is spirit,' and those who worship Him must worship in
spirit and truth" (John 4:24).
    The worship of God is not a matter of where but of how. Whether
Mount Gerazim (where the Samaritans thought one must worship) or in Jerusalem is not the issue. Spatial location is irrelevant, as space does
not limit God, for He is spirit. The important thing is the how of worship (in spirit and in truth), not the where.

    It is not Jesus' intention in

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