What a Comfort to Know...

What works are assigned to the various Persons of the Trinity?

God the Father and our creation; 

• which is the divine work whereby God brings into existence things that formerly did not exist. 

God the Son and our redemption; 

• which is the divine work whereby God reclaims man from his bondage to sin and death, 
• and binds man to Himself in faith and love. 

God the Holy Spirit and our sanctification, 

• which is the divine work whereby God purifies man from his corruption and depravity, 
• making man a new and holy creature again.

What a Comfort!

What a comfort to know that the Father is true God. 

• As Creator-God, He has the whole world in His hand, so to speak.
• All things in creation are in His control. 
• Nothing happens by chance, but according to His divine will.

What a comfort to know that Christ, the incarnate Son of God, is true God. 

• Our redemption depends upon Christ’s deity. 
• Only through His divine power was He able to bear the wrath of God against the sin of the whole world. 
• Only because of His divinity did His sacrifice have sufficient value to make payment for our great debt.

What a comfort to know that the Holy Spirit is true God. 

• For the work that He must do in recreating man is just as great as the work of creation. 
• He must give life to those who are spiritually dead in sin. 
• He must heal the broken mind of man; 
• He must implant a new heart in man; 
• He must set the will free. 

These are operations that no man can accomplish. 

• Thankfully, the Holy Spirit is true God 
• and can easily accomplish these works in us.