Many Will Ask: Who is God?
Who is God?
Are God and Jesus the same person?
To delight in God, we must first know who He is.
For the answer to that, we turn to His Word.
He reveals Himself in Scripture this way:
God the Father
God the Son
God the Holy Spirit
This truth forms one of the essential foundations of our faith: We serve a triune God – that is, God in three persons.
Granted, the blessed mystery of the Trinity is hard to understand at times.
I’m humbly raising my hand here.
Pastor John MacArthur wrote, “the doctrine of the Trinity stands as a perpetual reminder that we cannot comprehend everything God has revealed about Himself.” (Pastor John MacArthur, March 4, 2020)1
There’s a reason for that.
All that I can write about God, when compared to the totality of His attributes, is like one grain of sand compared to every beach, every mountain, and every planet in the universe. In order to comprehend God, we would need to be God’s intellectual equals, but He has no equals and doesn’t tolerate the impudent pretense of anyone who claims to understand things better than He does (Job 40:6–41:34). – Pastor John MAcArthur, pastor and bible teacher from Grace To You.2
Even though we deserve eternal punishment for our wickedness, nothing about you and me is a surprise to God.
He is faithful – making a way for us to receive salvation through His Son.
What a beautiful example of His indescribable grace and love that should humble us every single day.
Therefore, we delight in Him not only for His faithfulness, but for Who He is.
God is the Source of all things and we are His created ones.
As our Righteous Judge, He punishes sin, but by His grace and mercy, He will also forgive repentant hearts.
Blessed be the name of the Lord!
Heavenly Father, thank You for Who You are.
No matter what comes our way – whether rich blessings
or humbling trials – we thank You.
The single, greatest act of worship you can render to God is to thank Him. It’s the epitome of worship because through gratitude, we affirm God as the ultimate source of both trial and blessing—and acknowledge our humble acceptance of both. –Pastor John MacArthur, pastor and bible teacher from Grace To You.3
God The Son
Jesus!
It is our imperfection that brought Him here, and it is our weaknesses that will bring Him back to save us from our sins.
Lord, thank You for Your grace and
for sending us Your Son, Jesus.
Through Him, and by His death and resurrection,
You saved a wretch like me (and you who are reading this!)
With a thankful heart, we can recognize that, through Jesus, we are reconciled to the very One Who gave us life in our mothers’ wombs.
Only God could know what it would take to make a sinner acceptable to Him so that that sinner could escape eternal hell and live in the very presence of God in His own house. Only God could determine how the spiritual nature and the supreme authority and the unchangeable perfection of His law which is holy, just and good could be completely satisfied and the lawbreaker completely justified and rightly and purely forgiven and accepted, though fallen, guilty and depraved. Only God could bring all of those components to reconciliation. Only God knew what it would take. – Pastor John MacArthur, pastor and bible teacher from Grace To You.4
The Holy Spirit – A Distinct Member of the Trinity
What is the role of the Holy Spirit?
Pastor Alistair Begg writes this, “Enabling us to bow to Scripture’s authority and not man’s, the Holy Spirit plays the central role in the conversion of unbelievers. Being theologically accurate is of no assistance if the Holy Spirit does not live inside us.” (Pastor Alistair Begg, August 23, 2018)5
In John 14:26, Jesus comforted the disciples with the promise of the Holy Spirit’s coming.
Thank You, Lord, for Your gift of the Holy Spirit –
our Comforter, Intercessor, Counselor, and
a divine and distinct member
of the blessed Trinity.
Heavenly Father, it is with gratitude,
that our hearts remain focused on You.
May we wake up every day praising Your Name.
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1-2 John MacArthur quotation, courtesy of GTY.org/library/sermons-library. “God Is a Trinity.” para. 10, March 4, 2020. Web. Accessed 22 August, 2023. Retrieved from God Is a Trinity.
3 John MacArthur quotation, courtesy of GTY.org/library/sermons-library. “God Wants you to Give Thanks, Part 1.” para. 4, March 4, 2020. Web. Accessed 22 August, 2023. Retrieved from Give Thanks.
4 John MacArthur quotation, courtesy of GTY.org/library/sermons-library. “Fifteen Words of Hope.” para. 16, April 23, 1995. Web. Accessed 16 August, 2023. Retrieved from Words of Hope.
5 Alistair Begg quotation, Christian pastor, author, and founder of Truth For Life Teaching Ministry. “Sermons on the Holy Spirit.” para. 2, August 23, 2018. Web. Accessed 28 August, 2023. Retrieved from the Holy Spirit.
6 Scripture quotation is from the New American Standard Bible (NASB) Copyright © 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation.
