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Ontological and economic Trinity
Posted : 7 Jan, 2021 09:51 AM
let’s look at some of the verses that support the difference of roles among the three persons of the Trinity.
The Father sent the Son. The Son did not send the Father (John 6:44; 8:18; 10:36; 1 John 4:14)
John 5:37, “And the Father who sent Me, He has borne witness of Me. You have neither heard His voice at any time, nor seen His form.”
Jesus came down from heaven, not to do his own will, but the will of the Father.
John 6:38, “For I have come down from heaven, not to do My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me.”
Jesus performed the redemptive work. The Father did not.
2 Cor. 5:21, “He made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.”
1 Pet. 2:24, “and He Himself bore our sins in His body on the cross, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness; for by His wounds you were healed.”
Jesus is the only-begotten. The Father is not.
John 3:16, “For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish, but have eternal life.”
The Father gave the Son. The Son did not give the Father or the Holy Spirit.
John 3:16, “For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish, but have eternal life.”
The Father and the Son send the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit does not send the Father and the Son.
John 14:26, “But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things…”
John 15:26, “When the Helper comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, that is the Spirit of truth, who proceeds from the Father…”
The Father has given the elect to the Son. Scripture does not say that the Father gave the elect to the Holy Spirit.
John 6:39, “And this is the will of Him who sent Me, that of all that He has given Me I lose nothing, but raise it up on the last day.”
The Father chose us before the foundation of the world. No indication that the Son or the Holy Spirit chose us.
Eph. 1:4, “just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before Him…”
The Father predestined us to adoption according to the intention of his will. This is not said of the Son or the Holy Spirit.
Eph. 1:5, “He predestined us to adoption as sons through Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the kind intention of His will.”
We have redemption through Jesus’ blood, not the blood of the Father or the Holy Spirit.
Eph. 1:7, “In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace.”
let’s summarize. We can see that the Father sent the Son (John 6:44; 8:18). The Son came down from heaven not to do his own will (John 6:38). The Father gave the Son (John 3:16), who is the only begotten (John 3:16), to perform the redemptive work (2 Cor. 5:21; 1 Pet. 2:24). The Father and Son sent the Holy Spirit. The Father, who chose us before the foundation of the world (Eph. 1:4), predestined us (Eph. 1:5; Rom. 8:29), and gave the elect to the Son (John 6:39).
It was not the Son who sent the Father. The Father was not sent to do the will of the Son. The Son did not give the Father, nor was the Father called the only-begotten. The Father did not perform the redemptive work. The Holy Spirit did not send the Father and Son. It is not said that the Son or the Holy Spirit chose us, predestined us, and gave us to the Father
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