We believe in God. This is the God described in the Bible. He was referred to as the god of Israel. He is the God who appeared to Moses. He was called Yahweh by the Israelites. He refers to Himself as “I am”.
We recognise that God has three personas or manifestations. This is commonly referred to as the Trinity. This concept is not mentioned in the Bible. Rather it is a human construct to try to make sense of some qualities of God that are distinctly not human.
The Trinity consists of God the Father, Jesus the Son and the Holy Spirit. They are one but they are also distinct. They are three distinct personas, lacking nothing but choosing to be personified differently in some respects.
All personas of God have always existed and always will exist, as they are one and the same.
Holy Spirit
The Holy Spirit seals us as believers. Without the Holy Spirit we do not have salvation. We may believe or follow Jesus’ teachings but we need to be baptised by the Holy Spirit to receive the grace of salvation.
The Holy Spirit communicates with us as Christians on a constant basis. This is referred to as indwelling. He does this by:
• Encouraging us
• Convicting us
• Empowering us
• Teaching us
• Causing us
• Guiding us
We see this ‘work’ in the creation of the Bible, the story of the Bible, the characters of the Bible, the writers of the Bible and in the lives of Christians past and present.
The purpose of this work is to bring glory to God, principally by transforming Christians more and more into the likeness of Jesus.
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