“God, The Father” From Dictionary of Biblical Words:
is one of the three characters in which the triune God is revealed in the New Testament; the Father is the One who wills (Heb. s.), who counsels all, and who as Father directs the Son. It is the Son alone who does or can reveal Him, for He only as man knows Him. There is no evidence that God the Father, as such, can ever be seen save in the Son; on the contrary, “He that hath seen me hath seen the Father.” This title of “Father” it is the high privilege of Christians to use.
“God the Son” From Dictionary of Biblical Words:
The revealer of the Father. Coequal and co-eternal with Him, in glory and position, but subordinate in the perfect relationship of a Son with a Father, made also man, He was perfectly dependent. He is the One who carries out all the Father’s will and counsels in relation to the earth. The Creator, Jehovah, God Almighty, the Man Christ Jesus, the King of the Jews, the Head of the Church, and the Judge of all, the Son is thus the theme of all Scriptures, and His manifold glories fill every sphere, from the manger and the Cross, to the eternal glory from everlasting to everlasting (see TRINITY).
“God the Spirit” From Dictionary of Biblical Words:
The agent in manifesting the triune God, the one by whose power the Son carries out the Father’s will. Thus, “If I by the Spirit of God cast out devils.” Also, the Father is revealed, the Son reveals, the Spirit quickens and makes known. He is the quickening power in the new creation, as in the old. He was sent to earth by the Son on His return to heaven to be in and with believers till His return. By Him we are born again and sealed.
“Trinity” From Dictionary of Biblical Words:
Short for tri-unity, or three in one, and refers to the revelation of God peculiar to Christianity, (being never clearly revealed till Christ carne), of Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Looked at generally, it may be said that it is God the Father who wills, the Son who carries out the will by the agency of the Spirit; but all are one God, though thus known not only in three characters, but in three persons. The Son alone has a body, God the Father, and the Holy Ghost are spirit.
Concise Bible Dictionary:
A word only used to convey the thought of a plurality of Persons in the Godhead. This was revealed at the baptism of the Lord Jesus. The Holy Spirit descended “like a dove” and abode upon Him; and God the Father declared “This is My beloved Son in whom I am well pleased.” That the Father is a distinct Person and is God is plainly stated, as in John 20:17. Many passages prove that the Lord Jesus is God: one will suffice: “in His Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life” (1 John 5:20). That the Holy Spirit is a Person and is God the following passages clearly prove (Gen. 1:2; Matt. 4:1; John 16:13; Acts 10:19; Acts 13:2,4; Acts 20:28; Rom. 15:30; 1 Cor. 2:10). The three Persons are also named in the formula instituted by Christ in baptism (Matt. 28:19). Yet there is but one God (1 Tim. 2:5). Satan will have an imitation of the Trinity in the Roman beast, the false prophet, and himself (Rev. 13:4,11; Rev. 20:10).
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