Today’s scripture is John 15:26-27, 16:12-15.
“[The Holy Spirit] will glorify me, because he will take what is mine and declare it to you. All that the Father has is mine. For this reason I said that he will take what is mine and declare it to you.” – John 16:14-15
What is the Trinity? Can 1+1+1=1? How can God be three and one at the same time? If I do manage to understand the Trinity, what difference will that make in my life?
“If you can comprehend it, it is not God.“
- Augustine of Hippo, 4th Century
Deuteronomy 6:4
“Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one.”
Genesis 1:1-2
“In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters.”
John 1:1-3a
“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things came into being through him, and without him not one thing came into being.”
Perichoresis
peri = around
choresis = dance
Genesis 1:27
“So God created humankind in his image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.”
John 14:20
“On that day you will know that I am in my Father, and you in me, and I in you.”
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