Welcome to Defenders, the teaching class of Dr. William Lane Craig.

Today, the Doctrine of the Trinity.

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We've been looking at the doctrine of the Trinity and we've seen that the New Testament

affirms that the Father is a distinct person from the Spirit and the Son and that the Father

is God.

Indeed, when the Scriptures use the word God, they typically have reference to the

Father. Secondly, we saw that similarly the Scriptures say that Jesus Christ is a distinct

person from the Father and the Spirit and that Jesus Christ is God. Not in the sense that Jesus is the Father, but in the sense

that He is divine. And the New Testament typically refers to Jesus by the Old Testament name

of God, Curios, or Lord. Now today we want to turn to the third person of the Trinity, the Holy Spirit,

and again we will see that the New Testament affirms both that the Holy Spirit is a distinct

person from the Father and the Son and that the Holy Spirit is likewise God. First, the Holy Spirit is a distinct person. Luke, Chapter 11, and verse 13.

Gospel of Luke, Chapter 11, and verse 13.

If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the Heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him.

So here the Father is spoken of as distinct from the Holy Spirit.

The Holy Spirit is given by the Father to those who ask Him.

John chapter 14 and verse 26.

John chapter 14 and verse 26. Jesus says, but the counselor, the Holy Spirit,

whom the Father will send in my name, He will teach you all things and bring to your remembrance

all that I have said to you. Here all three of the persons are distinguished. There is the Holy Spirit

who is given by the Father in the name of the Son. So the three persons are mentioned in this

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