One in Essence, Three in Person
Renewing Your Mind
Ligonier Ministries
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🗓️ 13 April 2024
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
Are the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit really three distinct persons? Today, R.C. Sproul appeals to the language used by the ancient church to carefully explain the biblical doctrine of the Trinity.
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Meet Today's Teacher:
R.C. Sproul (1939–2017) was known for his ability to winsomely and clearly communicate deep, practical truths from God's Word. He was founder of Ligonier Ministries, first minister of preaching and teaching at Saint Andrew's Chapel, first president of Reformation Bible College, and executive editor of Tabletalk magazine.
Meet the Host:
Nathan W. Bingham is vice president of ministry engagement for Ligonier Ministries, executive producer and host of Renewing Your Mind, host of the Ask Ligonier podcast, and a graduate of Presbyterian Theological College in Melbourne, Australia. Nathan joined Ligonier in 2012 and lives in Central Florida with his wife and four children.
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| 0:00.0 | We say the Father is God, the Son is God, and the Holy Spirit is God, but we don't say that the Father is the Son and the Son is the Holy Spirit or that the Holy Spirit is the father. It's vital that we get the doctrine of the Trinity right because if we get it wrong |
| 0:22.3 | we're getting God wrong. |
| 0:24.0 | And as we've seen over the past few weeks, |
| 0:26.0 | people throughout history have got the doctrine of the Trinity wrong, |
| 0:30.0 | and they've fallen into heresy. |
| 0:32.0 | This is the Saturday edition of Renewing Hermide. and have fallen into heresy. |
| 0:32.7 | This is the Saturday edition of renewing your mind. |
| 0:35.6 | I'm your host, Nathan W Bingham. |
| 0:38.7 | Today we come to the final message in R.C. |
| 0:41.5 | Sproll series The Mystery of the Trinity, which means that it's also the final day that you can request this series on DVD, |
| 0:49.0 | plus receive lifetime streaming access when you give a gift of any amount at renewing your mind |
| 0:55.2 | dot org. And when you do we'll also send you Dr. Sproll's short book, What Is the Trinity? |
| 1:02.4 | When we speak of the Trinity. |
| 1:02.5 | When we speak of the Trinity, we often say that God is one in essence, three in person. |
| 1:08.5 | What do we mean by these terms? |
| 1:10.5 | Here's Dr Sprawl to conclude his series, The Mystery of the Trinity. |
| 1:15.0 | In our last session in our study of the Trinity, |
| 1:20.0 | we looked at the difference between contradictions and mysteries with specific |
| 1:26.3 | reference to the formula for the Trinity that has developed in church history. |
| 1:31.9 | We saw the importance of precision in language |
| 1:36.4 | that we capture the content of scripture itself. And in this final lecture, I want to look at some of the terms that are used |
| 1:47.9 | historically to articulate our confession of the Trinity. |
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