The fact that God is father, son and spirit shapes the gospel.

Everything beautiful about the gospel is only so because God is triune.

The Trinity gives our gospel its character, its flavor.

The Trinity, that God is father, son and holy spirit,

can be hard for Christians to explain easily, especially with unbelievers.

But the Trinity is not only an essential truth regarding our understanding of who God is,

it also shapes our understanding of the gospel.

Hi, I'm Nathan W. Bingham, and you're listening to Renewing Your Mind.

This week on Renewing Your Mind, you'll hear several of the messages from Ligonier's 2023 National Conference,

thousands gathered in person here in Orlando,

and thousands more online as we consider the theme, stand firm.

Michael Reeves is one of our teachers, and he encouraged us to stand firm for the gospel,

and to stand firm for the doctrine of the Trinity.

Here's Dr. Reeves.

Well, we hear this morning, we are the children of the Reformation.

We care about the sort of truths that Lutheran, Calvin and friends fought for in their affirmation.

We care about salvation as a gift of pure grace,

being declared righteous by God, not because we've been righteous ourselves,

but because Christ clothed us with His righteousness.

We care about those sweet truths.

But what has the Trinity to do with all that?

What possible difference can the Trinity make to those beautiful truths about salvation

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