Chapter 2 Introduction

Chapter 2 What The Bible Teaches About God, Jesus Christ, And the Holy Spirit

Introduction: As stated in the prologue, this chapter encompasses an interesting content of theology, in which emphasis is placed both on the topic of Christology and Pneumatology, as it is based on the study of the three Entities that compose the Deity.

In the introduction to the first chapter, I stated that the Holy Bible is the primary source of theology. It provides us with certain and more extensive knowledge about God. From this chapter onwards, we will get to know God through the Holy Scriptures. We will delve into what they manifest concerning the personality of God the Father, Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit, also known according to concepts of Christian theology, as the three divine persons, from which the conceptual perception of the Trinity is derived. Following this, we will consider God's creative activities, as well as His relationships and purposes with humanity. Since all this implies both the actions of God the Father, as those of Jesus Christ the Son, and those of the Holy Spirit.

God The Father

Biblical concept: The Holy Bible teaches that God is one and only, the living God. It reveals Him as the Supreme Being. It declares that from Him life emanates. Who is also the Creator of all things and Savior of man. An infinitely Holy spiritual Being. He has self-existence and is eternal, therefore He will never cease to be, from whose presence no one can hide because He is Omnipresent.

He is the source of supreme knowledge, power, goodness, love, mercy, wisdom, and truthfulness, absolute justice and perfection. He is not subject to any change in His Being, attributes, or purposes, because He is immutable. No one can frustrate or halt His plans because He is sovereign.

For all these qualities of His, it is obviously understood that God is a personal Being, meaning that He possesses in all its magnitude and perfection the attribute of personality. Being the creator of all things, the Scriptures refer to Him as the Father.

Each of these statements will be the subject of our consideration in the development of the study of His divine attributes. In addition to this, we will address the etymology of term “God” and other details related to His name, but since it is a somewhat extensive study, we will do it in a separate exposition in our analysis regarding the name of God the Father and of Jesus Christ the Son, according to the original languages.