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The Triune God refers mainly to God Himself, the divine person; the Divine Trinity refers mainly to God's being triune, which is the primary attribute of the Godhead (Matt. 28:19; Rev. 1:4-5).
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As a whole, the Bible is constructed with the Divine Trinity (Gen. 1:26; Exo. 3:14-15; Num. 6:24-26; Isa. 6:8; Matt. 28:19; 2 Cor. 13:14; Eph. 3:14-17; Rev. 1:4-5).
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It is altogether worthwhile for us to spend our time and energy, with a spirit of prayer, to exercise our entire being to conduct a thorough and exhaustive study of the Divine Trinity as revealed in the holy Word (Matt. 28:19; Rev. 1:4-5).
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Although the Bible contains many explicit teachings, the Scriptures do not contain any direct teaching or doctrine concerning the Divine Trinity:
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Instead, the Divine Trinity is only indicated throughout the Scriptures in many narrations of divine and spiritual facts (Eph. 3:14-17; 4:3-6).
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The fact that the Bible contains no doctrines concerning the Divine Trinity indicates strongly that the Divine Trinity is for God to work Himself into us so that we may partake of, experience, and enjoy Him; this is fully proved by Matthew 28:19 and 2 Corinthians 13:14.
Morning Nourishment
Rev. 1:4-5 John to the seven churches which are in Asia: Grace to you and peace from Him who is and who was and who is coming, and from the seven Spirits who are before His throne, and from Jesus Christ, the faithful Witness, the Firstborn of the dead, and the Ruler of the kings of the earth. To Him who loves us and has released us from our sins by His blood.The Divine Trinity is the top divine attribute of our God. In the theological study of the past concerning God's person, the word triune was invented. Triune is an adjective just as holy is an adjective. The Triune God bears an attribute, which is trinity....Holiness is an attribute of God, and trinity is also an attribute of God. In 2 Corinthians 13:14 grace, love, and fellowship are attributes of the Triune God, but the top attribute of our God is the trinity. To say that He is dispensing Himself into us is a general speaking. Specifically speaking, we must realize that He is dispensing His trinity because His trinity is the top and all-inclusive attribute including His love, His grace, His fellowship, His holiness, and His everything.
If God were not triune—the Father, the Son, and the Spirit—He could not have a way to dispense Himself into us. (CWWL, 1984, vol. 2, "Elders' Training, Book 3: The Way to Carry Out the Vision," p. 304)
Today's Reading
This fellowship may help you to realize how to use, understand, and apply many verses in the Bible, especially in the New Testament, concerning the Divine Trinity because as a whole the Bible is constructed with the Divine Trinity. This is a great subject. I believe that if we are faithful to Him in the coming years, more light will come concerning this matter. (CWWL, 1984, vol. 2, "Elders' Training, Book 3: The Way to Carry Out the Vision," p. 305)In a precise and brief way we will see what the Bible actually says about the Trinity. For this kind of study we need to concentrate our entire being, exercising both our mind and our spirit. The conclusion of such a thorough and exhaustive study should be the standard by which we measure all other teachings, including those of the church fathers, councils, and creeds.
The Lord's recovery is a recovery of the truth. With Martin Luther the Lord recovered the truth concerning justification by faith. The crucial truth of the Divine Trinity has been debated for nineteen centuries. It is altogether worthwhile for us to spend our time and energy with a spirit of prayer to conduct a thorough and exhaustive study of the Divine Trinity as revealed in the holy Word. We intentionally use the phrase as revealed in the holy Word in a polemical spirit to imply that we care only for what the Bible says, and we recognize that what the Bible says may be different from traditional teachings. Nevertheless, our spirit is not to fight but to minister the truth to inoculate the saints against wrong teachings.
The Bible contains many explicit teachings, such as the apostle Paul's teaching concerning justification in Romans 3 through 5. However, the Scriptures do not contain any direct teaching or doctrine concerning the Divine Trinity. Instead, the Trinity is only indicated throughout the Scriptures in many narrations of the divine and spiritual facts. For instance, Genesis 1:1...indicates the Trinity. Although this verse does not contain any teaching or doctrine of the Trinity, we will see that the narration of God's creation definitely indicates that God is triune.
Through the past nineteen centuries many great scholars have primarily considered the Trinity as a teaching for us to know about God's person, His Godhead. However, the fact that the Bible contains no doctrines concerning the Trinity indicates strongly that the Trinity does not exist for teaching but for God to work Himself into us so that we may partake of, experience, and enjoy Him. This is fully proven by Matthew 28:19 and 2 Corinthians 13:14, which are the best verses concerning the Trinity in the Bible. (CWWL, 1983, vol. 3, "The Divine Trinity as Revealed in the Holy Word," pp. 207-209)
Further Reading: CWWL, 1984, vol. 2, "Elders' Training, Book 3: The Way to Carry Out the Vision," chs. 7-8