Not only the Father but the Trinity is affirmed to be immortal. It is a gift, sacred and wonderful, borne by revelation from the third member of the Godhead. — Psalm 90:2; Acts 7:55; Colossians 1:15 . As I was praying last Tuesday I began to give thanks unto God for various blessings He has bestowed upon my life. It begins at our Baptism. From the fact that the Holy Spirit is a Divine Person, it does not follow that the Holy Spirit is in every sense equal to the Father. The word name is in the singular, not plural. Eph. Thank God for the Son. The mystery of the Trinity proves impossible for the finite human mind to fully fathom. I believe in the Holy Ghost as a personage of spirit who occupies a place with the Father and the Son, these three comprising the divine Godhead. If you were to describe the Spirit’s relationship with the Father and Son in a single word it would be “procession.” While the Father is uncreated and the Son is eternally begotten of the Father, the Holy Spirit eternally proceeds from the Father and the Son. Thank God for the Holy Spirit. In 1774 a man named Ignaz Franz wrote a hymn of praise to the Trinity: Holy God, We Praise Your Name. One final word about the nature and duration of this functional subordination in the Godhead. Holy Spirit is not a name. The Holy Spirit in relation to the Father and the Son. The economy of the Trinity refers to how Father, Son and Holy Spirit are revealed particularly in salvation. All things are not from the Father alone, but also from the Son. ^ par. The Father is the Source, the Son is the Means, and the Holy Spirit is the Effector of salvation—it is He who convicts, convinces, and converts. That knowledge comes from the word of scripture, and that testimony comes by the power of the Holy Ghost. They confirm the truth about the Father, the Son, and the holy spirit. Son is not a name. 2:18. But there is a name that includes all three. GOD THE HOLY SPIRIT . I began to thank God for the Holy Spirit and for the ministry He does. The Spirit’s Unique Relationship With the Father and the Son . “I baptize you in the name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.” This comes directly from Matthew: 28:19 “Go therefore and make disciples of all nations baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit.” It seems like such a simple statement. Thank God for the Father. ” in the November 1, 2008, issue of The Watchtower, published by Jehovah’s Witnesses. 1 John 5:7. A central critique offered by Keathley of the equivalent view had to do with “Father,” “Son” and “Holy Spirit” terminology. The great commission of the kingdom age (Matt 28:19) included baptizing in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost (Spirit). We were so lost that it took every member of the Godhead to save us. The Father gave the Son, the Son offered himself on the Cross, and the Holy Spirit brought us to Jesus. 3 For a further discussion of John 1:1 , see the article “ Was the Word ‘God’ or ‘a god’? That the Holy Spirit is very God, equal with the Father and the Son” (On the Trinity, Loc 562). Terminology with regard to the Trinity can be broken down into economic and immanent terms. Under this heading we began by considering Justin's remarkable words, in which he declares that "we worship and adore the Father, and the Son who came from Him and taught us these things, and the host of the other good angels that attend Him and are made like unto Him, and the prophetic Spirit." So Father is not a name. 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