[UntoHim]

Originally Posted by Igzy

I'm also NOT suggesting that God is Triune primarily for relationship with (dispensing into) man, as Lee suggested. On the contrary, I'm saying that God is Triune primarily for relationship with (dispensing into) Himself. This is what I've been saying all along--that God experiences a relationship with himself, that is God experiences the Spirit with his Son

Originally Posted by OBW

My comment is mainly for those who come here buried in the Leeology of the LRC and presume that it is all about dispensing. That dispensing is the purpose and goal of God's economy, and that dispensing is something that we need more of before we can "do" anything, especially the non-spiritual things like actually living the righteousness of God. There is too much wrapped into that in their minds. And that God is in relationship within the Trinity is seen as almost pointless since they are not separate, but are each other.

It is more than easy to get lost in a sea of theological words and concepts - ontological/existential - economical/essential - and somehow miss what is right there before us in the Word. God is a being in relationship, firstly with himself. When God said "let there be light", who was he speaking to? If God is Love, who is he loving? "The Father loves the Son" (John 3:35) - This should be the beginning of our understanding of the Trinity. But this relationship is only the beginning, eventually it is "In that day you will know that I am in my Father, and you in me, and I in you...and then the ultimate consummation of the relationship "If anyone loves me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him " (John 14:20,23)

One of my favorite shorthand explanations of the Trinity comes from Ravi Zacharias, posted here:
The Trinity Beautifully Explained by Ravi Zacharias
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