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Old 06-13-2020, 10:21 AM   #125
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Bro Ohio, your wit is just so keen & sharp! (I do mean that)

UntoHim - I think my view of the nature of our mysterious God is best summed-up by what Piper wrote (Cal shared this in post #83 Piper - Meditation on Trinity ). I actually had come to basically that same seeing (don't know if I would call it "revelation" exactly, but rather a certain sense, whatever that means) through reading passages like the 1st chapter of John. That is, that the Son is the full expression of God (the Word become flesh), and the Holy Spirit "is God existing as the infinite Spirit of love and delight flowing eternally between the Son and the Father." (from the Piper article)

I think this view lines-up with how scripture doesn't put the emphasis on the Spirit so much, like it seems to regarding the Father and the Son. The Spirit mainly directs us to the Father and the Son, and is not presented as the definite, clear-cut distinction that the Father and the Son are. (hopefully I'm conveying that somewhat well in my limited human vocabulary)

Just my buck-two-ninety-eights worth . . .
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