1 Cor. 15:45 - what does it really mean?

[Indiana]

Originally Posted by Igzy

I think a key to insight into the Trinity is to consider it from the standpoint of conscious beings and relationships, rather than from the standpoint of numbers and substances.

In other words, the reality of the Trinity finds its source in the fact that God is a self-conscious personality who has a relationship with himself and wants to share that relationship with others (us).

God (Father) in eternity past shared a relationship with his image of himself (Son). On the one hand that image was himself, and on the other hand it was distinct from himself. The relationship itself was a third entity (Spirit).

God thought, This is such a good experience, why not share it with others? So he created us.

The Triune God in Relationships

Paul shares, as "children of light" and being "light in the Lord", we have to be careful how we walk, "knowing what the will of the Lord is" - to walk in love, submitting to one another, as Christ did, and gave Himself up for us, producing a sweet-smelling savor to God.

And, he ends a letter to the Corinthians with the grace, the love, and the fellowship of the triune God to be with them all.