Chapter 2 - of the Holy Trinity
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The Lord our God is the one and only true and living God. He exists entirely on His own, endless in His being and perfect in every way. No one can fully grasp His nature except for Him alone. He is a perfectly pure spirit, unseen,
without a physical body, individual parts, or human emotions. He alone possesses immortality, living in light that no human can approach. God is unchanging, boundless, eternal, beyond our full understanding, all-powerful, and infinite in every aspect. He is supremely holy, wise, free, and sovereign. He orchestrates everything according to the unwavering and perfectly just plan of His own will, all for His glory. He is supremely loving, gracious, merciful, patient, overflowing with goodness and truth, and He forgives wickedness, rebellion, and sin. He rewards those who diligently seek Him, yet He is also supremely just and terrible in His judgments, hating all sin and by no means letting the guilty go unpunished.
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God possesses all life, glory, goodness, and blessedness entirely within Himself. He is completely self-sufficient and doesn't need any of the creatures He made, nor does He gain any glory from them. Instead, He reveals His own glory through, by, to, and upon them. He is the sole source of all existence— everything originates from Him, exists through Him, and is for Him. He has absolute authority over all creation, doing whatever He pleases with them, for them, or to them. Everything is clear and evident to Him; His knowledge is infinite, perfect, and doesn't depend on His creation, so nothing is uncertain or accidental to Him. He is perfectly holy in all His plans, actions, and commands. Therefore, angels and humans owe Him all worship, service, and obedience as creatures to their Creator, along with anything else He chooses to require of them.
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In this one divine and infinite God, there are three distinct persons: the Father, the Son (also called the Word), and the Holy Spirit. They share the same divine nature, power, and eternal existence, with each person fully possessing the entire divine essence without dividing it. The Father is the source of all, not coming from anyone else, nor is He begotten or sent forth. The Son is eternally be gotten of the Father, meaning He has always existed in a unique relationship with the Father. The Holy Spirit proceeds from both the Father and the Son. All three persons are infinite and without beginning, yet they are still one God.
This means God's nature and being are not to be separated, but the persons are distinguished by their unique characteristics and relationships to one another. This truth about the Trinity is the bedrock of our relationship with God and the basis for our secure reliance on Him.