Trinity Series - small group study #4

If you have not been following this series, please go to the post for January 22 where an explanation of the format is given. Happy studying!

All of God:
Exploring the Mystery of the Trinity
Our Triune God, Week of February 1, 2009

Ø God is transcendent – He is far above His creation and He is independent of it. We sense this to be true. The very Word that God gave to us to reveal Himself to us confirms our suspicion that He is far above us. In addition to our text from Sunday, Acts 17:22-34, can you think of other passages that state this truth?

Isaiah 55:8-9; Job 38:1-4;42:1-6; Read all of Psalm 50

Ø God is immanent – He remains in His creation, and, indeed, interacts with it. God specifically revealed Himself to us through His Word, but it is through His Son that God has come to us. Identify where in Scripture we are told about God’s immanence and discuss what it means to us.

2 Corinthians 4:1-6; Hebrews 1:1, 2; John 1:14-18; God’s transcendence and immanence are both seen in Ephesians 4:6.

Ø The Trinity helps us understand both God’s transcendence and His immanence – God is the eternal Creator (Psalm 102:25-27), yet He entered His creation to bring peace to us and establish God’s kingdom on earth (Isaiah 9:6). His kingdom rules only in our hearts and in the church for now. How, as a church, can we give testimony to our relationship and, thus, the existence of, the Triune God?


Ø God is immutable – He does not change: Numbers 23:19; Malachi 3:6; Hebrews 13:8. How does this truth bring comfort to you?