One God, three Persons

I have been sitting here reading RCD's lecture notes on: One God, three Persons, and the thought came to me...

Are we in danger of slipping away from monotheism and becoming tri-theistic? Do we teach of: God, the Father; Jesus, the Son of God; and the Holy Spirit. Or, do we teach: God the Father, Son and Holy Spirit? Or even, do we teach: God the Father; God the Son; and God the Holy Spirit. One God, three Persons?

As reformed Christians we hold to monotheism: One God, three Persons. Father, Son and Spirit. But I think there is a danger of emphasising separateness between the members of the Trinity without focussing on the one-ness.

And something that just struck me as something to ponder…
Is the Holy Spirit in danger of falling out of the Trinity? Do we really consider the Holy Spirit to be a fully-fledged member of the Trinity (ie. fully God)? In what we say and do, do we think of the Spirit in this way? We recognise what the Father and Son have done, but we rarely recognise or acknowledge the Spirit in our lives.


Enough rambles for me, it’s back to sermon writing for chick’s chapel next Tues!!