Mark

Thankyou Cheryl for both the response and the gracious nature you have-praise God.

I would argue that that the scriptures reveal both unity and functions-that is the precise nature of the Trinity, 3 persons but all equally God. I will tackle your questions one by one that way i don’t write a massive blog.

Creation- all three were clearly present. ‘God said’, ‘the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters’. John 1, tells us that Jesus was the instrument used to make the world. Therefore the Father spoke, Jesus did it, and the Spirit hovered over the waters.

Saviour- Jesus functioned as saviour. John 17 shows the relationship between Father and Son and clearly the Father sent the son. Part verses 1-4 shows how it was Jesus who redeemed humanity. We cannot say that the Father was the one who died on the cross.

Resurrection- this is a good one, i have never really considered it to be honest, but we must clearly state that it obviously wasn’t the person of Jesus who did the raising. If we try and seperate Jesus deity at this point i think we may be wrong. For it was necessary for the Son of God to endure the wrath of God not merely his ‘human’ side. Besides once resurrected ‘the christ’ didn’t then re-unite with the human Jesus. I’d be interested in your take on this?

Could you point out to me your scriptural basis for all memebers of the Trinity working together in ‘everything’ It was the Father who sent, the Son who saved and the Spirit who sanctifies. I feel the bible clearly teaches this.