“Show Me Your Glory” by Steve Lawson
The three persons of the Trinity share several characteristics. “This one God, who exists as three persons, is eternal. He is without beginning, eternally the same in His divine being.” Little else can be called eternal. The souls of men and the Word of God head up and encompass the list of what will last forever. Heaven and hell can be added to that list, but little else. “Each member of the Trinity is eternal, without beginning. All three persons in the Godhead – Father, Son and Holy Spirit – are uncreated.”
“God the Father is Eternal. Moses writes: “Lord, You have been our dwelling place in all generations. Before the mountains were born or You gave birth to the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, You are God” (Ps. 90:1-2). Many other passages, such as Ps. 83:2; Is. 57:15; and Hab. 1:12, declare that God is everlasting. Our benediction for this Sunday from 1 Timothy 1:17 states God is “the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only God…” Twice in Revelation (1:4; 4:8) John worships God “who was and who is and who is to come.”
Two familiar Old Testament prophesies show God the Son is eternal. Isaiah 9:6 predicts, “His name will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Eternal Father, Prince of Peace. This child to be born is ‘Eternal Father,’ meaning the One who eternally cares for His people like a father.” Micah tells us in 5:2 Jesus will be born in Bethlehem and adds, “His goings forth are from long ago, from the days of eternity.” John 1:1 agrees with Genesis 1:1 with the statement, “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.” In His high priestly prayer in John 17:5 Jesus asks that the Father glory Him “with the glory which I had with you before the world was.”
Genesis 1:2 bears witness to the eternal nature of the Holy Spirit as “the Spirit of God was moving over the surface of the waters.” Hebrews 9:12 describes the third person of the Trinity as the “eternal Spirit.”
Clearly all three person of the Godhead are eternal with no beginning. Does this make a difference in our lives? Absolutely! God can never be described as a passing fad. He is everlasting. He remains as true today as He ever has been. His rule over all things remains eternal. His character does not change. “He is truly immortal as He gives everlasting life to His people forever.” Chew over that last sentence and take comfort in the eternal God.
Pastor Gillikin