Week 8: The One, True, Eternal God

Q & A 24

Q. How are these articles divided?

A. Into three parts:

God the Father and our creation;
God the Son and our deliverance;
and God the Holy Spirit and our sanctification.

Q & A 25

Q. Since there is only one divine being, (1)
why do you speak of three:
Father, Son, and Holy Spirit?

A. Because that is how God has revealed himself in his Word: (2)
these three distinct persons
are one, true, eternal God.

Deut. 6:4; 1 Cor. 8:4, 6
2Matt. 3:16-17; 28:18-19; Luke 4:18 (Isa. 61:1); John 14:26; 15:26; 2 Cor. 13:14; Gal. 4:6; Tit. 3:5-6