I recently was asked to write out my personal theology or what I believe about God. So I thought I would share my thoughts with you!

There is only one true eternal God, the Creator of the universe, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Yahweh. God is a triune, one God who exists in three persons: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. God is ultimately just, holy, wise, righteous, and loving. He is perfectly good in all His ways. We can know God because God has chosen to reveal Himself to mankind through His creation, His prophets, His word, and ultimately through His Son, the living word Jesus Christ.

Jesus Christ, the Son of God, eternally existing as part of the Godhead was in due time conceived by the Holy Spirit. He was born of a virgin. He lived among us in the flesh, fully God yet fully man. While tempted in every way, He lived a sinless life and suffered for mankind. He was crucified, dead and buried to pay the price for our sins. Through His resurrection from the dead, He conquered death and hell providing redemption to all who believe and call upon His name. He ascended to heaven where he now sits at the right hand of God interceding on behalf of the saints. Jesus is the way, the truth and the life. No one can come to the Father except through Him. To all who believe He is our savior, our friend, our great high priest, and our redeemer.

The Holy Spirit, being the third person in the Trinity is equal to God the Father, and the Son in all eternal qualities. It is through the work of the Holy Spirit (prevenient grace) that all believers are drawn to Jesus Christ. When a person accepts Christ as their Lord and Savior it is the Holy Spirit that takes up residence in their life and begins the process of regeneration, sanctification and glorification. It is only through the power of the Spirit that believers can truly walk after Christ. The Holy Spirit empowers each believer with spiritual gifts to be used to bring glory to God. He is our counselor and is the one who reveals to us the mind of Christ (1 Cor 2:16).

Corporately, the Holy Spirit unites the Church, reveals God’s will to the Church, and empowers the Church to complete the great commission.