Dynamics of Relationship Within the Trinity

๐—ช๐—”๐—ฅ๐—  ๐—จ๐—ฃ

โ€ข Whatโ€™s one thing that you have experienced that you havenโ€™t been able to explain or communicate to others? Why do you think this is so?ย 

โ€ข Describe the person on your right using one word or image. Explain why you thought of that.ย 

โ€ข Tell us about one or two people you know very well. What made you so close to them?


๐—ช๐—ข๐—ฅ๐——ย 

๐˜ˆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜‘๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ด ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ฃ๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ป๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ, ๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ถ๐˜ฑ ๐˜ง๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ, ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ, ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฎ, ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ข๐˜ธ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜š๐˜ฑ๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ต ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜Ž๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฎ; ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ, ๐˜ข ๐˜ท๐˜ฐ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ด๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ฅ, โ€œ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฎ๐˜บ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜š๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ, ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ.โ€ ๐— ๐—”๐—ง๐—ง๐—›๐—˜๐—ช ๐Ÿฏ:๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฒโ€“๐Ÿญ๐Ÿณ


(Read also ๐Ÿญ ๐—๐—ข๐—›๐—ก ๐Ÿฐ:๐Ÿณโ€“๐Ÿญ๐Ÿต.)


The Trinity is one of the most challenging theological concepts for a believer. There are three Persons in full unity and relationship, and yet there is one God. The Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit are in perfect love together, and out of this came the created world and the redemption of mankind. We are given pictures of the Trinity through the Bible. We see this perfect relationship in the baptism of Jesus, where the Father was well pleased with the Son, the Son was acting in obedience to the Father, and the Spirit was at work all throughout. Even though we cannot fully appreciate or comprehend the Trinity, we can learn that God is love, and as people created in Godโ€™s image, we are called to reflect this love. Today, we will look at two truths in understanding how God and His people are designed for relationships.


๐Ÿญ. ๐—š๐—ผ๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ.

๐˜š๐˜ฐ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฌ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜Ž๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ถ๐˜ด. ๐˜Ž๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ, ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜Ž๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ, ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜Ž๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฎ.ย ๐Ÿญ ๐—๐—ข๐—›๐—ก ๐Ÿฐ:๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฒ


๐˜ˆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜‘๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ด ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ฃ๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ป๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ, ๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ถ๐˜ฑ ๐˜ง๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ, ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ, ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฎ, ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ข๐˜ธ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜š๐˜ฑ๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ต ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜Ž๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฎ; ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ, ๐˜ข ๐˜ท๐˜ฐ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ด๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ฅ, โ€œ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฎ๐˜บ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜š๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ, ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ.โ€ ๐— ๐—”๐—ง๐—ง๐—›๐—˜๐—ช ๐Ÿฏ:๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฒโ€“๐Ÿญ๐Ÿณ


The very nature of God is love. That is the simplest but also the most profound explanation of God. Perfect love originated from and existed between the three Persons of the Trinity. The Bible gives glimpses of how the Trinity exists, from creation until the return of Christ one day. In Matthew 3:16โ€“17, we see how God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit are full of love and at work in the redemption of mankind. Why do you think we easily overlook this seemingly simple explanation? How do God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit show us Their love today?ย 


๐Ÿฎ. ๐—š๐—ผ๐—ฑโ€™๐˜€ ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐—›๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ.ย 

๐˜š๐˜ฐ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฌ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜Ž๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ถ๐˜ด. ๐˜Ž๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ, ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜Ž๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ, ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜Ž๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฎ. ๐˜‰๐˜บ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ถ๐˜ด, ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜บ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜บ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ซ๐˜ถ๐˜ฅ๐˜จ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต, ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ. . . . ๐˜ž๐˜ฆ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ถ๐˜ด. ๐Ÿญ ๐—๐—ข๐—›๐—ก ๐Ÿฐ:๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฒโ€“๐Ÿญ๐Ÿณ, ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿต


Because God is love, His people are called to reflect this love. Because we are designed for relationships, we make evident the expression of love in the Trinity. Our relationships are to model the perfect love between the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. We are able to love others because of the overwhelming, unconditional, and unending love of God. As we know and trust in Godโ€™s love for us (1 John 4:16), we reflect Godโ€™s love to fellow believers in the church and to the rest of the world so that they too may experience the fullness of Godโ€™s love. What did Jesus command the disciples to do in John 13:34โ€“35, and why do you think this was so important to Him?


๐—”๐—ฃ๐—ฃ๐—Ÿ๐—œ๐—–๐—”๐—ง๐—œ๐—ข๐—ก

โ€ข Why do you think it was important for God the Father and God the Holy Spirit to be present and evident in the baptism of God the Son? How do you think the Trinity is at work in your life today?

โ€ข How should the perfect love of God be evident in the church and our world today? What do you think your part is in this?

โ€ข God is love. How can you grow in your understanding of this? How can you reflect Godโ€™s love to others this week?ย 


๐—ฃ๐—ฅ๐—”๐—ฌ๐—˜๐—ฅ

โ€ข Thank God for how the Bible reveals the truth of the Trinity. Pray that you would grow in your understanding of and faith in God every day.ย 

โ€ข Pray that the truth of Godโ€™s love would sink deep in your heart and provide assurance for your identity and purpose.ย 

โ€ข Pray for unity and love in the church. Pray that you would reflect Godโ€™s love in every relationship you have, including the most challenging ones. Pray that God would draw those who are far from Him to Himself.