Introduction
- The most foundational thing that can be said about the God of the Bible is that he is a Trinity, three persons, yet one God.
- The very fact that the God of all reality is a Trinity, how does this bear on the different domains?
- How is it the basis for each domain?
- How is it the basis for the relationship between the domains?
The triune God (his nature & character) is the basis of …
- shared power, shared authority
- group leadership, commonly held office
- model of leadership by service, obedience, self-control, consulting, consensus
- self-government as condition to governing
- consensus government, common decision, process of suggestion, evaluation, contribution, agreement (Gen 1:26)
- lawfulness, legitimacy
- the affirmation of diversity, multiplication, increase of population > need for organization
The triune God (his nature & character) is the basis of …
- generosity, giving, serving, providing for
- selflessness, preferring one another, serving one another
The triune God (his nature & character) is the basis of …
- basis of lawfulness, not randomness, not arbitrariness, consistency
- affirmation of reality
- Reflected in great grand diversity of species (Example: 7000 types of seashells on a beach in the Philippines)
- Reflected in the multiple multiple functionalities, looks, textures, colors, abilities, appearances, tastes, sounds, …
- affirmation of diversity, multiplication, increase of population > need for organization, intervention, innovation, science, technology
The triune God (his nature & character) is the basis of …
- relationship: reality of, need for, affirmation of, celebration of, cruciality of
- community
- a circle of love
- love as condition to authority
- model of leadership by service, preferring & acknowledging each other
- diversity, complementing, contribution
- the affirmation of multiplication, growth, new life, differentiation, diversification, spreading out, new units
The triune God (his nature & character) is the basis of …
- basis for communication, need to tell, to inform each other
- basis for wisdom, consultation, sharing of thought
- Affirmation of diversity, multiplication, need for hand over, pass down, spread, development of knowledge and skill.
The triune God (his nature & character) is the basis of …
- communication: the ability, commitment to and joy in communicating
- basis of sovereignty
- basis of objective reality, describable realities outside my mind
- basis of truth, something is true, something true can be said
The triune God (his nature & character) is the basis of …
- Love, selflessness and service to the other as the basis and standard of everything
- priestly function of mediating, standing in the gap, interceding
The triune God (his nature & character) is the basis of …
- diversity, reality, affirmation, celebration of diversity
- unity, something common, community, something to celebrate
- affirmation of identity, individuality, contribution, complementing
- affirmation of individuality, celebration, of senses, of real world
Summary
The triune God (his nature & character) shows
- the need for all domains
- the need for interaction of the domains
- the need for mutual complementing of each other of the domains
- the need for each domain to know its role, to ‘stay in its track’, to not usurp ground
- that authority is given where authority needs to go, right interplay of appropriate authorities and contributions
- commitment to mutuality, complementing each other, diversity, unity