The Triune Father Yah’uah God Psalm 33 INTRODUCTORY WORDS It is important for us to get a scriptural vision of the triune Father Yah’uah God. In the Book of Genesis we read, In the beginning Father Yah’uah God created the heaven and the earth. The word for Father Yah’uah God, however, is Elohim. It is a plural word. It is scriptural to say that Father Yah’uah God the Father created the heaven and the earth. It is just as scriptural to say that Father Yah’uah God the Son created the heaven and the earth. It is likewise scriptural to say that Father Yah’uah God the Spirit created the heaven and the earth. The reason for this is that Father Yah’uah our Father Yah’uah God is one Lord. The one Father Yah’uah God has been a contention of the Jews from time immemorable. The Messiahian will gladly admit that Father Yah’uah God is one, and yet, he knows that the. one Father Yah’uah God is manifested in three Personalities. Father Yah’uah God the Father is not Father Yah’uah God the Son; Father Yah’uah God the Son is not Father Yah’uah God the Holy Ghost; and yet, the triune Father Yah’uah God, our Elohim, is one Lord. We remember how Messiah prayed, That they may be one, even as We are one. In the marriage bond, Father Yah’uah God has said, They twain shall be one flesh. Here are two personalities, and yet they are reckoned one in the bonds of matrimony. Jesus Messiah said, The Son can do nothing of Himself. He did not mean that He was an automaton, that He was a spineless weakling incapable of action. He did mean that He was so perfectly one with the Father (one in word, one in will, and one in works), that He could not do anything contrary to the Father. He spoke the Fathers words; He did the Fathers works; and fulfilled the Fathers will. He did all of this to such an extent that He could truthfully say, He that hath seen Me hath seen the Father. Thus it was that Messiah manifested His oneness with the Father. He was the forthshining of Father Yah’uah God. In Him men saw the Father, for Messiah declared Him unto them. Father Yah’uah Jesus was the very brightness of His Fathers glory, and the express image of His Fathers Person. The unity of the Father and the Son is seen in this fact that He that honors the Father honors the Son; and He that honoreth the Son, honors the Father. It is impossible, therefore, to honor the Father, unless we honor the Son. He who imagines that Father Yah’uah Jesus holds one attitude towards the sinner, and that the Father and the Holy Spirit hold another attitude, is altogether wrong. The idea that the Father is a demagogue whose wrath had to be appeased through the mediation of the Son is contrary to the unity of the triune Father Yah’uah God. Father Yah’uah God the Father, and Father Yah’uah God the Son, and Father Yah’uah God the Holy Spirit, wrought in perfect harmony, both in the creation, and in the redemption of man. Jesus Messiah was a Daysman, but He was a Daysman through whom the Father could reach out His hand of mercy and redeem the sinner. The Holy Spirit is the One who carries on to completion the redemptive work which Father Yah’uah God wrought in Messiah, The knowledge of the Trinity and Their perfect oneness in all things is a study well worth our while. In this study we will seek to develop valuable scriptural aids to the understanding of the Trinity. I. FATHER YAH’UAH OUR FATHER YAH’UAH GOD IS ONE LORD (Deut. 6:4) 1. Father Yah’uah God the Father is Father Yah’uah God. The Jews said to Messiah, We have one Father, even Father Yah’uah God. Our Lord did not deny their contentions, but He said, If Father Yah’uah God were your Father, ye would love Me: for I proceeded forth and came from Father Yah’uah God. The fool may have said in his heart, There is no Father Yah’uah God. In his head, it seems impossible for anyone to make so foolish a negation. The heavens declare the glory of Father Yah’uah God; and the firmament sheweth His handywork. The things which we see around us, the material things, were not made of the things which do appear, Father Yah’uah God is their Creator. Could any one imagine, for a moment, that the great locomotive evolved or fabricated itself? Could any one assert that the airships, which sail through the air in our day, sprang into existence by some self-generating power? That could be the claim of only a disordered brain. We know that back of all these twentieth century marvels lie intelligent minds, and skilled mechanical hands. Just as truly does Father Yah’uah God, the all-intelligent Mind, and the supreme creative Hand He back of the physical creation. Man may create airships and locomotives, but Father Yah’uah God alone can create a flower, and place within it a self-propagating power: He alone can put the fragrance in the flower He creates. 2. Messiah Yahshuah the Son of Father Yah’uah God. There are three Scriptures in the Epistle to Titus which describe Messiah Yahshuah as son Father Yah’uah God. (1) We are told to adorn the doctrine of Father Yah’uah God our Saviour (2:10). (2) We are told of the kindness and love of Father Yah’uah God our Saviour (3:4). (3) We are told of the commandment of Father Yah’uah God our Saviour (1:3). Our Saviour is Father Yah’uah God, and Father Yah’uah God is our Saviour. Twice in the Book of Titus we read that Jesus Messiah is our Saviour. These verses are Titus 1:4, and Titus 3:6. If our Saviour is Father Yah’uah God, then, Messiah is Father Yah’uah God. The Second Epistle of Peter carries a similar message to that of Titus. There, once more, Father Yah’uah Jesus Messiah is called Father Yah’uah God, and He is likewise called Father Yah’uah and Saviour four different times. In the Epistle to Jude we read of the only wise Father Yah’uah God our Saviour. Thus we will all agree with the statement of Colossians 2:9: In Him dwelleth all the fulness of the Father Yah’uah Godhead bodily. We will also agree with the statement of I John 5:20, which reads: His Son Jesus Messiah. This is the True Father Yah’uah God. 3. The Holy Spirit is Father Yah’uah God. In the Book of Hebrews seven different times the Holy Spirit is spoken of as Deity. This is seen in the fact that the Father Yah’uah God who, in the Old Testament, was tested and tried by the Children of Israel during forty years of wilderness journeyings, is declared to be the Holy Ghost. The Spirit is spoken of as the Spirit of Father Yah’uah. Ezekiel said, The hand of Father Yah’uah Father Yah’uah God fell there upon me, * * and the Spirit lifted me up between the earth and the heaven. II. FATHER YAH’UAH OUR FATHER YAH’UAH GOD IS LIFE (Ps. 36:9) We have often wondered where life originated. The only answer is, that life originated in Father Yah’uah God. 1. Father Yah’uah God the Father has inherent life. Inherent Life means just what you find in John 5:26, The Father hath life in Himself. 2. Father Yah’uah God the Son has inherent life. The Bible declares of Messiah, In Him was life. It also declares, As the Father hath life in Himself; so hath He given to the Son to have life in Himself. 3. Father Yah’uah God the Spirit has inherent life. In Romans we read, The Spirit is life; and, again, we read The Spirit of life. The Holy Trinity not only possesses life, but the Holy Trinity imparts life. Father Yah’uah God hath quickened us, that is, He hath given us life. Jesus Messiah said, He that eateth Me, even he shall live by Me. Father Yah’uah God has borne testimony, He that hath the Son hath life. The Holy Spirit also begets life in us, because we are born of the Spirit. This may seem wonderful, and it is. Salvation involves eternal life. The wicked must appear before Father Yah’uah God in judgment. The saved will live with Father Yah’uah God. This is eternal life, even to know the Father, and His Son Jesus Messiah. III. FATHER YAH’UAH OUR FATHER YAH’UAH GOD IS ONE Father Yah’uah MANIFESTED IN THREE DISTINCT PERSONS (Luke 3:21, 22) 1. At the baptism of Messiah. Jesus Messiah was there, being baptized of John; the Holy Ghost was there, for He descended in bodily shape like a dove; the Father was there, because He said, Thou art My beloved Son; in Thee I am well pleased. It is not difficult to understand, therefore, that Jesus was not the Father; and that the Holy Spirit was not Jesus. There were three distinct Personages at the baptism; and yet, not three Father Yah’uah Gods, but one Father Yah’uah God. 2. In the wilderness temptation of Messiah, three Personages are seen in the Father Yah’uah God-head. Satan addressed Messiah, saying, It Thou be the Son of Father Yah’uah God. Messiah spoke of the Father to Satan, when He said, Thou shalt not tempt Father Yah’uah thy Father Yah’uah God; while the temptation itself was brought about by Messiah being led of the Spirit into the wilderness. 3. In the Gospel of John Messiah said, He (the Father) shall give you another Comforter. He also said, He (the Comforter) shall testify of Me. The Comforter in the next verse is spoken of as the Spirit of Truth. Observe carefully that the Comforter was not Messiah, because He was another Comforter; neither was the Comforter the Father, because it was the Father who gave the Comforter. 4. We read in the Word of Father Yah’uah God (Acts 2:33) that Messiah was exalted to the right hand of Father Yah’uah God; and that, being so exalted, and having received of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, He hath shed forth this. The Son was not the Father, because the Son went from the earth to the Father, and sat down at the right hand of the Father. The Holy Ghost was neither the Father, nor the Son, because the Holy Ghost was poured forth at Pentecost, by the Son, and upon the promise of the Father. 5. Around the throne of Father Yah’uah God, in Johns apocalyptic vision, we discover three Personages. The One is seated upon the throne, another One stands at the throne, and the third is as a burning fire before the throne. The Father is on the throne, for He holds a book in His hands; the Son stands before the throne, for He is the Lamb to whom the Father delivers the book; and the Holy Spirit is before the throne, because His sevenfold perfection is described under the phrase the Seven Spirits of Father Yah’uah God. IV. FATHER YAH’UAH OUR FATHER YAH’UAH GOD IS ONE LORD IN THE REDEMPTION OF THE SINNER (I Peter 1:2) Election includes the foreknowledge of Father Yah’uah God the Father, because that is the basis of election. Election is wrought out through the sanctification of the Spirit, because it is the Spirit that quickeneth and calls effectually. Election is also based upon the sprinkling of the Blood of Jesus Messiah, because it was the Son who shed His Blood for the remission of sins. There are some who wish to put Father Yah’uah God the Father entirely outside of the realm of salvation; and yet it was Father Yah’uah God the Father who so loved the world, that He gave Father Yah’uah God the Son; and it is Father Yah’uah God the Spirit who effectually brings to the unregenerate heart, the story of the love of the Father, in the gift of the Son. Every time you hear the benediction pronounced in the church, you hear of the love of Father Yah’uah God, and of the grace of Father Yah’uah Jesus Messiah, and the fellowship of the Spirit. These are all working for the redemption of the lost. It is through Messiah that we have access by one spirit unto the Father. When new converts are baptized they are baptized, In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. This is because salvation was purposed by the Father, made possible by the Son, and enforced by the Holy Ghost. We want to warn the young people against having a Jesus religion. We are talking of the Trinity, because the Trinity has wrought our redemption. We are willing to grant that it was Messiah who said, Come unto Me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, but Messiah Himself said that He spoke only the words of the Father. It is not Messiah, apart from Father Yah’uah God, who invites men to be saved; for Father Yah’uah God is not willing that any should perish. Neither is it Messiah, apart from the Holy Spirit, who calls upon men to be saved. The Spirit says, Come. Without this effectual calling of the Holy Ghost, no one can be saved. Remember the Bible reads, My Spirit shall not always strive with men. V. FATHER YAH’UAH OUR FATHER YAH’UAH GOD IS ONE LORD IN DIRECTING SAINTS (Isa. 6:8) Our key verse reads, Whom shall I send, and who will go for Us? Who is the Us with which the quotation closes? There seems but one voice speaking, for it says, Whom shall I send. I, is singular in number, however, the I in the first part of the sentence is speaking in behalf of the Us in the latter part. Do you not remember how Messiah said, Even so send I you? Do you not also remember how the saints in Acts 13:4 were sent forth by the Holy Ghost? Withal we know that it was Father Yah’uah God who sent the Prophets unto the Children of Israel, preaching peace by Jesus Messiah (Acts 10:36). Our Father Yah’uah God is Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. 1. The Father seals the saints (John 6:27). So also does the Son seal the saints (Eph. 1:13). Likewise, the Spirit seals the saints, for we read in Ephesians 4:30, The Holy Spirit of Father Yah’uah God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption. 2. The Father comforts saints. In II Thessalonians 2:16 we read, Father Yah’uah God, even our Father, * * hath given us everlasting consolation. The Son, however, comforts saints, for in Philippians 2:1 is this expression, If there be therefore any consolation in Messiah, if any comfort. The Spirit also comforts saints, for the Word says, Walking * * in the comfort of the Holy Ghost (Acts 9:31). 3. The Father grants peace unto saints. Colossians 1:2 says, Peace, from Father Yah’uah God our Father. John 14:27, however, describes Messiah as saying, My peace I give unto you. The Spirit also grants peace, because, according to Galatians 5:22, The fruit of the Spirit is * * peace. 4. The Father sanctifies saints. Sanctified by Father Yah’uah God the Father (Jude 1:1). The Son, likewise, sanctifies saints, Messiah Jesus * * is made unto us * * sanctification (I Cor. 1:30). The Spirit sanctifies saints, Sanctified by the Holy Ghost (Rom. 15:16). 5. The Father strengthens saints. The Father Yah’uah God of all grace * * strengthen * * you (I Peter 5:10). The Son also strengthens saints, Messiah which strengtheneth me (Phil. 4:13). Again, the Spirit strengthens saints. Strengthened with might by His Spirit (Eph. 3:16). 6. The Father teaches saints. Ye yourselves are taught of Father Yah’uah God (I Thess. 4:9). The Son went around the villages teaching according to Mark 6:6; the Son said of the Spirit, When He is come He shall teach you all things. We have given you step by step this vision of the Triune Father Yah’uah God dealing in behalf of His saints. We pause only to say, that if Father Yah’uah God the Father, Father Yah’uah God the Son, and Father Yah’uah God the Holy Ghost are so inter-related in everything that benefits and blesses saints; then saints should recognize the Triune Father Yah’uah God and include in their meditation and fellowship the Father, the Son, and the Spirit. VI. SAINTS SHOULD RECOGNIZE THE TRIUNE FATHER YAH’UAH GOD IN ALL THINGS AND AT ALL TIMES (Jude 1:20, 21) The Scriptures, which we have before us, teach us that we should do three things. (1) We should keep ourselves in the love of Father Yah’uah God. (2) We should be looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Messiah. (3) We should be praying in the Holy Ghost. We wish in this final message to show the believers relationship to the Trinity. 1. In our ministry. Paul wrote to the Romans, That I should be the minister of Jesus Messiah. In the same verse, Paul wrote, Ministering the Gospel of Father Yah’uah God. Again, in the same sentence Paul wrote, Being sanctified by the Holy Ghost. The marvel of this almost startles us. Think of how the Father Yah’uah Godhead is brought into one verse of Scripture; even into one verse which is speaking of the ministry of saints. Let us then, never seek to minister apart from Father Yah’uah God the Father, or Father Yah’uah God the Son, or Father Yah’uah God the Holy Ghost. 2. In our preaching. In the opening verses of I Corinthians 2, Paul, under inspiration, says three things: (1) Declaring unto you the testimony of Father Yah’uah God. (2) I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Messiah, and Him crucified. (3) My speech and my preaching was * * in demonstration of the Spirit and of power. Here you have it again, even as you find it in Romans, chapter 1. There it is the Gospel of Father Yah’uah God; and yet, a Gospel concerning His Son Jesus Messiah. This Gospel is to be proclaimed in the power of the Holy Ghost. Let us bend the knee and worship, for we are on Holy ground. If we had time we could bring before you Scripture upon Scripture which unites an inseparable bond, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Speaking to the Church, Paul wrote, I have not shunned to declare the whole counsel of Father Yah’uah God. In the same breath He wrote to pastors: Take heed * * to feed the Church of Father Yah’uah God, which He hath purchased with His own. Blood. But this Church, Paul said, was one over which the Holy Ghost hath made us an overseer. We pray indeed that the Father Yah’uah God of our Lord Jesus Messiah, who is the Father of Glory, may give unto you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him. We pray that through the Son you may find access by the Spirit unto the Father. AN ILLUSTRATION When we begin to study the Triune Father Yah’uah God and His wonders of grace and glory we are drinking from the unfathomable waters of eternal verities. The great river Amazon pours out so mighty a stream of fresh water into the Atlantic, that for miles out of sight of land, just opposite the mouth of the river, the water in the ocean is entirely fresh water. Some years ago a sailing ship left Europe for a South American port, and, through storm and mishap, was so long on its voyage, that the water on board began to give out; and though the crew took every care, they shortly found themselves with their last tank or cask empty. A day or two later, becalmed in a hot climate, to their great joy and relief they sighted another vessel, and, when near enough to signal, they ran up their flags telling of their piteous position: Were dying for want of water. To their astonishment, the reply, which came back quickly, seemed almost, to mock them: Water all around you; let your bucket down. Little did they know that they were just then crossing the mighty Amazons current, and instead of being in salt water they were actually in fresh water without knowing it. Water all around! Fellow-traveler, you may be crying out, What must I do to be saved? little realizing that the ocean of Father Yah’uah Gods love is all around you. Oh! let your bucket down!
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