Beloved in the Lord,

As this day begins I could not help but think over yesterday's blog, & I thought about a revelation that God gave to me in 2004. It was in reference to the Divine trinity. I did not receive this revelation by way of man  nor did any man teach it to me. You see, while I was in prison I was personally challenged by a Muslin imam. For the Islamic faith they, the imams, are the equivalent of our own Pastors or Preachers & are very knowledgeable about their own faith. Because the Muslims do not believe in the deity of our Lord Jesus Christ, he personally challenged me to go and study so that I would know the truths of my own faith for myself. Now, years later, I am so glad that I was challenged because it led me to the knowledge of the truth.

I would like to start this article by asking you in your own mind to imagine a cube. This cube is going to represent God. Now in this cube there are three dimensions. There is the height, we will designate the height to the Father. Next we come to the width- it will represent the Son. And last we come to the length- it will represent the Holy Ghost. This cube can be a simple man made structure such as one room. Even a room in your own home. So just for imaginations sake, transfer this image in your mind to a room in your own home. Now just one room, nothing fancy, no joining rooms.

So if this structure, such as a room in your own home, which is a man made creation, can have three parts yet remain one, how could we ever dare to think God could not be the same or even greater? You see we are discussing one room & yet this one room is made up of three entirely different dimensions, but it still remains one room. The height is not the width, the width is not the length; they are all separate from one another, but yet joined together to create one room. So it is with the God of the Holy Scriptures. The Father is not the Son, the Son is not the Holy Ghost, these three are different but yet One (1 John 5:7).

Now to close with a word of exhortation. If you were going to take our one room in the metaphor above and begin to calculate every square foot of it, you would have to gather together all three dimensions. You will need the height, width, & the length. So it is with our own understanding of God. We have to not only know that there are three different persons in the Godhead, but we also have to take the time needed to get to know each of them in their own roles. Only then can we really say that we have a complete knowledge of God. But if all someone knows is the role of the Father & not the roles of the Son & the Holy Ghost, then they do not know the true God of the Bible. This would be the equivalent of a person attempting to calculate the total square footage of a room without all three dimensions. IT WILL NEVER WORK! So as I close, I urge you to challenge the Word of God, look into It, & get to know intimately the triune God that It reveals to us.

In Christ, Pastor John E. Skipworth, Jr.