You Are a Theologian: Knowing and Loving God WellPrøve

# Who is God? God is one. There is only one God, and He alone is worthy of worship. Think how many times this week, today, this hour, or maybe even this minute you have set your affections on a multitude of lesser things. The pleasures and distractions of this world are vying for our affections and attention in place of God. Our possessions, our work, and our relationships become objects of our worship instead of means for worship of the One who gives them. The oneness of God helps us to direct our worship away from the pantheon of our earthly desires to the only worthy Object of adoration. Second, the gospel is only possible if God is Trinity. Each member of the Trinity plays an essential role. God the Father initiates. God the Son accomplishes. God the Spirit applies. Only the triune God can love sinners, die for sinners, live with sinners, and make sinners saints. Finally, the triune God not only forgives our sin, but He also invites us into fellowship with each person of the Godhead. At the heart of the Christian life is a communing fellowship with each person of the Trinity. The fellowship enjoyed between the three Persons for all eternity invites you to partake of its riches. You are invited to fellowship specifically with God the Father. God the Father declares we are His sons and daughters. He has adopted us. We were once spiritual orphans, but the Father has brought us into His family. God the Father has set His affections upon you, and He will never abandon you. He loves you the same way He loves His Son. You are invited to fellowship specifically with God the Son. God the Son came to bear your shame and guilt. Because of Him, you no longer stand condemned, but free. Free to be assured of God’s love for you. Free to reciprocate that love. He is our brother, our mediator, our king who invites us to be coheirs in His kingdom. You are invited to fellowship specifically with God the Holy Spirit. You no longer have to go to a temple to experience the presence of God. The Spirit now resides in you. He delights to be with you. In His presence you can know that God delights in you. What is the most important question we will ever seek to answer? As it turns out, it’s not, “What do you love?” And it’s not even, “Whom do you love?”—though how we answer both of those questions reveals the state of our hearts. The most important question we can ever seek to answer is this: “Who loves you?” God does. The one true God, the triune God.