Day 4 /40 Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit
- Margit Kresin
- Mar 9
- 3 min read
Our Faith
We believe in God the Father, and in his Son, Jesus Christ, and in the Holy Spirit.
"Our Father in heaven, hallowed be thy name." With these words we remember our direct relationship with God. As a child looks up to his father, so we turn to Him with reverence and love. When we hallow God's name, we acknowledge His holy presence in our lives.
The most well-known prayer is the Lord's Prayer, which Jesus gave us as a guide (Matthew 6:9-13 and Luke 11:2-4). Jesus himself prayed to the Father.
We believe in the God YHWH (Hebrew יהוה ). Yahweh, the name of God, appears more than 6,000 times in the Old Testament. The short form "Jah" appears as part of the exclamation "HalleluYAH" (cf. Revelation 20:1-6). However, the name of God is usually rendered as LORD (or in Hebrew as Adonai = LORD or HaShem = the name) for fear that the holy name of God could be misused. Yahweh alone is the eternal and holy God and he is our heavenly and eternal Father. He is the almighty Creator of heaven and earth.
Remember: God (YHWH) alone is the Holy Father for His children. (John 17:11)
Jesus' Hebrew name (YAHshua) means "Yahweh saves". Jesus declared that he came in the name of his Father (cf. John 5:43). He lived a sinless life on this earth (John 8:46) and then gave his life on the cross at Golgotha as a vicarious sacrifice pleasing to God (Eph. 5:2; John 10:17-18). He rose bodily from the dead on the third day (Matt. 28:1-10) and ascended into heaven after forty days (Acts 1:9-10). Since his ascension, Jesus now reigns at the right hand of God (Acts 7:55), i.e. he is the direct representative of Yahweh. From there he will also come to judge us and as the signs of the times show, Jesus will do this very soon. At the end of the judgment, he will take over his kingdom on earth and rule over the new earth as the Prince of Peace and King of kings.
Remember: Jesus Christ (Yeshua ha Maschiah) alone is the mediator between God and men (1 Tim. 2:5; Heb. 9:15).
We believe in the Holy Spirit. It is the Spirit of God. It is also known as Ruah haKodesh (the sanctified wind). Jesus promised his followers that he would send the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit "will convict the world of sin and of God's righteousness and judgment" (John 16:8).
Remember: The Holy Spirit is our Comforter and Counselor. He is the Spirit of God.
We believe in ONE God who has revealed HIMSELF in THREE different PERSONS - God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit, but ONE in BEING, in NATURE and in GLORY and yet these three persons are distinctive in their PERSONALITIES. We believe that GOD YHWH, Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit are NEVER at odds with each other and that they ALWAYS act in perfect harmony! They are NOT three gods, but they are ONE God! Three persons form one inseparable being! God YHWH, Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit also have only one will. They always work together; every slightest act of one has the immediate approval of the others. One could say that the three agree on everything.
Just as man consists of body, soul and spirit, he is only one man. So too GOD is to be understood as only ONE, who consists of the Father, the Son and the Spirit.
The Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit are essentially equal in power and glory. GOD the Father is functionally superior to Jesus and the Holy Spirit because both the Son and the Spirit are obedient to the Father.
May God Almighty and Merciful, the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit bless you. Amen
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