Cong Fang

1) Sinners can never know God unless God reveals to them.

2) In God’s revelation, we still cannot FULLY know God because He is infinite, but we can know God in the ways He tells us.

3) We can know God in two ways: look at the universe (God’s creation) and read the Bible (God’s words).

4) The Creation tells us there is a Creator. The Bible tells us who God is (holy, love, etc.) and who we are (sinners), and what is the salvation (Jesus Christ).

5) As we read the Bible. It tells us there is ONLY ONE God; and the Father is God; and Jesus is God; and the Holy Spirit is God. Then the Father is not the Son, and the Son is not the Holy Spirit, and the Holy Spirit is not the Father. Instead of saying so many definitions, we use the term “Trinity”.

6) Our fallen logic and reasoning contradicts with the doctrine of the Trinity, but it is indeed the revelation of the Bible. For example, in Isaiah 45:21b-22, God says:

“There is no other God besides me, a righteous God and a Savior; there is none besides me. Turn to me and be saved, all the ends of the earth! For I am God, and there is no other.”

“our great God and Savior Jesus Christ” (Titus 2:13)
“our God and Savior Jesus Christ” (2 Peter 1:1)

“our great God and Savior Jesus Christ” (Titus 2:13)
“our God and Savior Jesus Christ” (2 Peter 1:1)

“There is no other god besides me, a righteous God and a Savior; there is none besides me.” (Isaiah 45:21b)

God’s wrath is upon the whole sinful world, but, “God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.”

“Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe is condemned already.”

Outside of Jesus, the wrath. Inside of Jesus, the love. The love of God is, He would die to put you in Jesus, so He can love you as His children. It is only in Christ, we are not sinners. It is only in the Son, we are children of God. God’s love is amazing only in the context of God’s holy wrath.

We don’t truly understand God’s love until we’ve realized that we don’t deserve it. He died for the enemies He hates, so we can become someone He loves. That’s the love of God.