Sunday, March 2, 2014

The Glorious Godhead

Father
--God of glory (Acts 7:2)
--Father of glory (Eph. 1:17)

Son
--Lord of glory (1 Cor. 2:8)
--Lord of glory (Jas. 2:1)

Spirit
--the spirit of glory and of God (1 Pt. 4:14) [since "spirit" is lowercase here, it may refer to divine influence vs. the person of the Holy Spirit]
--indirect reference: (1) Eph. 3:16, "That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man"; (2) Col. 1:11, "Strengthened with all might, according to his glorious power..."  i.e. the power of the Spirit (per Eph. 3:16); I think that both of these Pauline references show that the Spirit is glorious, though in a subtler way than the other two members of the Godhead, which is no surprise, since his aim is to glorify them rather than himself (Luke 1:67-68; John 16:14).