The different functions that we see the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit performing are simply outworkings of an eternal relationship between the three persons, one that has always existed and will exist for eternity. God has always existed as three distinct persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. These distinctions are essential to the very nature of God Himself, and they could not be otherwise… It may be said that there are no differences in deity, attributes, or essential nature between the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Each person is fully God and has all the attributes of God. The only distinctions between the members of the Trinity are in the ways they relate to each other and to the creation. In those relationships they carry out roles that are appropriate to each person.
— Wayne Grudem (b. 1948), Theologe und Autor
Topics: God, Jesus & the Holy Spirit
Wayne Grudem
Wayne Grudem ist ein US-amerikanischer evangelikaler Theologe und Autor, der über Jahrzehnte als Professor an der Trinity Evangelical Divinity School und am Phoenix Seminary lehrte. Er prägte massgeblich das komplementaristische Rollenverständnis von Mann und Frau, verband reformierte Dogmatik mit einer Offenheit für Geistesgaben und stiess mit seiner Trinitätslehre auf theologische Kritik. Heutigen Bibellesern begegnet er vor allem als Verfasser eines weltweit genutzten, praxisorientierten Lehrbuchs der systematischen Theologie sowie als Herausgeber der ESV Study Bible.
All quotes by Wayne Grudem (38)
You have made us for yourself, O Lord, and our heart is restless until it rests in you.
Augustine of Hippo
Jesus calls us not to a new religion, but to life.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
I would not be able to seek you if you had not already found me.
Augustine of Hippo
When you see a child, you catch God in the act.
Martin Luther
God does not love us because we are lovable, but because his nature is love.
Oswald Chambers
God seeks you more than your offering.
Augustine of Hippo
God has his ear at your heart.
Augustine of Hippo
God is closer to us than we are to ourselves.
Augustine of Hippo