Loving others is not a strange or novel thing for this God at all it is at the root of who he is.” 2 Here is a God who is not essentially lonely, but who has been loving for all eternity as the Father has loved the Son in the Spirit. … Everything changes when it comes to the Father, Son and Spirit. And if such gods do create, they always seem to do so out of an essential neediness or desire to use what they create merely for their own self-gratification. Wouldn’t the existence of a universe be an irritating distraction for the god whose greatest pleasure is looking in a mirror? Creating just looks like a deeply unnatural thing for such a god to do. Single-person gods, having spent eternity alone, are inevitably self-centered beings, and so it becomes hard to see why they would ever cause anything else to exist.

“Such are the problems with nontriune gods and creation. In chapter 1, Reeves tackles the question: What was God doing before creation? I won’t give you all the spoilers, but here’s a poignant quote from Reeves on the topic: It is short, but it is dense, and you will likely find yourself reading and reading as you go, seeking to push these truths down deeper into your heart and mind. With just five chapters, an introduction, and a conclusion, this book can be read in one sitting if you excelled at Accelerated Reader growing up, or in a few nights, which is more my style. At just 130 pages (with many pictures/pages of a deeper dive into a particular concept or historical person or moment, I might add), it’s an accessible, easy read full of depth and sure to move your heart toward worship. Over and over again, Reeves reminds us of the beauty of our triune God who is worthy of our delight. I first read this book many years ago, and it encouraged my faith and gave me a fresh perspective on the God we serve.

And it is through the triune goodness of God that we might live the Christian life, as we are hidden in Christ, set free from the power of sin and empowered by the Spirit to be doers of the Word.īroadening our understanding of this central truth about the God we serve is the focus of a book I recommend constantly to anyone who will listen: Delighting in the Trinity by Michael Reeves. It’s because God is Trinity that we can be saved as the Father plans salvation, the Son secures it, and the Spirit seals it. It’s because of this truth that we may love because God is love in His perfect unity and triune goodness. God as Trinity is certainly bigger than our minds can conceive and more wonderful than we could ever hope, and yet, He has given us His Word so that we might know Him.

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