
The Nature of God (Trinity)
God the Father – the Creator and Source of all life
God the Son (Jesus) – Savior of life
God the Holy Spirit – Strength life
In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us through wordless groans.
- Romans 8:26
The Spirit of the Lord will rest on him, the Spirit of wisdom and of understanding, the Spirit of counsel and of might, the Spirit of the knowledge and fear of the Lord and he will delight in the fear of the Lord.
- Isaiah 11:2-3
And the word of the Lord came to him: “What are you doing here, Elijah?”
- 1 Kings 19:9b
“By the word of the Lord the heavens were made…”
- Psalm 33:6
Hebrew: → God’s davar is creative power—He speaks, and universes form.
“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.”
- 2 Corinthians 5:17
He replied, “I have been very zealous for the Lord God Almighty. The Israelites have rejected your covenant, torn down your altars, and put your prophets to death with the sword. I am the only one left, and now they are trying to kill me too.”
- 1 Kings 19:10
The Lord said, “Go out and stand on the mountain in the presence of the Lord, for the Lord is about to pass by.”
- 1 Kings 19:11a
“Come now, let us reason together, says the Lord: though your sins are like scarlet,they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall become like wool.
- Isaiah 1:18
If you are willing and obedient, you shall eat the good of the land.
- Isaiah 1:19
Then a great and powerful wind tore the mountains apart and shattered the rocks before the Lord, but the Lord was not in the wind. After the wind there was an earthquake, but the Lord was not in the earthquake. After the earthquake came a fire, but the Lord was not in the fire.
- 1 Kings 19:11c-12
Wind - God’s judgment - (Job 38:1, Nahum 1:3)
Earthquake - God’s anger (Exodus 19:18, Psalm 18:7)
Fire - God’s wrath (Revelation 20:14–15)
And after the fire came a gentle whisper. When Elijah heard it, he pulled his cloak over his face and went out and stood at the mouth of the cave.
- 1 Kings 19:12b-13