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Old 04-01-2008, 05:22 AM   #20
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(sorry for the duplication)
as to vengeance
the FATHER: "It is mine to avenge; I will repay," says the Lord. Romans 12:19
the SON: is a shield from it for the believer
the HOLY Spirit: no role
as to Judgment
the FATHER: authority and measurer of proper appeasement
the SON: passes all final judgment (John 5:22 & 27)
the HOLY Spirit: no role

as to spiritual gifts
the FATHER: no role
the SON: no role
the HOLY Spirit: distributes the particular gifts to particular believers

as to the believer's glorification of God
the FATHER: He desires it, receives it,
and loves it

the SON: He intercedes and delivers it (John 15:5)
the HOLY Spirit: He infuses the power to do so, originating in Jesus, into the believer (Philippians 4:13)

as to God speaking to believers
the FATHER: He "speaks"
the SON: He is the interceding link
the HOLY Spirit: He resides within the believer and gives the message through The Word (scripture), prayer, circumstances, and the Church.

as to knowing the will of God for yourself
the FATHER: He "wills" that you know it
the SON: He loves you toward desiring to know it
the HOLY Spirit: He guides and enables you into seeing, hearing, understanding what God's will is & what the mind of Christ is as to God's will
as to doing the will of God for yourself
the FATHER: it is His will that you come to know it
the SON: He loves you toward desiring to do it
the HOLY Spirit: He enables you to say "yes" in your decision to do it and enables you to do it.

as to:the local church
the FATHER: has His will for it
the SON: is the Head of it
the HOLY Spirit: manifests himself as the enabler within each believer for actions and experiences toward the common good of "the body of believers"...the church I Corinthians 12 Acts 2:38

as to: Resurrection from death
the FATHER: He wills that the children of God come to Him and His kingdom after their death (has possibly willed that all come to Him)
the SON: He is the actual mechanism for the resurrection of God's children
(John
11:25)

the HOLY Spirit:
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