The God-Centered Gospel
Dr. Horton has a very helpful and important article in next month’s Tabletalk magazine on the importance of remembering that all three persons of the Trinity are involved in our salvation. Ligonier has posted this article on their website and here is a little teaser:
It’s terrific to see so many younger Christians excited about being “God-centered.” However, Islam and Orthodox Judaism claim to be “Godcentered,” too. The Christian faith is distinguished by its claim that God is the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, and we know this from Scripture, preeminently in the Son’s entrance into a fallen world in our own flesh. We dare not approach “God” in His blinding majesty apart from Christ our Mediator. Apart from Christ, the Father is our Judge, and His glory is the worst thing we could ever encounter. That’s not because the Father is less loving than the Son, but because we are sinners. And we can say our “amen” to the Son only because of the Spirit who indwells us.
Read the entire article – The God-Centered Gospel
March 10th, 2012 at 2:20 pm
Great article. I think that far too many Christians, myself included, largely ignore the Holy Spirit. Many of us worship not a Trinity, but a Duality; we recognize not three persons in the Godhead, but two. It is as if the Father and the Son do everything Themselves, without the contribution of a third divine person. Thank you Dr. Horton for addressing this issue, and for doing it so well.