How does God work?
A Perspective.
And
How do we work – with God?
It’s important to understand (something of) God, to work with Him, and to allow Him to work in and through us.
God (Father, Son and Holy Spirit) is unique, and work in unique ways!
Are you ready to discover…?
The Father, Jesus Christ and Holy Spirit is in relation with one-another. These relationships are foreign to the world, and can be described with: perichoresis, kenosis and agape. (E Cambon)
"What is perichoresis?"
The word “perichoresis” comes from two Greek words, peri, which means “around” and chorea, which means “dance.” Perichoresis is a theological term referring to the mutual indwelling and intersecting of the three persons of the Godhead and, helps in some ways to better clarify the concept of the Trinity. It is a term that expresses intimacy between the persons of the Godhead.
Perichoresis has been called the “divine dance,” that profound union of Father, Son and Holy Spirit that has gone on since eternity past, goes on now, and will go on forever…
John 16:13-15 best expresses perichoresis in terms of God’s glory.
Kenosis
"Kenosis" is derived from the Greek word "kenoo" which means "to empty." It is used in Phil. 2:7. The text of Phil. 2:5-8 is worth recording here.
"Have this attitude in yourselves which was also in Christ Jesus, 6who, although He existed in the form of God, did not regard equality with God a thing to be grasped, 7but emptied Himself, taking the form of a bond-servant, and being made in the likeness of men. 8And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross," (Phil. 2:5-8).
Agape
Agape is selfless, sacrificial, unconditional love, the highest of the four types of love in the Bible.
Explore four different types of love in the Bible: divine love, brotherly love, family love and romantic love.
Agape is the highest of the four types of love in the Bible. Jesus Christ showed this kind of divine love to his Father and to all humanity.
World English Bible John 14:21
“Someone who has my commandments, and keeps them, that person is one who lovesme. One who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him, and will reveal myself to him.”
May the Lord (Father, Son and Holy Spirit) work in and through us - according to his character and example!
Amen.
Pedri Coetzee