Heidelberg Catechism Week 8

24. Q. How are these articles divided? A. Into three parts: God the Father and our creation; God the Son and our deliverance; God the Holy Spirit and our sanctification.

25. Q. Since there is but one God, why do you speak of three: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit? A. Because that is how God has revealed Himself in His Word: these three distinct persons are one, true, eternal God.

My reflections on the reading from the book...

The topic of the Trinity is a major one! I still try to comprehend the richness of Trinitarian doctrine, and probably always will.

But just two thoughts extracted from DeYoung's book:

-- "It is only with a Trinitarian God that love can be an eternal attribute of God."

-- "With a biblical understanding of the Trinity, we can say that God did not create in order to be loved, but rather, created out of the overflow of the perfect love that had always existed among Father, Son, and Holy Spirit who ever live in perfect and mutual relationship and delight."