Agreed. . .and Scripture does not say "God is sovereign,"
nor does it say the nature of sonship to God is "relationship,"
but it reveals it nonetheless.
That there is no specific statement, "There is one being that consists of three persons,"
does not preclude the NT revelation of three divine persons in one divine being.
First of all, it is not the argument of man. It is NT revelation.
You agree that Jesus and the Father are both God, so the nature of the Holy Spirit is all there is to consider.
That issue is settled by Paul when he states "Jesus is the Spirit."
Jesus is God, and so the Holy Spirit is God.
Jesus is a person, and so the Holy Spirit is a person--he, him, his,
with personal functions: speaking (Ac 8:29), deciding (Ac 15:28), forbidding (Ac 16:7), testifying (Ac 5:32), sending out missionaries (Ac 13:14), interceding (Ro 8:26-27).
Scripture reveals three divine persons and one God.
It does not come from the mind of man.
The finite mind cannot understand nor explain it.
But that doesn't alter the revelation.
Perhaps you would like to give the Biblical meaning of "The Lord is the Spirit" in 2Co 3:17, 18,
remaining true to the words and the context.
nor does it say the nature of sonship to God is "relationship,"
but it reveals it nonetheless.
That there is no specific statement, "There is one being that consists of three persons,"
does not preclude the NT revelation of three divine persons in one divine being.
First of all, it is not the argument of man. It is NT revelation.
You agree that Jesus and the Father are both God, so the nature of the Holy Spirit is all there is to consider.
That issue is settled by Paul when he states "Jesus is the Spirit."
Jesus is God, and so the Holy Spirit is God.
Jesus is a person, and so the Holy Spirit is a person--he, him, his,
with personal functions: speaking (Ac 8:29), deciding (Ac 15:28), forbidding (Ac 16:7), testifying (Ac 5:32), sending out missionaries (Ac 13:14), interceding (Ro 8:26-27).
Scripture reveals three divine persons and one God.
It does not come from the mind of man.
The finite mind cannot understand nor explain it.
But that doesn't alter the revelation.
Perhaps you would like to give the Biblical meaning of "The Lord is the Spirit" in 2Co 3:17, 18,
remaining true to the words and the context.