QUESTION 10 What are the personal attributes of the three persons of the Godhead? #054

WESTMINSTER CATECHISM – QUESTION 10 What are the personal attributes of the three persons of the Trinity? Answer: It is proper to the Father to have begotten the Son, and to the Son to be begotten of the Father, and to the Holy Spirit to proceed from the Father and the Son from eternity. 🌟 Practical example: A family as a reflection of the Trinity Imagine a Christian family: • The father: is the one who gives rise to life in the home, guides, and provides. • The son: receives life from the father, reflects his character, and learns from him. • The love that unites father and son: is expressed in gestures, words, and actions. This love is like the Holy Spirit, who proceeds from both and keeps communion alive in the family. 👉 Just as in the Trinity each person has a personal attribute (the Father begets, the Son is begotten, the Spirit proceeds), in the family we see different roles united in a single essence: life shared in love. 1️⃣ CENTRAL DOCTRINE: PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES IN THE TRINITY • The Father: begets the Son. • The Son: is begotten of the Father. • The Holy Spirit: proceeds from the Father and the Son from eternity. 👉 These attributes are not temporary or created, but eternal and proper to each divine person. 2️⃣ BIBLICAL BASIS WITH COMPLETE TEXTS • Hebrews 1:5–6 “For to which of the angels did God ever say, ‘You are my Son; today I have begotten you’? Or again, ‘I will be to him a Father, and he shall be to me a Son’? And again, when he brings the firstborn into the world, he says, ‘Let all God’s angels worship him.’” • John 1:14 “And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth.” • John 15:26 “But when the Helper comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth, who proceeds from the Father, He will bear witness about Me.” • Galatians 4:6 “And because you are sons, God sent the Spirit of His Son into our hearts, crying, ‘Abba, Father!’” 3️⃣ DISTINCTION OF PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES • The Father: source and origin, eternally begets the Son. • The Son: receives eternal generation from the Father, is the only begotten. • The Holy Spirit: eternally proceeds from the Father and the Son, being the bond of love and communion. 👉 Important: these distinctions do not divide the divine essence, for the three are one true God. 4️⃣ PRACTICAL APPLICATION FOR THE CHURCH • Conscious worship: recognizing the personal work of each member of the Trinity. • Assurance in sonship: the Father adopts us, the Son redeems us, the Spirit assures us. • Unity and communion: just as the three persons live in perfect relationship, the church should reflect that unity. 5️⃣ CLASS ACTIVITY • 📖 Group Bible reading: John 15:26. “But when the Helper comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth, who proceeds from the Father, he will bear witness about me.” • 💬 Reflection question: What does it mean to you that the Holy Spirit proceeds from the Father and the Son? • 🧠 Exercise: Each person shares how they have experienced the work of the Father, the Son, and the Spirit in their life. • 🙏 Closing Prayer: Thanking God for the eternal and personal work of each member of the Trinity. 🧩 Application for the Brothers and Sisters • The Heavenly Father gives us identity and origin. • The Son shows us how to live in obedience and reflect the Father. • The Holy Spirit unites us in love and empowers us to live in fellowship. 🎯 Suggested Activity • Ask the brothers and sisters to think of an example of unity in their lives (family, work team, church). • Then, relate that experience to how the three divine persons act in perfect unity. • Conclude by showing that the Trinity is not just an abstract doctrine, but a model of unity, love, and fellowship for the church.