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Day 197 or July the 16th

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total certainty with God

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Our thoughts today come from Isaiah chapter 12 verse 2

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Surely God is my salvation. I will trust and not be afraid the Lord the Lord himself is my

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Strength and my defense he has become my salvation

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Now the big picture surrounding this verse

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Isaiah declares more truth about the glorious Messiah's kingdom that is to come

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he then continues to condemn the mighty nation of Babylon a

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superpower of that period who will finally succeed against God's people and

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Conquer them with Nebuchadnezzar's army

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Ironically Babylon is but a distant memory by the time Jesus is born

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and

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now today's action step

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Whenever you try to understand the mystery of the Holy Trinity you fall into the trap of splitting the Godhead into three

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Father Son and Holy Spirit

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It isn't really as easy as that

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I think the best explanation of the Trinity that helps me at least is to think of the substance

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H2O or water as it's usually called it can be solid and hard

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It can be liquid and flowing and it can be gaseous and invisible

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No matter which state it is. It's still H2O

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It's similar with God and his triune existence

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Father is God

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Son is God and Spirit is God, but they are all distinct even though they are all God

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Of course when we think of the father we think of him who has never left heaven when we consider the son

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He is the one who left heaven and then returned

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The Holy Spirit is he who left heaven to continue the work of Jesus and is still with us on earth today

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I remember a Jew talking about God and saying God isn't his name. It's his job

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When Isaiah considers the coming Messiah's kingdom

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He attributes our salvation to God and our strengthening and security to God also

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In the light of our knowledge of Jesus and the Holy Spirit

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We could be more specific but in reality our God is our Father our Savior and our

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Sustainer

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Be sure to listen to day 21 again to receive this certain salvation for yourself