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1 Peter – The Trinity by Association
The Trinity by Association
Names not only identify, but they associate. My last name is Hall, which is my I.D. on my driver’s license. That name ties my wife and me together when hers changed due to marriage. Association also comes in the form of identical goals. Again, marriage should have such commonality. We see the same identity and association with the Holy Spirit in 1 Peter which teaches the “trinitarian” association of God.
The first appearance of the Spirit is introduced in a “trinitarian” passage – according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, by the sanctifying work of the Spirit, to the obedience of Jesus Christ and the sprinkling of His blood (1 Peter 1:2).
This introductory association in our salvation sets the stage for God’s unique 3-in-1 nature identifying with one another throughout the book.
The second time the Spirit is mentioned He is called, via association, the Spirit of Christ (1 Peter 1:11) – “inquiring to know what time or what kind of time the Spirit of Christ within them was indicating as He was predicting the sufferings of Christ and the glories to follow”.
The last reference to the Spirit is He is called, “the Spirit of glory and of God” (4:14) – “If you are insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you”.
The Holy Spirit (1:12) is associated by work in 1:2 with God the Father and Jesus Christ. Then He is called the Spirit of Christ and the Spirit of God.
There are many ways the Bible identifies the “Trinity”. For Peter this doctrine is taught by association in work and names.
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