The God Head in First Peter Chapter 1.?
1) Direct Answer
1 Peter 1 shows one God revealed in threefold work: the Father purposing and foreknowing, the Holy Spirit sanctifying and indwelling, and Jesus Christ manifested in flesh to shed His blood and be raised in glory. It’s not three Gods and not three persons, but one God making Himself known.
2) Scriptural Explanation
- 1 Peter 1:2: “Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ.” Now notice: Peter doesn’t present three separate divine persons. He shows the one plan of salvation by the one God in three operations—Father (purpose), Spirit (application), Jesus Christ (the manifested sacrifice).
- 1 Peter 1:10–12: The prophets had “the Spirit of Christ” in them, testifying of His sufferings and the glory after. The same passage says the message is now preached “with the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven.” The Spirit of Christ in the prophets is the Holy Ghost sent down. One Spirit, different titles—so it’s not two Spirits or a second person; it’s the one God’s Spirit.
- 1 Peter 1:19–21: We are redeemed “with the precious blood of Christ… who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you; who by him do believe in God, that raised him up from the dead, and gave him glory.” The Son was foreordained and then manifested—Sonship has its manifestation in time. God raised Him and gave Him glory—showing the indwelling Deity (the Father) vindicated the manifested body (the Son).
- 1 Peter 1:3: “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.” That’s the unseen God above us, the very One who was in Christ reconciling the world. The body is the Son; the indwelling is God.
- 1 Peter 1:23–25 with 1:12: We are born again by the incorruptible Word, through the Spirit who is “sent down.” The same God who spoke by the prophets now indwells the believer.
3) Simple Clarifying Logic
- If there were three co-equal divine persons, Peter would separate three independent beings. Instead, he links:
- Father: foreknowledge and purpose.
- Spirit: sanctification and inspiration.
- Jesus Christ: manifestation, blood, resurrection glory.
- The “Spirit of Christ” (v. 11) is the “Holy Ghost sent down” (v. 12). One Spirit, one God, different manifestations.
- “Foreordained… but manifest” (v. 20) shows the Son’s manifestation in time, not an eternal second person distinct from God. God was manifested in flesh.
4) Reinforcing Statement
That’s the mystery: the one God above us as Father, with us in Jesus Christ, and now in us as the Holy Ghost—working one salvation from foreknowledge to sanctification to the sprinkled blood and the new birth.
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CAB 1:E-31
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61-0414 §70
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60-1204E §30
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60-1204M §68
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Church Ages, part 1: Revelation Chapter 1
60-1204M §69
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