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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What did the Laodicean Church Age (our age) Angel (- messenger) Say about this?
Ranked passages from the local William Branham sermon and Church Age Book database. Relevance is relative, not a statement of doctrinal certainty.
An Exposition Of The Seven Church Ages
CAB 9:E-44
But now He is standing in the midst of the Church. As He stands there revealing Who He is in this last age, He calls Himself the "Author of the creation of God". This is ANOTHER CREATION. This has to do with the church. This is a special designation of Himself. He is the CREATOR of that church. The heavenly Bridegroom created his own bride. As the Spirit of God, He came down and created in the virgin Mary the cells from which His body was born. I want to repeat that. He created the very cells in the womb of Mary fo...
Hebrews, Chapter 2, part 2
57-0825E §11
God must have first place in your heart, first place in your life, first place in everything that you do or what you are. God must be first. He doesn't want the second place. He doesn't deserve the second place. He deserves the best and the first and all that we've got. He deserves it! Blessed be His holy name. For God also bearing ... witness, [He gave testimony] both with signs and wonders, ... divers miracles, and gifts of the Holy Ghost, according to His own will ... [Not what men say, what the church said; but...
An Exposition Of The Seven Church Ages
CAB 8:E-72
Now then, we can see that JESUS IS THE DOOR. He is the door of the sheep. And notice that it speaks now of the DOOR OPENING. What is that but a revelation of Him? And that Revelation is opening up to bring us Strength, to illuminate the Word and glorify His Name. It was in the midst of the two last ages that the Revelation of the Deity of Jesus Christ blossomed out before us. Yes, we knew He was God. How else could He be our Saviour? But to know that He was ONLY GOD, OR GOD ALONE, that He was the Alpha and the Omeg...
Godhead explained
61-0119A §57
It's revealed to those who God calls and is predestinated by his foreknowledge. "All my sheep hear my voice," see. Look at them Jews standing there, just as scholarly as they could be, and Jesus showing them He was Messiah by Messiahic signs. They said, "He's Beelzebub." How could...? They were blinded. Yeah, and a little ragged shepherd or a fisherman down on the river said ... they knew Him, see. He just ... God has a way of doing things and we just have to cope with his way. Just be thankful that your eyes could...
The Godhead explained
61-0425B §63
Now, watch. Now, the Catholic church says that He built the church upon Peter. That's wrong. The Protestant church says He built it upon Himself. But now watch and find out, see if it is. He built it upon the spiritual revelation of who He was, because He said, "Blessed art thou, Simon, son of Jonas; flesh and blood has not revealed this to you. I say thou art Simon, upon this rock [What rock?---the revelation.] I will build my church, and the gates of hell cannot prevail against it." Then when Peter, standing pres...