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Ch. 4: The Two Great Operations Of The Spirit

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Ch. 4
1. What are the two great operations of the spirit?
The two great operations of the spirit consist of knowing and loving. Knowing “infinitely” and loving “infinitely.” God can only infinitely love what is eternal. Even though God loves mankind, to an excessive extent, he still does not love them infinitely. The text touches on that God loves the Father, Son and the Holy Spirit infinitely. Why that is, is because they are eternal in the eyes of the Lord. Like in the text that says, “It is in knowledge and love of the three persons that the divine life is lived.” Christ our own wants to admit us to the knowledge of it.
2. What is meant by saying that there is companionship within the one divine nature? P.26
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What can we learn from Luke 10:22 and John 10:30?
Let’s begin with the first one; Luke 10:22 states that “No one knows the Son but the Father; and no one knows the Father but the Son.” This is so important to understand and I never really thought about it until just now. This goes along with everyday family stuff as well. The Son and the Father both know each other more than anything in the universe. But not just know each other; they both love each other infinitely as well. It goes back to the great operations of the spirit, knowing and loving. Now the second one, John 10:30 states, “I and the Father are …show more content…

What is the difference between nature and person?
There is a big difference between person and nature. Human nature if composed of body and soul, in a human person is found the added perfection which makes each one an individual, distinct from all others. A human person has only one human nature. Christ is a divine Person having the nature of God and the nature of man. God through time has proved He had both nature of God and the nature of man, which are two totally separate things. This was all by doing some things that only God could do and other things that men do. But let’s make it clear that Christ only is one person.
6. What two points does Sheed believe we must accurately describe? Page 29

The two points that Sheed points out are: The three persons don’t share the divine nature because it can only be expressed in its totality. The three persons are distinct, but not separate in that they are of their own being, but can’t be

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