We must distinguish between the person and position of Christ. In his person Christ is Yahweh God (see below under the deity of Christ). But his relationship to the Father is that of subordinate Son and, in this case, appointed spokesman/messenger for the Trinitarian arrangement.
We must also guard against so compartmentalizing the works of the persons of the Trinity that we unwittingly become tri-theists. The works of the individual persons of the Trinity can generally also be described as the work of “God” and, more specifically, may also be described as shared activities. This idea is called by William G. T. Shedd the “inbeing” of God—that is, the understanding that the members of the Trinity so indwell each other that their functions can rightly be called Trinitarian, even though one of the persons of the Godhead is normally at the fore in each function
For instance we usually think of praying “to the Father” (Eph 2:18), but generally have no qualms about phrasing this as praying “to God” (nor does it appear wrong to pray to Jesus—John 14:13–14; Acts 7:59). Likewise we generally think of indwelling and filling as functions of the Spirit, though the Bible freely speaks of the fullness of God (Eph 3:18–19), and allows other two members of the Trinity to indwell and fill believers as well (John 14:23; Eph 3:17; Col 1:27).
There are three distinct persons in the Godhead, but it is a mistake to view them as absolutely independent of one another.
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