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READ: JOHN 10:11-18, 27-30; GALATIANS 1:1-4; 1 PETER 3:13-18\n\n\n\nI\u2019ve heard many an argument about who raised Jesus from the dead. The truth of the matter is that God raised Him from the dead.\n\n\n\nSomething important to know about God is that He is one God, and He is also three persons\u2014that\u2019s why we sometimes refer to God as the Trinity (from the Latin word for triple or three at a time). Scripture tells us that all three persons of the Trinity\u2014God the Father, God the Son (Jesus), and God the Holy Spirit\u2014raised Jesus from the dead!\n\n\n\nIn Galatians 1:1, Paul says that \u201cGod the Father\u2026raised him [Jesus] from the dead.\u201d In John 10:18, Jesus, who is God the Son, takes responsibility for raising Himself from the dead when He declares, \u201cNo one takes it [my life] from me, but I lay it down of my own. I have the right to lay it down, and I have the right to take it up again. I have received this command from my Father.\u201d And in 1 Peter 3:18, Peter writes that Jesus was made alive by the Holy Spirit: \u201cFor Christ also suffered for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring you to God. He was put to death in the flesh but made alive by the Spirit.\u201d\n\n\n\nGod the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit work in perfect unity with each other. That\u2019s why Jesus said, \u201cI can do nothing on my own\u201d (John 5:30). He totally relied on His Father in what to say and how to say it (John 12:49-50), and also in what to do. On the night before Jesus went to the cross, He said, \u201cSo that the world may know that I love the Father, I do as the Father commanded me\u201d (John 14:31). In the same passage, Jesus shows the triune God working together in unity when He promises the Spirit: \u201cThe Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and remind you of everything I have told you\u201d (John 14:26). And remember that Jesus only said what God the Father told Him to say.\n\n\n\nThe Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit are one God. They all love us deeply, and they all work together in our lives, for they work together in perfect harmony. \u2022 Sharon Morris\n\n\n\n\u2022 As humans, we can\u2019t totally wrap our minds around who God is, and that\u2019s okay! He invites us to learn about Him, enjoy relationship with Him (which He made possible through Jesus\u2019s death and resurrection), and continue to ask questions and wrestle with Him throughout our lives. Who are trusted Christians in your life you can talk to as you ponder the wonderful mysteries of God?\n\n\n\nIf you confess with your mouth, \u201cJesus is Lord,\u201d and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. Romans 10:9 (CSB)