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the doctrine of God closes with 
the blessed reality that our God is triune, and that this 
triunity isn't a divine essence, isn't a God that's parsed up 
into three parts. It's not that the Father is 33 
and a third, the Son 33 and a third, and the Holy Spirit 33 and a 
third, but the language of the oneness of substance is reiterated 
three times. It's very Trinitarian in its 
declaration of the oneness and the unity, the substantial unity 
of God. And then it's also triune in 
thrice declaring the triunity of God. Notice, in this divine 
and infinite being, so the oneness of God is here first stated, 
there are three subsistences, the Father, Word, or Son, and 
the Holy Spirit. Now back to the oneness of one 
substance, power and eternity. Now notice, not a chopped up 
or divided deity, but each having the whole divine essence, yet 
the essence undivided. And now from the one back to 
the three. The Father is of none, neither begotten nor proceeding. 
The Son is eternally begotten of the Father, the Holy Spirit 
proceeding from the Father and the Son. And then back to the 
One, all-infinite, without beginning, therefore but one God, who is 
not to be divided in nature and being. Back to the Three, but 
distinguished. by several peculiar relative 
properties and personal relations, which doctrine of the Trinity 
is the foundation of all our communion with God and comfortable 
dependence on Him." What is the importance of the doctrine of 
God? Why do we spend time on it as 
Christians? Why do we spend time, and hopefully 
it doesn't seem like a weariness or extra labor unjustly applied 
to a subject, why do we spend so much time on the doctrine 
of God? Because it is the very foundation of our communion with 
Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, and it's the very foundation 
that we can, as His worshipers, comfortably depend upon the One 
who upholds us, who gives us life, breath, and all things, 
who causes us to reverently humbly and joyfully approach Him in 
worship. What a glorious God that we have. 
One infinite, eternal, and divine being who eternally exists as 
Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, and who has condescended to, 
by His grace, call us from deadness to life to worship Him and enjoy 
Him fully.