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A Trinitarian framework for the 8 Moves aligns God the Father as the source, God the Son as the fulfillment, and God the Holy Spirit as the sustainer. This follows the biblical arc of creation, redemption, and new creation while providing a practical discipleship model.
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God the Father: The Source and Order of Creation
1. Light & Water – Revelation and Renewal
• And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light (Genesis 1:3 ESV).
• For my people have committed two evils: they have forsaken me, the fountain of living waters, and hewed out cisterns for themselves, broken cisterns that can hold no water (Jeremiah 2:13 ESV).
2. Land & Time – Stability and Sovereignty
• Then the Lord appeared to Abram and said, “To your offspring I will give this land.” So he built there an altar to the Lord, who had appeared to him (Genesis 12:7 ESV).
• He changes times and seasons; he removes kings and sets up kings; he gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to those who have understanding (Daniel 2:21 ESV).
3. Life & Work – Purpose and Provision
• Then the Lord God formed the man of dust from the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living creature (Genesis 2:7 ESV).
• The Lord God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to work it and keep it (Genesis 2:15 ESV).
4. Rest & Rebirth – Grace and New Beginnings
• For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested on the seventh day. Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy (Exodus 20:11 ESV).
• Behold, I am doing a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert (Isaiah 43:19 ESV).
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God the Son: The Word and Embodiment of Creation
5. Light & Water – The Incarnate Word and Living Water
• Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life” (John 8:12 ESV).
• But whoever drinks of the water that I will give him will never be thirsty again. The water that I will give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life (John 4:14 ESV).
6. Land & Time – The Cornerstone and Fulfillment
• And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it (Matthew 16:18 ESV).
• And saying, “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel” (Mark 1:15 ESV).
7. Life & Work – The Vine and the Laborer
• I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing (John 15:5 ESV).
• And he said to them, “The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few” (Luke 10:2 ESV).
8. Rest & Rebirth – The Sabbath and the Resurrection
• Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest (Matthew 11:28 ESV).
• Jesus answered him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God” (John 3:3 ESV).
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God the Holy Spirit: The Presence and Power of Creation
9. Light & Water – Illumination and Baptism
• When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth, for he will not speak on his own authority, but whatever he hears he will speak, and he will declare to you the things that are to come (John 16:13 ESV).
• He saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to his own mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit (Titus 3:5 ESV).
10. Land & Time – Dwelling and Direction
• Do you not know that you are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit dwells in you? (1 Corinthians 3:16 ESV).
• He said to them, “It is not for you to know times or seasons that the Father has fixed by his own authority. But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth” (Acts 1:7-8 ESV).
11. Life & Work – Growth and Gifting
• But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law (Galatians 5:22-23 ESV).
• To each is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good (1 Corinthians 12:7 ESV).
12. Rest & Rebirth – Comfort and Regeneration
• But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things and bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you (John 14:26 ESV).
• For you did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received the Spirit of adoption as sons, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!” The Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God (Romans 8:15-16 ESV).
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Conclusion: A Trinitarian Movement in 8 Moves
• The Father establishes the order of creation.
• The Son redeems and fulfills creation.
• The Spirit sustains and empowers new creation.
This Trinitarian framework naturally enhances the 8 Moves by showing how creation, redemption, and renewal flow from God’s nature. Would you like any adjustments or refinements?