Q: "What about the doctrine
of the Trinity, the Holy
Trinity?"
our A: You and I live in a
three-dimensional world. All
physical objects have a
certain height, width, and
depth. One person can look
like someone else, or behave like someone else,
or even sound like someone else. But a person
cannot actually be the same as another person.
They are distinct individuals.
God, however, lives without the limitations of a
three-dimensional universe. He is spirit. And he is
infinitely more complex than we are.
That is why Jesus the Son can be different from
the Father. And, yet the same.
The Bible clearly speaks of: God the Son, God the
Father, and God the Holy Spirit. But emphasizes
that there is only ONE God.
If we were to use math, it would not be, 1+1+1=3.
It would be 1x1x1=1. God is a triune God.
Thus the term: "Tri" meaning three, and "Unity"
meaning one, Tri+Unity = Trinity. It is a way of
acknowledging what the Bible reveals to us about
God, that God is yet three "Persons" who have
the same essence of deity. Some have tried to
give human illustrations for the Trinity, such as
H2O being water, ice and steam (all different
forms, but all are H2O). Another illustration
would be the sun. From it we receive light, heat
and radiation. Three distinct aspects, but only
one sun.
No illustration is going to be perfect.
But from the very beginning we see God as a
Trinity. Notice the plural pronouns "us" and "our"
in Genesis 1:26 -- Then God said, "Let us make
man in our image, in our likeness, and let them
rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the
air, over the livestock, over all the earth, and over
all the creatures that move along the ground."
Though not a complete list, here is some other
Scripture that shows God is one, in Trinity:
"Hear, O Israel! The LORD is our God, the LORD
is one!" (Deut. 6:4)
"I am the LORD, and there is no other; Besides
Me there is no God." (Isa. 45:5)
There is no God but one. (1Cor. 8:4)
And after being baptized, Jesus went up
immediately from the water; and behold, the
heavens were opened, and he saw the Spirit of
God descending as a dove, and coming upon
Him, and behold, a voice out of the heavens,
saying, "This is My beloved Son, in whom I am
well-pleased." (Matt. 3:16-17)
"Go therefore and make disciples of all the
nations, baptizing them in the name of the
Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit." (Matt.
28:19)
Jesus said: "I and the Father are one." (John
10:30)
"He who has seen Me has seen the
Father." (John 14:9)
"He who beholds Me beholds the One who
sent Me." (John 12:45)
If anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he
does not belong to Him. (Rom. 8:9)
"Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take
Mary as your wife; for that which has been
conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit." (Matt.
1:20)
And the angel answered and said to her [Mary],
"The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the
power of the Most High will overshadow you;
and for that reason the holy offspring shall be
called the Son of God." (Luke 1:35)
[Jesus speaking to His disciples] "And I will ask
the Father, and He will give you another
Helper, that He may be with you forever; the
Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive,
because it does not behold Him or know Him,
but you know Him because He abides with you,
and will be in you." ... "If anyone loves Me, he
will keep My word; and My Father will love him,
and We will come to him, and make Our abode
with him." (John 14:16-17, 23)
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