A few things about the Trinity….
The Bible proclaims the truth of the Holy Trinity, and the church has believed in the Trinity from the beginning.
In the Trinity, God reveals Himself as the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit.
The doctrine of the Trinity is foundational to the Christian faith.
It’s important for us to understand what God is like, how He relates to us personally, and how we should relate to Him daily.
The Trinity also causes us to ask some important questions:
- How can God be both one and three?
- If Jesus is God, why do the Gospels share where He prayed to God?
After the series, my goal is to help you understand the following:
- The oneness of God.
- The deity of three.
- Three-in-oneness.
The Bible does not explicitly teach the Trinitarian view of God, but the teachings that God is one and that three persons are God clearly imply this view.
Christianity is the only major religion that makes this claim about God.
Here is an important thing to remember….
- While we many never fully understand the doctrine of the Trinity, there are ways that can help us fully understand it.
The doctrine of the Trinity is important because it is concerned with who God is, what He is like, how He works, and how He is to be approached.
The doctrine of the Trinity means there is one God who eternally exists as three distinct Persons.
- The Father.
- The Son.
- The Holy Spirit.
- God is one in essence and three in person.
Three crucial truths:
- The Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are distinct Persons.
- Each Person is fully God.
- There is only one God.
Philippians 1:2 – speaks of the Father as God.
Titus 2:13 – speaks of Jesus as God.
Acts 5:3-4 – speaks of the Holy Spirit as God.
John 3:16 – The Father sent the Son into this world.
Mark 1:10-11 – The Father speaking and the Holy Spirit descending from Heaven.
From all of this we can see that the Father is not the Son, the Son is not the Holy Spirit, and the Holy Spirit is not the Father.
That Jesus is God, but He is not the Father or the Holy Spirit.
That the Holy Spirit is God, but He is not the Father or the Son.
Each Person is fully God, but there in only ONE God.
Scripture is very clear that there is only ONE God.
Is. 45:21
God restated the truth shared by Moses in Deut. 4:35.
Those who challenged Jesus in Mark 12:30-31 agree with Him in verse 32.
So, to know God, means I must study His Word that will guide my thoughts, answer my questions and draw me closer to Him daily.