In
Christian theology, every Christian will admit that the doctrine of The Holy Trinity is one of the
most controversial doctrines that attract a heated debate either within
Christendom or from other religions.
This subject is undoubtedly complex and
challenging to convey, even for many Bible preachers and professors. Someone
once remarked that you needed a divine intellect if you wanted to mentally
comprehend the Holy Trinity.
The
most challenging aspect of the Christian concept of the Trinity is that there
is no way to fully comprehend it. The Trinity is a concept that no human being
can entirely comprehend, let alone explain. Because God is immeasurably greater
than we are, we should not hope to fully comprehend Him. According to the
Bible.
The Father is God, Jesus is God, and the Holy Spirit is God. In
addition, the Bible teaches that there is only one God. Though we can
understand some facts regarding the relationship of the Trinity's various Persons
to one another, it is ultimately unfathomable to the human intellect. This is
not to say that the Trinity does not exist.
The
word “trinity” is derived from the Latin word “Trinitas” which is actually a
compound word; “trini” means three, and “unitas” means unity. Three in unity
In other
words, there is only ONE God, inseparable, but existing in three distinct
persons, namely, the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. The Father is not the Son,
the Son is not the Father, and the Holy Spirit is neither the Son nor the
Father. They are distinct in persons but united in one essence, which is
divinity.
When we say that God is one, we are referring to His essence and
nature and even to the fact that He alone is the only ONE true God compared with
gods and other world religions. They are all united in one essence of Godhead.
Scriptures says a lot about the
Holy Trinity?
Matthew 28:19 - Go ye therefore and teach
all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of
the Holy Ghost.
Jesus
uses the singular term “name” in relation to the 3 persons in the Godhead. By
doing so, he was showing that even though these three persons are distinct in
personality, yet they are one in the nature of the Godhead. and the conjunction
“and” it signifies the distinction of the three but in the person of God, not in
essence.
2
Corinthians 13:14
- The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship
of the Holy Spirit be with you all.
In Paul’s
benediction, the unity of the three persons in the Godhead is particularly
shown in their ever-present grace to all Christians. They are not only united
in essence but even in their presence to Christians through their graces. And
concerning the Spirit, Paul assigned the grace of “fellowship” for it is the
Holy Spirit who is said to be indwelling the believer.
But
again, even though the emphasis of their graces differs, they are not separate
or exclusive. They originate from the same essence, yet emphatically and
orderly bestowed upon us through the three distinct persons.
John
14:16 - And I will ask the Father, and
he will give you another Helper, to be with you forever, 17 even the
Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor
knows him. You know him, for he dwells with you and will be in you.
This shows that Jesus did not consider Himself to be the Father or the Holy
Spirit. Consider also the other instances when Jesus speaks to the Father. Was
He speaking to Himself? No. He spoke to another Person in the Trinity—the
Father.
God
- There
are a few things that we must keep in mind when contemplating and trying to
understand God. Everything we may think or talk about God can only be what He
reveals about Himself in His Holy Word, the Bible.
He
says about Himself: “For My thoughts are not your thoughts, nor your ways My
ways. Isa 55:8-9
God
is spirit and lives without the limitations of our three-dimensional universe
and is infinitely more complex than we are. There are many things that we do
not understand about God but can only believe what He reveals to us.
We do
not understand how He could have created the universe from nothing, yet, He
did. We do not understand how He created all things just by his word, yet, he
did. Still in all, God reveals about himself for us to understand.
God, The Father – The Father is
the ultimate source or cause of the universe and initiates all
thing. Creation and maintenance of the universe, divine revelation, salvation, Christ
human works
God, The Son - The Son is the
agent through whom the Father does the following works. creation and
maintenance of the universe, divine revelation, salvation, etc.,
God,
The Holy Spirit - The Holy Spirit
is the means by whom the Father does the following works: creation and
maintenance of the universe, divine revelation, salvation Jesus’ work. Thus,
the Father does all these things by the power of the Holy Spirit.
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