PERSPECTIVE
THE TRINITY PART 1
THE TRINITY PART 1
PART 1: THE TRINITY DEFINED
Some think that the definition of the trinity is a simple thing. However like all things, the broader and more all encompassing a definition, the less it actually describes, and the more open it is to misinterpretation. A simple definition can be found in the King James Version of the Bible.
1 John 5:7
For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.
There are three identities, the Father, the Word (Jesus) and the Holy Spirit, and that these three identities are one entity. The Father is God, The Word is God and the Holy Spirit is God, and these three identities are the one and only God.
One of the major stumbling blocks for those who reject the trinity is that they believe that it is possible to understand the true nature of God. The idea of the trinity however is based on recognition of what scripture tells us, it is not an attempt to explain the exact nature of God.
The problems with the trinity more often than not stem from the inability define God's existence. Questions such as, how can God be in two places at once, how can he be lesser than himself, how can he be all knowing and yet not know something. The problem with all these questions is that they ask "how" it is done. Asking a question such as how much of God was in Jesus, is the same as asking, "How much of God's power did it take to part the Red Sea, what percentage of God's power was used? How much did he have afterwards, how long did it take him to recharge"? In reality we have no clue how God did it in the first place. We cannot measure the possibility or impossibility of how God exists, we only have His Word, and our own experience that he does.
There are three identities, the Father, the Word (Jesus) and the Holy Spirit, and that these three identities are one entity. The Father is God, The Word is God and the Holy Spirit is God, and these three identities are the one and only God.
One of the major stumbling blocks for those who reject the trinity is that they believe that it is possible to understand the true nature of God. The idea of the trinity however is based on recognition of what scripture tells us, it is not an attempt to explain the exact nature of God.
The problems with the trinity more often than not stem from the inability define God's existence. Questions such as, how can God be in two places at once, how can he be lesser than himself, how can he be all knowing and yet not know something. The problem with all these questions is that they ask "how" it is done. Asking a question such as how much of God was in Jesus, is the same as asking, "How much of God's power did it take to part the Red Sea, what percentage of God's power was used? How much did he have afterwards, how long did it take him to recharge"? In reality we have no clue how God did it in the first place. We cannot measure the possibility or impossibility of how God exists, we only have His Word, and our own experience that he does.
Exodus 3:14
And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you.
Ultimately, what we know of God is what he chose to reveal in His Word.
Ultimately, what we know of God is what he chose to reveal in His Word.
I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty.
Revelation 1:8
Revelation 1:8
