Monday, September 1, 2008

UFC: Three in One

Have you ever made the attempt to describe the Trinity using the analogy that H2O can be water, ice or steam? Or that an egg is 3 parts...shell, yolk and white...yet it is still ONE egg? If so, you have probably also realized that there is nothing that can fully explain the doctrine of the Trinity. In the end we have to believe by faith because God has revealed it in His Word.

Though the word Trinity is never used in the Bible, it is implied throughout scripture. John 6:27 shows us "God the Father", Hebrews 1:8 proves to us that God is the Son,
and Acts 5:3-4 reveals that the God is also the Holy Spirit. But remember, even though God is the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, the Father is NOT the Son, the Son is NOT the Holy Spirit, and the Holy Spirit is NOT the Father.


There is but one God...AND the Father, the Son, and the Spirit, all three, are God. We are to worship God the Father, who chose to love us, worship God the Son who redeemed us by grace, and worship God the Holy Spirit who sealed us into fellowship with the Godhead and the church.

2 comments:

Adam Pastor said...

Greetings Elizabeth

On the subject of the trinity,
I recommend this video:
The Human Jesus

Take a couple of hours to watch it; and prayerfully it will aid you to reconsider "The Trinity"

Yours In Messiah
Adam Pastor

Kent Young said...

Adam Pastor,
I'm afraid that we don't believe the same scriptures, dear fellow. Your argument is with God's word. John 1, John 18:5-6, Hebrews 1:8-9, 1 John (read the whole letter). I could give more but I don't wish to be obnoxious. Suffice it to say that the New Testament demonstrates that there is one God, that the Father is God, that the Son is God, that the Spirit is God, and that there is a subject object distinction between the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. The Word of God is neither silent nor confusing here. The real question is, do you believe the Word of God?

For Christ,
Kent