Subject: Explain the Holy Trinity-verysimple form |
Bible Note: There are many things about God that are hard to understand. The fact that God exists in three persons in not one of those difficult concepts. If we say that God is one person we make the matter more complicated than it is. God is three persons. There are three beings who work together to rule the universe. Each one is called God, but that is only their title. One is called the Father. One is called the Son. The other is called the Holy Spirit. They are united in the way they work together, always agreeing, never opposing each other. They all have the same qualities such as holiness, power, and knowledge. They are supreme and perfect in all these areas. They do different things. The Father rules over all. The Son created the heavens and the earth and keeps them in working order. He once took the form of a man and allowed himself to be crucified, but he then rose from the dead and went back to heaven. The Holy Spirit goes about restraining sin, convicting people and leading them to Christ for salvation. He lives in some people, the ones who are saved, helping them to understand the Bible, guiding their lives, comforting them, and so on. People refer to this group of three as the Trinity, although they never call themselves that. The Father refers to himself by many names, such as the Almighty and El-Shaddai and so on. He also refers to the Son as "my beloved Son" and to the Holy Spirit as "my Spirit". The Son speaks of himself as the Son of Man and so on. He refers often to his Father in heaven and to the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit is the one who inspired people to write the Scriptures and they never used the word Trinity. However, they did speak of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Although these writers admit that they do not know everything about God, they freely wrote about what was revealed to them. They did not seem to have any difficulty with the fact that the God of the universe consisted of three persons acting together as one. |