Bible Question: I am looking for Scriptures that back up the Trinity.. And can anyone explain the Trinity to me? Thanks |
Bible Answer: Greetings! At one time I thursted for the truth about the trinity. The more I listen to the answers Christians gave to me the more I was confused. I prayed and asked God to help me understand and this is what I got. It will probably seem strange at first because I have never heard this in a church but God knows me and my small mind. So I hope this will help you clear up any questions you may have or at least give you a foundation on to re-read the bible and re-new your thinking. Trinity means (three) tri-une God. You know the saying three in one. I will explain the trinity like a word picture. It's the way that was shown to me. I wrote it down drawing a line down the middle of a paper. Realizing the similarities between the earthly families and the spiritual families of God. God is a spiritual family. Like our earthly families God (Father, Son and the Holy Spirit) is their last name and not their first. So lets start here with first rearranging of our thinking. There is Abba Father (he is Father God), Jesus Christ the Son (he is the Son of God) and the HOly Spirit (Spirit of God). They are all three in the spiritual family of God. In the spiritual family of God there is a chain of command. The Father is the first in command and the son is second. They have different funtions just like our earthly families. They all three have the same nature, righteous without sin. Our earthly families all have the same last name but we rarely refer to everyone by their last name as we do God. We are born with the same nature (sinful not righteous). There is a chain of command with the Father being first and so on. Just as our earthly family can be added to so also can the spiritual family. When we are born again into the body of Christ we become the spiritual children of the family of God. There is a line to cross over so to speak. No, I am not saying we are God's I am saying we take on the nature of Christ. We are transformed daily until Christ returns. One of the confusions come when we read the bible and we see the word "God". Next time you do ask yourself this question, God who. Father God, the Son of God or the Holy Spirit of God. They are seen seperately or collectively (all together.) When Jesus was being baptized his Father opened the heavens and said this is my Son in whom I am well pleased. Here you see the Father speaking to His Son. The Holy Spirit assended upon Him like a dove. The Father sending the Spirit to His Son. So here we see the Father, Son and Holy Spirit all seperately and all with a different function. Read Proverbs 8:22-36 great explanation of how things began. John 1:1 was always so confusing now it's very easy to understand. Let's use the principal of asking God who. In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. Who was the Word? Jesus John 1:14. So in the beginning was Jesus and the Word (Jesus) was with God. Who was Jesus with? God. God who? God the Father. So Jesus was with God the Father in the beginning. 2He was in the beginning with God. Who is He? Jesus becauss Jesus was in the beginning with God the Father. 3. All things came into being by Him, and apart from Him nothing came into being that has come into being. Who is Him? Jesus. Read Prov. 8:22-36 We are to baptized in the name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit the family of God. This vision or word picture God gave to me has made God real to me. I know the Father has a plan for me from the beginning. I know Jesus is sitting at the right hand of the Father praying and enterceeding for me. I know that the Spirit of the living God lives with in me. I am the temple of the Holy Spirit of God who teaches me, guides me, comforts me in all things, convicts me of sin and helps me pray the perfect will of God. Now I know God. I pray to the Father in the name of His Son Jesus Christ. I thank Jesus for obeying His Father until death to save us from sin, which is death and speration from God eternally. I ask the Holy Spirit to forgive me for greiving Him. Sin grieves the Holy Spirit. We belong to Jesus, we are the body of Christ the kingdom of God and soon and very soon Jesus is going to return (1Thessolonians 4:13-18 and collect the body of Christ His Church, or the bride of Christ, and at one point He will turn the kingdom over to His Father. This is just too simple I know. Sincerely in His Love |