Subject: Need to understand the Trinity... |
Bible Note: My friend, We do not need to be God to understand the Trinity! God certainly wants his creation to understand who and what God is. God is not a God of confusion. I studied the Trinity for a long time. I received these kinds of responses to my questions. How can you expect someone to know who God is by an explanation like this? There is no love, effection, no life or anyone to have a relationship with. I will explain it in a word picture so to speak. The Trinity (God) is a family. Just like we have an earthly family on earth the Father God, Jesus -Son of God and the Holy Spirit-God are a spiritual family in heaven. Like in our earthly families we have a last name and several members in our families so does God of course he created us in their likeness. There are 5 members in my family we are all different and have different functions but we are all know by the same family name, our last name. There is a chain of command the Father being the first and the son the second and the so on and we have the same in our earthly families. The spiritual family of God are all righteous they have the same nature and are in unity with each other even with their different funtions. Our earthly families are born with a sin nature until we are baptized into the body of Christ and become spiritual (no I don't mean a God) I mean we are righteous because Jesus died for us. Like our earthly families we can add to them the spiritual family of God can be added to. When we are born again we become the children of God. The confusing part is we say God and know one can figure out who God is because there seems to be three but the bible tells us there is but one God. We don't address people by their last names first. Re-read the NT and ask yourself God who when it is referring to God. Abba Father-God, Jesus Christ the Son of -God or the Holy Spirit of God. You will see them individually or collectively (all together). When Jesus is being baptized you see Jesus being baptized and the heavens upen and the Father saying this is my Son in whom I am well pleased and the Holy Spirit descending upon Him. We see all three individually all working together. In the OT God was referred to usually collectively. One God. Abba Father hadn't sent his Son Jesus to the earth yet. John1:1 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. And Jesus was with God. God who? God the Father. And the Word (Jesus) was God. God Who? The Son of God. 2 He was in the beginning with God. Who is He? Jesus He was in the beginning with God. God who? God the Father. Read Prov. 8:22 3 All things came into being by Him, and apart from Him nothing came into being that has come into being. Read Gen.1:1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. God who? The Father, Son and Holy Spirit. 2 we see the Spirit of God was moving over the face of the waters. Gen 1:26 Then God said, Let "us" make man in "our" likeness, according to Our likeness. Notice that us and our are plural. More than one. But the bible says there is only one God. Here we see that the family of God are working together to create man in his image. Hope this helps you to see there is one family of God with three distinct persons in that family they are a spiritual family. |