Trinity

Today we are looking at what the Scriptures say about the trinity.  There are several Scripture we could bring in, but I want to just use a few that are the clearest on the matter.  It is hard for the human mind to completely digest, but it is none the less true.  As I explained in the other blog, it is easiest for me to understand it by thinking about it as my own body, spirit, and soul. 

Even though there is one God, the Bible starts out very clearly that there is more to it.  The Bible speaks to the matter of us being made in His image, and what that means.  This passage speaks of mankind being made in “our image.”  It is apparent that there is three in one.

Genesis 1

 ²⁶ Then God said, “Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, over the livestock and all the wild animals, and over all the creatures that move along the ground.”

The last passage talks about there being an “us”, but we know that there is only one God from what we read in Deuteronomy.

Deuteronomy 6

 ⁴ Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one.

In Matthew 3 we get a visible glimpse of all three coming together in the sight of man.  This happens at Jesus baptism. 

Matthew 3

 ¹³ Then Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan to be baptized by John. ¹⁴ But John tried to deter him, saying, “I need to be baptized by you, and do you come to me?”

 ¹⁵ Jesus replied, “Let it be so now; it is proper for us to do this to fulfill all righteousness.” Then John consented.

 ¹⁶ As soon as Jesus was baptized, he went up out of the water. At that moment heaven was opened, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and alighting on him. ¹⁷ And a voice from heaven said, “This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased.”

We then see in Jesus’ commission to us that part of it is us baptizing new believers in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. 

Matthew 28

¹⁹ Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,

There are a few other passages, I Timothy 2:5 speaks of there being one God and one Mediator, that being Jesus.  We know that Jesus is part of the trinity as we read John 1 (1-14) because He was there at the beginning of time and was a part of the creating process.  There is one God and He operates in three joined capacities.  Hard to explain, but none the less, true.