THE TRINITY

HOW ABOUT BELIEVING IN THE TRINITY?

Monday, October 21, 2019

From Nave’s Topical Bible: Trinity, The Holy. General references
Gen_1:26; Gen_3:22; Isa_6:3; Isa_6:8; Isa_11:2-3; Isa_42:1; Mat_12:18; Isa_48:16; Isa_61:1-3; Luk_4:18; Isa_63:9-10; Mat_1:18; Mat_1:20; Mat_3:11; Mar_1:8; Luk_3:16; Mat_12:28; Mat_28:19; Luk_1:35; Luk_3:22; Mat_3:16; Luk_4:1; Luk_4:14; Joh_1:32-33; Joh_3:34-35; Joh_7:39; Joh_14:16-17; Joh_14:26; Joh_15:26; Joh_16:7; Joh_16:13-15; Joh_20:22; Act_1:2; Act_1:4-5; Act_2:33; Act_10:36-38; Rom_1:3-4; Rom_8:9-11; Rom_8:26-27; 1Co_2:10-11; 1Co_6:19; 1Co_8:6; 1Co_12:3-6; 2Co_1:21-22; 2Co_5:5; 2Co_3:17; 2Co_13:14; Gal_4:4; Gal_4:6; Phi_1:19; Col_2:2; 2Th_2:13-14; 2Th_2:16; 1Ti_3:16; Tit_3:4-6; Heb_9:14; 1Pe_1:2; 1Pe_3:18; 1Jo_5:6-7; Rev_4:8
See God; Holy Spirit; Jesus, The Christ

  I believe in the Trinity; the Three in One, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. I can’t remember not believing in the Trinity. I did so before my trusting Jesus as Savior at age 27, but the Trinity was then knowledge without personal redeeming relationship; a remote group in my mind. In His Word God tells of the Trinity, often individually, though seldom as the Three in One in a single verse: Matthew 28:19 is one example.

  Though I’ve heard and read explanations, mostly illustrations such as the egg or water, I do not lay claim to explaining the Trinity. The Trinity is one essential doctrine among a list, some others of which are more easily understood. This is where overall faith matters to the utmost, Jesus (Jn.1:1) explaining that His Word is Truth. (Jn.17:17)

  There are individuals and churches that identify themselves as Christian but do not believe in the Trinity., and to what end?

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