What does the Bible teach about trinity?
Some ppl asks what does the Bible teach about Trinity? Well the Bible teaches that God is three persons in one nature. The three persons are equal in nature, separate in person, and submissive in duties. This is difficult for our finite minds to understand. Nevertheless, God is three persons in one nature. Jesus is a person. The Holy Spirit is a person. First John 5:7 says, "For there are three that bear witness in heaven: the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit; and these three are one." Bible scholars point out that this verse may not be in some of the oldest manuscripts of the New Testament. However, there are many other passages where there is no textual problem that teach God is three persons, yet one God.
The apostolic church taught that the best place to see the Trinity was to visit the Jordan River where Jesus was baptized. The Father spoke from heaven audibly, the Holy Spirit came down visibly, and Jesus the Son was being baptized; "When He had been baptized, Jesus came up immediately from the water; and behold, the heavens were opened to Him, and He saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and alighting upon Him. And suddenly a voice came from heaven, saying, "This is My Beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased" (Matt. 3:16-17).
Two separate persons are seen in Luke 23:34. While Jesus the Son was on the cross, He prayed to God the Father: "Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do (KJV). In Psalm 2:7, God the Father said to God the Son, "You are My Son, today I have begotten You." And in John 10:30, Jesus said, "I and my Father are One" (KJV). Then Jesus told Philip, "He who has seen Me has seen the Father" (John 14:9). And in Colossians 2:9, we are told of Jesus, "For in Him dwells all the fullness of the Godhead bodily."
Jesus, Himself, spoke of the Holy Spirit as a person: "And I will pray the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may abide with you forever - the Spirit of Truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him; but you know Him, for He dwells with you and will be in you . . . But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My Name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance al things that I said to you" (John 14:16-17, 26).
So God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit are seen as three dstinct persons. Jesus teaches that He and the Father will dwell in Christians by means of the presence of the Holy Spirit; "Jesus answered and said to him, 'If anyone loves Me, he will keep My Word; and My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our home with him" (John 14:23).
It should be noted that the Godhead is both a Trinity and a Unity, three yet one, God of very God. The unity of God means that there is but one God, and that the divine nature is undivided and indivisible. There can be, therefore, only one infinite and perfect being. That the divine nature is undivided and indivisible is presented in Scripture: "Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the Lord is One!" (Deut. 6:4; see also Mark 12:29 and James 2:19). God does not consist of parts, nor can He be divided into parts. His being is simple, numerically one, free from the composition of man's composition, which has both a material and an immaterial part. But God is Spirit and is not susceptible to any such division.
posted by I love Jesus! ! ! @ Tuesday, May 01, 2007
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