At the heart of the Christian view of God is the concept of the Trinity. This truth is central to an understanding of biblical revelation and the Christian gospel. The Trinity consists of God the Father, Jesus the Son, and the Holy Ghost or Holy Spirit. God is one being, but he exists in three persons, each with their own intellect, feelings and will. God is one in His essential being, but the “divine essence” exists in three modes or forms, each constituting a Person, yet in such a way that the divine essence is wholly in each Person.
While the word Trinity doesn’t occur in the Bible, the existence of the Triune Godhead is confirmed in numerous Scriptures in the Bible though never fully explained. The Trinity is a difficult concept that our finite mental powers cannot easily grasp, even for Christians. I’d never attempt to win an unbeliever to Christ by first trying to explain the Trinity to them. They would run for the hills. If you are pressed about the Trinity simply tell them God doesn’t tell us everything He knows but only what we need to know. We are to accept God’s Word by faith and in heaven all will be revealed to us.
The Trinity is one of those things about the Bible that confirmed to me that the Bible is God’s Word. Someone creating a fake religion would come up with a god that would be easy for everyone to understand otherwise what’s the point? The concept of the Trinity is so difficult to understand and explain it proves it couldn’t be a human invention. Just like I know no human being could have written the Bible because their human nature would not allow all the Bible stories that put man in such a bad light. The Bible is brutally honest and reveals the human condition, warts and all, which verifies only God could have written it.
Deuteronomy 6:4 – Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one.
John 1:1-3, 14 – In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through Him all things were made…..The Word became flesh and made His dwelling among us. We have seen His glory; the glory of the One and Only, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.