God is one, and the living and true God.
The divinity is threefold: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. These three personalities are the same God, equal in material; Equal in might and glory.
1. God is one and unique (1 Cor. 8 : 4).
2. Go and make disciples of all nations. Baptize them in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
3. The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit are with all of you (2 Cor. 13:14).
The two questions that are presented to us are the two most important doctrines of the Christian faith. This is called the doctrine of the Trinity. Someone has said that all the faults have somehow been reversed in the faulty view of God. Anyhow we can't be too sure about this important truth.
God: Three in one
The doctrine of the Trinity can be expressed in three ways: (1) one God; (2) the Father who is God, the Son who is God, and the Holy Spirit who is God; And (3) each entity of the three personalities is distinct from the other. It should be noted that two seemingly contradictory truths have been carefully defended in the comments of this doctrine. These two truths are: the oneness or unity and multiplicity of God. Unity is manifested through the existence of God alone. God is manifested in three persons - through this information the multiplicity of God is revealed. It is often said that it has no meaning. For example, according to Jehovan's Witnesses, the community ridicules the doctrine of the Trinity. They say that those who believe in this doctrine are in fact believers in the three Gods! And those who say so are not "Trinitarian", but "Unitarian". That is, they believe in the one person of God (Father or Zehava). They teach that Jesus is a created being (not self-existent according to the Father God), and that the Holy Spirit is a name for the power of God (the Holy Spirit is not a person according to the Father God). Monotheists (one of the examples of Jehovah's Witnesses) believes to the oneness of God, but they deny the existence of three separate persons of one God. Polytheists believe that there is more than one entity that can be called God. But they do not believe that these "gods" have a single or the same essential element or entity. Mormons are polytheists.
Monotheism and polytheism - both seem seemingly simpler than the Trinity doctrine. But let us not think that these are arguments in favor of them or against the historical Christian faith. Because through Isaiah the Lord says, "My thoughts have no resemblance to the thoughts of you, and the way of you is not the same" (55: 8). In other words, we must always remember that the doctrine of the Trinity is not something that, as it seems plausible, is believed by people. No, the only reason we believe this doctrine is that the Scriptures do not allow for any other opinion. Let us now consider some of the truths of Scripture that we need to believe.
Three essentials
(1) The Scriptures clearly teach us that the only living and true God is present. “The Lord is the only God, and there is none else” (1 Kings 8:60). "Even if there are so-called gods and goddesses in heaven or on earth, and in fact, there are many gods and many lords - yet our God is one, ... (1 Corinthians 8: 5-6). "I am the beginning and the end, I am unique, there is no God but me" (Isaiah 44: 6). No other truth is so strongly taught in the Scriptures. There is only one God.
(2) The Scriptures clearly teach us that God is not only the Father but also the Son and the Holy Spirit. No one argues about God the Father, so according to the scriptures, we will mention only one scripture in this regard. “No one has ever seen God; The only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, has revealed him. ”(John 1:18). But the Scriptures similarly explicitly proclaim the Son as God. In Psalm 45: 6 we read of the Messiah, “Your throne, O God, endures forever. And again in Isaiah 9: 6-7 we read: "... we have been given a son! ... He will be called, Wonder, Minister Adviser, Almighty God the Eternal Father." The New Testament says, "The Word of God." , (Or Word) (John 1: 1). And when the “Unbelievers Thomas" realized the truth, he fell at Jesus' feet and said, “My Lord is my God” (John 20:28). So the son Christ is doubtfully God. But we will discover more in the new testament that Christians are the right to all the qualities of God. He has lives (John 1: 4; 5:26)! His presence is everywhere (Matthew 28:20). His existence was from the beginning (John 1. 1). We noticed the work of in the new testament, he completed God's work. "Everything is created through him" (John 1; 3). He has all kept (Colossians 1:17; Hebrews 1: 3). "He does what he saw to do the Father, (son)" (John 5.19). We saw (John 20.28), he has been worshiped as God. But if the son is spiritually as God, if God is subject to God's qualities, perform the work of God, even get the worship, which is for God, then, that he is a God, can we rely any other conclusion? And this can also be said about the Holy Spirit. The evidence is the same type, the way behind the same way. That is why, we will just give an example of each kind of evidence. The Holy Spirit has been told as God, Acts, 5: 3-4. "Peter said to him," Ananias, why did you let Satan (the devil) rule your heart? Why do you lie to the Holy Spirit by making some parts from the sale of land?; ____ you didn't say lie to men but you lie to the Holy Spirit." At 1 Corinthians 2:10 we are told that God's attributes are attributed to the Holy Spirit. "The Holy Spirit searches for everything, even the deepest mysteries of God". The Holy Spirit does what only God can do. “Only the Spirit of God gives life” [John 6:63]. So the Holy Spirit deserves the worship and respect that God deserves. "... All the sins of mankind and blasphemy will be forgiven, but blasphemy against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven" (John 12:31). Again, we see that since the Holy Spirit is called God, he is endowed with the attributes of God, he works for God, and is worshiped as God, so we can conclude that the Holy Spirit is God.
(3) The Scriptures also clearly tell us that these three distinct personalities are equal in power and glory. We see in the early history of the church that in trying to solve the mystery of the Trinity, people fell into two errors. (A) One of them is called "Modalism". This means that, according to this view, God is one person, but, He “plays different roles”. It is as if, according to one actor, the actor first plays one character, and then, quickly, changes costumes and plays another character. They believed that when God played the role of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit had no role. And when he played the role of the Son, there was no Father or Holy Spirit. The reason for the church's rejection of this doctrine is very clear. This is because the three persons of God manifested themselves at the same time. “After being baptized Jesus rose from the water. Immediately the heavens were opened, and he saw the Spirit of God descending on him in power. And from heaven came this proclamation: "This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased" (Matthew 3: 16-17). When Christ stood before the people, the Holy Spirit came down, the Father proclaimed the word from heaven. If that is the case, then just one person playing three different roles, one after the other, cannot be. (B) The other was called "monarchianism". The word, of course, comes from the word "monarchy", which refers to a king. The basic idea was that only one of the three persons of God could actually be a "king." They did not believe that these three personalities were equal in power and glory, and that the Scriptures could be considered consistent with this teaching because Christ said, "My Father is greater than I am" (John 14:28). If As we look at Scripture, we will begin to realize that there must be some truth behind this myth. But when we read Philippians 2: 6, we will see why the church rejected this error. Because Christ “did not want to be equal to God even though he was God in nature.” According to his eternal heavenly nature, Christ is equal to the Father. Only according to his human nature, and because he himself was humbled in this way, he can say, “My Father is greater than I am". With this in mind, we will not be attracted by this ancient erroneous doctrine.
The essential conclusion
From the scriptural evidence we now come to the conclusion about the doctrine of the Trinity that - one God - the three entities, who are God - the three entities are distinct. Interestingly, we have received many scriptural comments which carry no meaning except in the form of 'question and answer'. Christ was baptized "in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit" (Matthew 28:19). He did not say, by names. So we are getting the direction of an entity. Again we see: He did not say, "in the name of the Father, of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit," as if these were synonymous terms. No, he carefully distinguished between the three, as if each had a different identity and personality, namely, “the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit.” And that is the doctrine of the Trinity. Of course, it is true that when we consider all the teachings of the Scriptures, the meaning of the doctrine is fully revealed. Yet we note with curiosity that, even from the beginning of divine revelation, emphasis has been placed on two fundamental truths of the Trinity doctrine. God is one and many - this information is equally important. “God created man in His own image ...” (Genesis 1: 26-27). There remains an unsolved mystery here. As long as the 'key' is not used in the New Testament, this mystery of God's Trinity will remain undisclosed.
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