The Trinity Defined The word Trinity simply means tri-unity or three-in-oneness. With that being said, we can define the Trinity as: ◦ “Within the one Being that is God, there exists eternally three coequal and coeternal persons, namely, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.”8 While this statement embodies the definition of the Trinity, it’s the Bible that lays it out for us. First, realize that the doctrine rests completely upon the truth of the first clause: there is only one God. Deuteronomy 6:4 makes that perfectly clear “Hear, O Israel; The LORD our God, the LORD is one!” This prayer, the Shema, taken from the Hebrew word “to hear”, was the prayer each morning of the faithful Jew and defined his faith and provided the foundation of his religion. Other verses also attest to the fact that there is only one God: ◦ 2 Samuel 7:22 says, “Therefore You are great, O LORD God. For there is none like You, nor is there any God besides You, according to all that we have heard with our ears.” ....to be continued
Posted on: Fri, 08 Nov 2013 07:30:47 +0000
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