Who is the Trinity?

The Father, The Son, The Holy Spirit

The Trinity is probably the most challenging aspect of Christianity to grasp and understand. So here goes…

There is one God, with three distinct elements. The Father, the Son, the Holy Spirit.

The key point is that there is one God…

(Mark 12:29 ESV) Jesus answered, “The most important is, ‘Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one.

It is a mystery how this can be. I do not claim that I fully understand how there is a Trinity myself. I just know that God, through the Bible, tells us this is now it is.

A lot of non-believers state that the Bible does not mention the Trinity. Yes, the term “trinity” might not be used in the Bible; however, there are several references to the Trinity.

Jesus directly refers to the Trinity.

(Matthew 28:19 ESV) Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,

(John 14:16 ESV) And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Helper, to be with you forever,

God, the Son and Holy Spirit all together

(Mark 1:10-11 ESV) And when he came up out of the water, immediately he saw the heavens being torn open and the Spirit descending on him like a dove. And a voice came from heaven, “You are my beloved Son; with you I am well pleased.”

For those who state that the Trinity only a construct “made up” from the New Testimate.

(Isa 48:16)  Draw near to me, hear this: from the beginning I have not spoken in secret, from the time it came to be I have been there.” And now the Lord GOD has sent me, and his Spirit.

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The Father is God

(Galatians 1:1 ESV) Paul, an apostle—not from men nor through man, but through Jesus Christ and God the Father, who raised him from the dead

• The Father is not the Son

• The Father is not the Holy Spirit

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The Son (Jesus) is God

(John 1:1 ESV) In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

• The Son is not the Father

• The Son is not the Holy Spirit

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The Holy Spirit is God

(Acts 5:3-4 ESV) But Peter said, “Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and to keep back for yourself part of the proceeds of the land? While it remained unsold, did it not remain your own? And after it was sold, was it not at your disposal? Why is it that you have contrived this deed in your heart? You have not lied to man but to God.”

• The Holy Spirit is not the Father

• The Holy Spirit is not the Son

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Here are additional explainations of the Trinity…