I've recently discoverd several online publications (mostly blogs) that talk about the "trinity" and how that word is not found one time in the Bible. As far as I know, this is correct. The word "trinity" is not found in the Bible. However, I would like to make it clear that what the word is referring to is very real and not anti-Biblical.
Scripture clearly portrays subject/object relationships between Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. For example, the Father and Son love one another, speak to each other (John 17:1-26), and together send the Holy Spirit (John 15:26). Additionally, Jesus proclaims that He and the Father are two distinct witnesses and two distinct judges (John 8:14-18). If Jesus were Himself the Father, His argument would not only have been irrelevant but it would have been fatally flawed; and if such were the case, He could not have been fully God.
It is important to note that when Trinitarians speak of one God they are referring to the nature or essence of God. Moreover, when they speak of persons they are referring to personal self-distinctions within the Godhead. Put another way, we believe in one "What" and three "Who's".
-- Hank Hanegraaff, The Bible Answer Book
Deuteronomy 6:4
"Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God, the Lord is one."
Matthew 28:19
"Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit." Continue reading →
Scripture clearly portrays subject/object relationships between Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. For example, the Father and Son love one another, speak to each other (John 17:1-26), and together send the Holy Spirit (John 15:26). Additionally, Jesus proclaims that He and the Father are two distinct witnesses and two distinct judges (John 8:14-18). If Jesus were Himself the Father, His argument would not only have been irrelevant but it would have been fatally flawed; and if such were the case, He could not have been fully God.
It is important to note that when Trinitarians speak of one God they are referring to the nature or essence of God. Moreover, when they speak of persons they are referring to personal self-distinctions within the Godhead. Put another way, we believe in one "What" and three "Who's".
-- Hank Hanegraaff, The Bible Answer Book
Deuteronomy 6:4
"Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God, the Lord is one."
Matthew 28:19
"Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit." Continue reading →
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