TRINITY: THREE DIFFERENT GODS?
(Message by Tanny Keng)
1. What Is the Trinity?
a) Introduction
i) The doctrine of the Trinity states that the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit coexist in the unity of one God. The term "Trinity" is never mentioned in the Bible. It is the Christian Church's way of reconciling the Old Testament teaching that there is only one God (Deuteronomy 6:4) with New Testament teachings about the Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
ii) Trinity [is] the term by which is expressed the unity of three Persons in the one God. The Christian doctrine is:
@1. That there is only one God, one divine nature and being.
@2. This one divine Being is tri-personal, involving the distinctions of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
@3.These three are joint partakers of the same nature and majesty of God.
2. Three Different Gods?
a) Some people think Christians worship three different gods, but that is a misinterpretation of the Trinity. Christians worship the same one true God who revealed Himself to Abraham (Genesis 17:1-8) - the same God worshiped by Jews and Muslims. However, Jesus taught that God reveals Himself to us in three ways (John 14:6-10, 14:25-26):
i) And Jesus came and said to them, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 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, and teaching them to obey everything that I have commanded you. And remember, I am with you always, to the end of the age." (Matthew 28:18-20)
The End ...
1. What Is the Trinity?a) Introduction
i) The doctrine of the Trinity states that the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit coexist in the unity of one God. The term "Trinity" is never mentioned in the Bible. It is the Christian Church's way of reconciling the Old Testament teaching that there is only one God (Deuteronomy 6:4) with New Testament teachings about the Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
ii) Trinity [is] the term by which is expressed the unity of three Persons in the one God. The Christian doctrine is:
@1. That there is only one God, one divine nature and being.
@2. This one divine Being is tri-personal, involving the distinctions of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
@3.These three are joint partakers of the same nature and majesty of God.
2. Three Different Gods?
a) Some people think Christians worship three different gods, but that is a misinterpretation of the Trinity. Christians worship the same one true God who revealed Himself to Abraham (Genesis 17:1-8) - the same God worshiped by Jews and Muslims. However, Jesus taught that God reveals Himself to us in three ways (John 14:6-10, 14:25-26):
i) And Jesus came and said to them, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 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, and teaching them to obey everything that I have commanded you. And remember, I am with you always, to the end of the age." (Matthew 28:18-20)
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