Monday, January 6, 2020

Trinity (God the Father)

Trinity simple means "triunity."  God is not a simple unity; there is plurality in his unity. The Trinity is one of the greatest mysteries of the Christian faith. Unlike an antimony or paradox, which is a logical contradiction, the Trinity goes beyond reason but not against  reason. It is known only by divine revelation, so the Trinity is not the subject of natural theology but of revelation.

The word Trinity is not used in the Bible, the concept is clearly taught in the Bible. The logic of the Trinity is simple. Two biblical truths are evident in the Scripture, the logical conclusion of which is the Trinity:

1)There is one God.
2) There are three distinct persons who are God: Father, Son and Holy Spirit.

The Father is God. Throughout Scripture God is said to a Father. Jesus taught his disciples to pray, "Our Father in heaven" (Matthew 6:9). God is not only "our heavenly Father" (Matthew 6:32) but the "Father of our spirits" (Hebrews 12:9). As God, He is the object of worship. Jesus told the woman of Samaria, "Yet a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks." (John 4:23). God is not only called "our Father" (Romans 1:7) many times but also "The Father" (John 5:46 and John 6:27). He is also called "God the Father" (2 Corinthians 1:3). Paul proclaimed that "there is but one God, one Father" (1 Corinthians 8:6). Additionally, God is referred to as the "Father of our Lord Jesus Christ" (Romans 15:6). Indeed, the Father and the Son are often related by these very names in the same verse (Matthew 11:27 and 1 John 2:22).

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