Doctrine of he Trinity
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Definition
Definition
How would you define the trinity? (without using a analogy)
Tri-three
nity- unity
God eternally exists as three persons, Father, Son, and the Holy Spirit, and each person is fully God, and there is one God. -Systematic Theology by Wayne Grudem
Important to remember the trinity will not act contradictory to one another. The trinity is one in will
How should this be reflected in church?
Parts of Trinity defined (refer to handouts)
God the Father
God the Father is the first Person of the Trinity and serves as its functional head. He is an infinite, personal Spirit (John 4:24) and has been identified as “Father” from eternity past, both to His Son (John 3:16–17) and to His chosen people (Exodus 4:22–23; 1 Corinthians 1:3). God the Father is neither male nor female, but He is referred to in Scripture with masculine pronouns. This portrays His parental closeness to His people as well as His authoritative role as God. Some passages in Scripture describe God the Father using feminine imagery, displaying His tender care and concern for His people (Isaiah 66:13; Matthew 23:37).
God the Son
God the Son is the second Person of the Trinity. He is revealed to creation as the only and eternally begotten Son of God the Father (John 3:16). God the Son is of the same essence as God the Father and God the Spirit but distinct from them in Personhood and function. God the Son is fully God and has eternally existed as such (John 1:1–2). He is one with God the Father but submits Himself to the Father in function and work (John 6:57; 10:30; 1 Corinthians 15:28). In fact, the primary work of God the Son is to fulfill the will of God the Father (John 6:38), for He is the full and complete image of God—the firstborn over all creation (Colossians 1:15).
Though God the Son is fully God, He became fully human and lived as the historical figure of Jesus Christ from Nazareth. Through His incarnation, God the Son took on flesh and experienced humanity in all of its temptations, trials, weaknesses, and emotions (Philippians 2:5–11; Hebrews 2:17). In doing this, He did not lose His divinity or any of His divine attributes. Rather, He voluntarily limited His divine privileges in order to perfectly obey the will of God the Father.
God the Spirit
God the Spirit is the third Person of the Trinity and proceeds from God the Father through God the Son (John 15:26). The Spirit is fully God and has eternally existed as such (Genesis 1:1–2; Hebrews 9:14). As God, the Spirit possesses all the divine attributes, including omniscience (1 Corinthians 2:10–11), omnipotence (Luke 1:35), and omnipresence (Psalm 139:7–10). God the Spirit is of the same essence as God the Father and God the Son but distinct in Personhood from them and submits Himself to them (John 14:26, 16:7).
God the Spirit is a person and not simply a force. In other words, He has personality—a mind, emotions, and a will. The Spirit has distinctive traits and character, including the ability to encourage (Acts 9:31), comfort (John 14:26), and be lied to (Acts 5:3).
Genesis References
Genesis References
In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.
Here in the Hebrew God is plural while created is singular
The Hebrew here brings out the concept of the Trinity, a plural being that is singular in action
Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.”
This reference is easier to see in the English translation, “Let us”
How is the image of the trinity seen in humankind?
We are made in the image of a triune God
Then the Lord God said, “It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper fit for him.”
The Trinity is symbolized in the family
The husband- God the Father
The wife- God the Son
The children- God the Spirit
Creation was done by the trinity
Holy Spirit
The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.
God the Son (Jesus)
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made.
God the Father
yet for us there is one God, the Father, from whom are all things and for whom we exist, and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things and through whom we exist.
Other Ways we see the Trinity work
Other Ways we see the Trinity work
God the Father speaks the will, God the Son reveals the will and makes it possible for us to follow it, and God the Spirit gives us guidance and strength in living that will out.
God the Father speak the plan of life and grant life, God the Son carries out the plan and grants life, and God the Spirit blesses the life of those who accept.
The Trinity carries out judgment. God the Father has set the law and consequences, God the Son carries out the judgment, and the Holy Spirit convicts and warns of the judgement
Trinity in Old Testament
Trinity in Old Testament
“A single witness shall not suffice against a person for any crime or for any wrong in connection with any offense that he has committed. Only on the evidence of two witnesses or of three witnesses shall a charge be established.
What does this reveal to us about the triunity of God’s nature?
God is fully sufficient to declare and witness His own glory
Trinity in the New Testament
Trinity in the New Testament
Then Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan to John, to be baptized by him. John would have prevented him, saying, “I need to be baptized by you, and do you come to me?” But Jesus answered him, “Let it be so now, for thus it is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness.” Then he consented. And when Jesus was baptized, immediately he went up from the water, and behold, the heavens were opened to him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and coming to rest on him; and behold, a voice from heaven said, “This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased.”
How is the Trinity involved in this scripture?
Trinity Heresy
Trinity Heresy
https://youtu.be/KQLfgaUoQCw?si=3Yme05v7aFWb0Y9F
Modulism- water, man analogy
Modalism is an unorthodox or heretical view of God that denies the orthodox trinitarian view that there are three distinct, co-eternal persons in the godhead (see TRINITY). Modalists claim that God simply manifests himself in different modes or forms at different times.
So then the Lord Jesus, after he had spoken to them, was taken up into heaven and sat down at the right hand of God.
Arianism- sun analogy, Jehovah Witness
The Lexham Bible Dictionary Arianism
A movement in the early church that distinguished the divinity of God the Father from the divinity of Christ by arguing that Jesus was a created being.
He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things were created through him and for him. And he is before all things, and in him all things hold together. And he is the head of the body, the church. He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in everything he might be preeminent.
First born means he is the one in charge
And I will make him the firstborn,
the highest of the kings of the earth.
Then you shall say to Pharaoh, ‘Thus says the Lord, Israel is my firstborn son,
Partialism- egg analogy; three leaf clover
Partialism is a flawed view of God that suggests that the three members of the Trinity are each “100 percent God” but not “100 percent of God.”
