Why Do You Believe The Doctrine Of The
Trinity?
1 John 5:7
We worship
one God in the Trinity, or "Tri-unity", of his sacred Persons,
Father, Son and Holy Spirit, and adore each of the Divine Persons as the God of
all grace by whom we are saved. What is the basis of our doctrine in this
regard? Can we prove the doctrine of the Trinity upon logical, scientific
grounds?
I frankly
confess my inability to produce a single argument drawn from nature or logic to
prove the doctrine of the Trinity. It is a mystery filled with such grandeur
that it defies comprehension by every finite mind. But our faith does not stand
upon nature and logic. It stands upon the Word of God alone! I believe this
doctrine because it is revealed in the Scriptures; and I see the beauty of it
because I believe it.
The Apostle
John states the doctrine of the Trinity plainly. "There are three that
bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these
three are one" (1 John 5:7). In addition to this definitive statement
there are numerous examples in which the Trinity is set before us.
1. The
Baptism of Christ (Matt.
2. The
Baptismal Formula (Matt. 28:18).
3. The
Apostolic Benediction (2 Cor.
4. The
Promise of the Son to Pray to the Father for the Gift of the Spirit (John
The New
Testament declares that God the Father is God (
Someone has
accurately stated it this way: "The Father is all the fulness of the
Godhead invisible (John
See that you
grasp this doctrine firmly. We worship one God in three Persons, the Father,
the Son, and the Holy Spirit, equal in essence, being, power, and glory, yet,
distinct in personality and performance. This doctrine is altogether a matter
of faith, simply believing what God has written. There is nothing even remotely
similar to the Trinity in creation by which it can even be illustrated.
Don Fortner