The Trinity

While witnessing, I sometimes come across people who claim that the Trinity is not taught in the Bible and instead it was added by Christians later after the Bible was written. While, the term “trinity” does not appear in the Bible, the concept is clearly taught. I’ll point out that in the creation account, God gave man the authority to name things, so actually, man coming up with the term Trinity is fine.

How many human races are there? One!

How many humans are there? About 6 Billion living and billions more have lived.

In a similar way, there is one God and three persons: Father, Son and Holy Spirit.

So where does this teaching come from? Look no further than the first chapter of the first book of the Bible. Genesis 1:1-3 states:

In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters. And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light.

In this passage, “God created” is the Father. We then see the “Spirit of God” or the Holy Spirit was hovering over the waters. Finally, we see that “God said”. This is Jesus! What? Look at John 1:1

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

Here we see several things about Jesus. First, He has always existed. He is eternal. He existed in the beginning. Second, Jesus is the Word. So now we know that when God speaks, that is Jesus.

So there you have it, Genesis 1:1-3 shows Father, Son and Holy Spirit.

Reading on in the Genesis creation account in chapter 1 verse 26, we again see that God is multiple persons:

Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, in our likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, over all the earth, and over all the creatures that move along the ground.”

God refers to Himself in the plural (our).

Finally, look to the New Testament. When Jesus is baptized. We see Jesus in the flesh, the Holy Spirit represented by a dove and the voice of the Father. Matthew 1:16-17 states:

As soon as Jesus was baptized, he went up out of the water. At that moment heaven was opened, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and lighting on him. And a voice from heaven said, “This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased.”

So there you have it. The Trinity! God the Father, Son and Holy Spirit!

I hope and pray that this material is helpful in equipping you to share the truth of God’s Word with those that you meet.

For further study, I encourage you to check out the diagram and support information at
http://www.answeringlds.org/index.html?ChristianityTrinDiag.html