The Tri-Une God

The Tri-Une God

“May the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the
love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit
be with you all.”1
From a human perspective, the math on the Trinity
doesn’t add up. How can something be ‘one’ and
‘three’ at the same time? Theologians have done
their best to explain it using the metaphysics of their
day. Preachers have tried to find things in nature to
illustrate it (e.g. St. Patrick with the shamrock) but,
once again, our human understanding falls short
when it comes to comprehending the reality of God.
The word ‘trinity’ is found nowhere in scripture and, in
fact, the doctrine took about two hundred years to
really take shape in the form we now call the Nicaean
Creed. But we affirm it to be true because it is an
attempt to grapple with the teaching of Scripture.
On the one hand, the Bible clearly affirms that God is
‘one’: “Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD
is one.”2
On the other hand, as we shall see, the Bible also
teaches that the Father, Son and Holy Spirit are
distinct personalities and that each of them is truly
God!
God is One. God is Three.
So, while it seems to defy logic and its meaning has
been the subject of much debate, we affirm the
Trinity because this is what the Bible teaches.
And the Bible has the first and last word on what we
believe.
1 2 Corinthians 13:14 (NIV)
2 Deuteronomy 6:4 (NIV)

http://www.kortrightchurch.org/pdf/DDD%20-%20Oct%2022-26,%202007.pdf