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The Trinity The Trinity is the Doctrine which states that there is only one God, and that the one God exists in three persons, all having a part in the creation, being co-equal and co-eternal. Persons here, does not mean people, not three humans, it merely means that the three are personal in nature, having the qualities of personhood, such as thought, will, action, relationship etc. Think of the idea of personality, and you get some idea. The doctrine is hard for many to accept, because in the limited thinking of being conditioned by a lifetime of experience in a material universe, they tend to think in terms of those experiences and not thinking outside of them, We sometimes forget to consider that things normally impossible, are possible with God. The doctrine does not arrive from some contrived imagination, it is seen as the only way to explain truths that the Bible states. It is not illogical, it is just outside of the limited logic we often apply. The Bible states that there is only One God. Bible refers to one person as the Father. It refers to a person it calls the Son, and it refers to a person it calls the Holy Spirit. Each of these persons are called God. If there is one God, and there are three persons who are each as individuals, also God, then by necessity, the three persons ARE the one God. Theoretically, there could be more persons who are also God, but if that is true, the Bible does not mention them, so to assume that there are more than three persons who are God, would be to go outside of God inspired scripture. There is one God Deut 6:4 4 “Hear, O Israel! The LORD is our God, the LORD is one! The Father is called God 2 Thess 1:1 1 Paul and Silvanus and Timothy, To the church of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace. The Son is called God John 1:1-3 1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was in the beginning with God. 3 All things came into being through Him, and apart from Him nothing came into being that has come into being. John 10:30-33 30 “I and the Father are one.”, 31 The Jews picked up stones again to stone Him. 32 Jesus answered them, “I showed you many good works from the Father; for which of them are you stoning Me?” 33 The Jews answered Him, “For a good work we do not stone You, but for blasphemy; and because You, being a man, make Yourself out to be God.” John 20:26-28 26 After eight days His disciples were again inside, and Thomas with them. Jesus came, the doors having been shut, and stood in their midst and said, “Peace be with you.” 27 Then He said to Thomas, “Reach here with your finger, and see My hands; and reach here your hand and put it into My side; and do not be unbelieving, but believing.” 28 Thomas answered and said to Him, “My Lord and my God!” Heb 1:8 8 But of the Son He says, “YOUR THRONE, O GOD, IS FOREVER AND EVER, AND THE RIGHTEOUS SCEPTER IS THE SCEPTER OF HIS KINGDOM. Philip 2:9-11 9 For this reason also, God highly exalted Him, and bestowed on Him the name which is above every name, 10 so that at the name of Jesus EVERY KNEE WILL BOW, of those who are in heaven and on earth and under the earth, 11 and that every tongue will confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. The Holy Spirit is called God Acts 5:3-4 3 But Peter said, “Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and to keep back some of the price of the land? 4 “While it remained unsold, did it not remain your own? And after it was sold, was it not under your control? Why is it that you have conceived this deed in your heart? You have not lied to men but to God.” 2 Cor 3:17 17 Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.