Is the doctrine of the Trinity biblical?

[JohnD]

A I recall this topic can get rather heated.

2 Corinthians 11:3–4 (NASB95)

3 But I am afraid that, as the serpent deceived Eve by his craftiness, your minds will be led astray from the simplicity and purity of devotion to Christ.

4 For if one comes and preaches another Jesus whom we have not preached, or you receive a different spirit which you have not received, or a different gospel which you have not accepted, you bear this beautifully.†

†Paul's rabbinic sarcasm

Galatians 1:8–9 (NASB95)

8 But even if we, or an angel from heaven, should preach to you a gospel contrary to what we have preached to you, he is to be accursed!

9 As we have said before, so I say again now, if any man is preaching to you a gospel contrary to what you received, he is to be accursed!

Apparently it behooves us to get the right Jesus or we are forever lost. One way to authenticate which Jesus we believe in is to dive into what the Bible says about God. Is God a singular person (or: individual, for those who quibble over the word "person")? Is God modalistic, morphing from Father to Son to Holy Spirit? Is God just the Father and the Son, the Holy Spirit being a lifeless force conjured up by both Father and Son? Or is the one God triune, three individuals who are the one God?

It matters not what this so-called expert says, or what commentary that theologian wrote, or what this or that denomination or non-denomination holds to traditionally. What matters is what the Bible says. Acts 17:11.

 

 

 

 

[thereselittleflower]

And yet John, the bible does not explicitly define the Trinity, and so you have other interpretations that result in something other than the Trinity, or some abridged form of the Trinity.

Without the testimony of the Early Church to settle which interpretation is right, all we have are a variety of interpretations each claiming to be right.

 

 

[Tristen]

Like eschatology, soteriology and all the other doctrines Christians study and debate, Trinity is a concept derived from scripture. The fact that the doctrinal label doesn't appear in scripture is irrelevant to the fact that the concept is taught in scripture. The Deity of God the Father is self-evident. The eternal deity of Christ is overwhelmingly supported in scripture. Whilst the deity of the Holy Spirit is also supported in scripture (albeit more modestly), as the Spirit of God, the Holy Spirit is also self-evidently God. Yet the Bible also teaches that God is One. This is supported by the paradoxes provided by John that Christ was both "with God" and "was God" and that the Father, Son and Holy Spirit "are One".

[other one]

YES

[other one]

YES

[other one]

YES

[Ezra]

11 hours ago, other one said:

YES

Do we three "Yeses" to support the doctrine of the Trinity? Of course this doctrine is Biblical. But we do have some naysayers lurking around on every forum.

[other one]

We'll see.

[completedbeliever1]

22 hours ago, thereselittleflower said:

And yet John, the bible does not explicitly define the Trinity, and so you have other interpretations that result in something other than the Trinity, or some abridged form of the Trinity.

Without the testimony of the Early Church to settle which interpretation is right, all we have are a variety of interpretations each claiming to be right.

 

 

I am happy to see that this subject was brought up again.

For some reason I didn't see that until now on another post.

I do not see the trinity in scripture. There is no scriptural proof.

[thereselittleflower]

1 minute ago, completedbeliever1 said:

I am happy to see that this subject was brought up again.

For some reason I didn't see that until now on another post.

I do not see the trinity in scripture. There is no scriptural proof.

There is scriptural proof, but you won't find one verse being explicit of the entire teaching.