Word for the day by Christian Education Forum

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We believe in Holy Trinity
2 Corinthians 13:11-14
Vs.14 “May the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.
The subset of Christianity that accepts the doctrine Trinity is collectively known as Trinitarianism. The doctrine of the Trinity is one of the central Christian affirmations about God.  We believe in one living and true God who is the Creator of heaven and earth, who is eternal, almighty, unchangeable, infinitely powerful, wise, just and holy.

We believe that the one God eternally exists in three Persons: The Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit; and that these three are one God, co-equal and co-eternal, having precisely the same nature and attributes, and worthy of precisely the same worship, confidence, and obedience. (Matthew 3:16, 17; Matthew 28:19, 20; Mark 12:29; John 1:14; Acts 5:3, 4; II Corinthians 13:14.)

It is rooted in the fact that God came to meet Christians in a threefold figure: (1) as Creator, Lord of the history of salvation, Father, and Judge, as revealed in the Old Testament; (2) as the Lord who, in the incarnated figure of Jesus Christ, lived among human beings and was present in their midst as the “Resurrected One”; and (3) as the Holy Spirit, whom they experienced as the helper or intercessor in the power of the new life.

The New Testament of the Bible never explicitly refers to the Trinity as such, but it does contain several references. The Father, Son, and Holy Spirit were associated in such New Testament passages as the Great Commission: “Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit” (Matthew 28:19); and in the apostolic benediction: “The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all” (2 Corinthians 13:13). Thus, the New Testament established the basis for the doctrine of the Trinity.

When Jesus was baptized, immediately he went up from the water, and behold, the heavens were opened to him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and coming to rest on him; and behold, a voice from heaven said, “This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased.” (Matthew 3:16–17)

Christian prayer involves all three persons of the Trinity. We pray preeminently to God the Father (Matthew 6:9). Jesus intercedes for us, making our prayers acceptable (Hebrews 7:25). The Holy Spirit dwells within us and empowers our prayers (Romans 8:26).

The Trinity is mysterious to us. God is infinite. We can never fully understand him, God is unique and is not dependent on the world or anything in it. There is no one like God. Nothing in creation gives us a complete picture of who God is. But though we can know him truly, we do not know him completely. He is God and is infinitely deep.
PRAYER
Dear Lord, help us to understand Christian faith of the Holy Trinity. Help us to understand God the Father: revealed by the Old Testament to be Creator, Lord, Father and Judge, God the Son: who had lived on earth amongst human beings and God the Holy Spirit: who filled them with new life and power.

Thought of the day
“Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: ”
(Matthew 28:19)
 

Willy Isaac
Carmel MTC, Boston, MA

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