The Trinity Is Biblical

A couple months ago my family went over to our cousin"s house- and we had a long conversation over dinner about a new church that they"ve been going to. Their new church believes that there is no trinity- basically the teaching that the Father, Son and Holy Spirit are simply different ways God manifests or reveals Himself to humanity. We got out a bible, and started looking for the biblical evidence for the trinity. It made me wonder if the trinity was even in the bible- and if it even matters to us. Based on my research following this conversation: today I will be debating that The Trinity is NOT Imaginary. First of All, Let's start our by looking at the Meaning of the Trinity. Definition of Trinity: the Christian Godhead as one God in three persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. It is the Christian doctrine that there is only one God and not three, and that the one God exists in three persons: Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. I"ll be looking at this in three points: That the trinity is: Biblical- Relational- Mysterious 1. Biblical John 1:1- In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. This verse clearly shows the relationship between the trinity. Ephesians 1:20- "which He brought about in Christ, when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly places," This verse shows that Jesus is seated at the right hand of God, clearly giving evidence for the trinity. Genesis 1:29- Then God said, "Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness This verse clearly shows a personal plural form. He did not say let me make in my image, but he said in "OUR" Image. It's a simple grammar observation. Our is more than one. 2. Relational Sometimes people will ask: "Why did God create the world? Was he lonely?" The doctrine of the trinity shows that God was not lonely before creation. C. S. Lewis once said- "All sorts of people are fond of repeating the Christian statement that "God is love." But they seem not to notice that the words "God is love" have no real meaning unless God contains at least two persons. Love is something that one person has for another person. If God was a single person, then before the world was made, He was not love." He was loving and relation before he created us in the trinity. For us- this means that we can have an relationship with God- because the trinity is relational. As we were talking about this- I started to think- does the trinity really matter? Why do I care if there"s a clear distinctions between the three persons of God? But as I looked closer into the subject- I can see that it really does matter- because it shows that we can have an relationship with God. But if you look deeper into this subject- it even signifies that we should have relationships with others. Do you see the image of God in a man? In an woman? No- you see the image of God in man and woman together. If there was no trinity- we would have no internal love- no relationships. Paul quotes Genesis 2:24 in Ephesians 5:32- "For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh. This is a profound mystery" This shows that the Image of God is displayed in more than 1 person, both male and female, which represents the trinity- three in 1. This shows us that actual relationships are more important than everything else- relationship, fame, or entertainment. This is the significance of the trinity. That we can have a relationship with God- and know that we can have relationships with others because of the trinity. 3. Mysterious When I was researching this and really struggling with it: I said to my dad: "This is really hard for me- because I feel like I can"t completely understand it!" My dad said: "Exactly! We can"t fully understand it!" I believe that my cousins are trying to explain and understand the trinity. Michael Houdman- "Rather than embrace the triune nature of God as revealed in Scripture, they create for themselves a God they can "understand" and in doing so end up with another gospel and a heretical concept of God." However- we will never know all the specifics or workings of God. An Anonymous quote- "The first thing the doctrine of the trinity says to us is that there are some things in life too big for us to get into our little skulls" Paul- 1 Corinthians 13:12- "For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face; now I know in part, but then I will know fully just as I also have been fully known." It"s like if you park you car outside- and in the morning sometimes you can"t see clearly because of the dew or fog on the windshield. We get an dim outline- but if we think too hard about it we really can"t comprehend it. Today In this round I have shown how the trinity is: Biblical- Relational- Mysterious. Thomas Watson- "This is a divine riddle, where one makes three, and three make one. Our narrow thoughts can no more comprehend the Trinity in Unity, than a nut-shell will hold all the water in the sea." The trinity shows us that relationships are important- and it enables us to have relationship with others. It teaches us to be humble before God- acknowledging that we will not understand everything- because he truly is a mighty God- beyond our comprehension.