I’m one of those people who likes to
debate. Ya’ know the type that most people don’t want to sit and have a
head-to-head disagreement with because I love to let someone talk and allow
them to hang themselves? Yeah, that’s me. I
firmly believe that any argument formed from a stance of ignorance is easily
defeated by using the very words of the one attempting to promote it!!
Recently I began reading an article
and knew that within a few pages such ignorance would be revealed- I was not
disappointed.
The watchtower published an article
entitled, “Should You Believe in The Trinity?” From the beginning the ignorance
was amazingly thick. Various quotes were cited by one intelligent person and
then another. The brightest among us on both sides of the issue were used to
show that belief in the Trinity was a central teaching of the Christian Church.
Several times it was mentioned that the smartest of the human race cannot
understand- and consequently- fully explain or teach the Trinity.
Let’s take a pause here. I was taught
in school that the best and brightest among us once strongly believed that the
earth was flat. Also there was a time when the most respected astronomers
believed that the earth was the center of the entire universe. A little more
recently the brightest scientists taught that if the human body move faster
than fifty miles per hour the skin would peel off our faces. What’s that I just
heard? Oh, another jet just routinely broke the sound barrier.
(Sorry I was distracted for a second)
My point here is obvious: Human understanding or the lack thereof has no bearing whatsoever on
the Truth. The Truth is the Truth weather we believe, doubt, fully grasp or remain
clueless.
Back to the article: I continued
reading waiting for some small nugget of “evidence” that the Trinity really
should be in question. I was looking for a somewhat reasonable explanation as
to why the Watchtower has taken a stance of unbelief where the Trinity is
concerned. What I found was an even more blatant misuse scripture out of
context.
The Watchtower claims that the Triune
nature of God could not have been revealed by God Himself because
“Devine
revelation itself does not allow for such a view of God”.
It then immediately quotes 1
Corinthians 14:33 “God is not a God of confusion” as support!
WOW!! Talk about taking a verse out
of context. This verse has nothing to do with explaining the Trinity. In fact
it deals with the topic of using our spiritual gifts. Reading the verses before
it, starting at verse 26 clearly reveals that fact.
Nor does this verse say “If man is confused by it then it must
not have come from God”. Are you kidding me? I am confused by
almost everything God reveals to me.
1.
Can anyone explain creation? Ya’ know, God reached into nothing and
brought the entire universe to life?
2.
Who fully grasps the fact that God is
eternal having no beginning or no end?
3.
Tell me, who in the Watchtower,
Mormonism, Philosophy or Christendom can fully understand and explain how the
universe expands forever without borders!
4.
How did God hang the earth on
nothing, set it to spin and sustain its perfect distance from the sun?
5.
And someone please rationally,
logically- with our great human minds- explain the parting of the Red Sea, I
dare ya!
6.
Better yet, tell me how Christ spoke,
“Lazarus, come forth!” and a dead man walked out of a tomb wrapped in burial
garb.
Let’s push passed the ignorance shall
we?
Looking to finite human logic to understand and/or explain an infinite, eternal, all-powerful,
all knowing and all-present God is just plain nonsense.
This poorly written article also
stated, “If the Trinity were true, it should be clearly and
consistently presented in the Bible. Why? Because as the Apostles affirmed, the
Bible is God’s revelation of Himself to mankind. And since we need to know God
to worship Him acceptably, the Bible should be clear in telling us just who He
is”.
It also
mentioned that the correct way to understand God is from the scriptures
and even Jesus used the scriptures, often saying, “It is written…”, so very
true. So let’s look at scriptures to see what God has to say about Himself!!
Let’s take a
topical approach
Trinity
in Creation:
“In the
beginning God (Elohim) created the Heavens and the Earth”- Genesis 1:1.
Biblical study reveals that each part of the Trinity played a part in creation.
God
the Father is the one
“from whom all things come” according to 1 Corinthians 8:6. He planned and
decreed creation- Acts 17:24-26. He did “everything in conformity with the
purpose of His will as stated in Ephesians 1:11
John 1:3
asserts that Jesus-God the Son’s
role in creation was that “Through him all things were made; without him
nothing was made that was made”. Colossians 1:6 affirms this: “All things were
created by Him and for Him”.
The
Holy Spirit “was hovering
over the waters” according to Genesis 1:2. The Hebrew word for ‘hovering’ is
important here because it gives a picture of an eagle hovering over its young
in a supervising and protecting role. So the Holy Spirit was actively a part of
creation, supervising it and ensuring its safe and secure development.
If there was
only One Creator yet the Father, Son AND Holy Spirit were all a part of
Creation then we can only conclude that all three of these personages are
the Eternal Creator.
Biblical
Evidence of the Trinity
The
Father is called God- “of whom
are all things” in 1 Corinthians 8:6 AND Jesus is called God- “by whom are all
things” in that same verse.
The
Son is called God- Hebrews 1:8
says, “But, of the Son He says, “Your throne, O God, is forever and ever, and the righteous scepter is the scepter
of your Kingdom”. Also Jesus Himself said He was God when He stated, “I and the
Father are one”. The Greek word for the word ‘one’ used in this verse means “of
the same essence and substance”. So despite what anyone may say it does not
mean “one in purpose” only. If Christ wanted us to believe that He was not God
He would have used a word that clearly showed a distinction between him and the
Father but He didn’t.
Giving
further support for the fact that Jesus claimed to be God- and therefore the
same as the Father- we read in John 8: 58 & 59 That Jesus stated”…before Abraham
was born, I AM” The Jews recognized that Jesus was claiming to be the same I AM
we read of in the Old Testament. They picked up stones in order to stone Him
for what they believed to be blasphemy. They recognized that Jesus Christ
claimed to BE GOD!
The
Holy Spirit is called God: In Acts 5:
3-4 Peter asked Ananias why he had lied to the Holy Spirit and continued
on to say “…You have not lied to men but to God”. Peter fully recognized
that lying to the Holy Spirit is lying to God because they are one in the same.
The Biblical
support for the trinity aka The Triune God goes on and on.
The message
to us Bible-believing, Trinity-supporting Christians is simple. Do not Get Roped Into the sometimes
well-worded, logical-sounding, seemingly-wise arguments of the Jehovah’s
Witnesses (and Mormons). Study the Bible so well and to such a depth that when
false teachings pop up, your mind refers back to scripture that shoots down the
Devil’s mental and spiritual attacks found in their words.
“I have hidden Your
Word in my heart that I might not sin against You”- Psalm 119:11
Another way to say it is, "I have studied Your Word so deeply that I will not be roped into ignorance and Sin"
God Bless all my Trinity-believing Christians, stay Strong!!