Is The Trinity Biblical?

[TugOwar]

Matthew 28:19
Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:

Well?

 

[Symes]

Is The Trinity Biblical?



Matthew 28:19
Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:

Well?

You have quoted an excellent verse to show us that the Trinity is Biblical.

There should be very little else to say on the subject.

 

[Benedicta00]

Matthew 28:19
Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:

Well?

Of course it is but what you will not find explicitly is the Trinity taught as three persons but ONE God, please show me where the bible will teach us this with out prior knowledge of what it is. You believe it because someone told you first, there is no scripture that tells you God is one nature but three persons.

 

[Benedicta00]

You have quoted an excellent verse to show us that the Trinity is Biblical.

There should be very little else to say on the subject.

Oh yeah? Try showing where the bible says anywhere that they all share the same nature but are three separate distinct persons?

 

[Curt]

I Jn 5:7
7 For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.
(KJV)

 

[Benedicta00]

I Jn 5:7
7 For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.
(KJV)

One what? It does not say they share one divine nature but are three persons. No one can walk away from reading that and understand they each are three divine persons sharing one divine nature.

 

[Philip]

It is easy to show that the Holy Trinity is suggested and even supported by Scripture. However, there are aspects of the Holy Trinity which do not seem to be proven by Scripture.

 

[thereselittleflower]

What do you think Tug?


Peace in Him!

 

[@@Paul@@]

I Jn 5:7
7 For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.
(KJV)

Some say that verse was added, so to convice the unbeliever, we best find something else...

Gen 1:26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness:​

I don't think God as ten toes and ten fingers.

 

[Benedicta00]

Some say that verse was added, so to convice the unbeliever, we best find something else...

Gen 1:26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness:​

I don't think God as ten toes and ten fingers.

What does that have to do with the trinity? Because he said “let’s” and “our” how do you get the full blown understanding of the trinity from that? Does it tell us they also are three divine persons, separate from one another but the same nature? Where is the verse that tells us that?

 

[Bulldog]

The verse in itself does not prve the trinity, it shows that God has multiple persons.

You can't really find a single verse in the Bible that prves the Trinity. It's something collective, over many verses.

 

[@@Paul@@]

What does that have to do with the trinity? Because he said “let’s” and “our” how do you get the full blown understanding of the trinity from that? Does it tell us they also are three divine persons, separate from one another but the same nature? Where is the verse that tells us that?

Man has a Body>Spirit>Soul,,, we are ONE nature with three "persons".

Although being man, we can only live while our spirit is out walking around by itself, if our soul joins it for a casual walk down the mall for some window shopping, our body dies...

 

[A. believer]

Matthew 28:19
Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:

Well?

There are some good apologetic works for the doctrine of the Trinity, but it's true that there's no single verse in Scripture that explicitly explains the Triune nature of God. Rather, it's derived from a multitude of verses. The Christian Research Institute used to have available a document with pages of Scriptures that, taken together, revealed the trinitarian nature of the one God proclaimed throughout Scripture. James White wrote a book entitled The Forgotten Trinity defending this doctrine against those who deny it. The church fathers affirmed in a multitude of places that this doctrine is the necessary consequence of what Scripture says about God. Although it's certainly true that not every layman who casually reads Scripture would pick out the doctrine of the Trinity therein without being first aware of the traditional teaching, it's certainly not true what some defenders of a Roman Catholic or an Eastern Orthodox concept of apostolic tradition say--that alternative teachings can be derived and defended from Scripture, even while using the analogy of faith. All false teachings about the nature of God are easily refuted when all of Scripture is consulted.

 

[nephilimiyr]

Gen 1:26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness:​

I don't think God as ten toes and ten fingers.

There are biblical scholars who don't believe Genesis 1:26 has anything to do with the trinity.

 

[@@Paul@@]

There are biblical scholars who don't believe Genesis 1:26 has anything to do with the trinity.

Yes, there's a biblical scholar for everything...

 

[Benedicta00]

There are some good apologetic works for the doctrine of the Trinity, but it's true that there's no single verse in Scripture that explicitly explains the Triune nature of God. Rather, it's derived from a multitude of verses. The Christian Research Institute used to have available a document with pages of Scriptures that, taken together, revealed the trinitarian nature of the one God proclaimed throughout Scripture. James White wrote a book entitled The Forgotten Trinity defending this doctrine against those who deny it. The church fathers affirmed in a multitude of places that this doctrine is the necessary consequence of what Scripture says about God. Although it's certainly true that not every layman who casually reads Scripture would pick out the doctrine of the Trinity therein without being first aware of the traditional teaching, it's certainly not true what some defenders of a Roman Catholic or an Eastern Orthodox concept of apostolic tradition say--that alternative teachings can be derived and defended from Scripture, even while using the analogy of faith. All false teachings about the nature of God are easily refuted when all of Scripture is consulted.

Yeah- but when and why and by whom was it originally defined by first? Who was responsible for the Arian heresy being condemned? I believe it was the eastern fathers who did the most in condemning the heresy.

 

[Benedicta00]

Man has a Body>Spirit>Soul,,, we are ONE nature with three "persons".

Although being man, we can only live while our spirit is out walking around by itself, if our soul joins it for a casual walk down the mall for some window shopping, our body dies...

No we are NOT three persons??!! I am one person who has a body soul and spirit. I am a woman, this is my person but I am a human, this is my nature.

 

[TugOwar]

What do you think Tug?

What do I think? I think you know what I think.

I think it is definately Biblical and The Bible is all that is needed to prove it.
I think one will not find a single Scripture to prove it, but as with any Biblical doctrine, Scripture must be looked at as a whole.

Can I quote all Scripture necessary to prove The Trinity? No. But I think someone here can, or can lead me to a resource that can. That basically is what I'm looking for.

I think some will do everything in their power to prove that The Bible is not all that we need to find The Truth.

God Bless.

 

[nephilimiyr]

Yes, there's a biblical scholar for everything...

Yes but there is only one truth

Takeing Genesis 1:26 and interpreting it to be talking about the trinity is committing the crime of reading the NT into the OT. Any student of biblical interpretation will tell you that that is a illegitimate method of interpretation yet many committ the error of reading genesis 1:26 in that way.

 

[@@Paul@@]

No we are NOT three persons??!! I am one person who has a body soul and spirit. I am a woman, this is my person but I am a human, this is my nature.

That's why it says "Image". We are not gods... we are human. Everything on this earth was created after a "pattern or something in the heavens". Man included.

We are one person which is made up of three persons (a character or role); God is one person made up of three persons (an individual being)... It's the same "pattern" or "image" only we are not gods.

Did you see a mouse or something?