The Trinity And Jesus

Lots of folks don't get, or don't accept, the Trinity for various reasons. I fear that those reasons sometimes can hurt the understanding of Jesus' nature as well. The truth is none of us limited humans are going to fully understand the nature of God completely, being humans, but we can look to the Word of God and do the best we can. So I thought I'd write up a little bit of the limited understanding I have of the Trinity and Jesus from a Biblical perspective.

1. The Bible says that there is one true sovereign God who created the heavens and the earth.

2. The Bible says that the Father is God, that Jesus is God, and that the Holy Spirit is God.

3. The Bible says that Jesus was also a man.

So far, from this, we can conclude the following:

1. There is one God comprised of three beings, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. I.e. three persons in one divine nature. While Jesus is the Son, but He is also eternal and equal in essence with the Father and with the Holy Spirit. There are parts of the Bible where Jesus, while here on the earth as a man, appears subordinate to the Father -- that does NOT take away from the divine nature of Jesus! For example, a human father and child are equally human, but the father holds a higher position than the child. Well, God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit are equally divine as well; how they operate together in their interactions with each other and with man has no bearing on their nature.

2. Jesus is a being with two natures, divine and human. He is fully God, and was fully man for a short time on this earth. Did Jesus know about His second coming? As God yes, but as man, no. Did Jesus know all things? As God yes, but as man, no. Did Jesus get hungry? As God no, but as man, yes. In His divine nature, Jesus is equal to the Father, but in His human nature, Jesus is subordinate to the Father.

Can we as believers ever really understand this completely? Not during our stay here on earth at least! Does the complicated nature of the Trinity make it illogical? No! Its in line with the Bible. Does the complicated nature of the of the Trinty make it untrue? No! If someone was in the business of inventing religions, then that someone could go make up something a lot easier than this! However, we as believers are not in that business; we must believe what the Bible shows us to be true, even if it is complicated!

Does that mean we've got the nature of God totally right in our understanding of the Trinity? Maybe, but probably not. Does that mean we need to believe in the doctrine of the Trinity to be saved? Hardly, but it sure does help understand who Jesus is and what He did for us! Here we have Almighty God coming down to earth to be born as a human in the most humble of circumstances so He could later die a terrible and humiliating death on the cross as an atoning sacrifices for the sins of the world. Talk about humility! Talk about love!

Thank you Jesus!