Wednesday, 16 May 2012

biblical case for the trinity pt - 1

the biblical case for the tinity states that the one true God of abraham that he is tri - personal  and this can be broken down into 3 foundation or sub catagories

A - monotheism .... the belief in ONE being who created all thing by his own will and in his freedom

B -- three persons .... in the one being of God that are 3 PERSONS namely the father, the son, and the holy spirit

C --- all three persons are CO - EQUAL AND CO EXISTANT

these tree catagories / foundation are very essential to the understanding we may embrace in our journey --- now i will go into a biblical defence to each point


A - monotheism

Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one -- deutronomy 6 : 4

Thus says the Lord, your Redeemer, who formed you from the womb:
“I am the Lord, who made all things, who alone stretched out the heavens, who spread out the earth by myself -- isah 44 :24

“You are my witnesses,” declares the Lord, “and my servant whom I have chosen, that you may know and believe me and understand that I am he. Before me no god was formed, nor shall there be any after me.
I, I am the Lord, and besides me there is no savior.--- isaiah 43 : 10 -11


remember the former things of old; for I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like me,
declaring the end from the beginning and from ancient times things not yet done, saying, ‘My counsel shall stand, and I will accomplish all my purpose,’
calling a bird of prey from the east, the man of my counsel from a far country. I have spoken, and I will bring it to pass; I have purposed, and I will do it.--- isaiah 46 :9 -11



in the above passages it teaches the absolute oneness of being to the supreme deity we call GOD -- the one true GOD of abraham , isaac, and jacob ... something that needs to be noted even though at this point it not the most focused point in this study, but this is that all things come to pass in accordance to Gods will and purpose .. this is the sovereignty which is a vocal point in another study .. but here i will only mention it in passing ... as it is in focus of isaiah 46 :9 -11

what we also see is that there are no  other Gods which is demonstrated by the repeat emphesis in the scripture to the point "there is no other God" or in this statement "Before me no god was formed, nor shall there be any after me" ... this is not a claim that yahweh God .. is a formed false God (an idol)
but unlike the false God of the surrounding nations of israel .. he is unique in that he is the only true God as this is also the fact

also note that yah weh is unique in another understanding .... ie can show the future events and also tell the reasons of the past events .... something that is not known to false gods

althought there is a common reference to the word in deut 6 :4 ... translated as one "echard" that can be taken as a plurality in unity .. which i do believe one other scriptural testamony testifying to the complexity of the being of God, but here i see it in the way i believe means as being the first foundation ..