What or who is the #Trinity?
Dr. James White, author of “The Forgotten Trinity as well as director of Alpha and Omega Ministries, explains that “The doctrine of the Trinity is simply that there is one eternal being of God – indivisible, infinite. This one being of God is shared by three co-equal, co-eternal persons, the Father, the Son, and the Spirit.”
White goes on to say that “there is one eternal, infinite being of God, shared fully and completely by three persons, Father, Son and Spirit. One what, three who’s.”
“One what, three who’s.”
Dr. James White
Dr. White cautions us not to combine any of the three Persons of the Godhead: “We are not saying that the Father is the Son, or the Son the Spirit, or the Spirit the Father. It is very common for people to misunderstand the doctrine as to mean that we are saying Jesus is the Father. The doctrine of the Trinity does not in any way say this!”
More from White:
“The three Biblical doctrines that flow directly into the river that is the Trinity are as follows:
1) There is one and only one God, eternal, immutable.
2) There are three eternal Persons described in Scripture – the Father, the Son, and the Spirit. These Persons are never identified with one another – that is, they are carefully differentiated as Persons.
3) The Father, the Son, and the Spirit, are identified as being fully deity—that is, the Bible teaches the Deity of Christ and the Deity of the Holy Spirit.”
The chart below, from the ESV Study Bible; John 15; p.2055), shows us “which actions are done by which members of the Godhead helps us to see which roles they play.”
✏️”A Brief Definition of the Trinity” by Dr. James White
✏️”The Trinity is Biblical” by Greg Koukl
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