The Trinity is an important part of the Christian religion, because it is one of the basic facts that must be agreed upon for a denomination to be considered Christian. Muslim and Jehovah Witness are not considered denominations of Christianity because they do not believe in the Christian Trinity. They believe that The Son and the Father and the Holy Spirit are different God's or are unequal in one way or another. True Christianity, according to the original Bible, believes in the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit as equal forms of one God.
We cannot bring God down to a human level and say that the three are separate in any way. They are one in the same and we must respect that even if we do not understand it. The Trinity is still far beyond our comprehension. The three are completely one.
Again, the Trinity is not saying that these three forms are different gods. All three are God in different equal forms. God has the ability to take on three separate forms, just as H20 has the ability to take on three separate forms and still be H20. The difference is the "who" and the "what." God is the "what" and the Trinity is the "who." Each "who" of God is self conscious and acting of His own direction; but they are not independent from each other because they are all one. They do not contradict each other or oppose each other. They are unified at all times.
It would be easy to say that these three forms support each other and work well together, but the truth is we cannot truly comprehend their three-in-one unity. While Jesus Christ was on Earth, the Father directed the Son using the Holy Spirit. The three worked together as equals to fulfill the new covenant. Earlier Christians knew to reconcile things with The Father, through the atoning works of the Son, and that it was mediated to them by experiences through the Holy Spirit. Each form has an important role in our lives and are all equals fulfilling promises and working in our favor for our good. Just as earlier I showed you the Son being with the Father during the creation (John1:1) but the Holy Spirit was with the Father in the beginning as well (Genesis 1:1-2). All three have been in existence always, and always will exist, and have been working together as equals. No one person of God is greater than the other, regardless of what amount of fame we give to one or the other. God is equal in all three parts and is tightly connected in unity.
The Trinity is truth of Christianity, and reveals many things to us. In Genesis 2:18, God says, "It is not good for man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him." God said that it was not good for man to be alone, and in Genesis 1:26, God said, "Let us make man in our image, in our likeness..." God made man in His image, needing relationship like God's relationship in the Trinity. As God exists as the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit; God made man to exist as man, woman, and God. A three part perfect relationship that Jesus came to restore.
The Trinity shows us our need for communion and the importance of a God centered relationship, it shows us about God and His nature. The Trinity is an important part of Christianity, because if one does not believe that Jesus is equal to the Father, or that the Holy Spirit is not God, this could cause serious problems with one's faith. That is why the belief int he Trinity is a basic need for every Christian denomination. The Trinity is God working together perfectly in unity. We depend on the Trinity to be real; because if it was not, Jesus would not be God and our salvation would be pointless. This Trinity's truth is closely connected to many other key facts of the Bible. To deny the truth of the Trinity is denying the truth of who God is. It is difficult to understand that the tree are not separate. Even though we see them as three separate forms with three separate roles, they are all one doing the same thing. None of them makes a move without the other two helping. God is three in one, and to try to take roles and separate them would be blasphemous.When we begin to embrace the Trinity, we begin to search after God and who He truly is. It is a blessing that we have a God that is so much greater than our nature, because that is how we were able to be saved.
"The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit, be with you all." (2 Corinthians 13:14)
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