The Holy Trinity was something I always thought was doctrine every Christian followed. When I reached a full understanding of the Holy Trinity and shared it, I found out this was not the case. As I shared what I noticed about the Holy Trinity, I was met with ridicule from people who swore that this was nowhere in the Bible. Now, the actual word is not, the doctrine though, is.
For those confused, the Holy Trinity is the idea that God is a divine being made up of three separate, but coequal persons. The Holy Trinity is made up of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. While they are all God, the Father is not the Son, the Son is not the Spirit, and the Spirit is not the Father. Each is separate. Reading this, you may think to yourself “Well, if they are all coequal, then why does Jesus act like a servant while on earth?” The answer is simple and can be found in Hebrews 2:9. Here, the Bible tells us that He was made lower than the angels, which meant while he was on earth, the Father had more power. After his death and resurrection, He once again became coequal with the Father.
It honestly amazed me when I realized people did not see what I did! How could people reject the truth when it was right there, in black and white? Maybe it was something they were previously taught and never sought to verify the truth. Or maybe it was simply a lack of understanding of the Bible. Either way, allow me to show you where in the Bible the Holy Trinity appears.
Proving the Father and Son are both God is rather easy. The book of John is full of evidence to support this. Take the very first verse for example “In the beginning was the Word and the word was the Word, and the Word was with God and the word was God.” To some, this verse may be confusing. Who is “the Word”? We find our answer a few verses later in verse 14 where it says, “The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us”. Reading this, we can accurately assume this is Jesus. Since the first verse says the word was God, Jesus has to be God in the flesh.
In his letter to the people of Corin, Paul refers to God as the Father. He writes in 1 Corinthians 8:6 “Yet for us there is one God, the Father, from whom all things are and for whom we exist, and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom all things are and through whom we exist.” Jesus also says in John 10:30 “I and my father are one” While this verse is sometimes used to show that Jesus is the Father, this cannot be the case, as shown in the previous verse. If there is only one God, and Father, Jesus and the Father cannot be the same person. Therefore, this verse clearly shows that both the Father and Son are God.
With all of this information, it is hard to deny that the Father and Son are not God. So, what about the Holy Spirit? Well, this one is a bit more challenging and requires some reading.
First, let’s go back to the beginning of Genesis. Genesis 1:2 tells us that the “spirit of God was hovering over the waters. While this does show slight evidence, the most evidence can be found in Acts 5. Acts 5 tells the story of Ananias and his wife who sell their land. When they do so, they keep back part of the money and give the rest to the disciples. Peter then responds in verses 3-4 saying “Ananias, how is it Satan has filled your heart that you have lied to the Holy Spirit and have kept for yourself some of the money you received for the land? Didn’t it belong to you before it was sold? And after it was sold, wasn’t the money at your disposal? What made you do such a thing? You have not lied just to human being but also God.” Notice at the beginning of Vs 3, Peter tells Ananias he’s lying to the Holy Spirit. Then, in verse 4 he tells him he’s also lying to God. Reading this, we can rightfully assume the Holy Spirit is also God.
Sometimes understanding a topic takes a bit of reading. It is not always right there for us to see. I hope that this gave you clarity for anyone who was confused by the Holy Trinity. Maybe it even changed your view on this doctrine! This doctrine is true to scripture, even if the word “Holy Trinity” does not appear in the text.
Tattooed Faith 
One response to “Holy Trinity”
Amen. God is the Creator of everything. There is nothing in all of creation that has not been created by God. He always was and always will be GOD. Besides Him there is no other. All glory to the King of kings and the LORD of lords. All Glory to GOD!
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