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'An Independent Baptist Church' The TrinityThe Bible teaches
that there is One God (Deut. 6:4; 1 Tim. 2:5).
In the Bible God the Father is called God (John 6:27). Jesus the Son is called God (Heb. 1:8). The Holy Spirit is called God (Acts 5:3,
4). Yet in Matt. 3:16, 17 we see all 3
separately in the scene of Jesus being baptized as Jesus in the river Jordan,
with the Holy Spirit descending like a dove, and the Father saying He is
well-pleased from heaven. How do we
explain the trinity? We can’t. One God comprised of 3 separate individuals
yet, who are one. God the Father is a
Spirit as is the Holy Spirit (John 4:24).
A spirit does not have a body of flesh and bones. (Luke 24:39) Jesus
does have a body and He is the God we will see in heaven (Col. 1:15-17). The expression that Jesus is sitting at the
right hand of God is a figure of speech simply meaning a position of Utmost
Supreme Authority. God the Father,
recall, is a Spirit and does not have a body, let alone a ‘right hand.’ We believe those
who take 1 John and its contents as “tests” that one is truly saved or not are mistaken! 1 John gives “tests” to determine if one is
in “fellowship” with the Lord and walking closely in obedience to the Lord. |