As the Lord allows, this coming Lord’s Day morning I will continue my series on Bible Doctrines with a sermon on the Trinity entitled, “The Triune Nature of God.”

First, let me give you some very technical definitions of some of the most popular errors about the Triune Nature of God: (don’t panic… we will not spend much time here!)

1. Adoptionism: is an error concerning Christ that first appeared in the second century. Those who held it denied the preexistence of Christ and, therefore, His deity. Adoptionists taught that Jesus was tested by God and after passing this test and upon His baptism, He was granted supernatural powers by God and adopted as the Son. As a reward for His great accomplishments and perfect character Jesus was raised from the dead and adopted into the Godhead.

2. Arianism: The heretic Arius taught that only God the Father was eternal and too pure and infinite to appear on the earth.  Therefore, God produced Christ the Son out of nothing as the first and greatest creation.

3. Dynamic Monarchianism: teaches that God is the Father and that Jesus is only a man, denied the personal subsistence of the Logos and taught that the Holy Spirit was a force or presence of God the Father.

4. Modalism: (Oneness Pentecostalism) One God manifested from time to time in differing modes; i.e., “Father” “Son” “Holy Spirit”

5. Tritheism: Tritheism is the teaching that the Godhead is really three separate beings forming three separate gods.

So, how can we understand what the Bible reveals about this mysterious Being that is revealed in Scripture to be, “One God in Three Persons!”

First, the Bible is clear that there is only One True and Living God! Deuteronomy 6:4; Isaiah 45:5a; Isaiah 45:21-22

And, that One True and Living God is the God of the Christian Bible!                         John 5:39; Luke 24:25-27; Acts 10:43

So, if there is only One True and Living God, how do we come to be believe that He eternally exists in three divine Persons? Simple! In addition to proving this fact, we just need to prove three more Bible-based facts:

First, we must prove that the Father is God!                                                                   John 6:27; Romans 1:7; 1st Corinthians 15:24

Second, we must prove that the Son is God!                                                               Matthew 16:13-16; John 1:1-3, 14; John 20:28

Finally, we must prove that the Holy Spirit is God!                                            Genesis 1:1-2; Acts 5:3-4; 1st John 4:2

As God allows, I will use our time on Sunday morning to prove these biblical statements!

Therefore, since there is only One True and Living God Who is the God of the Christian Bible; and, since God the Father is God, and God the Son is God, and the Holy Spirit is God: ergo, the One True and Living God of the Christian Bible must be One God eternally existing in Three Persons!                                                   Genesis 1:26; Psalm 110:1; Matthew 28:19-20; Luke 20:41-44; 2nd Corinthians 13:14

I hope to see you Sunday with your Bible in your hand, a smile on your face, and family and friends by your side!