Trinity Flashcards
Where would you go in Scripture for support of the doctrine of the Trinity?
Eternal-We: Genesis 1:26 “Then God said, let us make man in our image…”
Jesus’ baptism: Matthew 3:16-17 “As soon as Jesus was baptized, he went up out of the water. At that moment, heaven opened, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and alighting on him. And a voice from heaven said, this is my son whom I love, with him I am well pleased.
Father, Son, Holy Spirit: Matthew 28:18-20 “Then Jesus came to them and said All authority in Heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make disciples of all men, baptizing them in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything that I have commanded you. And surely I am with always, to the very end of the age.
Jesus and the Father are one: John 14:11 “Believe me when I say that I am in the Father and the Father is in me.”
Jesus-Father-Holy Spirit-“I will ask the Father and He will give you the Holy Spirit.” John 14:16-17
What is the biblical basis for the confession “There is one God?”
1 Corinthians 8:6: “yet for us, there is but one God”
Ephesians 4:4-6: “one Lord, one faith, one baptism; one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all.
What is the Biblical basis for the belief that God exists “in three persons: Father, Son and Holy Spirit?
Ephesians 4:4-6: “one Lord, one faith, one baptism; one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all.
Father, Son, Holy Spirit: Matthew 28:18-20 “Then Jesus came to them and said All authority in Heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make disciples of all men, baptizing them in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything that I have commanded you. And surely I am with always, to the very end of the age.
Distinguish between Jesus as “begotten not made” and the Holy Spirit as proceeding from the Father and Son.
Begotten = the son eternally exists- John 1:1 In the beginning was the word, and the word was with God, and the word was God.
Proceeding = From the Father and the Son (Holy Spirit eternally exists) John 15:26-“When the advocate comes, whom I will send from the Father, the spirit of truth who goes from the Father, he will testify about me.”
What contemporary theological positions raise serious questions for the traditional doctrine of the Trinity?
Mormons: everyone becomes a god
Unitarians: all roads lead to God
Jehovah’s Witnesses: deny trinity; believe that Jesus was created
