Christians who understand & believe the Trinity, how do you explain this to others with ease?

Question

How do you personally explain there is ONE God, who is Triune...meaning 3 coexistent, co-eternal persons which make up God in a simple and easy to grasp manner using scripture? This truth can be difficult for some to explain, and it sometimes confuses those not familiar with the Bible? The word trinity was never meant to be included in the Bible, just a simple way to explain the Divinity of Jesus. So how have you explained the above?

I've seen some people use the egg and water/ice examples, but physical examples are always lacking. So how do you word your explanation "with scripture".

Answer 1

Using Scripture as the starting point, I would show from Romans that that all creation points to God, "therefore they [unbelievers] are without excuse." How does the whole of creation point to the Triune God of Scripture? Well, we live in a physical world which is 3-dimensional (height, length, depth); the physical effects of the universe are manifested by energy, phenomena and matter (though not necessarily in that order); time, frequently regarded as the fourth dimension, is actually something in which events occur. It too is triune, made up of past present and future. Even colours we see are made up of just three primary colours (red, green and blue).
The fact that these things are in threes is not an accident, but to point us toward God.
In the Bible, we have the declaration from God Himself: "Hear O Israel: the Lord your God is one Lord". This is frequently pointed to by unitarians as proof that God is not Triune. In the Hebrew (transliterated into English) it says
"Shema yisroel Adonai Elohenu Adonai echad", the word "echad", translated as "one", is actually used as a compound-unity noun, such as Adam and Eve "became one [echad] flesh", "The whole congregation [echad translated as "whole congregation"] together..." and many other examples. When a word was used to mean unique, one and only, etc, then the Hebrew word "yachid" was used (e.g when Isaac was rferred to as the unique/one and only son of Promise to Abraham).
The word translated God in the Bible, is taken from El (250 times), and Elohim (2,500 times) Elohim is the plural form of El, yet when used of YHWH is always followed by the singular ("is" instead of "are", etc).
I would give specific references but my usual computer is down and my Bible is at a separate address at the moment. Still I hope this will provide some food for thought. Try www.christiananswers.net, or www.thebereancall.org for more info.
PS Jesus also said "The Father and I are one", "I am with you [believers] always", etc, demonstrating the Holy Spirit and Jesus are one also.

Answer 2

Well there is God the Father, which everyone seems to agree upon that is a believer...

John 1:1 says, "In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God and the Word was God." Later, "The Word became flesh and dwelt among us..." Jesus

Then the only unforgivable sin is blasphemy of the Holy Spirit... Jesus mentions also that the Father would send another one comforter... Holy Spirit...

The Trinity as a definition does not appear anywhere in the Bible. However God makes mention of these different "persons"....

I can't explain something to someone if they don't believe so I just do the best that I can and leave the results up to God.

Answer 3

see John 1:1 it says that in the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God and was God. He was with God in the beginning. This explains Jesus's presence and that he is God. Jesus on Earth was God in the flesh. After Jesus's Crucifixion and death God gave all his creation under his authority. The spirit was given to all that accept Jesus as their savior. The Holy Spirit is our guide in the way we should go in all that we do. The Holy Spirit also convicts us of right and wrong even when it is not a sin. How we handled a relationship or situation, we feel the negative emotion of that choice. We also get blessed and confirmed by goose bumps and spiritual coo-dose for good deeds as well. see also John 10:30 and 10:38 these two scriptures are quite clear.

Answer 4

Ok God Is Jesus Made into flesh even though Jesus said Father . He said that becaue Jesus had a human body and a human mind with choices like everyone else does. The holy Spirit is God Tugging at your heart when you are about to make a choice between doing the right or doing the wrong. But the Holy Spirit knows God because He is God. It may not mention the Trinity in the Bible but thats what it basicily is. But God wanted for everyone to be with Him after Adam and Eve made that stupid choice. By sending Himself in flesh, Which is Jesus We can be saved.

Answer 5

I have heard many things about the Trinity, none of which satisfied me, so I prayed one day and asked God to show me in the Bible.
He led me to Genesis, where He says: "Let us make Man, in our image, according to our likeness;"
Genesis 1:26
In the 2nd Chapter of Genesis we have a clear explanation of how Man was made.
God formed Adam, a single Man, out of the dust of the earth.
God caused Adam to fall into a deep sleep, and out of his own substance derived what God formed into a second person, Eve.
Eve was part of Adam - she was of the same origin and substance. The same, yet distinct.
So now we have not just One, become Two.
But that is not the end, because the Scripture now says: "Therefore shall a man leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife, and they shall become One flesh."
So now you have One and One and One - all of One, all distinct, the most perfect picture we can get as creatures of flesh to understand the nature of the Triune God.
To be sure, some will not be able to understand this, because they will take this to say that God is a sexual being, which is not what it is saying. God is Spirit and not flesh; but He has patterned His creation Man after the pattern of His own nature.

When the Lord showed me this I had my questions, because I had never heard anyone teach along these lines. I asked God for confirmation, and a short time later I was reading a book by the great modern day prophet of the church, A.W. Tozer; and he mentioned in his book that some of the early church fathers arrived at a similar conclusion. I'm sorry I can't provide the name of the book or the specific church fathers, but I hope this helps.
May His Holy Spirit lead you into all truth.

Answer 6

The confusion lies in not understanding that a difference in roles does not necessitate a difference in nature. All analogies will fall short but here is one that might be useful.

If three individuals formed a business and one was in charge of the overall operations of the business while another was in charge of finances and the third was in charge of information technology then it would seem like the person (Father) was greater than the other two. But in reality they would all be people who were working together for a common goal.

Just because the Father is over all does not mean that the Son who limited Himself to a human body does not share in the divine nature of God. Just because Jesus said that the Holy Spirit would glorify Him (Jesus) and not speak on his own authority doesn't mean that the Spirit is less than God it only means that the three of them work together as God.

Answer 7

All 3 were seen when Jesus came out of the water after being baptized by John. But you cannot give a natural example for a spiritual reality. God is a consuming fire, a spirit and to be worshiped in spirit and truth. This is a mystery. You can hear the wind but can't see it.

Answer 8

Mya! Great Question!!! I asked my husband, a former Jehovah's Witness, how he came to understand the trinity since he didn't believe it initially...he explained that it was as if an outside source had told him in his mind(the Holy Spirit!) that he had to stop thinking of the Father and the Son in the human context of a father and a son. That a human father could never also be his son... but with GOD, He can be anything, anyone, anytime, anywhere, and nothing, not ONE thing, is impossible for God to do or be simultaneously.

Answer 9

The Father was not made, nor created, nor generated by anyone. The Son is not made, nor created, but begotten by the Father alone. The Holy Spirit is not made, nor created, nor generated, but proceeds from the Father and the Son. There is, then, one Father, not three Fathers; one Son, not three sons; one Holy Spirit, not three holy spirits. In this Trinity, there is nothing before or after, nothing greater or less. The entire three Persons are coeternal and coequal with one another. So that in all things, as is has been said above, the Unity is to be worshiped in Trinity and the Trinity in Unity.

Answer 10

It's simplistic but it helps sometimes:

I am a woman, a mother and a teacher. I am one person but I am also each of these. For the child I need to be the mother. For the student I need to be the teacher. To the world as a whole I am a woman. Each of these things is unique but still a part of a whole.
God is similar. He is the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. Each as a role individually and each is the same collectively. God is much more complicated but this helps people get past the feeling of being overwhelmed.