In Christianity, the Trinity or the Holy Trinity is the union of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit in one God.
There has been a certain misconception that Christians believe in three Gods and this is far from the truth. We don’t believe that the Father, Son, and the Holy Spirit are three “forms” of God—like, steam, water and ice. That’s the heresy called Modalism. We also don’t believe that the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are “parts” or “pieces” of God. That would imply that Jesus is 1/3rd God, the Father is 1/3rd God, and the Holy Spirit is 1/3rd God.
We believe that the one God eternally exists in three Persons: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit; and that these three are one God, co-equal and co-eternal, having precisely the same nature and attributes.
Though the word “Trinity” does not appear in the Bible, the concept or the idea does. We don’t believe in the Trinity because of the term – “Trinity”, but because of what the Bible teaches us about God.
In 2 Corinthians 13:14, the bible says that ‘the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, be with you all. Amen.’ In understanding this verse, we see the Trinity. All over the four gospels, we find Jesus establishing this truth. In John 14, the word says ‘at that day ye shall know that I am in my Father, and ye in me, and I in you.’ Hence, the Father, Son and Holy Spirit are ONE. The Father gave the Son to us for our salvation and His Spirit dwelling in us forever.
This then begs the question of who we are meant to pray to when we pray. As already established, the Father, Son and Holy Spirit are One. However, as believers, we pray to the Father in the name of the Son, Jesus through the help of the Holy Spirit. You might ask why our prayers are this way and the simple answer is found in our union with God through His son. Jesus established a relationship such that we are now His sons and He is our Father. Hence, we pray to Him and call Him Father in prayers. God delights in bringing to our remembrance that He is our Father. The Resurrection brought about that relationship. People of other religions tremble when they hear us call God, Abba Father. They can’t fathom how we can assume such closeness to and with Him.
When we pray, we pray to the Father in the name of His Son because the Son is the ONLY access (way) to God, the Father. It is based on His sacrifice that we are reconciled to God. In other words, God, the Father reconciled us to Himself through the sacrifice of His Son and the gift of His Spirit.
Till next time,
Remember that our God is infinitely greater than our minds can ever comprehend