✨ The Trinity: One God in Three Persons

1. What is the Trinity?

• One God eternally existing in three distinct Persons:
  • Father (Creator, Source)
  • Son (Jesus Christ, Redeemer)
  • Holy Spirit (Helper, Sustainer)
    📖 Deuteronomy 6:4 – “The LORD our God, the LORD is one.”
    📖 Matthew 28:19 – “…baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.”

2. Unity of the Trinity

• One in essence, nature, and will.
• Not three gods (polytheism).
• Not one God wearing different “masks” (modalism).
  ✨ God is three in Person, one in Being.

Illustrations (limited but helpful):

• Water (ice, liquid, vapor – still H₂O).
• Sun (light, heat, radiation).
• Mind (thought, word, breath).

3. The Father 💙

• Source of all creation.
• Initiator of salvation.
• Eternal Father who loves His children.
  📖 1 Corinthians 8:6 – “…one God, the Father, from whom all things came…”

4. The Son ✝️

• Jesus Christ, fully God and fully man.
• Reveals the Father.
• Died and rose again for our salvation.
  📖 John 1:1 – “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.”
  📖 John 14:9 – “Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father.”

5. The Holy Spirit 🌿

• The presence of God with us today.
• Convicts, comforts, guides, empowers.
• Dwells in every believer.
  📖 John 14:26 – “The Advocate, the Holy Spirit… will teach you all things.”

6. The Trinity in Action 🔄

• Creation → Father spoke, Son (Word) created, Spirit hovered. (Genesis 1)
• Baptism of Jesus → Son baptized, Spirit descended, Father spoke. (Matthew 3:16–17)
• Salvation → Father planned, Son accomplished, Spirit applies.

7. Why the Trinity Matters ✨

• Shows God’s nature as love (relationship within Himself).
• Grounds our worship (we worship the Triune God).
• Shapes our prayer (to the Father, through the Son, in the Spirit).
• Inspires unity in the church (many members, one body).

🌍 The Mystery of Love

We cannot fully comprehend the Trinity — but we can know Him and experience His love.

📖 2 Corinthians 13:14 – “The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.”