When our Lord Jesus Christ began His ministry, The Entire Godhead, The Trinity appeared, “As soon as Jesus was baptized, he went up out of the water. At that moment heaven was 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.” (Matthew 3:16-17). This is significant, that at the beginning of Christ’s Ministry God reveals Himself as One God in Three Persons, Father, Son and Holy Spirit. At the very beginning, before The Crucifixion and Resurrection Christ reveals to all who were baptism, that The Lord God is One yet Three Divine Persons.
In the same way Christ at the end of His earthly ministry, before ascending into heaven, again emphasizes His Triune Nature, “Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit” (Mathew 28:19). There is a reason that at the beginning and end of Jesus’ earthly ministry that attention is drawn to the Whole Trinity. It is not to be glossed over. We are suppose to be preaching Christ, yes, but also The Trinity that He is apart of as The Son who is One with The Father and Holy Spirit! One God in Three Distinct and Divine Persons. If we fail to understand why at the beginning and end of Christ’s ministry the Trinity is highlighted, we fail to grasp that God is drawing attention to one of the paramount doctrines we are suppose to share with unbelievers, “Baptize them in the Name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.” (Matthew 28:19). As well as profess the Trinity in our worship! He is indeed a “Good Good Father,” (Tomerlin), “Jesus, Master, Savior, Jesus,” and “Come Holy Spirit Come! Come and fill this place.”
Teaching that our God is The Holy Trinity is crucial, because its who God is! From the very beginning He said, “Let us create man and woman in our Image.” (Genesis 1:27), and “The LORD said, They have become like One of Us, knowing Good from Evil.” (Genesis 3:22). The whole Trinity is throughout Scripture, Christ appears in the furnace, “Look!” he answered, “I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire; and they are not hurt, and the form of the fourth is like the Son of God,” (Daniel 3:25, NKJV) and judges Satan, “The word of the Lord came to me: “Son of man, say to the ruler of Tyre,” (Ezekiel 28:1), the Holy Spirit gave words to prophets and kings, “Cast me not away from your presence, and take not your Holy Spirit from me,” (Palam 51:11), and the Father is mentioned by Name, “But now, O Lord, you are our Father; we are the clay, and you are our potter; we are all the work of your hand” (Isaiah 64:8). The Doctrine of the Holy Trinity is Old and New Testament, not novel teaching, but one grounded in Scripture and belief from Genesis to Revelation.
It is essential who preach that our God is Three Persons of Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, but One in essence, Co-Substantial, Co-Equal, and Co-Eternal, always existing and never ending. You cannot understand Jesus unless you know Him as The Son of God, “All who declare that Jesus is the Son of God have God living in them, and they live in God” (1 John 4:15), Jesus is God (Colossians 2:9, Titus 2:13, John 10:30, Hebrews 1:1-14), but His role in the Trinity is The Son.
I wanted to share a helpful video on understanding The Trinity, its only 4mins and very clear:
Amen.
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