THE TRINITY

I was surprised at the most recent plot twist with the Israel Folau saga.

Here’s the news: Israel Folau (aka “HELL AWAITS”) does not believe in the Christian Trinity.

Weirdly, I have heard some Christians defend Folau’s “Christian” status.

I figure that people defend Folau’s “Christianity” because they assume the Trinity is a doctrine that has little to do with their personal faith. It’s easy to be lacklustre about the Trinity when it’s simply an ‘idea’ about God. Has the one God – God the Father, God the Son, and God the Spirit effectively become meaningless to you?

For some Christians, thinking too much about the Trinity is just confusing. It doesn’t seem to make mathematical or logical sense. Some Christians may only acknowledge it because it’s taught from the church pulpit.

So if that’s you, hang on to your seats and listen up! I’m here to smash down your tiny god. Because:

i) God himself is Trinity.
ii) God intimately relates to humanity as Trinity.
iii) The Gospel/ Salvation/ Creation is Trinitarian.

I’m no theologian. But the God I know and enjoy is the Triune God. Through the Trinity, we encounter God’s beauty, glory, complexity, distinctiveness. The Trinity is God’s intimate identity. The Trinity is *who* God is, not *what* God is.

We can deeply experience God as Triune. Knowing the Trinity brings us to a deeper knowledge of who God really is.

If you desire a deeper connection with God, it is found in knowing the Trinity. Knowing the Trinity is not about going into ‘doctrine’ or ‘ideas’, but into a deeper relationship with God. Knowing the Trinity has a real tangible impact on the day-to-day Christian life. It’s so much more than just proclaiming the threeness and oneness of God. The Trinity is who God is. By knowing the Trinity, we gaze on the soul of God himself.

The Trinity is eternal. Father, Son and Spirit don’t exist in response to creation. Father, Son and Spirit have always existed. God has perfect relationship within the Trinity. Relationship and love existed before creation, as seen in the Trinity.

So because God is Trinity, God is love. Because God is love, God loves us. Because he loves us, he saves us. The Trinity is the foundation of the Gospel.

The core of the Gospel, we see the Trinity. We are reconciled to the Father, achieved through the fully human, fully divine Jesus, and enabled by the Holy Spirit’s work to change our heart. The Trinity completes salvation from start to finish. Not other god can save.

The God who embraces my soul is Trinity.