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[SmileGodLuvsU]

Anyone have a SIMPLE way to explain the Trinity?? I have people who are asking me to explain it and when I look it up online, I get these long hard explanations. I don't question it, I have faith that it is what it is. and I sorta get it but don't ask me to try and explain it!  I need help! Thanks! 

[dwayne]

maybe...The FATHER spoke the Word/Holy Spirit, and the SON/JESUS  demonstrated it.

[SmileGodLuvsU]

That does simplify things a bit! Thanks! I will tell the gals that and see if it raises more questions or explains it!    Will let you know

[justinwiiloughby]

haha,

I heard this explanation over and over again. And it helps me a great deal.

Take an egg.

We have an egg with three parts. (The shell, the white, and the yolk.) Notice all three parts of the egg still make up the egg.

Just like ALL three parts of God make up ONE God.

All three were present in Creation. All three are active today. All three are God. =D

It helped me to understand the COOLNESS of God. He is so amazing to me.. and wow.. mysterious at the same time. That's what makes Him God. I love it.

I hope that explanation helped u as much as it did me. I know its real old school, and probably has been heard a great number of times. But it did help me out a bunch. Love ya!!

Dwayne,

Great explanation as well. The Spirit is guiding our lives, The Son was crucified for our sins, making a way to have eternal life so we can see The Father. Even tho the Father was in Jesus, and The Holy Spirit. LOL! WOW!!!! GOD IS GOD DUDE! I don't always get Him, but He is pretty stinkin great.

[Mike]

Great Discussion guys!

Before I say anything I want to remind us that God is God... He is infinite. He is Omniscient. He is Omni-present. He is Omnipotent. He is a being that exists and functions outside the confines of what we know and understand and so in so many ways He is mysterious too. I say all this first of all to help us get in the right frame of mind; that in all of our attempts to describe and understand this amazing being we will never fully grasp and understand God in His totality (not in this life and world at least).

So, our attempts to understand this Triune God will be feeble at best. We will at some point have to accept that the mystery is part of what makes Him this great God and we are not. How do we  truly understand One God composed of three persons... Weird and mind boggling.

Yes the Egg gives us insight to 3 distinct parts making up 1 egg. Each with their own qualities and yet each still egg. Different roles and functions. One part is no more egg than the other and missing one of the parts makes the egg less.

Another, but more limited analogy, is water. Water is manifest in 3 forms... liquid, gas, and solid... all still water, but three different manifestations of one substance.

It may help to understand the trinity through the earthly representation of God... People!   Mankind is created in the likeness and image of God. God is a Triune God. Mankind is a triune being too. Man is composed of Spirit, Soul, and Body (1Thessalonians 5).

Each part has a different function and the truth is each part is eternal. Yes the body will die, but every human beings body will be resurrected and rejoined with their soul and spirit.

You can check out this subject further in a study I did on it for Associated Content. http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/446538/doctrine_of_trichotomy_of_man_a_biblical.html?cat=34

Fact is we see the triune God referenced all throughout the Bible. We see the Spirit working, the Father working, and the Son working (sometimes all at the same time, like in the baptism of Jesus).

I've heard many different thoughts on it, like the Father is the Architect, the Son is the construction manager, and the Spirit is the builder.  I don't know that I like that, but people are always coming up with ways to try to understand this awesome triune God.

I hope this helps. 

[SmileGodLuvsU]

Thanks guys! Yepper! It all helps! 

I was thinking too....it is like us and the "hats" we all wear at different times. One time I have my "mom hat" on, another  occasion my "wife hat" and still another my "sister hat" and others but I am always the same person.  God, our creator, is always the same. He just shows up differently sometimes. And like we multitask, he does too and can be all three at once.

Idk if that makes sense to anyone else but after reading the posts that is what I came up with. Very simply stated but understandable..haha..at least to me~

Thanks again! I am glad I asked!

[zoe]

I was thinking of the Egg and Water too.  Also there's the one St. Patrick used, the Shamrock!  3 separate leaves all coming off of one stem.

[SmileGodLuvsU]

Thanks Zoe! That is another good one! I am going to use them all! haha!

[Valnolan]

I like to think of the Trinity as the facets of God- One being, different personalities.

[denniscallahan]

Started by joshhatcher - Last post by DruDogg 
Ok now the trinity symbol...some speculate its a 666...why would they think this.  Symbology major out there?



I'm not a symbology major, but I've studied this a bit....

I've read that 7 represents perfection and 3 represents the Holy Trinity, thus three 7's or 777.

666 is described as the number of the beast (the antichrist) in Revelation, which I think is why the devil worshipers use it.  I have a note in my study Bible that says that many believe that 6 is the number for humanity and 3 is the number for God, so three 6's could signify a man trying to make himself god.

[dwayne]

read the book, THE SHACK!  It is an awesome illistration of the Trinity, i think!