The Scriptures show us three very important things about God: there is one God (Deut. 6:4–5; Isa. 45:5–6), God is three persons (Gen. 1:26; Matt. 3:16–17), and each person is fully God (Jn. 1:1–4; Acts 5:3–4). The Father is God. The Son is God. The Holy Spirit is God.
It is the concept of the Trinity—and it stretches our minds. It forces us to think about things that do not make sense to us, things that are mysterious. How can God be one and three at the same time? It is a mystery that does not make sense because we have limited understanding (Is. 55:8–9). Examples have been given throughout time that attempt to help us decipher this three part essence of God, but none of them are sufficient; they just give us the gist of the Trinity—they oversimplify something that is beautifully complex and wonderfully beyond our comprehension.
The intricacy and complexity of God’s being should fill us with amazement and wonder. It is more than we can fathom.
We can understand simple things like an egg or a triangle and it makes us want to cling to these examples of the Trinity—they are more comfortable to us. But what if God wants us to see the bigger picture? What if He wants us to realize there is so much more to Him than our human minds can comprehend? After all, if He was as easy to grasp as 1+1=2, and we could figure out everything about Him, He wouldn’t be God. The intricacy and complexity of God’s being should fill us with amazement and wonder. It is more than we can fathom. The idea that three distinct beings are actually one, and each is fully God, and knowing that they interact with us in individually unique ways and yet they are one in essence, nature, and thought—we can’t fully understand that, and that is okay.
What we can know is that the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are united in purpose and are in constant relationship (Matt. 28:19; 2 Cor. 13:14). And even though He is far superior to us, God wants to have a personal relationship with us—humans, whom He made in His image.
Choosing to believe in the mystery of the Trinity tests our willingness to humbly accept that God’s wisdom is far beyond our own. It should feel like a mystery and fill us with awe and wonder—and gratitude—that even though God is so much more complex than we are, He cares about us and wants to have a relationship with us (Ps. 8:3–6).
When it feels frustrating that you can’t understand it all, know that you are not the only one. Even King David said, “This wondrous knowledge is beyond me; It is lofty, I am unable to reach it” (Ps. 139:6). Cling to the fact that God loves you and the more you draw close to Him, the closer He will draw to you (James 4:8). The more you seek understanding and wisdom, and ask God for it, the more He will give it to you (James 1:5).
Join us each Thursday for this commentary as we strive to learn more about God. Over the next few weeks, we will talk about each person of the Trinity individually—Father, Son, and Holy Spirit—as we work to be followers of Jesus Christ who know and handle the truth well.
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