Why We Believe - The Trinity

Watch the new sermon from our series "Why We Believe" at Apologia Church. Pastor James White teaches us why we believe in the doctrine of the Trinity. Do you know why you believe? Can you give an answer to anyone who asks? Watch. Tell someone!

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[ivansvintsitsky]

There are a lot of heretics in the comment section.

[krazoChrist]

"All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, until the end of the age."

[gabrielkinzel]

I never thought so many Unitarians existed until I saw this comment section.

[MatthewOkettaajing]

I oketta ajing in Uganda, ONGAKO clan believes in the TRINITY 3=1, YAHWEH THE ALMITHY GOD. amen

[virgiliogarrett]

Let no one lead you astray.​—2 Thess. 2:3.
Satan blurs people’s view of Jehovah. After the death of Jesus’ apostles, some who claimed to be Christians began to spread false teachings. (Acts 20:29,  30) These apostates started to blur the identity of the only true God. For example, they stopped using the divine name in their copies of the Bible and preferred such expressions as “Lord.” By removing God’s personal name and replacing it with “Lord, ” they made it difficult for a Bible reader to see how Jehovah is different from the other “lords” mentioned in the Scriptures. (1 Cor. 8:5) They used the same term, “Lord, ” for Jehovah and for Jesus, making it difficult to understand that Jehovah and his Son are different individuals with distinct positions. (John 17:3) This confusion contributed to the development of the doctrine of the Trinity​—a doctrine not taught in God’s Word. As a result, many see God as mysterious and believe that we cannot know him. What a lie!​

[jwright]

Why do people make silly arguments like, "How can God die?". It shows an incredible lack of understanding about what Christians actually believe about Jesus, the Triune God, and death. If you criticize belief in the Lord Jesus by asking how God can die, then please take a day and learn what Christian's actually believe. I'll give you some hints: hypostatic union, uniqueness of Yahweh - being versus personhood, final judgement and the eternal state.

[estimatingonediscoveringthree]

Thank you Pastor White! My jw neighbors are moving soon and I needed to outfit my tool belt a little more to muster up a dissertation. This is a great reinforcing narrative! (Listening a couple times and taking notes.)

[ipodrogify]

I just started reading "The Forgotten Trinity" and this shows up in my feed.

[praveenUFO]

I BELIEVE IN THE FATHER, THE SON AND THE HOLYSPIRIT

[Apol-los]

"They do it out of tradition not conviction. A horrible reality."

[REUBENKAMARA-su]

I love dr James White❤❤, I hope to be a Christian apologist oneday

[lonnierandall]

I became Christian in 1976 when I was 18. I didn't grow up in a religious family. We were very secular, so I didn't have any preconceived doctrines. I knew there was supposed to be a trinity, but when I read the Bible, I couldn't see it in the scriptures. So I'm not trinitarian. I asked God to reveal it to me in the scriptures. And what He revealed to me is that He is the Holy Spirit. So the Father and the Son are both the Holy Spirit. Holy Spirit is their being. And there is only one Holy Spirit. Yes, wherever the Father and the Word are, there will also be the Holy Spirit, because they are the Holy Spirit. But the Holy Spirit is not a third person.

Before He became the Son of man, Jesus did exist with the one we call the Father. John 1 says He was with God in the beginning and He was God. They were both YHVH. Our minds always try to diagram or picture things. This is how my mind pictures it. Draw a circle. That circle is the Holy Spirit. Now write Father and Son inside that circle. You can't draw an infinite circle, but the circle is infinite. That is how I visualize it now. But when I think of it before Jesus came as the Son of man, I think of the same circle with YHVH written inside. But it is the exact same thing, except He hadn't taken on the flesh yet. But within YHVH there are still the two personifications. The Holy Spirit is the whole of YHVH, it is His being. So when the Holy Spirit comes to us, it is the Father and the Son coming to us in their Spirit.

Lu @ If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?

Ro @ The Spirit ITSELF beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God:

Ro @ ¶ Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit ITSELF maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.

2Co @ Now he which stablisheth us with you in Christ, and hath anointed us, is God;
22 Who hath also sealed us, and given the EARNEST of the Spirit in our hearts.

An earnest is a down payment.

2Co 5:5 Now he that hath wrought us for the selfsame thing is God, who also hath given unto us the EARNEST of the Spirit.

Php @ For I know that this shall turn to my salvation through your prayer, and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ,

Jesus said He and the Father are One. He also said, "I am in the Father and the Father is in me." The reason He could say that is because they are both the Holy Spirit.

God is no different than He always was. He simply put on flesh for a very short time, for a very specific purpose.

1Ti 2:5 For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;6 Who gave himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time.

That is why Jesus "became" the son of man; so he could be our mediator.

Heb 4:15 For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.

He also needed to become man in order to die in our stead.

Heb 2:9 But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour; that he by the grace of God should taste death for every man.

But He is now at the right hand of the Father in the same state He existed in before he became a man.

Joh 17:5 And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was.

Heb 7:15 And it is yet far more evident: for that after the similitude of Melchisedec there ariseth another priest, 16 Who is made, not after the law of a carnal commandment, but after the power of an endless life.17 For he testifieth, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.

Heb 13:8 Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever.

[applepie]

The Trinity is the truth! Father, Son, Holy Spirit 3 distinct persons, 1 God

[hopeinHim]

Dr. White, Is your book " The Forgotten Trinity" Still available?
Also were the 100 verses? My family are still in, l feel burdeed to witness to them . I am head injured and need all the help l can get. Thank you in advance. Bless you for speaking faithfully of our Lord Yahweh! ✝️🔥🕊️🙏⚔️🛡️

[leadanon]

Nobody ever has seen God but Jesus was seen by many. Jews were waiting for the Messiah not God to come down to the earth. Trinity is pagan teaching without biblical foundation.

[myname-yshf]

"For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved." John 3:16, 17

What can we learn from the words of Jesus?
1. God is the Father of Jesus Christ.
2. Jesus Christ is the Son of God.
3. God had a Son to send into the world.

[mothermovementa]

Too many heretics in the comments section.😷

[presenttruthmessages]

Why I understand that the 'Trinity' is a Catholic teaching and do not accept it, the main reason...is, it's unbiblical. Jesus was not God. He is God's Son. God did not die on the cross. If he had have, all life would have stopped at once. There is one God and he turned from his dying son at the cross. God's Son offered himself for a substitute for you. Not God, God's son. There is only one God and he has never died.
Our Father Which Art in Heaven! Hallowed Be Thy Name!

[powerant]

I respect james white but i will never believe in the doctrine of the trinity because Christ taught that His Father alone is the only true God...

[malcolmknight]

The simple fact is if you use the title trinity, God the Son, God the Holy Spirit, divine essence, God in three persons you are ADDING TO SCRIPTURE WHICH IS A VERY SIRIUS SIN. In the name of Jesus Christ the redeemer the only begotten Son of the Father I publicly renounce the Roman Catholic false pagan trinity doctrine. What do you trust the written word of God or man's wisdom philosophy theology ect ect