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God & the Trinity
Who God is, what he is like, and how Father, Son and Holy Spirit are one God.
- 1Does God exist?Yes. Christians do not believe in God as a guess to fill a gap. We believe because the world he made shows his power and nature, and because he has spoken, first through the prophets and then in his Son. The question is not really whether there is evidence, but whether we will treat the evidence as what it is.
- 2What is the Trinity?The Trinity is the Christian confession that there is one God, and that this one God is Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, three persons, each fully God, equal in power and glory. The word itself is not in the Bible. The reality is taught everywhere in it, and the church forged the word to protect what the Bible says from being flattened in either direction.
- 3What is God like?God is spirit, eternal, unchanging, all powerful, holy, just, good, and true. And he is love. Scripture gives his character in his own words and deeds rather than in our guesses: he is the I AM who always is, the Maker who never tires, and the Father who so loved the world that he gave his Son.
Where these lead
The questions these answers open onto, in the neighbouring categories.
Was Jesus a real person?Bible People & HistoryWho is the Holy Spirit?The Holy SpiritIs Jesus God?JesusWhy does God allow suffering?Suffering, Evil & Hard Questions
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