1. Essentials of Doctrine
Trinity
What is the Trinity, where is it in the bible, how does it work and how does it make sense?
Essentials of Doctrine

2. Australian Bureau of Statistics
PERCENTAGE OF PEOPLE(a) REPORTING NO RELIGION(b),

3. Belief in God in the Australian Christian community in 2009
Christian Research Association
Belief in God in the Australian Christian community in 2009

4. MONOTHESTIC BELIEFS – A belief in one God
MONOTHESTIC BELIEFS – A belief in one God. Religions: Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Sikhism, Zoroastrianism, Baha’i (And variations of these)
PANOTHEISTIC BELIEFS – A belief in many gods or that everything is god – e.g. trees etc. Religions: Hinduism, Confucianism, Taoism, Unitarianism, New Age (Wicca)
AGNOSTIC BELIEFS – A belief that God may exist.
ATHIESTIC BELIEFS – God does not exist – religions Buddhism, (Marxism)

5. Trinity Where is it in the Bible? What is the trinity?
How does it work?
How does it make sense?
How can you explain it to some one who doesn’t know about the Bible?

6. Where is it in the Bible?
Concordance - Basic

7. Tools
Concordance - NIV Exhaustive

8. Tools
Concordance - Strong’s exhaustive

9. Tools
Google
58 million results
Most unhelpful

10. Methods – first mention principle
The first time something is mentioned in the Bible also includes it’s full meaning.
Also called the law of first mention
So let’s look up the first time God is mentioned...

11. Gen 1:1
In the beginning God....

12. NONE OF THESE REALLY DESCRIBE THE TRINITY
NONE OF THESE REALLY DESCRIBE THE TRINITY. SOME ARE CLOSER TO HERESIES FROM THE AGES

13. THE SUN HAS ATTRIBUTES OF HEAT AND LIGHT THAT GO OUT FROM IT
THE SUN HAS ATTRIBUTES OF HEAT AND LIGHT THAT GO OUT FROM IT. ALL ARE PART OF THE SUN. THEY ARE NOT EQUAL
THE TRINITY OF HUMANKIND BUT WE ARE NOT THREE IDENIFIABLE PERSONALITIES
CLOSER AS AN EXAMPLE, HOWEVER THEY CANNOT EXIST IN ALL THREE STATES AT THE SAME TIME.

14. God SI IS IS FATHER IS NOT IS NOT John 8:16 Eph 2:18
Separate from Jesus Gal 1:1 - Jesus refers to the father’s seal of approval John 6:27 SI
God
Gen 1:1-3 Matt - 28:19
1John 5:1-8
Rev – 1:8
IS NOT
John 8:16
IS NOT
Eph 2:18
JESUS
Existed from the beginning
John 1:1-14 IS
HOLY SPIRIT
In the last days I will pour out my Spirit... Acts 2:17 IS
IS NOT
Acts 1:4-5

15. Essentials of Doctrine – week two
Trinity
What is the Trinity, where is it in the bible, how does it work and how does it make sense?
Essentials of Doctrine – week two

16. FALSE DOCTRINE REGARDING THE TRINITY:
UNITARIANISM - Accepts the existence of one
God, but denies three entities
ARIANISM - Jesus was not eternal God, but a created
being, simply a good and moral man
SABELLIANISM - God the Father, God the Son and
the Holy Spirit are three modes or aspects of God

17. Overview
God is three persons (Mt 3:13-17)
Each person is fully God (Phil 2; Acts 5:3-4)
There is one God (Mk 12:29)
1. God is three persons (Distinction) Deny this Truth: Modalism
2. Each Person is Fully God (Deity) Deny this Truth: Arianism
3. There is One God (Unity) Deny this Truth: Tritheism

18. Can we pray to Jesus? Can we pray to the holy spirit?
Who do we pray to?
Can we pray to Jesus?
Can we pray to the holy spirit?

19. WHAT GENDER IS GOD?
WHY DO WE CALL HIM FATHER?

20. GOD EXISTS AS THREE DISTINCT PERSONS, WHO ARE ONE IN UNITY, EQUAL IN SOVEREIGNTY AND AUTHORITY.
There is no reference to ‘the trinity’ in scripture, but scripture shows God to be three distinct, eternally, co-existing persons 

21. Conclusion
Throughout the Bible, God revealed Himself as one God. Yet, God eternally exists in three distinct, divine persons: Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
Together they were involved in creation, salvation, sanctification, and glorification.
None of them work outside the single will of God, which always works to the glory of God.
We worship one God in trinity and the trinity in unity, neither blending their persons nor dividing their essence.