1. 1 Doctrine and Theology: Who Is This God? A Glimpse Into The Trinity

2. 2 A Good Mystery ‘Encyclopedia Brown’ ‘Sherlock Holmes’

3. 3 A Good Mystery ‘The Trinity’

4. 4 Doctrine and Theology: Who Is This God? The Trinity ‘Trinity’ From Latin Trinitas: ‘Three are one’ ‘Trinity’ is not found in the Bible Long Standing Issue… Three Gods? One God, Three Phases? Gregory of Nyssa Not Three Gods – One God! Deut. 6:4, Mark 12:29

5. 5 Doctrine and Theology: Who Is This God? The Trinity Acquiring understanding of the Trinity requires three things: 1. A study of all relevant scriptures 2. A willingness to ‘come to a conclusion’ after studying all relevant scriptures. 3. Remembering one foundational principle: ‘The Lord Thy God Is One.’

6. 6 In part from From www.carm.org The Trinity by Mark Slickwww.carm.org Doctrine and Theology: Who Is This God?

7. 7 Matthew 3:16 - 17 Doctrine and Theology: Who Is This God?

8. 8 The Trinity Why and How? 1. Hebrews 11:1, 6 2. Can we create, especially out of nothing? If not, then our minds are overwhelmingly smaller then God’s. Sometimes we have to simply trust. 3. Do we understand God’s ‘absolute otherness’ Isaiah 55:8 – 9, Job 38:1 – 40:6