Christian Worldview Assignment PDF

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Abstract
This paper looks at the doctrine of the Trinity. There is also a section of the paper that
states the application of the Trinity to the life of the Christian. The word trinity originates from
Latin trinitas, which means the number three. The Trinity is the most defining, unique,
incomprehensible, as well as an awesome mystery of Christianity. It acts as the revelation of who
the Almighty creator is and not just our god, but also exist as infinite Being living in eternity in
the form of three co-equal, consubstantial, infinite person yet distinct (Husseini, 2011). The
doctrine of Trinity is said to be the doctrine that describes orthodoxy; it is that doctrine that
enables us to know more about God, as well as to secure our salvation. In the past centuries,
Christians tried very hard to defend and articulate this main belief, and all of us are the
beneficiaries of the work performed by them (Brümmer, 2013).
Origin of the Doctrine of Trinity
The doctrine of trinity originated from the Bible; however, the word trinity is not
applicable in the Bible. Most of the Orthodox Christians are in agreement that the doctrine of
trinity states that God is only one spirit but exist in the form of three persons; God has three
centers of consciousness but has one nature, God is one only, but three whos. The doctrine of
trinity started that the Bible demonstrates that there is only one living external God who is the
sustainer and Creator of the world (Lim, 2012). There is only one God that exists. The three
persons are co-eternal and co-equal. They are also distinct or distinguishable from one another.
The three distinguishable persons are named as one God. Things that are true about our God are
also true about the three persons (the father, the son, and the Holy Spirit). The reversal of nature
is not true. Whereas the Bible explains that the son is God, the spirit is God, the father is God it

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is not good to say that God is the spirit, the son is God, or the father is God. The nature of God
comprises of three distinguishable persons. Thus it is wrong to compare God to one specific
member of the Trinity.
To summarize, the Bible makes the following crucial points about God’s nature:
There is the existence of one God
The Biblical teaching is the basis to the doctrine of the Trinity, and it’s stated of the
existence of one and only one living God. According to the Bible teaching, there is no other
similar divine being with the same real existence. Trinitarians are emphatic that there is only the
existence of One God.
The most well-known startling statement in every part of the Bible is located in the verse
that God pronounces that ‘in the beginning, he created the God created the earth and heaven’’
(Gen1:1). This statement was the most amazing statement in the world of the Polytheistic.
Biblical Christianity upholds that there exists only one loving God, not several gods. God started
it clearly in Moses’ writing when he told his people such as Israelites that the Lord is one and the
Lord is people’s God (Roggema, 2015). Author and Pastor John MacArthur elucidate the true
meaning well when he says’ that the real truth was essential to the religious convictions of Israel.
This is because they existed in the midst of the societies of Polytheistic. It was more important
that they offer their loyalty to the one God, whereas the cultures of the Pagan that surrounds
them pray to many gods, the people of God were to worship the one true living God, and they
should be faithful to him in their whole heart.
Solomon restated this truth about God by the dedication of the Temple to God so that all
the people that are living on the earth surface may know that there exists only one true God and
that there is no similar person like him (1 Kings 8:60). In the Old Testament, God declares that

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he is the only true God through his prophet (Isaiah). So the scripture in the Old Testament clearly
states that there is only one true loving God.
The oneness of God can also be seen in the teaching of the New Testament. Jesus told the
people that external life is for those who know God as the only true God (John 17:3). Paul as the
apostle spoke that God is the Father and he is one God upon which everything exists (1 co. 8:6).
Paul also confirms in the New Testament that there exists only one God of whom Jesus Christ
acted as the only mediator between men and God (Ayres, 2010). These biblical teachings from
both the New and Old Testaments were summarized by Dr. Bruce Ware through his narration of
which he says ‘that the Bible stated that there exists only one God. He is the God of the
Israelites; God of the Bible, and through Christ, God showed that he is the one and only God.
God is three persons
One of the most well-known hymns of the faith of Christian is ‘Holy, Holy’ in that hymn,
the greatest mysteries relating to the doctrine of Trinity is located in the first verse of the last line
which says ‘that God exists in three persons, and he is the blessed Trinity.’ John MacArthur who
is a pastor speaks of the mystery when he utters, ‘there is only one God, and exist not as two but
three distinguishable persons. That the mystery is unparalleled in the experience of the people.’
This then means that Jesus who is the son is God, God the father is God, and lastly, Holy Spirit is
also God. This also suggests that God the Holy Spirit is not the Father or the son, the father is not
the Holy Spirit or the son and the Holy Spirit is not the Father or the son, each of them are God,
but still there exist only one true loving God.
The truth of the existence of one God that is in three persons that is the Father, son, and
the Holy Spirit can be seen in several places throughout the Bible. In the Book of Genesis that is
found in the Old Testament, God mentions himself by stating that’ Let us create man in our