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I’ve been pondering the Doctrine (and truth) of the Trinity every so often. I’ve found it to be a very satisfying truth to behold: that One God consisting of three persons are in total and eternal love and harmony with each other. I think the reason we find it such a slippery thought to hold in our minds is that, to us, the idea of even two people being in total unity with each other is utterly impossible. We know that no matter how close, how in love, how flexible two people are there is something that separates. The Bible calls that sin.
To us, separate persons = separate wills.
Not so with God. In Him are three distinct persons with wills and visions so utterly the same and in sync with each other that three persons can be one. Amazing! I think we get a glimpse of this in the dynamics of dancing and orchestras. Beyond simple reading of the notes and moving of feet, individual persons given the same vision towards a creative end can produce breathe taking results. God did make us in his image, with the capability of experiencing the kind of fellowship He has within himself. Eternally existing, eternally good.
What happened then on the Cross? Jesus was right to ask “Why?” In fact, all of creation asks WHY? Why, Father, did you forsake your Son? What could have possibly led you do such a thing? What could have led you to break the fellowship that is the foundation of who you are?
Besides they physical agony of floggings and the crucifixion, God the Son endured the infinite agony of being turned away by the Father. How black our sin must be that it would require God to literally break himself apart.
For our sake he was made to be sin who knew no sin that in Him we might become the righteousness of God.
Here is a really good sermon on the topic of the Trinity by Mark Driscoll from Mars Hill Church. It is the first in a series titled, “Doctrine: What Christians Should Believe”. I encourage to check it out.
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