The Evolution of God

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There are three statements that affirm the Trinity teaching believed today: (1) that there is only one God, (2) there exist three persons eternally in this Godhead and (3) each of these three persons is equal in divinity. This was the way the first Councils was thinking but could not find the words for it or the Biblical teachings to substantiate it. It is not enough to simple say it is so, without proving that it is so. Let''s go step by step though it like they had to.

I want to remind you that each of these teachings is not suppose to be the belief of the Trinity.

            Tritheisim is the opinion or Doctrine that the father, son and Holy Spirit are three distinct Gods. Which God can be God all by himself? God does not need Jesus to make him a complete God. Likewise, Jesus can be considered a god without being in the presence of God. The same can be said of the Holy Spirit. This belief is what allot of people I know, understand the Trinity to mean. But this is not the Trinity! The Trinity states that it takes all three to make one complete God.

            Subordinationism is the Doctrine that the second and third persons of the Trinity are inferior in order, nature and importance to the first person. That the Holy Spirit is great, the Son is greater and the Father is the greatest. The bible makes little reference to the Holy Spirit, but the Council called him Lord, (referring to the Holy Spirit) giving him life, adoration and glory so that the third person of the Trinity in some way can be understood as equal to the other two. What sparks my interest is the numbering system used: God is considered number one, Jesus numbers two and the Holy Spirit is the third. The wording insides of itself kind of insinuate a ranking of the grouping. So if your understanding of the Trinity resembles this, will of course, you don''t believe in the Trinity.

            Monotheism is the Doctrine or belief that there is but one God. This is what Mary and Joseph taught Jesus. This means that God can actually be a God without being in a triad grouping to make him one complete God. Now I know you are confused. (So am I.) But this belief is not what the Trinity truly means. This is what Mary and Joseph taught Jesus.

Arianism is named after Arius, presbyter of Alexander. In it he says that there was a time when Christ was not. That he was a creature consubstantial rather than the same nature with the begotten Creator. God’s intermediary agent (2 Tim. 2:5), the first created of all creatures. Arius believed that God became father only after at the creation of the Son (Mat. 7:21), meaning the logo, Son of God was created. It signifies that Christ works for God (John 9:4), but his work in not God’s work of salvation. That he rules a God’s tributary king, but is not God’s personal ruling presence.

           So, do you now know what the Trinity means and stand for if it has nothing to do with the beliefs that I have just mention in the above paragraph. I''m curious, How many times have you yourself explained the Trinity to a friend, family member or the children you love, by describing one of the Doctrine''s above? If you did, you were far from the truth.

God is God. Without complicating things, God is simply God: A being that no human mind or words can describe, a presence that turned Moses hair white without even seeing the face of God, by just being in his grace. God''s glory is the one thing that should be noted a "mystery” not the Trinity. The words will never be found in any language, in the 4th century, at the time of out door toilets, or the year 2000, when we can