Today the Christian church celebrates “Holy Trinity” Sunday. Certainly, the Bible’s teaching about our God challenges our human understanding. On the one hand, the Bible clearly teaches, “The LORD our God, the LORD is one” (Deuteronomy 6:4). Yet, our One God consists of three persons, the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Jesus expressed this truth about the Trinity in His Great Commission when He commanded His believers: “Therefore go and gather disciples from all nations by baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and by teaching them to keep all the instructions I have given you” (Matthew 28:19-20).
Traditionally on this day, we confess our faith in the Holy Trinity using the words of the Athanasian Creed. The Christian Church confesses this creed to combat two errors in particular (still prevalent today): 1) the denial that God’s Son and the Holy Spirit are of One Being or Godhead with the Father; 2) the denial that Jesus Christ is true God and true man in one person.
Although faithful Christians penned this timely confession generations ago, the truths confessed in this creed still remain necessary for upholding the foundational and necessary truth to our Christian faith. That’s why this creed concludes with these words: “This is the true Christian faith. Whoever does not faithfully and firmly believe this cannot be saved.”
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