Beliefs And Teachings - Concept Of God As A Trinity Of Persons

Question 1

What is the trinity

Answer 1

The bible presents God as a Holy Trinity, as being one God but having three distinct parts - the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. Each these is God and there id only one God.

Question 2

God the Father

Answer 2

• Christians believe that God the Father is the creator of the universe.
• in the bible Christian’s are taught to speak to God using the phrase ‘Abba’ meaning daddy - a way of showing the close, loving relationship that Christians may have with the creator, like with a loving parent.
• god as the Father also conveys a sense of safety and protection for those who are his followers.

Question 3

God the Son

Answer 3

• Jesus is believed to be God in human form.
• Christian’s believe that Jesus was not conceived naturally but was placed in Mary by the Holy Spirit.
• they believe that Jesus was free of all sin because he was not made by two humans, unlike all other humans.
• god came to earth in the form of Jesus for three main purposes:
  
  • to reveal himself to people, sowing his love and power and teaching them how he wants people to live
  • to sacrifice himself on the cross, receiving god’s punishment for human sin in order for repentant people to be forgiven
  • to rise from the dead to show that God has power over dear, that he is eternal, and the Christians, too, may have an everlasting life in heaven after death.

Question 4

God the Holy Spirit

Answer 4

• in the New Testament of the bible the spirit of god is often referred to using the Greek word paraclete, meaning one who cones alongside someone else.
• the Holy Spirit is understood to be the part of God that is with Christians as their instant guide and comforter.
• “all of them were filled with the Holy Spirit…” - although Jesus was gone, the disciples now knew the spirit of god was with them, as Jesus has promised.