--Probably the single most baffling doctrine in Christianity is the doctrine of the Trinity.
--It’s also fair to say that most Christians don’t really understand it and, therefore, don’t really understand why our view of God is so completely different from that of every other religion.
--The doctrine of the Trinity says that God is both Three Persons (the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit or Holy Ghost) and yet One Being.
--This can be described by coming at it from either direction.
--God is a community of Persons which are so tightly knit together that They literally form one Being.
--God is a single Being which is so inherently vibrant and diverse that He is actually Three different Persons.
--The big key to not getting this doctrine wrong (which is sometimes easier than actually getting it right) is to remember that God is both Three and One at the same time, but in different ways. And He is neither primarily One nor primarily Three. He/They are simultaneously and fully both, neither more united than distinct nor more distinct than united.
--Of course, our minds usually prefer to think of God more as One or more as Three because it’s challenging to hold both simultaneously.
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