We are Trinitarians

When I got my wisdom teeth out this year, an obligatory video was taken of me in my half-asleep state. Part of my problem was I didn’t remember saying half of it, but I do remember one thing.

When I got into the car, my mom (she took me because my wife was at home with our sick child) asked me, “Do you have anything you want to talk about?”

Well, of course I did. With slurred speech, I said, “Let’s talk about the intricacies of the Trinity.”

As funny as that was, it’s something we should talk about. The Trinity is something we should pay more attention to, intricacies and all. Of course, as I hope we understand, to be Christian is to be Trinitarian. You must believe in the Trinity—Father, Son, Holy Spirit—to be classified as a Christian. There are certain fundamental Christian truths, and that’s one of them. This is why we place such a huge emphasis on the deity of Jesus, for example.

But I’m afraid we neglect the Trinity because it appears too daunting, too difficult to wrap our minds around. However, just because our finite minds can’t fully grasp it doesn’t mean God hasn’t revealed His triune self enough for us to understand more about Him. We have to remember we are Trinitarians.

Fred Sanders, in his work The Deep Things of God: How the Trinity Changes Everything, wrote:

The more we understand God as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, the more we will understand who we are as human beings made in His image.

To know God is to know Him in His triune nature. To understand God is to understand the three Persons in God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. We will know ourselves more fully when we understand God more as Trinity.

The Trinity doesn’t have to be frightening. It’s who God is. We should recognize the Trinity in many areas of the Christian life (salvation, the church, prayer, etc.), and understand that everything we do in life as Christians, we do in communion with the Holy Trinity.

Don’t be afraid to call yourself a Trinitarian. We believe in a thrice holy God. This God, who exists as the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, redeemed us when we were headed for hell. The Father chose, the Son purchased, the Spirit empowers. As we live, we live in communion with the Trinity.

So, yes, we are Trinitarians. Learn it. Understand it. Believe it. Defend it. Do all of those things because to know God truly is to know Him as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.