The Holy Trinity Debate

One of the most common arguments I see today in social media is the disbelief that God is a triune God; that the Holy Trinity, God three in One, is a heresy and a false truth. Their backings are one of many: That the Catholics made it up and their religion is full of heresies. “Catholics aren’t real Christians.” Others claim that if God really is three distinct persons in one, that means other gods exist, when God makes very clear He is the only One. There are even the extremists that say that Trinity believers are part of a cult, specifically dedicated to teaching false doctrine, wolves in sheep’s clothing, etc. I’d like to think some people don’t believe in the Trinity, because it’s too confusing and they are either afraid of believing in a heresy or are afraid of being wrong. Then again, some of these people are the same believers who say that women can’t preach in the church and that all rich and/or female pastors are automatically false prophets. It is in fact, a spirit of confusion caused by a direct misinterpretation of Scripture. And the irony? You could have gotten the correct interpretation by the 3rd person in the trinity, the Holy Spirit.

The anti-trinitarian belief is no more complexly explained than those who believe in the trinity. Anti-trinitarians believe in the existence of God the Father. They also believe that Jesus is the Son of God and that Salvation comes through Him. But they do not believe that Jesus is God, nor do they believe in the existence of the Holy Spirit. They believe that although Jesus may be in the high places with the Father, He cannot be God or even be equal to God because of His limited existence while He was in human form; “If Jesus was God, He would have now and would have had while on earth, all the powers of God the Father.” They believe He is simply a mediator in high places, which is why He is still acknowledged and worshipped; But as far as God Himself, Jesus is not a part of Him to be worshipped as high as the Father. They believe there is only Father God and His Word, the Bible. Jesus is worshipped in a similar mindset to how Catholics worship Mary, as a holy and exalted human being with a divine connection to God the Father, even more so because He was perfect. They do believe that God speaks to people personally and through the Bible, but they don’t believe it is the Holy Spirit speaking, and all references the Bible makes of the Holy Spirit, they consider to be figures of speech.

The word Trinity means “the unity of Father, Son, and Holy Spirit as three persons in one Godhead” (Britannica).

The Bible does in fact tell us that God is a “triune” God without using the word directly. God is Father in Philippians 1:2, Jesus is God in Titus 2:13, and the Holy Spirit is God in Acts 5:3-4. And these are just three examples out of a thousand. Even in the Scriptures which don’t specify God’s 3 parts, it is still heavily implied. In this article, I am going to break it down for you in 5 different areas of reason: Historically, scientifically, biblically, logically, and presently.

Historically:

“The first recorded use of the Greek word [trinity] was by Theophilus of Antioch in about 170 [AD]” (Wikipedia.org), or 2nd century after Jesus’ death and resurrection. However, the end of the Bible itself was finished around 70AD, up to 100 years before the word “trinity” was first recorded and acknowledged as a word in Greek (which is the language the Bible was translated from). So, although the word “trinity” is not in the Bible directly, Theophilus of Antioch, the first official recorded user of the word, is in fact, in the Book of Luke where Luke writes Theo as a man of faith in Christ. “The Gospel of Luke was written with the intention of leading Theophilus, a lost man, to faith in Christ” (Dr. Ernest James, Union University). In Luke 1:3, Luke makes a note to Theophilus saying, “Having carefully investigated everything from the beginning, I also have decided to write an accurate account for you, most honorable Theophilus, so you can be certain of the truth of everything you were taught.” Luke wrote another following note to Theophilus in Acts 1:1 just to make sure he understood what he was reading when he obtained the Scripture. And if you actually pay attention to what you read in the Book of Luke as you would the other Gospels, God the Father, the Son Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit are all mentioned and made known that Jesus Himself and the Holy Spirit the Father gave his followers after Jesus’ death are both extensions of God Himself. Mentions of Jesus Christ (the Son) and the Holy Spirit are from then on taught by the Apostle Paul for the rest of the Bible, most notably in Acts, suggesting that even Paul believed in the Trinity.

The reason the word trinity isn’t in any translation of the Bible is because the English translations were directly translated from Greek. And guess what: the word trinity doesn’t exist in the Greek language. This is why Theo seemingly “made it up.” But he didn’t necessarily make it up on a whim. Knowing Luke wrote his Gospel to Theo between 63 and 70AD means Theo would have already read the Scripture Luke sent to him before divulging the word itself. He did exactly what Luke told him to do and 2 Timothy 3:16 says that all Scripture is inspired by God for reproof, correction, and instruction in righteousness. God allowed Luke to add that note to Theo, and God is omniscient (knows all). He knew Theo would create the word, Trinity. If He knew the Trinity would be a downright heresy to His own existence, that nearly all of His followers would accept, He would not have let Luke keep that in the Bible. God is not a God of confusion, and His acts do not cause his children to stumble, especially at the sake of His own holy name, which He strictly forbids we use in vain.

The next thing people will assume is, “Well, you say WE are misinterpreting Scripture, but Theo could have just as easily since he wasn’t a Christian yet. Being the influential man he was, could’ve made all that up on a whim in the name of his own pride in his knowledge. The Trinity could have been made up as a spiritual construct to try to understand God, but not actually real.”

Yeah, well, it’s the same issue that sparked the homosexuality debate. The word, “homosexuality” wasn’t added to the Bible’s English translations until the 1800s. Just like before, the Bible’s language was translated from Greek. The word homosexuality didn’t exist back then either, let alone in the Greek language. So, what did God do? He described it instead! The word Trinity didn’t exist back then, so God had it described! And quite honestly, it is human nature to create words in our language to simplify a description. That’s how languages are built. That’s how God designed us. If you think about it, our entire English language didn’t exist back then, but we still credit everything we say with it in terms of interpreting Scripture; so if you want to use the same credibility behind “trinity not being a word in the Bible,” then the entire Bible, or at least 2/3 of it translated directly from Greek, would be wrong. Using his 3-part existence in a single word isn’t a heresy. If anything, I do believe the Holy Spirit himself dropped the word into Theo’s mind based on the Scriptures God had Luke send him, that God had Luke write! The word homosexuality isn’t in the Bible, but it is described and made very clear that it is a sin. As such, the word Trinity isn’t in the Bible, but it is described and it is very clear that God is three distinct persons in one, each with their own personal forms, God the Father, God the Son Jesus Christ, and God the Holy Spirit.

Scientifically:

God’s triune personality doesn’t just lie in his existence, but in what He creates. Morning, noon, and evening. Father, mother, and child. Earth, water, and sky. Birds (air), fish (water), and land animals (earth), to name a few. Even water itself can be solid ice, liquid, or steam. His creation alone is proof that He is triune. Not only did He pattern mankind after Himself (body, mind, and spirit), He also replicated that pattern in the rest of His creation; and based on the frequency, we can conclude this was absolutely done on purpose when the whole purpose of giving us a created universe and not just mankind by ourselves in a void of nothingness was so we could explore the very nature of God, acknowledge it, and celebrate it.

Biblically:

In Genesis 1:26 when God said, “Let US make man in OUR image,” He wasn’t talking to Himself and the animals. He was talking to the other two parts of Himself, God the Son (Jesus), and God the Holy Spirit. We are triune because God is triune first and designed us to exist in His image, three parts in one. The Bible even proves that they are distinct with their own personal form and not stacked on top of one another like mankind’s form is. In Luke 3:22, the Bible says that not only did the Holy Spirit descended upon Jesus in bodily form, but a voice from heaven spoke. This verse alone proves that all three distinct persons of God were in three different places at once. The Father was still in heaven when He spoke down, the Son Jesus was getting baptized down on earth, and the Holy Spirit was traveling down from where the Father was to where the Son was. Although this one nails the separation of all three, there are plenty of other verses that imply their separation individually.

The triune God:

Luke 3:22- "And the Holy Spirit descended on him in bodily form, like a dove; and a voice came from heaven, "You are my beloved Son; with you I am well pleased."

God the Father:

Psalm 68:5-6- “Sing to God, praise his name; exalt the rider of the clouds. Rejoice before him whose name is the Lord. Father of the fatherless, defender of widows – God in His holy abode.”

James 1:16-18- “Do not be deceived, my beloved brothers: all good giving and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no alteration or shadow caused by change. He willed to give us birth by the word of truth that we may be a kind of first fruits of his creatures.”

Philippians 1:2- Grace be unto you and peace from God our Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ. (Notice the word “and” as to separate them).

God the Son: 

Colossians 2:9- For in Christ all the fullness of the Deity (God the Father) lives in bodily form.

John 14:9- Jesus replied, “Have I been with you all this time, Philip, and yet you still don’t know who I am? Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father! So why are you asking me to show him to you?

Colossians 1:15-17- He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him. And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist.

Isaiah 9:6- For unto us a Child is born, unto us a Son is given; And the government will be upon His shoulder. And His name will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

Hebrews 1:3- who being the brightness of His glory and the express image of His person and upholding all things by the word of His power, when He had by Himself purged our sins, sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high. (Notice it says that the Son is sitting next to the Father. He wouldn’t be sitting next to Himself).

Titus 2:13- looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Savior Jesus Christ. (Notice another conjunctional separation).

God the Holy Spirit: 

Luke 3:22- "And the Holy Spirit descended on him in bodily form, like a dove; and a voice came from heaven, "You are my beloved Son; with you I am well pleased."

Acts 2:4- All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enables them. (Notice it says the Spirit enabled them, not the Father and not the Son. The Son died so the Father could give the Spirit permission! They were a team!)

Isaiah 11:2- The Spirit of the Lord will rest on him. The Spirit of wisdom and of understanding, the Spirit of counsel and might, the Spirit of the knowledge and fear of the Lord. (The prophet Isaiah is foretelling of Jesus’ coming. He says, “the Spirit of the Lord will rest on Him.” The Holy Spirit from Father God will be with the Son as He fulfills His ministry on earth).

John 14:26- But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have said to you. (Even the Son Himself has claimed individuality from the Spirit and His Father.)

Acts 5:3-4- But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, and to keep back part of the price of the land? Whiles it remained, was it not thine own? and after it was sold, was it not in thine own power? why hast thou conceived this thing in thine heart? thou hast not lied unto men, but unto God.

God the Father’s individual existence is proven every time He speaks alone in Scripture. Jesus and the Holy Spirit do not have a thundering voice, nor the authority in which to direct mankind. Only the One who used His voice to speak the world into existence has the authority to command it. The Holy Spirit only has a still small voice and although Jesus’ voice is compared to a trumpet in Revelation, His job is to teach, proclaim, and perform miracles on behalf of the Father with the Holy Spirit’s direction. He never does anything by His own accord. He only does the will of the Father with direction from the Holy Spirit, which is also what we are commanded to do because He lives inside of us. Jesus is the Son of God. He can’t be the Father and the Son at the same time. The Bible also specifies where each of the three persons live distinctly. The Father and His Son Jesus sit in the throne room of Heaven with Jesus sitting on the Father’s right side (Acts 7:56). Meanwhile, ever since Jesus’ death, resurrection, and ascent into glory, the Holy Spirit was sent down by the Father to live omnipresently inside of every born-again believer as we are His temple (1 Corinthians 6:19).

Is Jesus God or did He ever claim to be God?

The short answer is yes, but it's not what everyone who demands sources expects, which is why it is so heavily denied. Intelligent people demand that the Bible say word for word that Jesus said, "I am God." He could have very well stated it that way, but the Holy Spirit did not allow Him to. He only every said what the Spirit gave Him permission to or ordered Him to; and even if He did not directly say "I am God," He did say this in John 12:49. The Holy Spirit only reveals and withholds things from us in the flesh for a reason, whether we understand it or not! It is a test of your trust and you faith. We will soon understand everything when we reach Heaven, but not while we are on this earth attached to a fleshly body. The Pharisees are straight examples of this experienced intelligence. In John 10:33, they directly accuse Him of claiming to be God. Why would they, masters of the sacred law of Moses, and therefore, masters in knowledge of what blasphemy is, accuse Him word for word, something that He never said? He did not even have to say it directly if His many other words and actions proved it otherwise; after all, actions are louder than words. In Matthew 13:11, Jesus even explains why He won't tell the Pharisees that He is God word for word; because it wouldn't matter. They wouldn't believe Him. The Holy Spirit only reveals the secrets of the Kingdom of Heaven to those whose ears are listening and their hearts are open, and most importantly, their pride is turned off. He does not reveal secrets to those whom He knows won't receive it. This includes those today who deny it. If you've already made up your mind, then He isn't going to push you. He's not going to waste time convincing you of something when you can't be convinced.

John 12:49- "I don’t speak on my own authority. The Father who sent me has commanded me what to say and how to say it."

John 10:33- They replied, "We're stoning you not for any good work, but for blasphemy! You, a mere man, claim to be God!"

Matthew 13:11- And he answered them, “To you it has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of heaven, but to them (the Pharisees) it has not been given."

Deuteronomy 29:29- The secret things belong to the Lord, our God, but the things that are revealed belong to us and to our children forever, that we may do all the words of this law.

Luke 8:17- For nothing is hidden that will not be made manifest, nor is anything secret that will not be known and come to light.

1 Corinthians 2:10- These things God has revealed to us through the Spirit. For the Spirit searches everything, even the depths of God.

Riaan Siegelaar, a former leader of the Satanic church can even tell you about the Trinity. His testimony includes a direct encounter with Christ Himself in the middle of a Satanic ritual, and ever since, Riaan has dedicated his life to revealing the mysteries of the spirit realm in his videos. This includes frequent references and claims of the Trinity:

"There’s only two things in the spirit world, and I’m talking about the spirit world that is here around us; and it’s the Kingdom of God, which is Father, Son, and Holy Spirit; and there’s everything else that falls outside of that. So, there’s no grey."

Logically:

There are many groups under Christianity as a religion who don’t believe in the Trinity. Of course, these groups are not limited. Any “Christian” can choose to deny it. They are the Unitarians, Modelists, the Latter-Day Saints, Jehovah’s Witness, La Luz Del Mundo, Iglesia ni Cristo (Church of Christ), and Oneness Pentecostals. And of course, there are also the undenominational those who believe in everything Christianity has to offer accept the Trinity and all that comes with it.

One logical reason I believe some Christians deny the Trinity is founded upon the basic logic of other religions. Notice Christianity is the only religion where God is 3 distinct persons and not one, even if that one had the claimed powers of the One true God. All other religions, whether they be monotheistic or polytheistic worship a god or gods who only have one form no matter their power. When one doesn’t fully understand his/her religion, they are prone to deconstructing or simplifying it with logic and human reasoning. Unironically, the Bible calls this “your own understanding” in Proverbs 3:5. But the fact is biblical: When God puts something in Scripture and you interpret it correctly (by the help of the Holy Spirit), your job is to trust Him, not reason it away.

If you had a three-layer cake of your three favorite flavors (personally, mine are lemon, strawberry, and a raspberry / white chocolate / almond blend), but you wanted to start eating the bottom layer first, you wouldn’t take the top two layers off, deprive the cake of its fullness, destroying its beauty as well as the decorator’s hard work, and throw them (and possible 2/3 of the cost) away, would you? You also wouldn’t flip the cake upside down so you couldn’t even see the bottom two layers and destroy the décor of the icing on top. I would hope not! If I had made you that cake, you’d be kicked out and banned from my bakery! No! Trusting that the layer you want isn’t going anywhere, you would go ahead and eat the top to layers first, wouldn’t you! Even though the bottom is the flavor you want, the other two are still your other favorites. You wouldn’t act like they don’t exist or force them out of the way just to focus on the bottom! If you had thrown them away, once the bottom layer was eaten, that’s it! You don’t get the tasty benefits of the other two, because you weren’t willing to acknowledge their existence and the benefits attached to them. Instead, you decided to deconstruct it into nothing but your own layer of desires and understanding. To eat a good cake with every bit of tasty potential, you have to acknowledge the whole of it, not just the part you want. God’s existence is the same way. You can’t acknowledge one of God’s persons and ignore the other two. Not only will you live a life lacking the full benefit of His will and blessing on your life, but when you die, you’ll be judged for it, like the angry baker who watched you throw away two perfectly good layers of cake he just blessed you with. This is dangerous, because without the right heart posture in the midst of this unbelief, just like the baker kicking you out, God may kick you out of His Kingdom. You cannot fully obey God without trusting Him, and that means trusting every part of Him, not just one! Half-baked trust is still raw, and you can’t eat that! God won’t eat it either! (And He’s the one who gave me this analogy, so I know He likes cake too!)

As addressed in the beginning, anti-trinitarians believe that Jesus cannot be God because if He were, He would have and would have had while on earth, all the omniscient, omnipresent, and omnipotent powers of the Father. This is actually not true. Yes, all three forms are all powerful in all three ways because of their oneness. The only moment in time where this was not so was when Jesus emptied Himself of his power (omnipotence, omniscience, and omnipresence) in order to be completely subject to human chains as we are. He gave up His power and became completely mortal in which to save mankind from eternal fire. Every miraculous thing to happen henceforth was the result of the Holy Spirit working inside of Him with direction and confirmation from the Father. It was not Jesus who healed the sick but the Holy Spirit working through Him. It was not He who raised Himself from the dead, but the Father who raised Him (Acts 2:32).

Omniscient: It means, all knowing. God knows everything there is to know and He is everlasting, so His knowledge is infinitely more than we humans can comprehend. It is also a common phrase in my family personally: “The Holy Spirit knows everything.”

Omnipresent: It means that He can be anywhere He wants, even in multiple places at the same time. God can be anywhere at any time, even into the past and future.

Omnipotent: It means all powerful. God can do whatever He pleases in a literal sense without the boundaries of the physical realm, and it is infinitely more than we can imagine. Despite this, His character states that He cannot lie and He is not one to change His mind as noted in Scripture. He also cannot perform any sort of evil. He is only good and therefore can only perform good.

When Jesus came down to earth, He was subject to every physical human limitation we have. That was the whole point. “The Word became flesh and dwelt among us” (John 1:14). He was tempted in every possible way we are tempted (Hebrews 4:15). Jesus was completely human and completely God. How? Because even in His flesh prison, if you remember, He did not have a human father. Joseph’s seed did not impregnate Mary. God the Father was Jesus’ real Father. So, with a human mother and a literal God Father, you’d think he was only half of each, which the Romans call a demi-god. Nope! This is because Jesus the Son, like His Father, are everlasting. Jesus time in the flesh was temporary. This temporary, vaporous life of 33 years as opposed to everlasting doesn’t mean He isn’t God anymore. Remember those eight instances were God the Father came down in physical form? Last I checked, He was still God the Almighty, all-powerful Father. And all-powerful means He can do so without dismissing His true identity. If He can do it, you bet His Son, who is equal in power can!

To clarify, some anti-trinitarians also believe that Jesus wasn’t everlasting like the Father and His existence began when He was born, which they further use to reason why He can’t be God, because unlike God, Jesus wasn’t everlasting. This is also false. In Genesis 1:26, when God the Father said, “Let US make man in OUR image,” He wasn’t talking to Himself. He was talking to Jesus and the Holy Spirit. If He hadn’t been talking to them, our image of Him would be as limited as He. We are also comprised of three parts, body, mind, and spirit. If we were made in God the Father’s image by Himself without Jesus’ body “stencil” and the Holy Spirit’s spirit “stencil,” we would be nothing but a wad of invisible mind, will, and emotions with no way or even a reason of using them (Oh look, another pair of three).

It is also falsely believed that in this instance, He was talking to the angels who notoriously have a similar form to humans. But not only does the Bible also say that nothing existed, not even the angels before the creation of Earth and the physical realm, but if we had assumed the image of angels, we wouldn’t be human; we would look like aliens. We would be the ones walking around telling everyone else not to be afraid. We wouldn’t be able to reproduce or have reproductive organs. We would not be distinctly male and female as Genesis also mentions God made us to be. And some of us would have wings, some of us would have the multiple heads of the same animals we coexist with, some of us be as tall as the Nephilim (and don’t even get me started on the confusion that would cause), and some of us would be covered in eyes! We are not angels. We are not even the same species as them!

Presently:

We also have to understand that God, no matter which three parts of Him, live in the spirit realm or some scholars might call it, the “second heaven,” the first being the physical cosmos outside of earth’s atmosphere. To us, He is entirely invisible due to our spiritual eyes being shut over our physical eyes. We are also not permitted to see the face and otherwise form of Father God because we are unworthy. We would die instantly. In fact, before the permission of the Holy Spirit’s dwelling in the spirits of mankind, all it took was the mere presence of God’s invisibility that would kill someone instantly. There are limited exceptions of course, more so recorded in the Bible than present times (but today, there are several recorded stories of Jesus appearing to people all over the world!). Because man cannot see Father God’s face, before Jesus’ time to be born, God the Father would appear down on earth with a physical body like that of a human in order to communicate to someone more efficiently or reveal His glory. In fact, there are eight recorded instances of God the Father doing this. He appeared to Hagar in Genesis 16, to Abraham and Sarah two chapters later in Genesis 18, Abraham again in Genesis 22, Jacob in Genesis 32, Moses in Exodus 3 (before the transfiguration in 33), Gideon in Judges 6, Samson’s parents in Judges 13, and finally to Shadrach, Meshack, Abed-Nego, and King Nebuchadnezzar in Daniel 3. There is only one instance in the Bible (if not all of human history) where God shoes His true form to one person, and that is Moses. Exodus 33:11 reveals that “The Lord used to speak to Moses face to face, as a man speaks to his friend,” and Deuteronomy 4:10 notes that Moses was the only prophet in recorded history to see God face to face while his spirit was still in his body. And the only reason he didn’t die instantly, was because he was both Israel’s current leader chosen by God, and also a high priest whose God-commanded rules allowed him to face Him without dying. None of the other priests in Israel could do this; all their bodies could stand was God’s presence in the tabernacle and the Arch of the Covenant in which that presence lived. But even then, if they entered His presence unclean, they would die like anyone beneath them. During a transfiguration event on Mt. Sinai, the Father revealed His true form to Moses, but His face was too bright for Moses to see it. In fact, when Moses came back down the mountain, God’s light made his face also too bright for the Israelites to see.

Today, now that Jesus died, rose, and came into His glory, God’s human visits are no longer needed to communicate and reveal His glory, because of the Holy Spirit, who does it for Him. However, God can and still does allow some of us to see glimpses into the spirit realm for our individual benefit, and then, we are only permitted to see Jesus the Son. We have no need to see the Holy Spirit’s form because He lives inside of us. Other than Christ, should God open our spiritual eyes, we are only permitted to see glimpses such as angels, messengers, or demons. But until we are accepted into God’s Holy Kingdom of Heaven, we are not permitted to see the Father’s form as seen by Moses in Exodus, or the Holy Spirit’s bodily form as described in Luke.

With that explanation completed, I understand why it would be a frustration to people who are undecided or shun the Trinity. It’s an obvious case of “I don’t see, so I don’t believe.” Even Thomas the disciple who had walked with Jesus’ physical form for years didn’t believe He was alive and demanded to see Him with his own eyes (John 20:25). But notice after Jesus granted his wish, He proceeded with this verse, “Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed” (John 20:29b). This phrase goes as a reminder that just because we may only be permitted to see God the Son in this physical life doesn’t mean the other two don’t exist. We’re just not permitted to see them, and God prohibits these things for reasons we are not required or obligated to understand while we are down here on earth.

Conclusion:

It is a common truth that humans fear what they don’t understand, and the typical response is to get rid of it if it cannot be proven or explained. But this is exactly why the Holy Spirit is so important. God is omnipresent, omnipotent, and omniscient. He knows everything and is more than willing to share the secrets of the second heaven with you if you ask. The Holy Spirit is also the key to interpreting Scripture correctly. Jesus the Son said it Himself that the Holy Spirit would come after His death and to lead us into all truth. This means that to disregard His existence is to disregard truth. This goes the same for God the Father.

The Bible doesn’t use the word Trinity, but it does make clear that all three exist and all three are God. As a Christian, you are required to acknowledge the existence of all three and you will be judged for ignoring any of them, even if you acknowledge the others. All three are crucial to our relationship with God. We believe in Jesus Christ, His mercy, grace and love who grants us our salvation (by what He did on the cross), we listen to and obey the Holy Spirit (to live out our calling for which He designed for us), and we praise and worship the Father (to thank Him and draw nearer to Him). It's that simple. The life of a true believer, a real Christian, is literally built on the Trinity. God IS the Trinity, and we were literally birthed from it.