Trinity In Religion

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As I spoke to different people regarding Trinity the majority knew who God was but did not fully understand the fullness of God. Understanding the Trinity as God the father, the son and the Holy Spirit comes with a willingness for one to come to know Him but also comes as a gift from God for He allows us to know him as well. As it is stated in 1 Corinthians 2:10, “but it is to us that God revealed these things by His Spirit” (NLT). Even with God’s will to reveal himself to people, one needs a certain level of faith. As stated by McGrath one aspect of faith is, “the idea of trusting God” (2012). For some God’s existence needs to be proved for one to believe, whereas there are some who just believe because He is God. That could be the reason why some may have a certain level of knowledge regarding the Trinity due to their lack of faith in a God who they barely know personally.
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For they will not find the word Trinity, but they will find the definition of the Trinity stated by Olsen, “God is one divine being eternally existing as three distinct persons” (2016). For some not attaining a complete and perceptive level of learning and becoming familiar with the fullness of God will result in not knowing God as the Trinity. In my opinion, that which is unorthodox is those who do believe in God but have a false sense of the fullness of God and have adopted a mindset of a Unitarian. How can we look up to God and not accept Jesus as God who was God in the flesh which was stated in John 10:30. I also agree with Allberry who stated, “Understanding the Trinity will serve only to enhance our grasp of who God is and illuminate the contours of the very gospel we seek to believe” (2012). That which is unorthodox is those claims to know God but not know Him as God the father, God the son and God the Holy

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