Crossroads Church

I’ve been writing a talk for our Membership class on the concept of the Trinity. God is one, yet God is three. The Father is God, the Son is God, and the Holy Spirit is God…BUT, the Father is not the Son, the Son is not the Father, and the Holy Spirit is not the Father or the Son.

Are you still with me?!

I hope you feel my pain. This concept is above my brain capacity. And using illustrations like the egg (3 parts of an egg but it’s just 1 egg) or water (it can exist in liquid, ice or steam) doesn’t cut it.

Here's where I’ve landed—I don't have to fully understand the Trinity to worship God.

I read this week that deep within the core of the sun, the temperature is 27 million degrees. The pressure is 340 billion times what it is here on Earth. And in the sun's core, that intensely hot temperature and incredible pressure combine to create nuclear reactions. In each reaction, 4 protons fuse together to create 1 alpha particle, which is .7 percent less massive than the 4 protons. The difference in mass is expelled as energy, and after one million years, through a process called convection, this energy from the core of the sun finally reaches the surface, where it's expelled as heat and light.

Fascinating, right? I don’t understand all that sun speak…all I know is if I lay on the beach in Mexico (my vacation is still on my mind) I get a tan. I am affected by the sun’s rays even if I don’t understand protons and alpha particles!

Can I adequately explain the Trinity? Not even close. But that doesn’t stop me from being affected by the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit every day of my life.

Yea, God!