Have you heard about the Trinity a.k.a. the Triune God? The Trinity is God in 3 persons also known as: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
Sometimes it's hard to comprehend that God is three, yet one. I remember around 20 yrs ago, one of my pastors (Pastor Jamie) gave me an analogy because I had a hard time comprehended the Trinity. He said God is like a watch. (Remember those old things that everyone used to wear that told you the time, before cell phones existed?) God has 3 parts to Him like a watch does. The watch has 3 parts to it. There is a minute hand, hour hand, and the second hand. Each plays a different part in the watch, but they all are part of the watch...Just like God...There are 3 persons. There is God (The Father), God (the Son who is Jesus), and God (the Holy Spirit)...they all make up God, yet even though each has a different role, they all are the same God).Recently my pastor used an analogy about the Triune God which is like water. Water has 3 elements; there is liquid, ice, and steam....It's in 3 different forms yet it's all a form of water.
The word "trinity" is not actually in the Bible, yet it is implied in the scriptures. Free Dictionary defines Trinity as:
1. A group consisting of three closely related members. Also called triunity.
2. Trinity Theology In most Christian faiths, the union of three divine persons, the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, in one God. (http://www.thefreedictionary.com/trinity)
"For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one." 1 John 5:7
(The Word is the Son of God, Jesus. This scripture is
talking about God, as the Father, the son, and the
Holy Spirit)
"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made." John 1:1-3
(Since Jesus is the word, in the scripture above, place the name "Jesus" wherever it says "the Word." You will see that, in the beginning was Jesus, and Jesus was with God, and Jesus was God.)
Allow yourself to experience God as a whole, as the Triune God...view Him in three persons yet as one true God...
Picture is from photobucket.com (watch)
