Posted at Reformation Scotland:
When we encounter a profound truth, we may want to delve in and wrap our minds round it completely, or else we may dismiss it as too abstract to matter in our lives. Even Christians can push away a truth like the Trinity as too complicated for us to need to worry about. A recent survey of evangelicals in the US found that 53% agree with the statement, “The Holy Spirit is a force but is not a personal being,” even though this is incompatible with belief in the Trinity, which these same evangelicals profess. Unbiblical and incoherent, this state of affairs demonstrates a desperate need for better teaching and the rededication of the church to the one living and true God we profess to believe in. One pastor, Hugh Binning, longed for people to grasp the glorious truth about our three-one God, firmly believing that this is not only a vital way of worshipping God but it also provides stability and comfort for our faith.Christianity is a bundle of excellent mysteries, things hidden from even the wise ones of the world, and the greatest of all is the mystery of the Holy Trinity.
The Lord has chosen to raise us up from our fallen condition by the way of faith, rather than knowledge — by believing rather than researching. The great command of the gospel is to receive what the Lord says to us, whatever it may look like to sense and reason.
We are called, then, to receive this truth that God is one, truly one, and there are three in this one, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.