THE TRINITY

There is only one God, the living and true God, the God of creation and the God of redemption (Deut 6:4). There are three persons in the Godhead: the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, who are the same in substance, equal in power and glory (John 5:18, 10:30, 15:26). The Three are One, and the One is Three. While this truth is not easy to understand it is clearly taught in the Bible. We must humbly remember that the eternal God is infinite and we are finite, created beings. The important thing is to believe in him as he has made himself known to us in the Bible. 

Thus with orthodox Christians everywhere we believe

God the Father is the uncreated Creator and Sustainer of heaven, earth and of all things visible and invisible. He is sovereign, infinite, eternal and unchangeable, the God of love, wisdom, holiness, justice, goodness, and truth.

God the Son, Jesus Christ, is begotten of the Father, not made; who became man, being conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of the virgin Mary at Bethlehem; who was and continues to be God and Man in two distinct natures and one person. Those who reject the divinity of Jesus Christ, the Son of God, are rejected by God (John 8:27), as are those who reject his humanity (1 John 4:3).

God the Father sent God the Son into this world to die on the Cross for the sin of the world (John 1:29). He died that those who believe in him shall not suffer eternal death but have eternal life. Jesus was raised from the dead on the third day after he was crucified, just as the Scriptures promised, and he ascended into heaven where he makes intercession for his people.

God the Holy Spirit, the third person of the Trinity, is God and is the Spirit of the risen and ascended Lord Jesus poured out upon the Church as the gift of the Father. It is the Holy Spirit who regenerates men by his grace and convicts them of sin, and bestows the graces of repentance and saving faith. He unites all believers to Christ, dwells in them as Comforter and Sanctifier, gives them the spirit of adoption and prayer, and seals them unto the day of redemption.