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Transcript 146C — The Mystery of the Trinity
HC: Good evening. Welcome to Open forum.
CALLER: Yes. I have a question I'd like to ask. What I want to know is something about the Trinity. I don't understand how Jesus could pray to the Father if He is God. And I'll take my answer over the air.
HC: All right. Fine. Thank you. Good night.
The question has been raised concerning the Trinity. How can we understand that Jesus is Eternal God, and the Father is Eternal God, and the Holy Spirit is Eternal God, and yet there is one God? If there is one God, how could it be that Jesus can pray to the Father, or that the Father can pour out His wrath on the Son? We have all kinds of problems that would arise.
The fact is, I can't understand this, either. And no human being can understand this, because when we are talking about God we are talking about His Eternal Majesty. We are talking about the Creator of the world, who is infinite in His being, who is the Great I AM, who is from everlasting.
Now let's look at the creation. Can you understand that? Do you know how a seed that you put in the ground germinates, and produces a very beautiful plant? Do you know how conception takes place, that is, how that baby grows in the womb? Do you know how that baby is formed in the womb, so that after a few weeks you have every aspect of a whole child in the womb?
There are all kinds of things that we see that we do not understand in the creation. And by the same token, therefore, we can never expect to understand the Creator. God is the Creator. Now He makes certain statements about Himself, and they're a puzzle. We cannot tie them together and make sense out of it, because we are in the presence of God Himself.
He absolutely insists that there is one God, only one God. And yet He absolutely insists that there are three Persons, each of whom is Eternal God in every sense of the word. Our minds cannot take hold of this. We simply accept it by faith. This is the way we are to trust in God, by faith.