Okay, at this point, I am attempting the impossible. The depth of our faith cannot be fully understood by the human mind. If we could understand everything, we would be God, but since we’re not, some things are best accepted by faith.
While the word Trinity does not appear in the Bible, we see the act of the Trinity in the first few verses of the Bible. Genesis 1:1, “In the beginning, God created.” We often view this as a reference to God the Father.
John 1:1-3 carries it a step further. “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 anything made that was made.” John 1:14 clarifies those verses and lets us know this is talking about Jesus. “And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.” So now, we have a clear reference to God the Father and God the Son.
Genesis 1:2 says, “And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.” Now we have God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Ghost.
In Genesis 1:26, God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, after Our likeness.” Plural, not singular. People also often point to the occasion when Jesus was baptized. We have Jesus in the water, a voice is heard from heaven saying, “This is My beloved Son in Whom I am well pleased,” and then the Holy Ghost descends upon Jesus in the form of a dove. (Matthew 3:16-17) While I’m not sure if any of us can fully fathom the complexity of the Trinity, for me, the issue is settled.
For this devotion, let’s focus on God the Father. The Greek word used when God the Father is mentioned is “Abba,” which means, Father. Some newer translations try to convince us that God is a female. Under no circumstances can “Abba” be understood as female. Since all Scripture is given by inspiration of God, (2 Timothy 3:16) I would think God knows who He is. Any attempt to make God something He is not, is demonic.
I suspect most of you can relate to what I’m about to say. For many years, when I read the word “God” in the Bible, my first thought was of God the Father. In reality, most of the time when God is referred to in the Old Testament, it is a pre-incarnate appearance of Jesus, and yet, you cannot escape the Father’s presence.
I fear too many focus on the attribute of God’s judgment at the expense of God’s love, while in reality, He is both. We see the judgment of God in Genesis chapter 3 after Adam and Eve disobeyed Him, but we immediately see the love of God when He provided a covering for their sin. While we cannot escape the judgment of God, remember God’s ultimate desire is to redeem fallen man so we can spend eternity with Him.
When we speak of God as all-knowing, all-powerful, and ever-present, our minds cannot fully fathom that, but that’s who God is. I don’t know about you; I can understand there is no end as we move forward. Time just keeps on keeping on. But my mind cannot conceive that no matter how far back in time I go, God was already there. He is from everlasting to everlasting.
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