TRINITY: DOES IT MAKE SENSE?

Let us have a simple test. Let us compare the beliefs about God of the Iglesia ni Cristo (Church of Christ) with those of the Catholics and the Protestants (let us call them “Trinitarians”).

Which is logical? Which is illogical?

 

         The Iglesia ni Cristo:

                    The Father only = One True God

 

          The Trinitarians:

                    God the       God the       God the

                    Father   +    Son         +   Holy Spirit   =   One God (?)

         Logic says:

                    1   +   1   +   1   =   3

 

Which is Biblical? Which is Unbiblical?

 

         The Iglesia ni Cristo:

There is only one true God, the Father, and besides Him there’s no one else.

          The Trinitarians:

The Triune God, the Trinity: There is God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit, and these three, each of whom are true God, are only one God.

 

          The Bible says:

“After Jesus said this, he looked toward heaven and prayed: ‘Father, the time has come. Glorify your Son, that your Son may glorify you.

“Now this is eternal life: that they may know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent. John 17:1,3 NIV

“Yet for us there is but one God, the Father, from whom all things came and for whom we live; and there is but one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom all things came and through whom we live.” (I Corinto 8:6 NIV)

“Have we not all one Father? Did not one God create us? Why do we profane the covenant of our fathers by breaking faith with one another?” (Malachi 2:10 NIV)

“Do not tremble, do not be afraid. Did I not proclaim this and foretell it long ago? You are my witnesses. Is there any God besides me? No, there is no other Rock; I know not one.” (Isaiah 44:8 NIV)

Which makes sense?

 

         The Iglesia ni Cristo:

Because there is only one true God, the Father, thus the Lord Jesus Christ is not God because He is the Son of the one true God, and the Holy Spirit is also not God because he is the one that is sent by the Father (the one true God) in the name of Jesus Christ.

 

          The Trinitarians:

The Father is God, the Son is God, and the Holy Spirit is also God. These three are all true Gods (co-equal, co-eternal and co-substantial). However, God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit (these three) are only one God.

The Admission of the Catholic authories

After many hindreds of years of philisophizing and theologizing and speculating here is a very revealing statement from the Catholic Church: The Trinity is a mystery no one understands. Here is the testimony of the Jesuit priests John Walsh:

“God, of course, cannot perform an absurdity, a contradiction in terms. He canoont, for instance, make two and two equal five.” (Walsh, John. This is Catholicism. New York: Image Book, 1959, p. 25)

Indeed, Trinity does not make any sense. The three persons, each of whom is the true God, are only one God?

If two and two equal five is an absurdity, says Walsh, thus one plus one plus one equal one is no better than this. If God cannot perform an absurdity, according to this Catholic priest, then God would never make up an absurdity such as the so-called Trinity.

Because of this, another Catholic priest testifies that the Trinity “cannot be proved by thereason…” (Bounth, C. J., S.J. The Blessed Trinity. London: Catholic Truth Society, p. 21.)

Which will you now accept and believe?

“The Father of the Lord Jesus Christ is the

only true God, and no one besides Him”

OR

“The Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit,

each of whom is the true God, but these

three are one God”