Can someone explain the Holy Trinity (preferably Christians only)?

Look at water!

If we take water and freeze it, we have ice...another form of water.

If we take that same water and melt it and boil it, we have steam...another form of water.

God exists in three forms, yet all are apart of the same substance, just like water, ice, and steam is.

Look at God as the ice cub, Jesus as the water, and the Holy Spirit as the steam.

John 4:14, "but whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him will never thirst. But the water that I shall give him will become in him a fountain of water springing up into everlasting life."

Have a look at the First Council of Nicea AD 325 when this vexed question was confronted. The theologian Arius and his followers argued that Jesus was born of woman and therefore could not be made of the same substance as God the Father. Eventually it was agreed that Jesus was of the same substance and Arius et al were excommuinicated and the idea of the Holy Trinity was adopted. It was to encompass the three* into one and say that they were all different aspects of the one Supreme Being.

The reason that there are so many religions and so many divisions among the same church is because people can't reconcile these questions.

Like you , for instance. The answer is that you must have faith.that there is a God. If you haven't, then it's just history.

If you expect to fully grasp the mystery of God, Father ,Son and Holy Spirit, One God 3 distinctions you will be disappointed. No human understanding can ever fully comprehend this.

Yet this is what the Bible teaches and hints at it all through the Old and New Testament.

In Exodus when Israel is building the tabernacle and the Ark of the Covenant, and the priests garments etc.. on the edge of the priests garment were a bell a pomagranate and a bell with a pomagranate

etc...the bell was to be place between pomagranates but the pomagranates used were dyed blue,scarlet and purple, 3 colors.

If you were to slice open a pomagranate you'd notice that it has 3 equal sections, But only ONE pomagranate!..

God is not man!! ...we have a hard time trying to understand a being so unique that he is a PLURAL being..

Yet if you were to be honest about it, God spoke and the world was made, he is one of a kind!

The word "trinity" is a term used to denote the Christian doctrine that God exists as a unity of three distinct persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Each of the persons is distinct from the other, yet identical in essence. In other words, each is fully divine in nature, but each is not the totality of the other persons of the Trinity. Each has a will, loves, and says "I", and "You" when speaking. The Father is not the same person as the Son who is not the same person as the Holy Spirit who is not the same person as the Father. Each is divine, yet there are not three gods, but one God. There are three individual subsistences, or persons. The word "subsistence" means something that has a real existence. The word "person" denotes individuality and self awareness. The Trinity is three of these, though the latter term has become the dominant one used to describe the individual aspects of God known as the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.

Included in the doctrine of the Trinity is a strict monotheism which is the teaching that there exists in all the universe a single being known as God who is self-existent and unchangeable (Isaiah 43:10; 44:6,8). Therefore, it is important to note that the doctrine of the trinity is not polytheistic as some of its critics proclaim. Trinitarianism is monotheistic by definition and those who claim it is polytheistic demonstrate a lack of understanding of what it really is.

http://www.carm.org/christianity/christian-doctrin...

OK, the best lucidity I can offer is that which is gleaned from Scripture.

1st John 5:3 For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.

Jesus is the Word.

John 1:14 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.

Jesus and the Father are one

John 10:30 I and [my] Father are one. (spoken by Jesus)

So we see the three are one, there is no wrapping your logical mind around that, yet it is true. It is also true that God is one.

Mark 12:29 And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments [is], Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord:

Galatians 3:20 Now a mediator is not [a mediator] of one, but God is one.

I am sorry, you will not be able to understand this with the rational mind, for it is a supernatural reality.

Neither is the idea of God coming in the flesh to die for our sins perceived by the rational mind. Yet it is true.

1st Corinthians 1:18 For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God.

Christians believe that the One God is made up of three persons, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. This godhead is called the Trinity or the Triune (three-in-one) God.

The Father is the creator of all things; Jesus Christ, his only son, is the redeemer or savior of all people; the Holy Spirit is the sanctifier of the world and everyone in it. The Spirit blesses everyone and everything and makes them holy.

All three persons work together. At the creation of the world, Jesus Christ was the living word spoken by God the Father; the Holy Spirit moved across the face of the waters and brought life into the world.

At Jesus' baptism in the River Jordan, the Spirit appeared in the form of a dove, and God the Father spoke from heaven to say, "This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased."

The symbols of the Trinity always have three parts: the trefoil (shamrock), triangle and triquetra. Other symbols are hand, fingers and thumb, or candle, wick, and flame.

The mystery of the interaction of the three persons of God is central to the Christian faith. That statement of faith is made in the Apostles' Creed, the Nicene Creed, and the Athanasian Creed.

The Christian doctrine of the Trinity teaches the unity of Father, Son, and Holy Spirit as three persons in one Godhead. The doctrine states that God is the Triune God, existing as three persons, or in the Greek hypostases, but one being.Each of the persons is understood as having the one identical essence or nature, not merely similar natures. Since the beginning of the third century the doctrine of the Trinity has been stated as "the one God exists in three Persons and one substance, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit."Trinitarianism, belief in the Trinity, is a mark of Oriental and Eastern Orthodoxy, Roman Catholicism and all the mainstream traditions arising from the Protestant Reformation, such as Anglicanism, Lutheranism and Presbyterianism. The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church describes the Trinity as "the central dogma of Christian theology

Let's start by dismissing Trinity for the Biblical terms GodHead, just like an orange has the skin, the fruit inside, and the seeds it has 3 parts with different roles but are reliant upon each other for completion, The Father "Abijah"(Luke Ch.1Vs.5) orchestrates the tapestry of Creation, The Son "Christ" a.k.a. angel in O.T. in capital "Angel" was the Father's "Message" and Messenger of the plan, and the Holy Spirit is there in the absence of the other two literally means "Breath of God", hope this helps

Trinity is a mystery and a mystery can neither be understood nor explained but, here goes:

Father is One and Three simultaneously. And that's Four.

Son is One and Three simultaneously. And that's Four.

Holy Spirit or Holy Ghost or Holy Dove is One and Three simultaneously. And That is Four.

You now have twelve (12) Gods (3x4=12) and they all make One which equal Thirteen (13). QED

No Big thing! Just a simple puzzle or trick.

Amen!

God is made up of the trinity , the father,son and the holy spirit. Unity is God being 3 in one so although it seems that there are 3 Gods christianity is still a monotheist faith because of these beliefs about the unity of God , bringing all the 3 parts together.

all parts are totally equal to each other and one doesnt have precedence to another

Three manifestations of one God..

God can manifest in as many ways as He chooses - He chose to manifest to the children of Israel as a pillar of fire by night and a pillar of cloud by day.

The Trinity/Godhead is made up of God the Father, Jesus the Son, and the spirit of God, Holy Spirit - 3 manifestations of one God.

God is *supernatural* and it's not understood withe natural mind - but when the Holy Spirit reveals it it's easily understood.

God bless, and hope i've helped a little : )