A Thoughtful Look at the Trinity and the Nature of Jesus — Would Love Your Thoughts

[James Adams]

I recently finished working on a video that explores something close to my heart: how we understand who Jesus truly is and why the early church cared so deeply about the Trinity. As many of you know, misunderstandings about the nature of Father, Son, and Holy Spirit have resurfaced in different groups today, and I wanted to look at the issue carefully and prayerfully.

I’m sharing it here not for promotion, but because several brothers and sisters have encouraged me to bring these conversations (about true Christianity) into the wider Christian community. My hope is simply that it might strengthen someone’s walk or spark a thoughtful discussion rooted in Scripture.

Here’s the video for anyone who would like to watch it:

I would genuinely love to hear your perspectives on how the Lord has helped you understand the Trinity over the years — whether through Scripture, discipleship, or personal experience.

Happy Holidays, Grace and peace to you all.

 

[Blain DeCastro]

I recently finished working on a video that explores something close to my heart: how we understand who Jesus truly is and why the early church cared so deeply about the Trinity. As many of you know, misunderstandings about the nature of Father, Son, and Holy Spirit have resurfaced in different groups today, and I wanted to look at the issue carefully and prayerfully.

I’m sharing it here not for promotion, but because several brothers and sisters have encouraged me to bring these conversations (about true Christianity) into the wider Christian community. My hope is simply that it might strengthen someone’s walk or spark a thoughtful discussion rooted in Scripture.

Here’s the video for anyone who would like to watch it:

I would genuinely love to hear your perspectives on how the Lord has helped you understand the Trinity over the years — whether through Scripture, discipleship, or personal experience.

Happy Holidays, Grace and peace to you all.

The trinity is of course one of the most important subjects to understand you know I was speaking with a Jehova witness a while back and they think Jesus was just a prophet not God in the flesh this is something that I don't understand because if he wasn;t God then why was he able to be sinless when no one else in history could?

Not to mention when I said before Abraham was I am he was equating himself to God in this instance so if he was not God then he was false teacher and prophet as anyone equating themselves to God would be

Then Jesus also said to the apostles when they asked him to shoq them the father he said that if they have seen Jesus they have seen the father another time he equated himself to God

 

[JLB]

I recently finished working on a video that explores something close to my heart: how we understand who Jesus truly is and why the early church cared so deeply about the Trinity. As many of you know, misunderstandings about the nature of Father, Son, and Holy Spirit have resurfaced in different groups today, and I wanted to look at the issue carefully and prayerfully.

I’m sharing it here not for promotion, but because several brothers and sisters have encouraged me to bring these conversations (about true Christianity) into the wider Christian community. My hope is simply that it might strengthen someone’s walk or spark a thoughtful discussion rooted in Scripture.

Here’s the video for anyone who would like to watch it:

I would genuinely love to hear your perspectives on how the Lord has helped you understand the Trinity over the years — whether through Scripture, discipleship, or personal experience.

Happy Holidays, Grace and peace to you all.

Could you share a scripture or two that sums up your belief about who Jesus Christ is?


Here's one.

And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness:
God was manifested in the flesh,
Justified in the Spirit,
Seen by angels,
Preached among the Gentiles,
Believed on in the world,
Received up in glory. 1 Timothy 3:16


I believe God, the Son became flesh, and walked among men and taught us the way of eternal life.

He died on a cross for our sins. He was raised on the third day and is seated at the right hand of God the Father.

 

[for_his_glory]

1. God is Spirit, John 4:24, not flesh and blood and in the OT either spoke directly to the prophets or by angels and also various objects like a burning bush or an Ass for example. Between the OT and NT God was silent towards Israel as when they returned to Israel from the Babylonian captivity they came back as merchants and not shepherds as they were disobedient to God going after other gods, Book of Malachi.

2. Jesus being the very Spirit of God before the foundation of the world as He and the Father are one was prophesied by the Prophets in the OT and spoken of by John the Baptist in the NT as John being the forerunner of Christ calling all to repent. As foretold Christ did come as the word of God made flesh (skin, bone, blood) to be that light that shines in darkness. He came as redeemer Savior through Gods grace as Christ is our faith that all can repent of their sins and have eternal life with the Father to all who will believe in Him as Lord and Savior. John 1:1-4; 1 Peter 1:13-21

3. After the sacrifice of Christ God raised Him from the grave and as He had to ascend back up to heaven the promise was that He would never leave us or forsake us as when He ascended He sent down the Holy Spirit (Spirit of God) to indwell all who will believe in Christ and His finished works on the cross. In the OT Gods Spirit fell on them for a time and purpose under heaven. Now we are indwelled with that power and authority through Gods grace that the Holy Spirit now works in us and through us teaching all things God wants us to learn. All three are Spiritual and Spiritual awaking's in us to know the will of God and walk in His statures. John 16:7-15

Ephesians 4: 5 One Lord, one faith, one baptism, 6 One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.

1 John 5:6 This is he that came by water (word) and blood, even Jesus Christ; not by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit that beareth witness, because the Spirit is truth. 7 For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word (Jesus), and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one. 8 And there are three that bear witness in earth, the Spirit, and the water (word), and the blood: and these three agree in one.

God the Father, God the Son, God the Holy Spirit as all three coequal Gods Spirit.

Jesus being the right arm of God. Isaiah 53:1 Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the LORD revealed? 2 For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him. 3 He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.

Jesus is the word of God. John 12:49 For I have not spoken of myself; but the Father which sent me, he gave me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak. 50 And I know that his commandment is life everlasting: whatsoever I speak therefore, even as the Father said unto me, so I speak.

Jesus is word, light and life that is God come in the flesh. John 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 The same was in the beginning with God. 3 All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made. 4 In him was life; and the life was the light of men.

Gods Holy Spirit has come to indwell us and teach us. John 14: 26 But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.

Scriptures that reference Jesus being referred to as God:
John 1:1-14; John 10:30; Romans 9:5; Colossians 2:9; Hebrews 1:8, 9; 1 John 5:7, 8, 20; 1 Corinthians 8:6; 2 Corinthians 3:17; 13:14; Isaiah 9:6; 44:6; Luke 1:35; Matthew 1:23; 28:19; John 14:16, 17; Genesis 1:1, 2 (cross reference John 1:1-14); 1 Corinthians 12:4-6; Ephesians 4:4-6; Colossians 1:15-17; John 14:9-11; Philippians 2:5-8; Rev 1:8

Scriptures that refer the Holy Spirit as being God:
Psalms 139:7, 8; John 14:17; 16:13; Isaiah 40:13; 1 Corinthians 2:10, 11; Zechariah 4:6; Luke 1:35; Ephesians 4:4-6; Romans 5:5; 1 Corinthians 6:19; Ephesians 1:13; 1 Thessalonians 1:5; Titus 3:5; 2 Peter 1:21; Jude 1:20

 

[James Adams]

I recently finished working on a video that explores something close to my heart: how we understand who Jesus truly is and why the early church cared so deeply about the Trinity. As many of you know, misunderstandings about the nature of Father, Son, and Holy Spirit have resurfaced in different groups today, and I wanted to look at the issue carefully and prayerfully.

I’m sharing it here not for promotion, but because several brothers and sisters have encouraged me to bring these conversations (about true Christianity) into the wider Christian community. My hope is simply that it might strengthen someone’s walk or spark a thoughtful discussion rooted in Scripture.

Here’s the video for anyone who would like to watch it:

I would genuinely love to hear your perspectives on how the Lord has helped you understand the Trinity over the years — whether through Scripture, discipleship, or personal experience.

Happy Holidays, Grace and peace to you all.

Thank you all for the thoughtful, Scripture-rich responses. I genuinely appreciate the care each of you has shown in pointing everything back to the Word of God.

One thing that stands out in this conversation—and in the passages many of you shared—is how consistently Scripture ties together the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit in ways that go far beyond mere symbolism or “roles.” The verses from John 1, John 5, John 14–17, Philippians 2, Hebrews 1, and 1 Timothy 3:16 (among others) all point to a reality that the early church wrestled with deeply: Jesus is truly God, not merely a messenger, and the Spirit is not simply an influence but a divine Person who teaches, comforts, and indwells.

That’s really what originally stirred my heart on this topic. Over the years I’ve met wonderful believers who love Jesus, yet were taught versions of Christ that ultimately reduce His deity—or versions of the Spirit that reduce His personhood. And whenever that happens, the beauty of the gospel itself becomes clouded. If Jesus is not truly God come in the flesh, then His sacrifice is no longer the perfect, sinless offering Scripture declares it to be. And if the Spirit is not truly God, then the One who indwells us, teaches us, and seals us is somehow “less than” the Lord He represents.

I am grateful to see so much clarity from everyone here. Your responses reflect something the early Christians recognized: the mystery of the Trinity is not a philosophical puzzle—it is the only way to make sense of the full weight of Scripture.

Thank you again for engaging with grace and depth. These conversations sharpen all of us, and I’m thankful for each of you taking the time to share what the Lord has shown you through His Word.

Grace and Peace in Christ.

 

[garez]

Jehovah witnesses although they call themselves cristians only to lure in new recrutes probably for $. Anyway I was given one of their new world translation book ( don't want to say bible) and leafing through it I saw they took out the thou, thee etc. then I turn to my favorite gospel of John where he tells about the trinity but these JW's changed it to " and the word was A God " So they believe in 2 Gods . No good. I've been studying the Trinity for a while and a good book called " a essay on the doctrine of the trinity" by the rev. James Kidd is worth reading.