Preachrblog

The mystery of the Trinity is perhaps the deepest, most profound doctrine of the Christian faith.  At least it’s near the top of any list.  And while the chief article of the faith is “justification by grace through faith in Christ”, the doctrine of the Trinity is not far behind.    If you get the Trinity wrong, it leads to all sorts of confusion and false teaching.  If you deny the doctrine of the Trinity, you cannot ultimately even call yourself a Christian.  The Athanasian Creed says as much:  Whosoever will be saved, before all things it is necessary that he hold the catholic faith. (Catholic, of course, meaning “universal Christian”, not Roman Catholic).  And then it goes on to specify what that faith is:  And the catholic faith is this, that we worship one God in Trinity, and Trinity in Unity;  And so we have a whole Sunday in which we consider, each and every year, the Holy Trinity.  We take pains to confess the longest of ou...