This document discusses the doctrine of the Trinity through examining passages from the Heidelberg Catechism and Kevin DeYoung's book "The Good News We Almost Forgot." It explains that the Trinity refers to the one true God existing as three distinct persons - Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Biblical evidence for each person of the Trinity is provided. While the Trinity is beyond human reason, it shows God's relational nature and how humans are made in His image to be relational beings.

1. Walk Thru the Bible

2. The Bahamas (Nassau)

3. ‘11
Rediscovering the Good News
that We Dare Not Forget!

4. The Heidelberg
Catechism (1563)
129 questions and answers
52 Lord’s Day Readings

5. The Good News
We Almost
Forgot:
Rediscovering
the Gospel in a
16 th Century
Catechism by
Kevin DeYoung.

8. ‘11
Rediscovering the Good News
that We Dare Not Forget!
A Creed for the Ages and
Some Supernatural Math

9. 1 Corinthians 15:45
So it is written: “The first man
Adam became a living being;
the last Adam, a life-giving
spirit.

10. The First The Second
Adam Adam (Christ)
A creature The Creator
Defied God Submitted to God
(Garden of Eden) (Garden of
Gethsemane)
Brought death to Brings deliverance
all who are to all who are
“in him” “in Him”

11. The First The Second
Adam Adam (Christ)
Born into this Reborn into this
Adam through Adam through
human divine
reproduction regeneration
Conditional Conditional
through birth through FAITH

12. Ephesians 2:8-9
For it is by grace you have been
saved, through faith—and this
not from yourselves, it is the
gift of God— not by works, so
that no one can boast.

13. The effectiveness of faith is
all dependent on its object.

14. “The object of our faith
is the whole point. Our
faith, no matter how
sincere, will be sincerely
mistaken if it trusts
something other than
the gospel.” (DeYoung)

15. The Gospel . . .
Jesus our Deliverer, fully God,
fully man, fully righteous died
in our place. In doing so He
expiates our sin, propitiates
God’s wrath, redeems us from
our sin and reconciles us to
God!

16. Q.22 What then must
a Christian believe?

17. A.22 Everything God
promises us in the
gospel. The gospel is
summarized for us in the
articles of our Christian
faith – a creed beyond
doubt, and confessed
throughout the world.

18. The
Apostle’s
Creed

19. 1. This creed was NOT
written by the apostles
2. The word “creed” derived
from Latin “credo”, “I believe”
3. This creed, although a great
summary of Christian belief, it
is not “all-inclusive”

20. “The Christian faith, if
it is to be Christian in
any meaningful,
historic sense of the
term, cannot contain
less than the Apostle’s
Creed. . .

21. . . . In a world where
theology is often
ignored and boundary
setting abhorred, we
must not forget that
there are things a
Christian must
believe.” (DeYoung)

22. The Apostles’ Creed
I believe in God, the Father
Almighty, Maker of
heaven and earth, and in
Jesus Christ, His only Son,
our Lord:

23. The Apostles’ Creed
Who was conceived by the Holy
Spirit, born of the virgin
Mary, suffered under
Pontius Pilate, was crucified,
dead, and buried; He
descended into hell.

24. The Apostles’ Creed
The third day He arose again
from the dead; He ascended
into heaven, and sitteth on
the right hand of God the
Father Almighty; from
thence he shall come to judge
the quick and the dead.

25. The Apostles’ Creed
I believe in the Holy Spirit;
the holy catholic church;
the communion of saints;
the forgiveness of sins;
the resurrection of the body;
and the life everlasting.
Amen.

26. The Apostles’ Creed
I believe in God, the Father
Almighty, Maker of
heaven and earth,

27. Q.24 How are these
articles divided?

28. A.24 Into three parts:
God the Father and our
creation; God the Son
and our deliverance;
God the Holy Spirit and
our sanctification.

29. Q.25 Since there is
but one God, why do
you speak of three:
Father, Son, and Holy
Spirit?

30. A.25 Because that is
how God has revealed
Himself in His Word:
these three distinct
persons are one, true
eternal God.

31. The
Trinity

32. The Trinity
There is one true God and
He exists as three distinct
persons, Father, Son and
Holy Spirit.

33. The Trinity
A survey of
the biblical
teaching

34. The Trinity
- There is only one true
God

35. Deuteronomy 6:4
Hear, O Israel: The LORD our
God, the LORD is one.

36. Isaiah 44:6
This is what the LORD says—
Israel’s King and Redeemer, the
LORD Almighty: “I am the first
and I am the last; apart from
me there is no God.”

37. 1 Corinthians 8:4
So then, about eating food
sacrificed to idols: We know
that an idol is nothing at all in
the world and that there is no
God but one.

38. 1 Timothy 1:17
Now to the King eternal,
immortal, invisible, the only
God, be honor and glory for
ever and ever. Amen.

39. The Trinity
- There is only one true
God

40. The Trinity
- This ONE God is the
Father

41. Romans 1:7
Grace and peace to you from
God our Father.
1 Peter 1:2
Who have been chosen
according to the foreknowledge
of God the Father.

42. The Trinity
- This ONE God is the
Jesus Christ, the Son

43. Romans 9:5
Theirs are the patriarchs, and
from them is traced the human
ancestry of Christ, who is God
over all, forever praised!

44. Titus 2:13
While we wait for the blessed
hope—the appearing of the
glory of our great God and
Savior, Jesus Christ.

45. The Trinity
- This ONE God is the Holy
Spirit

46. Acts 5:3-4
Then Peter said, “Ananias, how
is it that Satan has so filled your
heart that you have lied to the
Holy Spirit . . . You have not lied
to men but to God.”

47. The Trinity
- There is one God … who
is the Father, the Son, the
Holy Spirit!

48. The Trinity
- These three persons
(Father, Son and Holy
Spirit) are distinct from
one another.

49. Mark 1:10-11
As Jesus was coming up out of
the water, he saw heaven being
torn open and the Spirit
descending on him like a dove.
And a voice came from heaven:
“You are my Son, whom I love;
with you I am well pleased.”

50. Matthew 28:19
Therefore go and make
disciples of all nations,
baptizing them in the name of
the Father and of the Son and
of the Holy Spirit . . .

51. 2 Corinthians 13:14
May the grace of the Lord Jesus
Christ, and the love of God,
and the fellowship of the Holy
Spirit be with you all.

52. The Trinity
There is one true God and
He exists as three distinct
persons, Father, Son and
Holy Spirit.

53. The Trinity

54. The Trinity

57. ‘11
“Who’s Your Daddy?”
Lord’s Day Readings #9-10
(Questions #26-28)

58. 1. Examine your faith. What is
the object of your faith? Are
you truly trusting in Jesus
Christ and Him alone to save
you from your sin?

59. 2. The doctrine of the Trinity
reminds us that God is God
and we are not!

60. There is one true God
and He exists as three
distinct persons, Father, Son
and Holy Spirit.
Irrational?
Ir (against) + rational (reason)
Against reason!

61. There is one true God
and He exists as three
distinct persons, Father, Son
and Holy Spirit.
Suprarational!
Supra (above) + rational (reason)
Above (beyond) reason!

62. Daniel Webster
(1782-1852)
“How can a man of your
mental caliber believe that
three equals one?”

63. Daniel Webster
(1782-1852)
“I do not pretend to fully
understand the mathematics
of heaven.”

64. 3. The doctrine of the Trinity
shows God to be relational at
the core of His being. And since
we are made in His image, we
too are relational beings!

65. Genesis 1:26
Then God said, “Let us make
mankind in our image . . .”
Genesis 11:7
“Come, let us go down and
confuse their language so they
will not understand each other.”

66. Make relationships a priority!
God, then others!