Transcribed Extract: The Mathematics of the Trinity
[The Three Persons of the Trinity at Jesusâ Baptism] All together. Acting together. Acting inseparably, as they had done when then created the world in the first place. And God spoke. And the Word made it happen. And the Spirit descended and made it all come to pass. Thatâs the beginning of Matthew. Then if you didnât understand how it all adds up, how Three go into One, right at the very end of the bookâŠ. Jesus risen from the dead; resurrected from the dead; breaking all the rules of nature in the processâŠ. Jesus alive from the dead claiming authority in heaven and on earth. And in Matthewâs Gospel âheavenâ always is a euphemism for âGodâ. The âkingdom of Godâ in the other Gospels is the âKingdom of heavenâ in Matthewâs Gospel. Heaven is where God is; heaven is Godâs throne, and so on. All authority in heaven means all authority as God and all authority on earth in his human life as Jesus. All authority. He sends the church out to do what the church should do â make disciples, baptizing people, teaching them. Baptizing them âin the nameâ â singular â in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. And we discover that early on in the New Testament, the Divine Name, the Name that was named in the Old Testament, the Name of God, the singular God is singular â he is one God â and yet you can also describe three Persons in one God. Thatâs a mathematical conundrum that you are not going to solve in your lifetime. âJesus says to the crowds, âHow can he be Davidâs Lord and Davidâs son. How do you work that out?ââ
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Dr. Liam Goligher was Senior Minister of Tenth Presbyterian Church from May of 2011 until December of 2023. He previously pastored churches in Ireland, Canada, England, and his native Scotland.
Dr. Goligher has been closely involved in Bible teaching and evangelistic ministry...