Chapter Four – Addressing the Confusion

The world of professing Christianity is broken into hundreds of disagreeing and often competing denominations and sects. This is at least in part because beliefs vary so widely between groups. Some focus on the way that they spread their “gospel” message (and, in the case of this subject, none of them teaching anything that even begins to resemble the gospel that Christ brought). Others centre around events that happened on the original New Testament Pentecost of 31 A.D. Yet others stress the importance of the proper mode of baptism, with the list able to go on and on. Every church seems to have its own pet belief in which it is willing to diverge from all others. This divergence is widespread, touching on almost every corner of modern Christianity!

But there is one exception that permeates nearly every branch of professing Christianity—belief in the three-in-one god! It is almost the only teaching that links virtually every church—from Baptists to Catholics, from Anglicans to Presbyterians, from Methodists to Lutherans, even including many Sabbatarians. All these groups believe in the trinity!

How central is this teaching to what is considered orthodox or traditional Christianity?: “Many scholars believe the doctrine of the Trinity is the most crucial element in the Christian understanding of God” (Nelson’s Illustrated Manners and Customs of the Bible).

In Chapter Five, we will demonstrate that the Bible does not, and never could, support the doctrine of the trinity. However, confusion and human reasoning must first be addressed and removed from the subject. This involves examining the logic that produced it.

Ask: Could all the thousands of disagreeing and competing denominations, which, remember, are extremely divergent in a wide variety of beliefs, somehow manage to reach the correct answer on the trinity teaching? Has Christianity somehow been able to correctly identify the right foundation—the true God of the Bible—but only been able to build disagreement and confusion atop that foundation? Asked another way: Could all these churches disagree on basically every doctrine, yet unanimously stumble upon the true nature of God? The answer is an obvious no!

An even greater question necessarily arises: If all these churches were serving the correct God, why has He left them in such division and confusion about virtually all of His doctrines? The answer lies in the fact that because they do not serve the true God, they have been left in near complete confusion about the many truths of His Word—left cut off from right understanding on almost every point of biblical teaching. And with new versions of Christianity appearing regularly, the confusion only grows worse.

Yet, the true God is not the author of confusion (I Cor. 14:33). He commands all who follow Him to worship Him “in spirit and in truth” (John 4:23-24). To do this, one must understand who and what He is. For many, this means first learning what He is not.

The Bible shows that this world is cut off from the true God (Isa. 59:1-2). Yet, as we have seen, the Bible declares that there is a “god of this world” (II Cor. 4:4). These passages explain why we will discover an amazing lack of understanding demonstrated in a series of convoluted quotes used by those attempting to explain the trinity.

As you continue to read, you will come to see why the closed triune godhead is more dangerous than you have thought!

Illogical Logic

We have seen in Chapter Three that this theory is deeply embedded in ancient philosophy. Knowing this, one must ask: How was the trinity explained so that so many would accept it? How exactly was it taught so that the Christian layperson would believe it?

The enormous difficulty in explaining this teaching has engendered many schools of thought regarding a three-in-one god, and these have resulted in the proliferation of many types of trinitarian godheads.

Having come to recognize its origins, you must now understand the logic and reasoning used to “sell” the triune god. For seventeen centuries, professing Christianity has attempted to do this. In this chapter, using statements straight from the mouths of trinitarians, we will see how they describe their god. In the end, it will be apparent that their greatest article of belief is blind faith. Many of their explanations simply defy logic—and are often so convoluted that they are even difficult to read! Debunking their faulty reasoning will help you further understand why the trinity is unbiblical.

We will break down the supposed definitions and expose the error. When possible, we will show how their arguments lack even the most basic logic, and become the source of the confusion. You will find astonishing how little the Bible is referenced. In fact, this entire chapter is devoted to addressing the non -scriptural arguments behind the trinity. (Chapter Five examines in-depth the supposed biblical proofs—and the many scriptures that refute the so-called “proof texts.”)

Many places in the Bible show that God is not working with the entire world. Of course, since the world is cut off from God, it would necessarily be cut off from His understanding. Notice what Christ stated: “At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank You, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because You have hid these things from the wise and prudent, and have revealed them unto babes” (Matt. 11:25). The so-called “wise” and “schooled” of this world simply cannot understand God. Yet, the truth about the real God of the Bible can be fairly easily understood by the average man, if, God has opened his mind.

Would the Creator of the universe command, “You shall have no other gods before Me” and leave it to human reasoning to determine who He is? God’s Word plainly shows that man, of and by himself, is not capable of understanding spiritual matters (I Cor. 2:10; Prov. 14:12; Jer. 10:23).

God’s purpose for mankind—and you—can be understood, but first we must de-construct the house of cards built by the “wise and prudent,” regarding God’s nature.