It's a great question, and we get it a lot.

Can I only be saved if I comprehend the Trinity?

And if so, how much of the Trinity must make sense to me?

The complexity of our triune God, of course, leads to this question from many listeners,

including one name Paul.

Hello, Pastor John, and thank you for the podcast.

What happens to the people who trust in the finished work of Jesus Christ, but do not

have a clear grasp of the Trinity?

Are they saved?

What degree of clarity in this life must one reach about the Trinity to affirm one's

true understanding of and trust in the God of the Bible?

Pastor John, what would you say to him and to the many others asking this same question?

First, let's provide, because I think this is just a golden opportunity for help to lots

of folks who believe it and not sure what they believe.

So I want to take the opportunity to provide a brief introduction to the biblical teaching

that God exists as Father, God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit.

Each of them, a person, each of them God, but each of them comprising one divine essence,

one God not three gods.

When Jesus was asked, which is the most important commandment, he began his answer in

Mark 1229 by reaffirming the ancient Jewish belief in monotheism, one God, monotheism

from Deuteronomy 6.4.

He said, here, O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one, those are the words of Jesus

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