Since I was a child, I have struggled with this. How could God be 3 people in one? Children have such simple minds and come up with simple ways of seeing things, yet even small children cannot really explain how this one works. I used to love the Art Linkletter show that was all about the funny things that little children say. We used to laugh at the explanations these children would give to questions asked them.
Yet, the children in bible classes will always explain that these three are seperate...or seem to be, or should be...so even for small innocent minds such as theirs it is a difficult thing to grasp. How much more so for our 'mature' and 'wise' thoughts.
I have believed that Jesus told us that unless we became like these children we would never enter the kingdom of heaven as a sign of their innocence. But as I age and think back on things now, I am beginning to wonder if it is more. You see, when we were children we believed and trusted whole heartedly in our earthly parents. That they were going to care for us and would always love us. We looked at the world as good or bad, there were no shades of gray. When we thought, it was always of adventure and fun. So when a child thinks of God what does he or she think of? Well, usually they immediately think of what their Sunday School Teacher tells them or their Mommy and Daddy tell them about who God is...okay, so what does that mean? Well God is God. He is the Trinity. The 3 Gods in one. The Father, Son and Holy Spirit living in one Church, or body or house...or however, their little minds try to explain it.
Then it hit me like a stone in the head...they are right! The Father, Son and Holy Spirit are three beings in one body. Wait, how does this work? Now my analytical side says I cannot do this. Yet, my precious wife had already laid it out for me. You see, it works like this...God is made up of the Father, the body (draw a stick figure or any other type of human representation as we were made in Their image); the Son, the Words that God speaks (draw a text area coming out of the mouth of your stick figure); and the Holy Spirit, the indwelling essence of God (draw a heart inside your stick figure or anything that you wish to represent the spiritual being inside the stick figure that would represent its spirit).
We already have biblical proofs of this as far back as Genesis...when God said let's make man in Our image. He made us a body, a voice and a spirit. Then in John it talks of the Word (Jesus) coming down. God planned that They would send the Son down to redeem us, so the Father used His Spirit to open the pathway into Mary's womb and spoke Jesus into being. Perhaps this is why it states that Jesus was made in the image of man and not of God. He is also called the Son of Man while walking this earth. You see all throughout the book of John, Jesus refers to himself as I AM. Which is what God referred to Himself as when talking with Moses. He also states that he was there in the beginning when everything was made and without Him nothing was made. And even Jesus is given the Holy Spirit. It is the power through which all miracles are channeled and His strength sustained for the trials He will face. The Holy Spirit was Jesus' intercessor with His Father in heaven as He is ours today.
You may not accept what I have written. And you may laugh and say that this is a child's thoughts. I understand that this is not necessarily deep ground for some. However, to some this may have deep meaning as they have struggled to actually understand the Trinity and the God they serve. If this will help them and give them comfort and peace in that then it has accomplished its purpose. If not, I wish only that you find another source of knowledge and understanding to draw upon that will give you the answers you seek.
God bless you and keep you.
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