Part 1 - Did Jesus and His Disciples Teach the Trinity Doctrine? - Is It "Implied"?

Trinitarians may say that the Bible "implies" a Trinity.  But this claim is made long after the Bible was written. It is an attempt to read into the Bible what clergymen of later times arbitarily decided should be doctrine.

Ask yourself:  Why would the Bible only "imply" its mist  important teaching-who God is?  The bible is clear on other basic teachings; why not on this, the most important one? Would not the Creator of the universe author a book that was clear on his being a Trinity if that were the case.

The reason the Bible does not clearly teach the Trinity doctrine is simple. It is not a Bible teaching. Had God been a Trinity, he would surely have made it clear so that Jesus and his disciple could have taught it to others. And that vital information would have been included in God's inspired Word. It would not have been left to imperfect men to struggle with centuries later.

When we examine texts offered by Trinitarians as evidence that the Bible "implies" a Trinity, what do we find? An honest appraisal reveals that the scriptures offered do not speak of Christendom's Trinity. Instead, theologians try to force into the scriptures their preconceived ideas of a Trinity. But those ideas are not in the scripture texts. In fact, Trinitarian ideas conflict with the clear testimony of the Bible as a whole.

Next time: Part 1 - Did Jesus and His Disciples Teach the Trinity Doctrine? - Conclusion of Is It "Impliedddd"?

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