Although the
doctrine of the Trinity is inscrutable, it is not incredible. In fact, it offers
the only solution to the problem of conceiving of a God who existed eternally
before there was ever a creation. Pantheism, by teaching that the creation is God, makes the existence of God depend upon the
existence of the universe. Unitarianism, with a God of only one Person, has a
God who for eternity before He created must have been in a state of absolute
inactivity, not expressing Himself in any way. The Christian God, on the other
hand, eternally existing in all of His perfections as Father, Son, and Holy
Spirit, enjoyed full and complete activity within the Godhead in the eternity
before He created. His perfections are thus in no way dependent upon the
existence of the Universe. The Son referred to this fact when He said that the
Father loved Him before the foundation of the world, and when He prayed that
the Father would glorify Him with the glory which He had with the Father before
the foundation of the world (John 17:5, 24).
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