THE TRINITY OF GOD (2 of 2 notes)

Part Three
Theology Proper: 20 THE UNITY AND TRINITY OF GOD
A DISPENSATIONAL THEOLOGY
By Charles F Baker

If anything in the universe is to be considered incomprehensible, surely it must be that infinite Being whom we call God. We should expect greater difficulty in understanding the nature of the infinite than in comprehending the nature of the finite. In spite of the rapid advances in science and in spite of the fact that man can examine the world minutely with all of the precision instruments which his intelligence and skill have made possible, he still must confess that he understands precious little of the vast universe about him. Since God is the only one of His kind, since there is no other being with whom He may be compared, since He exists outside of the material universe, and since He is invisible and pure spirit beyond the reach of scientific instruments, He must needs remain unknown and unknowable to man apart from any revelation which He might make of Himself. As has been proved before, the Bible claims to be this revelation. Whatever may be known of the nature and being of God is to be found in this revelation. We shall look first at the New Testament to see if the idea of a Trinity is set forth, then at the Old Testament to see if it sheds any light upon the subject, then at erroneous theories of the doctrine, then at analogies which have been made in order to better understand this truth, and finally at official formulations of the doctrine.

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