The Trinity
It does not mean 3 Gods. Modalism tries to maintain the one God but removes the persons. One God wearing 3 different roles or “modes” – Sometimes the Father, sometimes the Son, sometimes the Spirit.
When we think of one we must think of three. The magnitude
Comparisons and analogies can be inadequate. We have to be cautious with that.
Isaiah 40:18 (NKJV) To whom then will you liken God? Or what likeness will you compare to Him?
The Father is God, The Son is God, the Spirit is God.
“For My thoughts are not your thoughts, Nor are your ways My ways,” says the LORD.” – Isaiah 55:8 NKJV
If you try and understand the Trinity you will lose your mind, if you deny the Trinity you will lose your soul.
A – Announcement
B – Baptism
C – Commission
A. Luke 1:35 (NKJV) And the angel answered and said to her, “[The] Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Highest will overshadow you; therefore, also, that Holy One who is to be born will be called the Son of God.
B. Matthew 3:16 (NKJV) When He had been baptized, Jesus came up immediately from the water; and behold, the heavens were opened to Him, and He saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and alighting upon Him.
C. Matthew 28:19 (NKJV) “Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,
The oneness and the unity are in that verse. In the “name” not the “names” –