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How Can A Loving God Send Someone to Hell? SeanMcDowell.org
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCIagUoqMvE

You Christians say God is a trinity. The word, Trinity, is not in the Bible. Do you
believe in three Gods?

Many people believe that God is not a triune God, but only one God; they teach
that Trinitarianism is a belief in three gods, and thereby, Satan-inspired
polytheism. One of the founders of the Jehovah’s Witnesses, Rutherford wrote:
"... sincere persons who want to know the true God and serve him find it a bit
difficult to love and worship a complicated, freakish-looking, three-headed God.
The clergy who injects such ideas will contradict themselves in the very next
breath by stating that God made man in his own image; for certainly no one has
ever seen a three-headed human creature". Muslims deny the Trinity stating that God is one God and
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does not have a father or a son.

Many believe that the idea of the Trinity has satanic origins and is another lie made
and told by Satan for the purpose of reproaching God’s name. They say the concept
of the Trinity was adopted by the church some three hundred years after Christ died
by Emperor Constantine (Nicaean Creed)

They argue that the word, “trinity” is not in the Bible, so therefore it is false.
However, just because a word is not found in the Bible does not mean that the
doctrine is absent. There are many doctrines that are scriptural, but the word does not appear in the
Bible. For example, “theocracy” does not appear, yet does that mean that God’s kingdom does not
exist. The word “rapture” does not exist, but the doctrine is taught clearly in I & II Thessalonians. The
doctrine of the Trinity is clearly revealed in Scripture.

Here are some answers to the Biblical teaching about the Trinity:
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1) There is one God (Deuteronomy 6:4; 1 Corinthians 8:4; Galatians 3:20; 1 Timothy 2:5).

2) The Trinity consists of three Persons (Genesis 1:1, 26; 3:22; 11:7; Isaiah 6:8, 48:16, 61:1; Matthew
3:16-17, 28:19; 2 Corinthians 13:14). In Genesis 1:1, the Hebrew plural noun "Elohim" is used. In Genesis
1:26, 3:22, 11:7 and Isaiah 6:8, the plural pronoun for “us” is used. The word "Elohim" and the pronoun
“us” are plural forms, definitely referring in the Hebrew language to more than two. While this is not an
explicit argument for the Trinity, it does denote the aspect of plurality in God. The Hebrew word for
"God," "Elohim," definitely allows for the Trinity.

In Isaiah 48:16 and 61:1, the Son is speaking while making reference to the Father and the Holy Spirit.
Compare Isaiah 61:1 to Luke 4:14-19 to see that it is the Son speaking. Matthew 3:16-17 describes the
event of Jesus' baptism. Seen in this passage is God the Holy Spirit descending on God the Son while God
the Father proclaims His pleasure in the Son. Matthew 28:19 and 2 Corinthians 13:14 are examples of
three distinct Persons in the Trinity.

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