The Trinity is the logical consequence of divine revelation in the Bible.

God reveals himself in three personalities. He is Father because a Son was born.

The Son carries the DNA of the Father and is not an inferior being because of his sonship, but voluntarily subordinates himself to the Father because of his sonship.

God is present because he is spirit and can be and act everywhere at the same time. God is not human and is therefore beyond our imagination.

No one does anything that the other would not do.

We cannot grasp this unity with our minds. When the Holy Spirit comes, Jesus promises: “In that day you will know that I am in my Father, and you in me, and I in you” (John 14:20). “And we will come to him and make our home with him” (Johnn 14:23). This unity is ultimately a divine mystery. For God cannot be grasped by our thinking. Otherwise we would be divine. Because we cannot grasp it does not mean that it is not so.

Anyone who wants to explain God with human logic cannot believe that God is one and not one (achad and not jachid). Jesus already had the problem that people did not understand. He encourages them to believe (John 14:11).

Matthew tells us by the birth of Jesus, that he is born as King of the Jews (Matthew 2:2).

In the Passion many mockingly refer to Jesus as King. They have no idea that here is the one who represents true kingship.

A kingship that is willingly at the service of others. Matthew 23:11: “The greatest among you shall be your servant.”

It is exciting to see how Jesus resolves the conflict with the angry people in John 8:

– Keep calm.

– Do not respond immediately with counter-arguments.

– Take your time. Take notes.

– Ask a reflective question.

– Give everyone the opportunity to withdraw elegantly from the discussion.

– Give them the opportunity to make a fresh start.

If you listen to Jesus properly, you will understand who he is. But whether you get involved with him is another question. People like to make decisions based on predispositions.

The incident in John 7 shows us this: in verse 31 the listeners recognise that Jesus is the Messiah (Christ) sent by God. The Pharisees, on the other hand, send their servants to bring him to them. They do not want to go to Jesus. The servants are unable to arrest him (verse 44). When they returned, they confessed: “No one ever spoke like this man!” (John 7:46).

Nicodemus says to the prejudiced Pharisees: “Does our law judge a man without first giving him a hearing and learning what he does?” But their prejudice is clear: “No prophet arises from Galilee“. They don’t want to hear the real facts. They also argue that the elite do not believe him (verse 48).

Even today people make judgements about the Bible and Jesus without really listening or argue that no educated person believes today.

It is a decision not to engage with God at all. The other question is whether you want to accept Jesus for who he is. The Messiah sent by God – the Christ who brings us into a new relationship with the heavenly Father.

At the Feast of Tabernacles in the autumn, Jesus spoke to the participants. Some asked, “How is it that this man has learning, when he has never studied?” (John 7:15).

Jesus replied, “If anyone’s will is to do God’s will, he will know whether the teaching is from God or whether I am speaking on my own authority. The one who speaks on his own authority seeks his own glory; but the one who seeks the glory of him who sent him is true, and in him there is no falsehood” (John 7:17-18).

Jesus points out two things:

Those who seek God discover how God speaks to us through the study of the Scriptures. Those who rebel against God are blocked.

Those who take themselves on focus and their scholarship are not speaking in God’s name.

The revealing of Scripture in daily life is the source of divine power and comfort.