How to defend the doctrine of the Holy Trinity

Everyone;

Just do the opposite.

Truth will reign

Your false doctrine:
"""There is one God (Ephesians 4:6); the Father (1 Corinthians 8:6, James 3:9 (kjv), Romans 15:6, Ephesians 4:6), the Son (Hebrews 1:8-9; John 8:58, Exodus 3:14; John 8:59, John 10:31-33), and the Holy Ghost (Acts 5:3-4, Romans 8:26-27)."""
So now the son is God and co equal?

No sir,

The Holy Trinity is NOT a doctrine that states that God has three personas namely:

it is teaching that came from the very word of God of 1. God revealed as The Father the Son and The Holy Spirit is known as the Eternal Godhead.
The idea that it is false to say Jesus is equal with the Father is very much an unlearned statement. The Spirit of Christ is eternal. Jesus when HE said "The Father is Greater than I" Is Jesus the man speaking of what is known as the doctrine of Kenosis. The emptying of oneself which Jesus willfully did to come as the God-man for the salvation of the world. The Body of Jesus is limited but God is not.

Jesus also said IF you have seen me you have seen the Father also you can't use the text out of context to support your bias.

The Holy Spirit of God is known as the Spirit of the Living God which is GOD, Hello, somebody! The Holy Spirit is at work from the Beginning to say otherwise is not Biblical. The Spirit of God is mentioned in the creation account in Genesis chapter 1.

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Of course the Son is God and co-equal.

That is sound doctrine.

James 2:19 also states that we do well to believe in one God (I guess that I failed to reference that verse in my exposition).

Read to here: Best way to discuss the Trinity is first understand where others are coming from.

Will each person state their understanding of the Trinity.

I understand the Trinity to be One God who is spirit with three persons within the godhead.

1. we cannot fully understand the Divine nature of God. We are limited. Yet, the scriptures speak of God as the Father and The Son and the Holy Spirit. We must be very reverent and come with humility as we seek to know more of Him. Our ability to know Him fully will not happen on this side of heaven.

Weeeeell... If you look at the context of Jesus saying the Father is greater....

He ascends to one with the Father, equal, shortly after speaking with the disciples.

So... The Father was greater in POSITION, not essence!

The president is greater than me... Is he ontogically superior? Nope. He is in a greater office.

ok ok... I looked it up... still don't think I can use it with the proper meaning! lol!
Thanks for stretching my brain...
ontological

ŏn′tə-lŏj′ĭ-kəl
adjective

1. Of or relating to ontology.
2. Of or relating to essence or the nature of being.
3. Of or relating to the argument for the existence of God holding that the existence of the concept of God entails the existence of God.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
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In a word, "Yes." You may ask, "How do I know?" It says at Genesis 1:1, "In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. I want you to notice something. At vs3, "Then God said." At vs 4, "And God saw etc." At vs5, "And God called the light day etc." At vs6, "And God said etc." At vs7, And God made the expanse etc. Vs8, And God called etc. Vs9, And God said etc."

Notice I did not include Genesis 1:2, why? It says, "And the earth was formless and void, and darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God, was moving over the surface of the waters." Here we are introduced to God the Holy Spirit. Tell me why vs2 did not just say, "and God was moving over the surface of the waters." You have two persons identified here.

So what about Jesus Christ, the Son of God? Where does He fit in to the "Us" at Genesis 1:26? John 1 in the New Testament has the answer. At John 1:1 it says, "In the beginning was the Word/Logos, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God." John 1:2-3, "He was in the beginning with God." Vs3, "ALL things came into being by Him, and apart (or without Him) NOTHING came into being that has come into being."

So what's the point? Both Genesis 1:1 and John 1:1 start out with the same three words. Now watch this Timothy! The main thought of "In the beginning" at Genesis 1:1 is on WHAT HAPPENED "in the beginning." And the main thought of "in the beginning" at John 1:1 is WHO EXISTED "in the beginning.

So the reality is the fact that John's beginning "antecedes" the Genesis "beginning." Or to put it another way, Jesus Christ pre-existed His incarnation. Does that make sense to you? One more thing I want to address. You stated if Jesus is God how come He did not know the day and hour of His coming?

Please read Philippians 2:5-8. This is where Jesus Christ, who was always God took on another form of that of a bond-servant/man. As a man He was fully was committed to His Father in every single area of His life, just like we are suppose to live in harmony with God. Jesus was our example which Philippians 2:5 states. "Have this attitude in yourselves which was also in Christ Jesus." So again, does this make sense to you?

IN GOD THE SON,
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Humility and submission are part of God.

The Father chose to appear within a man.
The Son only does what He sees His Father doing.
The Spirit does not speak His own thoughts, only what He hears.

The Father will never ask us to be something He is not.

I believe that it is indeed possible to know what the doctrine entails in its entirety while we are still on the earth and that we have a responsibility to seek to understand it.

Eph 3:3, How that by revelation he made known unto me the mystery; (as I wrote afore in few words,
Eph 3:4, Whereby, when ye read, ye may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ)

https://christianchat.com/bible-discussion-forum/understanding-the-trinity-as-a-doctrine.201406/

That is incorrect. No man has seen God the Father at any time. It was the Son (who is the Word) who took the form of a Man, yet thought it not robbery to be equal with God the Father. Indeed God the Father addressed Jesus the Son as GOD (THEOS).

Consider that John 1:18 says that the only begotten Son has declared the Father.

Jhn 14:7, If ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also: and from henceforth ye know him, and have seen him.
Jhn 14:8, Philip saith unto him, Lord, shew us the Father, and it sufficeth us.
Jhn 14:9, Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou then, Shew us the Father?
Jhn 14:10, Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? the words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself: but the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works.
Jhn 14:11, Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me: or else believe me for the very works' sake.

I understand the basics of definition.

Hello justbyfaith, like I said last on that thread, we have different standards of truth. Conjectures not consistent with the Scriptures are rejected.

Did you just called the truth a lie? Did you just teach all to ignore the Scriptures? Matt 12:32.
You are quite fearless.

Actual, the Scriptures say the Godhead is a mystery.

What we can know by revelation is :

• General revelation by Creation read Romans chapter 1
• Special revelation The word of God
• Illumination from the relationship with the Lord Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit.

because we are limited and God is not limited, we are unable to fully know about the Divine NATURE OF GOD.
We from His creation and word and salvation receive enough for righteous living and appropriate worship.
TO sat we can know all is very much untrue.