The Trinity
God eternally existed. The first words in the Bible are, “in the beginning God”. Before anything was, there was God. Before there were oceans, koalas, or cosmic explosions, God eternally was. God exists without anything, but nothing exists without Him.
He is infinite, immense, unchanging, eternal, incomprehensible, almighty. He is perfect, just, truly righteous, majestic, holy, dwells in unapproachable light, by no means clears the guilty, and works all things for His own glory. So, we rightly tremble before God. Yet, though He is perfect and just, He pours out unconditional love and grace, beyond measure.
God eternally existed as one being in three persons, Father, Son, and Spirit; what theologians call the Trinity. The members of the Trinity have loved, served, and glorified one other eternally. Out of His very essence, God is overflowing with love.
In fact, it is because God is Trinitarian that the Scriptures can make the profound assertion that “God is love” (John 4:8). No other world religion can make this beautiful claim. If God were one being in one person, there would be no one for Him to love. But our God is Love because our God is the Trinity.
Genesis 1:26, Psalm 110:1, Matthew 3:16, Matthew 12:28, Matthew 21:19, Matthew 22:44, Luke 3:22, John 14:26, John 15:26, John 17:20-26, Acts 1:5, Acts 2:33, Acts 10:38, Romans 1:4, Romans 8:9, 1 Corinthians 6:11, 2 Corinthians 13:14, Galatians 4:6, Ephesians 1:17, Ephesians 2:18, Ephesians 2:22, Titus 3:6, Hebrews 9:14, 1 Peter 1:2