In the beginning was the word, that is the Logos, and the word was with God, and the word was

God. In that first sentence, you see the mystery of the Trinity.

As we read the New Testament, we see even more clearly the triune nature of our God, one God in three

persons, Father, son, and Holy Spirit. But does this New Testament witness go against what we read in the Old Testament?

Welcome to the Saturday edition of Renewing Her Mind, as we spend several weeks in

R.C. Proll's series, The Mystery of the Trinity.

Today, Dr Sprawl will survey not only the New Testament, but also the Old Testament to help us

see the unified revelation in scripture of our triune God. To deny the Trinity

is to deny an essential doctrine of Christianity. So today, for your donation of any amount at renewing your mind.org will send you

this series on DVD, provides you digital access to the messages and send you Dr.

Sproll's short book, What Is the Trinity?

Here's Dr. Sproll, with the biblical witness to the doctrine of the Trinity.

We continue now with our study of the doctrine of the Trinity. We recall that in our first session

we looked briefly at the Old Testament concept of monotheism, that is the affirmation of the oneness of God,

and showed that there has been controversy over the period in

redemptive history when monotheism was developed. Was it there at the

beginning in creation as orthodoxy maintains or was it a later development.

But today we want to look at the connection between the Old Testament and the New Testament.

And let me begin first of all by saying that even though we don't have a

explicit definition of Trinity in the Old Testament, nevertheless we do have hints from time to time of Trinity

throughout the pages of Old Testament history. One of those important hints is one we've already looked at from a

different angle, namely the plural use of the name for God Al-O-Heen, where the critics see the use of that name as a crass form of polytheism.

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