SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON - JULY 26TH

Focal Passages:
Matthew 3:16-17; 1 Corinthians 2:12-13; Ephesians 1:3-14

What This Lesson Is About:
This lesson is about the central Christian doctrine that God is Trinity—one God existing eternally in three Persons. Drawing on selected Bible passages, the lesson explores answers to three key questions about the one God who exists in three Persons.

How This Lesson Can Impact Your Life:
You can grow in your understanding of one God who is three Persons and be better equipped to tell others about the Triune God. You will honor God and deepen your worship of Him as you grow in your understanding of the Triune God.

Spiritual Preparation Through Personal Bible Study - by Stephen Carlson who served 10 years as an editor for Lifeway Christian Resources & 2 years as managing editor of Holman Christian Standard Bible.
The doctrine of the Trinity is one of the most basic truths of the Christian faith, possibly even the most basic one. Two issues commonly arise about this doctrine. First, skeptics may say, “God cannot be three and one at the same time since that is a contradiction.” Actually, it isn’t. A basic law of logic states that something cannot be both “X” and “not X” at the same time. But Christians do not claim that God is “one” and “not one” at the same time, nor do we say God is “three” and “not three” at the same time. What we say is that there is only one God, and He exists as three distinct and separate, coequal and coeternal Persons—Father, Son, and Spirit—and there is nothing about this teaching that denies any law of logic. And we say this because the Bible teaches it. The doctrine of the Trinity is unique to Christianity, for no other religion and no form of paganism advocates that there are three Persons existing as one God. Second, Christians may say, “I don’t see why the doctrine of the Trinity is so important.” This lesson seeks to address that issue by exploring answers to three related questions about the Triune God.

Of the three Persons of the Trinity—Father, Son, Holy Spirit—which are you most intrigued to learn more about and experience in a fresh way? Why?