Note this: it is only the _fact_ that is revealed;
_how_ there can be three Persons in one Godhead is not
revealed.
The _how_ is a mystery, and is not a matter of faith at all;
but the _fact_ is a matter of revelation, and therefore a
matter of faith. I myself am a mysterious trinity of body, mind,
and spirit. The fact I believe, but the _how_ is not a thing
to believe. It is at this point that many puzzle and perplex
themselves needlessly.
In the ordinary affairs of life we grasp facts, and hold them
fast, without puzzling ourselves over the _how_ of things.
Who can explain _how_ food sustains life; how light reveals
material objects, how sound conveys ideas to our minds? It is the
fact we know and believe, but the _how_ we pass by as a
mystery unrevealed. What God has revealed, we believe. We cannot
understand _how_ Jesus turned water into wine; _how_ He
multiplied a few loaves and fishes and fed thousands; _how_
He stilled the stormy sea; _how_ He opened blind eyes, healed
lepers, and raised the dead by a word. But the facts we believe.
Wireless telegraphic messages are sent over the vast wastes of
ocean. That is a fact, and we believe it. But _how_ they go we
do not know. That is not something to believe. It is a matter of
pure speculation, and is unexplained.
An old servant of God has pointed out that it is the fact of the
Trinity, and not the _manner_ of it, which God has revealed,
and made a subject for our faith.
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