mystery of d Trinity

Can you explain the Trinity?
Q: "What about
the doctrine of
the Trinity, the
Holy Trinity?"
our A: You and I
live in a three-
dimensional world.
All physical objects
have a certain
height, width, and depth. One person can look
like someone else, or behave like someone else,
or even sound like someone else. But a person
cannot actually be the same as another person.
They are distinct individuals.
God, however, lives without the limitations of a
three-dimensional universe. He is spirit. And he
is infinitely more complex than we are.
That is why Jesus the Son can be different from
the Father. And, yet the same.
The Bible clearly speaks of: God the Son, God
the Father, and God the Holy Spirit. But
emphasizes that there is only ONE God.
If we were to use math, it would not be,
1+1+1=3. It would be 1x1x1=1. God is a triune
God.
Thus the term: "Tri" meaning three, and "Unity"
meaning one, Tri+Unity = Trinity. It is a way of
acknowledging what the Bible reveals to us
about God, that God is yet three "Persons" who
have the same essence of deity. Some have
tried to give human illustrations for the Trinity,
such as H 2O being water, ice and steam (all
different forms, but all are H 2O). Another
illustration would be the sun. From it we receive
light, heat and radiation. Three distinct aspects,
but only one sun.
No illustration is going to be perfect.
But from the very beginning we see God as a
Trinity. Notice the plural pronouns "us" and
"our" in Genesis 1:26 -- Then God said, "Let us
make man in our image, in our likeness, and let
them rule over the fish of the sea and the birds
of the air, over the livestock, over all the earth,
and over all the creatures that move along the
ground."
Though not a complete list, here is some other
Scripture that shows God is one, in Trinity:
"Hear, O Israel! The LORD is our God, the
LORD is one!" (Deut. 6:4)
"I am the LORD, and there is no other;
Besides Me there is no God." (Isa. 45:5)
There is no God but one. (1Cor. 8:4)
And after being baptized, Jesus went up
immediately from the water; and behold, the
heavens were opened, and he saw the Spirit
of God descending as a dove, and coming
upon Him, and behold, a voice out of the
heavens, saying, "This is My beloved Son, in
whom I am well-pleased." (Matt. 3:16-17)
"Go therefore and make disciples of all the
nations, baptizing them in the name of the
Father and the Son and the Holy
Spirit." (Matt. 28:19)
Jesus said: "I and the Father are one." (John
10:30)
"He who has seen Me has seen the
Father." (John 14:9)
"He who beholds Me beholds the One who
sent Me." (John 12:45)
If anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ,
he does not belong to Him. (Rom. 8:9)
"Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to
take Mary as your wife; for that which has
been conceived in her is of the Holy
Spirit." (Matt. 1:20)
And the angel answered and said to her
[Mary], "The Holy Spirit will come upon you,
and the power of the Most High will
overshadow you; and for that reason the holy
offspring shall be called the Son of
God." (Luke 1:35)
[Jesus speaking to His disciples] "And I will ask
the Father, and He will give you another
Helper, that He may be with you forever; the
Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot
receive, because it does not behold Him or
know Him, but you know Him because He
abides with you, and will be in you." ... "If
anyone loves Me, he will keep My word; and
My Father will love him, and We will come to
him, and make Our abode with him." (John
14:16-17, 23