Delighting in the Trinity: An Introduction to the Christian Faith

by Michael Reeves

SCRIPTURAL, REALLY? “Then what about Deuteronomy 6:4?” I hear my many Muslim readers cry. “Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one.” One, not three. But the point of Deuteronomy 6:4 is not to teach that “The Lord our God, the Lord is a mathematical singularity.” In the middle of Deuteronomy 6, that would be a bit out of the blue to say the least. Instead, Deuteronomy 6 is about God’s people having the Lord as the one object of their affections: he is the only one worthy of them, and they are to love him alone with all their heart, soul and strength (Deut 6:5). In fact, the word for “one” in Deuteronomy 6:4 really doesn’t convey “mathematical singularity” at all well. The word is also used, for example, in Genesis 2:24, where Adam and Eve—two persons—are said to be one. We’ll be looking at many such verses, and through them all I think it will become clear: the more we push into the Scriptures, the more we see that the God they present really is triune.