Thinking from Lord Jesus’ point of view. When he thinks of God, his God, does he think of a Trinity? No, he thinks of the Father.
It is so simple for him, compared to a struggling new Christian. He just thinks of God and is thinking of the Father, who is actually his Father. The believer struggling to cope with a set of philosophical dogmas is forced to try to think of three persons at the same time in order to think of God in the way they are taught to think.
Think how easy it is for Jesus to regard himself as the Son of God. Yet for a struggling believer in the dogma they are taught is orthodox, the concept of Son of God gets clouded by dogma of God the Son, and uncertainty prevails as clarity dwindles.
If the Father appears to one of us personally in a vision He can simply say “I am God” as in the Psalm “Be still and know that I am God”. He cuts through philosophies and council agreements one way and t’other. We just get told what is God’s truth, simple and clear.
He does not say, “Hold on, let me bring Son and Holy Spirit here and then we all three can say it together, the way the church councils eventually decided it must be.
Oh dear, oh dear. Those many church councils through history never saw it how many of us see it. The Father, He is God.
They could not just say things like Jesus. The Father is God. The Son and the Father are very much united. The Holy Spirit sees the things of the Father and sees the Son teaching those things, and is united too.
The councils endless arguments was all about dissecting their comparative blindness. Trying to put into words the clouded view they had. Instead of just admitting they were clouded in their vision.
They dreaded being considered no better than those in the pews if they admitted their lack.
