The following is a guest article written by Sam Coulter.

It is a personal observation, and one that is amazing in reality, that I have yet to see even one passage of scripture where the doctrine of the Trinity is the subject and focus of either the speaker or the writer in God’s word. There is no passage that articulates the idea that God is three persons or that Jesus is one of those three persons who is “incarnate” as the man Jesus of Nazareth. There is not one passage that says anything explicitly about the Trinity.

While this is not a ground-breaking revelation, it is to me an amazing fact when one looks at the landscape of mainstream orthodox Christianity past and present. Can we really be such slaves to tradition that literally millions and millions have lived fully convinced that the Bible explicitly tells us God is “three persons”? The more I study, the more amazed I am by this apparent phenomenon.

There would not even be any discussion, nor rational disagreement, if we had even ONE passage of scripture where we would find the writer or speaker actually speaking of God as three persons. For instance, where is the passage in which we find such thoughts as “Well here is how God is three persons..” or “Now the Trinity is comprised of…” or “The Godhead includes the Father, Son and Holy Spirit…” or any such clear and explicit verbiage actually addressing this orthodox doctrine?

Instead, we have Trinitarian apologists who skillfully argue for their extremely detailed construct by reading into the text what is clearly not the subject of the passage. And so they must, for it is simply not found anywhere in God’s word. They must resort to obfuscation, equivocation, and outright intellectual dishonesty to even attempt to hold their view.

So I say where is this teaching? Where and what passage may I turn to that will instruct me, without sophistry, of this God who is three co-equal and eternal “persons” yet one being and one God alone? What sermon may I find in the Bible? What doctrinal teaching can I plainly read that will tell me of the dual-natured “Godman” who is both God and “not God” at the same time? Where is the voice of scripture, without manipulation, that speaks of this God? I have yet to find such a voice, except from the Trinitarian apologist.

No doubt you are all wondering “what is the point, Sam?” Well I will tell you. The point is there is not one passage of God’s word, his perfect word, that tells us he is three in one. Not one. That fact is simply not in dispute. The Trinitarian apologist knows this and is reduced to arguing that the “concept” is found in scripture. By this he means that he can skillfully read into the text his doctrine and declare then that it exists “in concept.” I am simply amazed at this and when I am having a discussion with a Trinitarian they will argue as if I am the complete fool for not “clearly” seeing their doctrine (as they do) and they behave just as if we could open the Bible and go right to literally hundreds of passages that read…”God is three persons who are all co-equal…….etc. etc.”.

Well, enough! No more will I accept the force of argument that this is the clear and explicit teaching in God’s word when it is clearly man’s tradition that keeps the doctrine of the Trinity alive. It has been fun playing your word games and sleight of hand half-truths, but no longer will I accept this falsehood. You had better start owning up to the fact that your doctrine is derived, developed, assembled, made up and completely foreign to any voice in God’s word. Forget “proof-texts” taken out of context. Show me a passage where the context and subject is the Trinity. I challenge you to find ONE, just ONE. And when you fail to produce such a passage, and you will fail, then I call on you by the grace of the living God to think about the implications of this fact. If there is no voice or passage of scripture telling you God is a Trinity of persons, then why dear brother or sister, do you believe it?

Peace.

Sam Coulter