Facts About the Devil

How is Satan Involved in the Trinity?

Isaiah 14:12-14: “How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! How art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations! For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.”

Consider this: Lucifer, now known as Satan, also wanted the honor and status the Father had given to His Son. Paul wrote: “For it pleased the Father that in him [Christ] should all fulness dwell; ... For in him [Christ] dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily.” (Colossians 1:19; 2:9) Satan could not have such a privilege, he said in his heart, “I will be like the most High.” (Isaiah 14:14) Since Satan could not be equal with the Father and the Son, and was not given such a privilege, he made a position for himself! This is why he is called the god of this world.

There are many verses showing the relationship of the Father and Son where a third member wasn’t present. Here are some examples:

Zechariah 6:12,13: “The council of peace shall be between them both [Father and Son].” “The counsel of peace” is interpreted from the Hebrew as, “the plan of restitution,” or “the plan of redemption.”

John 17:3 says: “And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.”

Romans 8:9: “Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.”

Philippians 2:5: “Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus.” Whose Spirit do you think Christ had, and what mind was in Him? The Father’s. Why? Paul answers our question in Romans 15:6: “That ye may with one mind and one mouth glorify God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.” See Revelation 3:21; 22:3; John 3:16; 14:6.

In each of these extremely sensitive and vital points mentioned above, only two Individuals were present, not a mysterious trio.

The Big Question

Whom did Satan use to introduce and promote his self-appointed third position he desired to have? The answer is mankind! The theory about the Trinity was handed to mankind from Satan through a church! One would never suspect foul play from a church. This is exactly what the enemy of souls wanted. The enemy was very selective in his choice. He chose a church that has been around for a very long time, and one that is steeped in traditions. This church today is called the universal church and the mother of churches. To be more specific, he chose the Catholic Church to introduce this belief about a trio god. This body of believers takes full credit for the origin of the Trinity concept. As a matter of fact, you can read all about it in their book, Handbook for Today’s Catholics (1994 ed. pages 16, 17).

The Catholic Church called the Godhead a mystery and a trinity. You will never find the word “Trinity” in the Bible! This universal church was the one who persecuted the true Christians in the Dark Ages! Because the Catholic Church corrupted the Bible teachings with doctrines and traditions of men, there was need for reformation, and the birth of Protestantism began. Today any church that is not a Catholic believing church is considered a Protestant Church. There are many churches practicing Catholic teachings that call themselves Protestant churches. My question is, “What are they protesting?”

Satan said of himself in Isaiah 14:14: “I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.”

Ezekiel 28:2: “Son of man, say unto the prince of Tyrus [another name for Satan], Thus saith the Lord God; Because thine heart is lifted up, and thou hast said, I am a God, I sit in the seat of God, in the midst of the seas; yet thou art a man, and not God, though thou set thine heart as the heart of God.”

Interestingly enough, angels are also referred to as “man” in the Bible. Here is some extra reading pertaining to this subject:

Isaiah 14:12, 16: “How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer [another name for Satan],… They that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee, and consider thee, saying, Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms. ”

Daniel 9:21: “Yea, whiles I was speaking in prayer, even the man Gabriel [an angel], whom I had seen in the vision at the beginning, being caused to fly swiftly, touched me about the time of the evening oblation.”

Excerpt from Handbook For Today’s Catholic:

“The Catholic Church teaches that the fathomless mystery we call God has revealed himself to humankind as a Trinity of Persons — the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.

“The Mystery of the Trinity is the central doctrine of Catholic faith. Upon it are based all other teachings of the Catholic Church.

“The [Catholic] Church studied this mystery with great care and, after four centuries of clarification, decided to state the doctrine in this way: in the unity of the Godhead there are three Persons — the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit — truly distinct from each other.… The Father is God, the Son is God, and the Holy Spirit is God.” (Handbook for Today’s Catholic, pp. 16, 17)

The Bible does not make such a statement about the Trinity in its pages because it is not true, yet the Catholic Church does. It is plain to see who is claiming authority here!!

An interesting note: The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia states that the Catholic Church was pressured into formulating the Trinity concept for the purpose of a one world church unification (Universal Church)! The Bible teaches that there is nothing new under the sun. We now understand the move toward a one world unified church as we study current events. Romans 1:20 says we should understand the Godhead as obviously and simply as the way we understand things of nature—made by God—so that they are without excuse!

Acts 17:29: “Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man’s device.” “Device” meaning our own thinking or inventions. In other words, we are not to come to our own conclusions about God as some churches are doing today.

Proverbs 14:12: “There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.” The churches today are saying that “there are three Gods in one,” even though the Bible says there is only one. Who will be our authority in these last days, the churches or the unchangeable word of God? You must decide for yourself!

Altering God’s word is a deception and it brings confusion. Satan tries to hide this kind of deception by calling it a mystery. If I hide an object in my hand and ask you to guess what it is, you probably would not be able to discern what it is. You can say it is a mystery. However, if I reveal what is in my hand and then ask you what it is, it is not a mystery anymore is it?

The fact that the word “Trinity” is not used in the Bible should be a clue to anyone that something is wrong. Why have most of God’s people not detected it earlier? Many never thought to question the authority of their teachers. Besides, some of those teachers were put there by that “wicked one” to corrupt you. If you do not follow their mainline thinking, a famous tactic is set in motion to discourage your questioning their authority by calling you a cult, a sect, or a heretic. One well known person had the same kind of experience. The Apostle Paul! Notice what was said about him, “For we have found this man a pestilent fellow, and a mover of sedition among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes.” (Acts 24:5)

2 Peter 2:1-3: “But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction. And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of. And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not.” You can deny the Lord by denying His Sonship. (See 1 John 2:22.)

Colossians 1:18: “And he [Christ] is the head of the body, the church.” Today we have men that are the head of churches and the ways of some of these men are the ways of death. (See Proverbs 14:12.)

1 John 2:27: “But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him.” We have no need to be taught by the traditions of men. The Bible is our teacher. If you will seek God with all your heart, soul, and might, you will find Him. His Spirit will teach you if you will study His word.

Telling something that is not true is called lying! There are those who believe they have worthy reasons for lying. The Bible says it is a sin.

1 John 2:22: “Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son.” In other words, to believe what man says about God concerning the Trinity denies the true Father and Son relationship and places man in the position of being antichrist! To understand this revealing truth, you must understand what was said in the earlier parts of this study.

Hebrews 6:18 tells us that it is impossible for GOD to lie. Deuteronomy 6:4 states: “Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God is one Lord [not three].”

It is easy to understand now how so many people are being misled and will fail to grasp the value and depth of the gospel. When we look to others instead of to God’s word, we will fail. Our eyes are to be upon Christ, not man, for leadership.

Brothers and sisters, why not turn to God for the truth? Why are you waiting for someone else to tell you the truth? Study for yourself, God will show you. Learn how to study, and do it. People are waiting for the Holy Spirit to grab hold of them, knock them to the floor, cause them to speak in tongues, and work all kinds of miracles in their lives. Little do they know that Satan is waiting for such an opportunity! The labor of love for souls is a tremendous one! Who will teach them?

2 Timothy 2:15: “Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.” God’s children do not need to be ignorant.

What are we to do? Repent! Repent from what? Repent from sinning and from our perverse understanding of the God of heaven and His Son. We need to accept Christ’s sacrifice for ourselves. “And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.” (John 17:3)

It is written in Hosea 4:6: “My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children.” God does not desire that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. (See 2 Peter 3:9.) Therefore, God commands us to study to show ourselves approved unto Him. By doing so, we know what pleases God.

Because of a lack of knowledge concerning God’s will, people are going to ignorantly worship Satan’s image of God, the self appointed third member of “the Trinity.” By believing the concept about the Trinity, you become, by default, a worshipper of Satan because we end up worshipping other gods. Remember, Satan is called the god of this world, it does not matter if you think that you are worshipping God in the Trinity. Remember Acts 17:22, 23. “Then Paul stood in the midst of Mars' hill, and said, Ye men of Athens, I perceive that in all things ye are too superstitious. 23 For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar with this inscription, TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you.” If you can’t identify clearly who you worship, you will not worship Him correctly.

John 12:48: “He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day.” Listen friends, the Bible says it is the word of God that judges us. “There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.” (Proverbs 14:12).

2 Corinthians 4:4: “In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.”

Traditions are very strong, but they are in vain and they will destroy us. Traditional practices and thinking have replaced our trust in God! There are churches today that boast of their traditional practices, how sad!

Should we go to church to worship if we are confused about the God we worship? Can we come home sanctified or corrupt from such gatherings? If we do not know the answers to such questions, what about our children? Will they know? What hope do we have to offer them? After all, we are their guardians. It was, and still is, our job to teach our children! How can we teach them when we are not sure ourselves?

A real church is made up of two or more persons who believe that Jesus is the literal Son of God. Christ said, “For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.” (Matthew 18:20)

Matthew 16:16-18: “And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God. And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven. And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.”

1 Corinthians 10:4: “And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ. ” The purpose in sharing these verses with you is to show you that the church that Christ recognizes is the one that He established. Peter understood that Christ is the Son of God. Christ told Peter that upon this rock — upon this understanding — He (Christ) would build His church. In other words, the assembly of people who believe that Jesus is the Son of God is the Church of God. We worship God because He asked us to do so and because He is God. God deserves our worship.

The Trinity presents the same problem Christ had when He was here on earth. He was denied as being the literal Son of God!

If you study religious history, you will find that pagans had a trinity of gods. Christianity today has the same setup, three gods in one: God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit!

We understood earlier in our study that there are only two spirits (1 Corinthians 2:12); one of God, and the other of the world. If a person is not actively and obediently following the words of God which are holy, then, by default, they are following the spirit of Satan which is foul.

Jeremiah 51:17, 18: “Every man is brutish by his knowledge; every founder is confounded by the graven image: for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath [7307- Spirit] in them. They are vanity, the work of errors: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.” In other words, the images man creates of God are false and have no spirit in them.

Romans 16:25, 26: “Now to him that is of power to stablish you according to my gospel, and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery, which was kept secret since the world began, But now is made manifest, and by the scriptures of the prophets, according to the commandment of the everlasting God, made known to all nations for the obedience of faith.” These verses actually show us God’s revelation. We can understand the mystery or hidden things through the scriptures and the prophets of old. In the time of ignorance, God winked at misunderstandings concerning Himself, but now requires all men to know the truth because it has been revealed.

Psalm 40:7: “Then said I, Lo, I come: in the volume of the book it is written of me.”

John 5:39: “Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.”

Jeremiah 10:10, 11, 15: “But the LORD is the true God, he is the living God, and an everlasting king: at his wrath the earth shall tremble, and the nations shall not be able to abide his indignation. Thus shall ye say unto them, The gods that have not made the heavens and the earth, even they shall perish from the earth, and from under these heavens [There is no breath (7307) in them].… They are vanity, and the work of errors: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.” The only reason this knowledge about God has remained a mystery to His people is because of disobedience. Yes, disobedience, outright neglect, and disrespect for God and His word.

2 Timothy 2:15 and 3:16 gives us the authority to know all things that God has revealed to us. This is the reason for Romans 16:25, 26; Acts 17:28-30; Psalm 40:7; John 15:15; and the rest of the Bible.

O friends, would you let Christ come into your life today? Believe by faith what He has said. There are only two Beings who are divine, and the greater of the two is called the God of heaven, the Father. Trust and obey all that He has said in the Bible and you will have His Holy Spirit in you. You will never walk alone again. Angels that excel in strength will walk with you and show you the way. (See Psalm 23:3.)

Be steadfast in the truth. All the leadership, steadfastness, and protection you need will be given you as God has promised through His Holy Spirit. By obeying God you are submitting to Him. Believe what God has said through the testimony of Jesus. Now, with a better understanding of God’s word, you can live it and tell others about it.

1 John 5:10: “He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in himself: he that believeth not God hath made him a liar; because he believeth not the record that God gave of his Son.”