Les Feldick teaches that the Trinity is one of the great New Testament mysteries—the revelation that the one true God exists as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
In Romans 8, all three persons of the Godhead appear together within a few verses, while Colossians identifies the Son as the visible image of the invisible triune God. Paul says this truth was hidden in God through past ages and has now been made manifest. Les teaches that believers accept this truth by faith, even though it cannot be fully understood.
Romans 8:26-27 — Les points to these verses to show all three persons of the Godhead present together in the New Testament.
Colossians 1:15 — This verse identifies the Son as the image of the invisible God, which Les uses to explain the triune Godhead.
Colossians 1:26-27 — This passage reveals the mystery hidden from ages and now made manifest, which is the context for the Trinity.
Romans 8:26-27 shows the Spirit making intercession for the saints according to the will of God. Colossians 1:13-15 declares that the Son is the image of the invisible God and that in Him we have redemption. Colossians 1:26-27 calls this revelation a mystery hidden from ages and generations and now made manifest among the Gentiles. Deuteronomy 6:4 also declares, "Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD."
Les Feldick teaches that the Trinity is part of the body of truth Paul calls the Mystery. He shows from Romans 8 that all three persons—Father, Son, and Holy Spirit—appear together within a few verses. He identifies the Son as the visible, tangible image of the invisible triune God and explains that this revelation was hidden in God through past ages. He also notes that Jewish people who reject the Trinity use Deuteronomy 6:4, but believers accept the truth of three persons in one God by faith.
Les ties the Trinity to the Mystery Paul reveals in Colossians. The passage says the mystery "hath been hid from ages and from generations, but now is made manifest to his saints." Paul calls himself a minister of this revelation, and Les says God revealed these mysteries to Paul privately. In Les's words, this revelation is not found in the Old Testament, the Gospels, or Peter's activity in Acts.
Les points to Romans 8 and says all three persons of the Godhead appear within just a few verses. He reads Paul's statement about the Spirit making intercession for the saints according to the will of God, and he notes that the passage then moves to the work of Christ. For Les, the term God in Paul's letters refers to the triune God—God the Father, God the Son, and God the Spirit.
Les uses Colossians 1:15 to show that the Son is the image of the invisible God. He describes the invisible God as the triune God—Father, Son, and Spirit—and explains that the Son stepped out of that invisible Godhead and became visible, tangible, and touchable in the New Testament by virtue of Bethlehem. This is part of the mystery of God now revealed.
Les acknowledges that no one can fully understand the Trinity. He says God is One, but He is in three persons. He points to Deuteronomy 6:4 as the verse used by those who refuse the Trinity, yet he insists that because the Book says God is in three persons, believers take it by faith and do not argue with it.
Trinity as Part of the Mystery
Les introduces the Trinity within the broader revelation of the mystery hidden in God and made manifest through Paul, using Colossians 1:26.
Three Persons in Romans 8
Les shows that Romans 8 brings all three persons of the Godhead together and explains that God is One but exists in three persons.
Son as Visible Image of the Triune God
Les teaches that the Son is the visible, tangible image of the invisible triune God—Father, Son, and Spirit—and became visible in the New Testament.
Triune God Explained
Les says all three persons of the Trinity appear within a few verses in Romans 8, and the term God refers to the entire Godhead.
Pauline Revelation of the Mystery
Les stresses that the revelation of the mystery is unique to Paul, not found in the Old Testament, Christ's ministry, or Peter's activity in Acts.
Mysteries Hidden in God and Revealed to Paul
Les explains that God revealed the mysteries to Paul privately, and that up until that time the truths had been kept secret in the mind of God.
Christ Revealed Among Gentiles
Les says the mystery includes the revelation of Christ among the Gentiles, something never heard of before the Pauline epistles.
Faith Response to the Trinity
Les says orthodox Jews refuse the Trinity and appeal to Deuteronomy 6:4, but believers accept three persons in one God by faith.
Romans 8:26-27: Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered. And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit, because he maketh intercession for the saints according to the will of God.
Les uses this passage to show the Spirit's intercession within the triune work of God in Romans 8.
Colossians 1:13-15: Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son: In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins: Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature:
This passage names the Son and calls Him the image of the invisible God, which Les points to as evidence of the triune Godhead.
Colossians 1:26-27: Even the mystery which hath been hid from ages and from generations, but now is made manifest to his saints: To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:
Les cites this to show the Trinity belongs to the larger mystery revealed through Paul.
Deuteronomy 6:4: Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD:
Les mentions this verse as the one used by those who refuse the Trinity, while affirming that God is one.
Les teaches that the Old Testament is vague on the Trinity. Israel did not have the concept, and even today many Jewish people do not recognize the Trinity in the Old Testament. The full revelation came through Paul as part of the mystery hidden in God.
Les says God is One, but He is in three persons: God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. He admits this cannot be fully understood and says believers accept it by faith because Scripture reveals it.
Les points to Romans 8, where within a few verses the Spirit, God the Father, and Christ all appear. He also says the Son is the visible image of the invisible triune God in Colossians 1.
Les says the Trinity belongs to the body of truth Paul calls the Mystery. It had been hidden from ages and generations, and was made manifest through Paul's revelation.
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