Fifth, to use the Trinity to support inclusivism is also to pit the nature of God against the teaching of God. If the Scripture teaches that Christ is the only way to salvation, how can anyone look for a wider hope in a purely theological construct? Again, such a position is one that rejects the authority and plain teaching of Scripture, turns the nature of God on its head by positing a God who can contradict what He says He does by what He actually does. Such madness can only be birthed by a base sentimentality that calls into question the goodness, fairness, and rightness of God.

Sixth, to deny the Trinity is to pare away the rough edges of the gospel and to destroy the uniqueness of the Christian faith as revealed to us by God. Trinitarian doctrine is thoroughly Christian and part of the evidence of the bible's veracity and trustworthiness.

Let us embrace sound doctrine and reject all attempts to sabotage the biblical revelation of who God is. The issue is not which language we prefer; the issue is which God we prefer. We either prefer the God of the bible, or, a god of our imagination.

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