Everything Includes the Trinity – June 5, 2026

Everything Includes the Trinity – June 5, 2026

From WELS - Daily Devotions by What About Jesus

June 5, 2026 · 3 min · Season 1

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This episode discusses the importance of teaching the doctrine of the Trinity as part of Jesus' command to his disciples.

https://wels2.blob.core.windows.net/daily-devotions/20260605dev.mp3 Listen to Devotion [Jesus said] And teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age. Matthew 28:20 Everything Includes the Trinity Jesus’ words about what is to be taught are both simple and sweeping. “Everything.” Not some things. Not just the easy or familiar teachings. Everything he has commanded. That includes truths that comfort, truths that challenge, and even truths that stretch our understanding. Among those truths is the doctrine of the Trinity. It’s not something we would have figured out on our own. One God, yet three persons, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. It can feel mysterious, even difficult to explain. And yet Jesus includes this in the “everything” his disciples are to teach. Just before this, he commanded baptism in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. This is not optional theology. It is at the heart of who God is and how he saves. And that matters more than we might think. If God were not triune, the gospel would fall apart. The Father sends the Son. The Son lives, dies, and rises…

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Host: What About Jesus

Topics covered

  • Trinity
  • Christian teachings
  • Salvation
  • Baptism
  • Faith
  • Discipleship

Keywords

  • Trinity
  • Jesus
  • Matthew 28:20
  • baptism
  • salvation
  • Christianity
  • faith

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Books & works: Matthew 28:20

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