h/t The Gospel Coalition
“If there were no Trinity, there could be no incarnation, no objective
redemption, and therefore no salvation; for there would then be no one
capable of acting as Mediator between God and man. In his fallen
condition man has neither the inclination nor the ability to redeem
himself. All merely human works are defective and incapable of redeeming
a single soul. Between the Holy God and sinful man there is an infinite
gulf; and only through One who is Deity, who takes man’s nature upon
Himself and suffers and dies in his stead, thus giving infinite value
and dignity to that suffering and death, can man’s debt be paid. Nor
could a Holy Spirit who comes short of Deity apply that redemption to
human souls. Hence if salvation is to be had at all it must be of divine
origin. If God were only unity, but not plurality, He might be our
judge, but, so far as we can see, could not be our Saviour and
sanctifier. The fact of the matter is that God is the way back to
Himself, and that all of the hopes of our fallen race are centered in
the truth of the Trinity.”
– Loraine Boettner, “The Trinity”
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