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The Holy Trinity Demystified
One good, time-tested definition of the Trinity reads like this: There is one God, eternally existent in three Persons — the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. 1 Corinthians 2:14 The man without the Spirit does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned.
1 John 5:7, King James Version (KJV) For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.
1. IS THERE ONE GOD? YES. Romans 3:30 ...there is only one God... Mark 12:29, KJV ...Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord. Galatians 3:20 ...God is one. 2. CAN GOD BE PLURAL, EVEN THOUGH HE IS ONE? AGAIN, YES. Genesis 1:26-27 Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, in our likeness...” [27] So God created man in his own image...
Genesis 3:22a And the LORD God said, “The man has now become like one of us, knowing good and evil.”
Genesis 18:1-2 The LORD appeared to Abraham near the great trees of Mamre while he was sitting at the entrance to his tent in the heat of the day. [2] Abraham looked up and saw three men standing nearby. When he saw them, he hurried from the entrance of his tent to meet them and bowed low to the ground.
3. IS THE FATHER GOD? YES. 2 Peter 1:17 For he received honor and glory from God the Father when the voice came to him from the Majestic Glory, saying, “This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased.” Ephesians 5:20 ...always giving thanks to God the Father for everything... 4. IS JESUS GOD? YES. John 20:28 Thomas said to him [the resurrected Jesus], “My Lord and my God!” Hebrews 1:8 But about the Son he says, “Your throne, O God, will last for ever and ever...
1 Timothy 3:16, KJV And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.
Philippians 2:5-6 Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus: [6] Who, being in very nature God...
Matthew 1:23 “The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel” — which means, “God with us.”
An extensive biblical proof of the Deity of Jesus can be found elsewhere on this website at The Deity of Jesus Christ. 5. IS THE HOLY SPIRIT GOD? YES. Acts 5:3-4 Then Peter said, “Ananias, how is it that Satan has so filled your heart that you have lied to the Holy Spirit ...[4]... You have not lied to men but to God.”
Acts 13:2 While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.”
Genesis 1:1-2 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters.
6. THE ONENESS OF THE HOLY TRINITY. John 10:30 “I [Jesus] and the Father are one.”
1 John 5:7, KJV For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.
7. MANY SCRIPTURES REVEAL THE FULL TRINITY. Matthew 3:16-17 And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him: And lo a voice from heaven [God the Father's], saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. Matthew 28:19 Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. John 14:16-17 And I [Jesus] will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever; Even the Spirit of truth... 1 Corinthians 12:4-6 Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit. And there are differences of administrations, but the same Lord. And there are diversities of operations, but it is the same God [the Father] which worketh all in all. 2 Corinthians 13:14 The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God [the Father], and the communion of the Holy Ghost, be with you all. Amen. Ephesians 2:18 For through him [Jesus] we both have access by one Spirit unto the Father. Ephesians 4:4-6 (NIV) There is one body and one Spirit — just as you were called to one hope when you were called — one Lord, one faith, one baptism; one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all. 1 John 5:7, KJV For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.
------------------------------------------------ ©2007, James H. Feeney. Copyright statement.
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