TRINITY FAQ
1) Q:
Isn’t it true that Trinitarians worship 3 gods?
A: No. Trinitarians worship one God. We believe the Bible teaches that God
is comprised of three distinct co-eternal persons. That God the Father, God the
Son and God the Holy Spirit are all Deity, fully equal and God. That they are
all of one nature and that each person of God is fully God,
and that there is only one God.
2) Q:
Does not the Bible in the Old Testament say that God is only one, singular?
Deut 6:4 “Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one?
A: The word for one in this verse is Echad.
The definition of echad according to the Gesenius Hebrew/Chaldee
Lexicon To The Old Testament is, "to unite,
to join together, to be in unity." “Echad
conveys the idea of being "bound together" like the cords of a
rope.” God is like three distinct strands of rope woven together into one
powerful rope.
3) Q:
We believe that God is only the father, singular. There are no verses in the
Old Testament that says God is plural.
A: False, there are many verses that state the plurality of God.
Genesis 1:26 “Then God said, "Let Us
make man in Our image, in Our likeness,”
Genesis 3:22 "Then God said, "Behold, the man has become like one of Us, knowing good and evil"
Genesis 11:7 "Come, let Us go down
there and confuse their language, so that they will not understand one
another’s speech."
Isaiah 6:8 "Then I heard the voice of the Lord,
saying, "Whom shall I send,
and who will go for Us?""
Secondly, the two most used names of God, Elohim
(God) and Adonai (Lord) are plural nouns not
singular. Elohim is the plural form of Eloha.
4) Q:
Could the plurality of God be something other than the Son or Spirit such as
angels?
A: No. If angels were included in the above verses they would be equally
our creator and this is not the case. We are told in the New Testament that we
will judge angels:
1 Corinthians 6:3 “Do you not know that we will judge angels? How much more the
things of this life!” A created being cannot judge its maker.
Secondly angels are not made in the image of God and humans are not made in the
image of angels. However the Bible states that Jesus Christ is made in the
image of God:
2 Corinthians 4:4 "see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who
is the image of God. "
Colossians
Hebrews 1:3 "And He is the radiance of His glory and the exact
representation of His nature,
5) Q:
The Bible teaches that only God created the heavens and the earth. This
includes mankind and Jesus.
A: It is true that God created the heavens and the earth:
Genesis 1:31” God
saw all that he had made, and it was very good. And there was
evening, and there was morning—the sixth day.”
However while God created, it was actually Jesus Christ who did the making:
Hebrews 1:1-2 “In the past God spoke to our forefathers through the prophets at
many times and in various ways, but in these last days he has spoken to us by
his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, and through
whom he made the universe.”
John 1:3 “Through him (Jesus Christ) all things were made; without him nothing
was made that has been made.”
Colossians
And in fact the Bible never says that Jesus Christ was created, but that he
“appeared”.
6) Q:
In Colossians 1:15 it states that Jesus Christ was the “firstborn” of
creation meaning that Jesus was the first human creation of God.
A: From the verses above we can see that Jesus Christ was not a creation
because he was the one through whom the entire universe was made.
The Greek word for the word ‘firstborn’ is prototokos.
Prototokos means “heir, superior, pre-eminent in rank
or above”. Paul is stating that Jesus Christ is superior, pre-eminent in rank and
above “All Creation”. Jesus is superior over and the heir of all creation.
Hebrews 1:1-2 (The Son Superior to
Angels)
1In the past God spoke to our forefathers through the prophets at many times
and in various ways, 2but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son,
whom he appointed heir of all things, and
through whom he made the universe.
Now since Jesus is superior and has “supremacy” and is above all creation the
following verses 16 through 19 of Colossians 1 equally confirm this thought and
meaning.
Colossians 1:16-19 (The
Supremacy of Christ)
16For by him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible
and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things
were created by him and for him. 17He is before all things, and in him all
things hold together. 18And he is the head of the body, the church; he is the
beginning and the firstborn from among the dead, so that in everything he might
have the supremacy. 19For God was pleased to have all his fullness dwell in
him,
What exactly does “all his fullness” mean? Does it mean God’s full nature and
Deity?
Colossians 2:9 For in Christ all the fullness of the Deity lives in bodily
form.
Yes it does, all of God’s fullness dwelled in Jesus Christ, which means that
Jesus Christ is fully God.
7) Q:
Are there any more examples in the Old Testament of a plural God?
A: Yes:
Genesis
Genesis
There are two different and distinct Yahweh’s present, one on earth and the
other in Heaven. God the Father in Heaven, and God the
Son on earth.
8) Q:
Is the Messiah / Jesus Christ ever referred to as God in the Old Testament, in
prophesies or directly stated?
A: Yes.
Psalm 45:6-7
6 Your throne, O God,
will last forever and ever; a scepter of justice will be the scepter of your kingdom.
7 You love righteousness and hate wickedness; therefore
God, your God, has set you above your companions by anointing you
with the oil of joy.
This verse is echoed in the New Testament in Hebrews 1:5-10
”5 For to which of the angels did God ever say, "You are my Son; today I have
become your Father"? Or again, "I will be his Father, and he will be
my Son"? 6 And again, when God brings his firstborn into the world, He
says, "Let all God's angels worship him." 7 In speaking of the angels
he says, "He makes his angels winds, his servants
flames of fire." 8 But about the Son he says,
"Your throne, O God, will last for ever and ever, and
righteousness will be the scepter of your kingdom. 9 You have loved
righteousness and hated wickedness; therefore God,
your God, has set you above your companions by anointing you with
the oil of joy." 10 He also says, "In the
beginning, O Lord, you laid the foundations of the earth, and the heavens are
the work of your hands.”
Isaiah 9:6
For to us a child is born,
to us a son is given,
and the government will be on his shoulders.
And he will be called
Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God,
Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
Isaiah
Mathew
Jeremiah 23:5-6
"The days are coming," declares the LORD,
"when I will raise up to David a righteous Branch,
a King who will reign wisely
and do what is just and right in the land.
In his days
and
This is the name by which he will be called:
The Lord Our Righteousness.
This is an interesting verse because Lord, or Jehovah
is only a name reserved for God himself.
Isaiah 42:8
8 "I am the LORD; that is my name!
I will not give my glory to another
or my praise to
idols.
And we know the full Glory of God
dwelt within Jesus Christ.
9) Q:
Ok those are all very good but are there any other examples of where God the
Father refers to God the Son in the Old Testament or the Son to the Father?
A: Possibly:
Job 40:6-9 “Then the Lord spoke to Job out of the storm: 7 “Brace
yourself like a man; I will question you, and you shall answer me. 8 Would you
discredit my justice? Would you condemn me to justify yourself? 9 Do you have an arm like God’s, and can your
voice thunder like his?””
This is a non-singular external reference, not “an arm like mine” or “a voice
that thunders like mine” as is the following verse.
Job 40:17-19 “Look at the behemoth, which I made along with you and
which feeds on grass like an ox. 16 What strength he has in his loins, what
power in the muscles of his belly! 17 His tail sways like a cedar; the sinews
of his thighs are close-knit. 18 His bones are tubes of bronze, his limbs like
rods of iron. 19 He ranks first among the works of
God, yet his Maker can
approach him with his sword.”
It appears that in verses 6-9 it is the Son who is referencing the Father. In
verses 17-19 it is the Father who is referencing the Maker, the Son. Both
however are “the Lord”.
Also Psalms 2 is a great chapter concerning the Messiah:
Psalm 2
2 The kings of the earth take their stand
and the rulers gather together
against the LORD
and against his Anointed One.
4 The One enthroned in heaven laughs;
the Lord scoffs at them.
5 Then he rebukes them in his anger
and terrifies them in his wrath, saying,
6 "I have installed my King
on
7 I will proclaim the decree of the LORD :
He said to me, "You are my Son ;
today I have become your Father.
“He said to me, “You are my Son,” It
is the SON, Jesus Christ speaking in this verse. This shows that Jesus Christ
existed before he came to earth.
10) Q: In the New Testament, is Jesus
Christ ever equated with having the same nature and power as of God?
A: Yes and in many ways. Here are
a few examples:
Mark 2:5-12
”And Jesus seeing their faith said to the paralytic, “My son, your sins are
forgiven.” But there were some of the scribes sitting there and reasoning in
their hearts, “Why does this man speak that way? He is blaspheming, who can
forgive sins but God alone?”
1) Jesus is claiming the divine power of the forgiveness of sins, the
absolution from sin is strictly a function of deity:
Isaiah 43:25 “I, even I, am he who blots out your transgressions, for my own
sake, and remembers your sins no more.”
2) Jesus Christ is eternal, was before creation and never had a beginning and
never has an end just as God the Father:
Hebrews 1:10He (God) also says, "In the beginning, O Lord (Jesus
Christ called God), you laid the foundations of the earth, and the
heavens are the work of your hands.
Isaiah 9:6
For to us a child is born,
to us a son is given,
and the government will be on his shoulders.
And he will be called
Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God,
Everlasting Father, Prince
of Peace.
John 1:1-2
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God. 2He was with God in the beginning.
1 Corinthians
But to those whom God has called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God
and the Wisdom of God.
Revelation 2:8
To the angel of the church in
These are the words of him who is the First and the Last, who died and came to
life again.
3) Jesus Christ has full power and deity:
Philippians 3:20-21
20But our citizenship is in heaven. And we eagerly await a Savior from there,
the Lord Jesus Christ, 21who, by the power that enables him to bring everything
under his control, will transform our lowly bodies so that they will be like
his glorious body.
11) Q: You mentioned John 1:1 but we do not
believe that John is referring to Jesus as ‘the Word. Does “The Word” really
mean Jesus Christ?
A: Without any doubt. In many
Bible translations the title of this chapter is called “God Became a Human
Being”. John’s purpose for writing the gospel of John and 1 John is to describe
who Jesus Christ really is. To give us a full understanding whom Jesus is in
relationship to God. Chapters 5 and 8 are the highest concentrations of this
purpose.
John 1:1-2
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God. 2He was with God in the beginning.
Some simple things to see in this verse. We can see that the Word is a
distinctly different reference than God, “the Word (1) was with God (2), He (1) was with God (2) in the beginning”. However the most
powerful statement in this verse concerning “the Word” is that “the Word was
God”.
The question that is being asked then, was it really Jesus Christ that John was
equating to the Word? Yes, all one has to do is read a few verses down in this
same chapter to see who exactly John was equating with the Word:
John 1:14-18
14 The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among
us. We have seen his glory, the glory of
the One and Only, who came from the Father, full of
grace and truth. 15 John testifies concerning him. He cries out,
saying, "This was he of whom I said, 'He who comes after me has surpassed
me because he was before me.' " 16 From the
fullness of his grace we have all received one blessing after another. 17 For the
law was given through Moses; grace and truth came
through Jesus Christ. 18 No one has
ever seen God, but God the One and Only, who is at the
Father's side, has made him known.
Isaiah 45:23-24 "I have sworn by Myself, The WORD has gone forth from My
mouth in righteousness And will not turn back, That
to Me every knee will bow, every tongue will swear allegiance. They will
say of Me, ‘Only in the Lord are righteousness and
strength.’ Men will come to Him, And" all who were
angry at Him shall be put to shame.
These verses are extremely potent; The Word (God) became flesh and
made his dwelling among us. That is the meaning of Jesus Christ’s name
Immanuel, God is with us. We all know who is at the Father’s side, Jesus Christ.
Jesus Christ is called God the One and Only. The One and Only God. John also
opens up 1 John with similar fashion:
1 John 1-2 (The Word of Life)
That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which
we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked at and our hands have touched
– this we proclaim concerning the Word of life.
2 The life appeared; we have seen it and testify to it, and we proclaim to you
the eternal life, which was with the Father and has appeared
to us.
Jesus Christ is also called the Word of God in Revelation:
Revelation 19:13
He is dressed in a robe dipped in blood, and his name is the Word of God.
However John is completely clear in 1 John 5:7 that he is referring to Jesus
Christ, the Son of God, as the Word.
1 John 5:7-13
7 For there are THREE that bear record in heaven, the
Father, the WORD, and the Holy Ghost: and these THREE are ONE. 8 And there are
three that bear witness in earth, the Spirit, and the water, and the blood: and
these three agree in one
The word Logos (Word) means Wisdom, and Jesus is the Power and Wisdom of God
1 Corinthians 1:24
but to those whom God has called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God
and the wisdom of God.
”In John, denotes the essential Word of God, Jesus Christ, the personal wisdom
and power in union with God, his minister in creation and government of the
universe, the cause of all the world's life both physical and ethical, which
for the procurement of man's salvation put on human nature in the person of
Jesus the Messiah, the second person in the Godhead, and shone forth
conspicuously from His words and deeds.” Strongs 3056
12) Q: In my Bible it says that the Word
was “a god”. Not thee God. Why is that?
A: It is only the New World
Translation of the Jehovah Witnesses that makes this error due to the fact that
they are anti-Trinitarian (Unitarian, Arian). The JW’s
used a false method of Greek translation which is evident by the following
quotes including the Greek scholar that they used to justify their false
translation, William Barclay:
”Thank you for your letter of August 11th. The Watchtower article has, by
judicious cutting, made me say the opposite of what I meant to say. What I was
meaning to say, as you well know, is that Jesus is not the same as God, to put
it more crudely, that he is of the same stuff as God, that is of the same being
as God, but the way the Watchtower has printed my stuff has simply left the
conclusion that Jesus is not God in a way that suits themselves.”
William Barclay
Here are some additional Greek scholars refuting the
false NWT
Dr. William Barclay, a leading Greek scholar of the University of Glasgow,
Scotland: "The deliberate distortion of truth by this sect is seen in
their New testament translations. John 1:1 is translated: '...the Word was a
god, ' a translation which is grammatically impossible...It is abundantly clear
that a sect which can translate the New Testament like
that is intellectually dishonest."
Dr. Ernest C. Colwell of the University of Chicago: "A definite predicate
nominative has the article when it follows the verb; it does not have the
article when it precedes the verb...this statement cannot be regarded as
strange in the prologue of the gospel which reaches its climax in the
confession of Thomas. 'My Lord and my God.' - John 20:28"
Dr. B. F. Wescott (whose Greek text - not the English
part - is used in the Kingdom Interlinear Translation): "The predicate
(God) stands emphatically first, as in IV.24. It is necessarily without the
article...No idea of inferiority of nature is suggested by the form of
expression, which simply affirms the true deity of the Word...in the third
clause 'the Word' is declared to be 'God' and so included in the unity of the
Godhead."
13) Q: Does Jesus Christ ever make the
claim that he is God and what were the listener’s reactions?
A: Yes and the listener’s, the Jews,
were very upset and angry with him:
John 5:17-18
17 Jesus said to them, "My Father is
always at his work to this very day, and I, too,
am working." 18 For this reason the Jews tried all the harder to kill
him; not only was he breaking the Sabbath, but
he was even calling God his own Father, making himself equal with God.
John 8:21
21 Once more Jesus said to them, "I am going
away, and you will look for me, and you will die in your sin. Where I go, you
cannot come." This made the Jews ask, "Will he kill himself? Is that
why he says, 'Where I go, you cannot come'?" But he continued, "You
are from below; I am from above. You are of this world; I am not of
this world. I told you that you would die in
your sins; if you do not believe that I am the one I claim to be, you will
indeed die in your sins."
John 8:41-43 “ Jesus
said to them, "If God were your Father, you would love me, for I came
from God and now am here.
John 8:58-59 : "I tell you the truth," Jesus
answered, "before Abraham was born, I
am!" At this, they picked up stones
to stone him, but Jesus hid himself, slipping away from the temple grounds.
The phrase “I am” (ego eimi) echoes Isaiah
chapters 40-55. The high concentration of I AM sayings of Jesus Christ in John
matches the high density of I AM sayings in Isaiah 40-55. That is because the
theme of Isaiah 40-66 is the identity of Jehovah and the theme of John is the
identity of Jesus.
It was at the statement of I am! that “at this, they
picked up stones to stone him,” Jesus was clearly defining and calling himself
God and the educated and scholarly priests knew this fully.
Luke 4:11-13 11they will lift you up in
their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.'"
12Jesus answered, "It says: 'Do not put the LORD YOUR GOD to the
test.'" 13When the devil had finished all this tempting, he left him until
an opportune time
Revelation 1:8 “I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to
come, the Almighty.”
The word for “Almighty” is pantokrator which means
“Almighty God”.
14) Q: Are there other times that Jesus
Christ claims directly that he is God?
A: Yes:
John 10:28-30
28I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; no one can
snatch them out of my hand. 29My Father, who has given them to me, is
greater than all; no one can snatch them out of my Father's hand. 30I and the Father are one."
And again, what were the Jews reaction?
John 10:31-33
31Again the Jews picked up stones to stone him, 32but Jesus said to them,
"I have shown you many great miracles from the Father. For which of these
do you stone me?"
33"We are not stoning you for any of these," replied the Jews, "but
for blasphemy, because you, a mere man, claim to be God."
John 17:11
I will remain in the world no longer, but they are still in the world,
and I am coming to you. Holy Father, protect them by the power of your name—the name you
gave me—so that they may be one as we are
one.
John 10:38-39
38But if I do it, even though you do not believe me, believe the miracles, that you may know and understand that
the Father is in me, and I in the Father." 39Again they tried to seize
him, but he escaped their grasp.
John 12:44-45
44Then Jesus cried out, "When a man believes in me, he does not believe in
me only, but in the one who sent me. 45When he looks
at me, he sees the one who sent me.
John 14:6-7
6Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to
the Father except through me. 7If you really knew me, you would know my
Father as well. From now on, you do know him and have
seen him."
one ( P
) Pronunciation Key (wn)
adj.
Being a single entity, unit, object, or living being.
Characterized by unity; undivided
Of the same kind or quality
Forming a single entity of two or more components
Being a single member or element of a group, category, or kind
15) Q: Were there
people in the New Testament who openly accepted and stated that Jesus Christ
was God?
A: Yes there were:
John 11:25-27
25Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes
in me will live, even though he dies; 26and whoever lives and believes in me
will never die. Do you believe this?" 27"Yes, Lord," she told
him, "I believe that you are the Christ, the Son of God, who was to come into the world."
Acts2 :34-36
34For David did not ascend to heaven, and yet he said,
" 'The Lord said to my Lord:
"Sit at my right hand
35until I make your enemies
a footstool for your feet." '
36"Therefore let all
John 1:18
No one has ever seen God, but God the One and
Only, who is at
the Father's side, has made him known.
2 Peter 1:1-2
1Simon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ,
To those who through the righteousness of our
God and Savior Jesus Christ have received
a faith as precious as ours:
2Grace and peace be yours in abundance through the knowledge of God and of
Jesus our Lord.
Titus 2:13
while we wait for the blessed hope—the glorious appearing of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ,
1 Corinthians 1:3
Grace and peace to you from God our Father
and the Lord Jesus Christ.
John
And Thomas answered and said to Him, "My
Lord and my God!"
Ephesians 6:23
Peace to the brothers, and love with faith from
God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
16) Q: You quoted from Titus, is it true that
Paul (God Breathed) calls Jesus Christ God, multiple times? What is the message
of the book of Titus?
A: Yes, here are all of the
verses from just the book of Titus which is only three chapters long. Paul has
great rebuke for those such as cults and false messengers.
1:3 and at his appointed season he brought his word to light through the
preaching entrusted to me by the command of God our
Savior,
1:4 To Titus, my true son in our common faith: Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior.
1:15-16 To the
pure, all things are pure, but to those who are corrupted and do not believe,
nothing is pure. In fact, both their minds and consciences are corrupted. 16They
claim to know God, but by their actions they deny him.
They are detestable, disobedient and unfit for doing anything good.
2:1 You must teach what is in accord with sound
doctrine.
and that is
2:13 while we wait for the blessed hope—the glorious appearing of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ,
2:15 These, then, are the things you should teach. Encourage and
rebuke with all authority. Do not let anyone despise you.
3: 4-7 But
when the kindness and love of God our Savior appeared,
5he saved us, not because of righteous
things we had done, but because of his mercy. He saved us through the
washing of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit, 6whom he poured
out on us generously through Jesus Christ our
Savior, 7so that, having been justified by his grace, we might become heirs having the hope
of eternal life.
No further comments are needed by me, Paul sums up the unity of the
Grace of God perfectly and clearly.
17) Q: Are there any
verses in the Bible that state that Jesus Christ is God, “in the flesh” or that
God came to earth in the flesh other than John 1:1 and John 1:14?
A: Yes:
Colossians 2:9
For in Christ all the fullness of the Deity lives in bodily form, and you
have been given fullness in Christ, who is the head over every power and
authority.
1 Timothy
And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness:
God was
manifested in the flesh,
Justified in the Spirit,
Seen by angels,
Preached among the Gentiles,
Believed on in the world,
Received up in glory.
Titus 2:11
For the grace of God that brings salvation has
appeared to all men.
John 7:16
They were all filled with awe and praised God. "A
great prophet has appeared among
us," they said. "God has come
to help his people."
18) Q: Is the word
“Trinity” ever mentioned in the Bible?
A: The English word Trinity is
not. However the Trinity is:
Romans 1:20 (KJV-NKJV)
For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes are clearly seen,
being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead (Theiotees), so that they are without excuse.
Colossians 2:9 (KJV-NKJV)
For in Him dwells all the fullness of the Godhead (Theotees) bodily;
Both Theiotees and Theotees
are used only once in the Bible in these two verses. Both words are taken from Theos which is God. The common understanding that these two
words mean is the total essence and completeness of God’s divinity. The writers
of the KJV knew what the fullness and complete essence of God’s divinity was
and that is why they choose to use the word Godhead. However it must be said that
no other translation uses this word but no other translations signifies the
total uniqueness of these two words.
In fact there is a “family of God”.
Ephesians
3:14-15
For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our
Lord Jesus Christ,
Of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named,
19) Q: If Jesus Christ was not created, where
did he come from then, did God just come down from Heaven? Was God physically
in the body of Jesus Christ?
A: Jesus Christ came and was sent
from God in Heaven, literally. God was living in the body of Jesus of Nazareth.
John 16:25-30
25"Though I have been speaking figuratively, a time is coming when I will
no longer use this kind of language but will tell you plainly about my Father. 26In that day you will ask in my name. I am not
saying that I will ask the Father on your behalf. 27No, the Father himself
loves you because you have loved me and have believed that I came from God. 28I came from the Father and entered the
world; now I am leaving the world and going back to the Father."
29Then Jesus' disciples said, "Now
you are speaking clearly and without figures of speech. 30Now we can see that
you know all things and that you do not even need to have anyone ask you
questions. This makes us believe that you came from God."
What exactly is the meaning or inference of the statement “This makes us
believe that you came from God.”?
John 6:46
No one has seen the Father except the one who is from God; only he has
seen the Father.
John 13:3
Jesus knew that the Father had put all things under his power, and that he had
come from God and was returning to God;
John 8:42
Jesus said to them, "If God were your Father, you would love me, for I
came from God and now am here. I have not come on my own; but he sent me.
What I am getting at here is that Jesus Christ was not created he was sent and
appeared, he already existed.
John 7:16
They were all filled with awe and praised God. "A
great prophet has appeared among us," they said. "God has come to
help his people."
1 John 3:5
But you know that he appeared so that he might take away our sins. And in him
is no sin.
John
But if I do judge, my decisions are right, because I am not alone. I stand with
the Father, who sent me.
John 3:13
No one has ever gone into heaven except the one who came from heaven—the
Son of
John 6:38
For I have come down from heaven not to do my will but to do the will of him
who sent me.
John
Don't you believe that I am in the Father, and that
the Father is in me? The words I say to you are not just my own. Rather, it is
the Father, living in me, who is doing his work.
2 Corinthians 5:19 (NKJV)
That is, that God was in Christ
reconciling the world to Himself, not imputing their
trespasses to them, and has committed to us the word of reconciliation.
Jesus existed with the Father in heaven and in the presence of the Father
before the world began.
John 17:5 And now, Father, glorify me in your presence
with the glory I had with you before the world began.
Zacharias' Prophecy
Luke 1:67-69
Now his father Zacharias was filled with the Holy Spirit, and prophesied,
saying: Blessed is the Lord God of
20) Q: Are there
any verses that speak of God in terms of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit as one?
A: Yes:
1 John 5:7-8 KJV/NKJV Comma Johanneum
7 For there are THREE that bear record in heaven, the Father, the WORD, and the
Holy Ghost: and these THREE are ONE. 8 And there are three that bear witness in
earth, the Spirit, and the water, and the blood: and these three agree in one
Matthew 28:19
Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the NAME of the Father
and of the
Son and of
the Holy Spirit,
One name of God = The Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
1 Corinthians 12:4-6
4 There are different kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit. 5 There are
different kinds of service, but the same Lord. 6 There are different kinds of
working, but the same God works all of them in all men.”
2 Corinthians
The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of
God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit, be with you all.
Acts 5:3-4
3Then
Peter said, "Ananias, how is it that Satan has
so filled your heart that you have lied to the Holy Spirit and have kept for
yourself some of the money you received for the land? 4Didn't it belong to you before it was sold? And after it was sold,
wasn't the money at your disposal? What made you think of doing such a thing?
You have not lied to men but to God."
It was actually God who was sacrificed on the Cross.
Acts
Keep watch over yourselves and all the flock of which the Holy Spirit has made
you overseers. Be shepherds of the
Zechariah 12:10 And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the
inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they
shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one
mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness
for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn.
21) Q: What then
was the purpose for Jesus Christ (God) coming down from heaven to earth then
and why did he come as a man.
A: These two verses answer this
question very nicely:
Philippians 2:6
5Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus:
6Who, being in
very nature God,
did not consider equality with God something to be grasped,
7but made himself
nothing,
taking the very nature of a servant,
being made in human likeness.
8And being found
in appearance as a man,
he humbled himself
and became obedient to death—
even death on a cross!
9Therefore God
exalted him to the highest place
and gave him the name that is above every name,
10that at the
name of Jesus every knee should bow,
in heaven and on earth and under the earth,
11and every
tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord,
to the glory of God
the Father.
Romans 8:1-4
Life Through the Spirit
1Therefore,
there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, 2because
through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set me free from the law of
sin and death. 3For what the law was powerless to do in that it was weakened by
the sinful nature, God did by sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful man
to be a sin offering. And so he condemned sin in sinful man, 4in order that the
righteous requirements of the law might be fully met in us, who do not live
according to the sinful nature but according to the Spirit.
22) Q: Who raised
Jesus Christ from the Dead? How was he raised from the dead?
A: By the Father, the Son and the
Holy Spirit: God.
The Father
Romans 10:9 if you confess
with your mouth, "Jesus is Lord," and believe in your heart that God
raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.
The Son
John 2:19 Jesus answered, "Destroy this sanctuary, and I will raise it up
in three days."
John
John
The Holy Spirit
Romans 8:11 And if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead lives in
you, then He who raised Christ from the dead will also bring your mortal bodies
to life through His Spirit who lives in you.
23) Q: Did any of
the early church fathers believe in the Trinity?
A: Yes, by far the majority did.
80 AD Hermas "The Son of God is older than all
his creation, so that he became the Father's adviser in his creation. Therefore
also he is ancient"
140 AD Aristides "[Christians] are they who,
above every people of the Earth, have found the truth, for they acknowledge
God, the creator and maker of all things, in the only-begotten Son and in the
Holy Spirit"
150 AD Justin Martyr "The Father of the universe has a Son, who also being
the first begotten Word of God, is even God."
170 AD Tatian the Syrian "We are not playing the
fool, you Greeks, nor do we talk nonsense, when we report that God was born in
the form of a man"
98/117AD Ignatius of Antioch "We have also as a Physician the Lord our God
Jesus the Christ the only-begotten Son and Word, before time began, but who
afterwards became also man, of Mary the virgin.
115-190AD Irenaeus "The Church, though dispersed
throughout the whole world, even to the ends of the earth, has received from
the apostles and their disciples this faith: ...one God, the Father Almighty,
Maker of heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all things that are in them; and
in one Christ Jesus, the Son of God, who became incarnate for our salvation;
and in the Holy Spirit, who proclaimed through the prophets the dispensations
of God, and the advents, and the birth from a virgin, and the passion, and the
resurrection from the dead, and the ascension into heaven in the flesh of the
beloved Christ Jesus, our Lord, and His manifestation from heaven in the glory
of the Father ‘to gather all things in one,' and to raise up anew all flesh of
the whole human race, in order that to Christ Jesus, our Lord, and God, and
Savior, and King, according to the will of the invisible Father, ‘every knee
should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the
earth, and that every tongue should confess; to him, and that He should execute
just judgment towards all...'"
185-254AD Origen "Moreover, nothing in the
Trinity can be called greater or less, since the fountain of divinity alone
contains all things by His word and reason, and by the Spirit of His mouth
sanctifies all things which are worthy of sanctification..."
24) Q: Is it not
ok for me to continue in my religion or church even though they teach incorrect
and false doctrine? I do not want to leave my church.
A: I fully understand the
difficult decision of choosing to leave a religion and family one has had for
years or even their entire life. One may even be alienated from their
biological family. The problem is if one is worshiping a false god or false
Jesus Christ and serving a false religion your own salvation may even be at
risk. At the least God is certainly not pleased and accepting of such practices.
Please take this issue with very strict sincerity.
John 8:21
21 Once more Jesus said to them, "I am going
away, and you will look for me, and you will die in your sin. Where I go, you
cannot come." This made the Jews ask, "Will he kill himself? Is that
why he says, 'Where I go, you cannot come'?" But he continued, "You
are from below; I am from above. You are of this world; I am not of
this world. I told you that you would die in
your sins; if you do not believe that I am the one I claim to be, you will
indeed die in your sins."
John 10:28-30
28I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; no one can
snatch them out of my hand. 29My Father, who has given them to me, is
greater than all; no one can snatch them out of my Father's hand. 30I and the Father are one."
John
33"We are not stoning you for any of these," replied the Jews, "but
for blasphemy, because you, a mere man, claim to be God."
John 5:16-23
“So, because Jesus was doing these things on the Sabbath, the Jews persecuted
him. 17 Jesus said to them, "My Father is always at his work to this very
day, and I, too, am working." 18 For this
reason the Jews tried all the harder to kill him; not only was he breaking the
Sabbath, but he was even calling God his own Father, making
himself EQUAL with God.
1 John 4:1-3
Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits, whether they are of
God; because many false prophets have gone out into the world. By this you know
the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in
the flesh is of God, and every spirit that does not confess that Jesus Christ
has come in the flesh is not of God. And this is the spirit of the Antichrist,
which you have heard was coming, and is now already in the world.
2 Peter 2:1-3
“But there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be
false teachers among you. They will secretly introduce destructive heresies,
even denying the sovereign Lord who bought them—bringing swift destruction on
themselves. Many will follow their shameful ways and will bring the way of
truth into disrepute. In their greed these teachers will exploit you with
stories they have made up. Their condemnation has long been hanging over them,
and their destruction has not been sleeping.”
2 Corinthians 11:3-4
“But I am afraid that just as Eve was deceived by the serpent's cunning, your
minds may somehow be led astray from your sincere and pure devotion to Christ.
For if someone comes to you and preaches a Jesus other than the Jesus we
preached, or if you receive a different spirit from the one you received, or a
different gospel from the one you accepted, you put up with it easily enough.”
Galatians 1:8 But even if we or an angel from heaven
should preach a gospel other than the one we preached to you, let him be
eternally condemned!
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