Questions about the Godhead

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Questions we have to clarify

• Is the word trinity in the Bible? No.

• Does the Bible say that there are three persons in the Godhead? No.

• Does the Bible speak of the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost? Yes.

• Do these titles as used in Matthew 28:19 mean that there are three separate and distinct persons in the Godhead? No, they No, they refer to three offices, roles, or relationship refer to three offices, roles, or relationship to humanity. to humanity.

• “Go ye therefore, and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them into the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit:”

• Does the Bible use the word three in reference to God? Only one verse in the entire Bible does so- I John 5:7. I John 5:7.

• It speaks of the Father, the Word (instead of Son), and the Holy Ghost, and it concludes by saying, "These three are one."

Does the Bible use the word one in reference to God?

• Yes, many times.• Zechariah 14:9• Malachi 2:10• Matthew 23:9• Mark 12:29, 32• John 8:41; 10:30• Romans 3:30• I Corinthians 8:4• Galatians 3:20• I Timothy 2:5• James 2:19

• And Jehovah shall be King over all the earth: in that day shall Jehovah be one, and his name one. Zechariah 14:9

• Have we not all one father? hath not one God created us? why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother, profaning the covenant of our fathers? Malachi 2:10

• And call no man your father on the earth: for one is your Father, even he who is in heaven. Matthew 23:9

• Jesus answered, The first is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God, the Lord is one: Mark 12:29

• Ye do the works of your father. They said unto him, We were not born of fornication; we have one Father, even God. John 8:41

• I and the Father are one. John 10:30• if so be that God is one, and he shall justify

the circumcision by faith, and the uncircumcision through faith. Romans 3:30

• Concerning therefore the eating of things sacrificed to idols, we know that no idol is anything in the world, and that there is no God but one. I Corinthians 8:4

• Now a mediator is not a mediator of one; but God is one. Galatians 3:20

• For there is one God, one mediator also between God and men, himself man, Christ Jesus, I Timothy 2:5

• Thou believest that God is one; thou doest well: the demons also believe, and shudder. James 2:19

Can the mystery of the Godhead be understood?

• Yes.

• Romans 1:20

• Colossians 2:9

• I Timothy 3:16.

• For the invisible things of him since the creation of the world are clearly seen, being perceived through the things that are made, even his everlasting power and divinity; that they may be without excuse: Romans 1:20

• for in him dwelleth all the fullness of the Godhead bodily Colossians 2:9

• And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness; He who was manifested in the flesh, Justified in the spirit, Seen of angels, Preached among the nations, Believed on in the world, Received up in glory. I Timothy 3:16

Has the Christian only one Heavenly Father?

• And call no man your father on the earth: for one is your Father, even he who is in heaven. Matthew 23:9

Then why did Jesus say to Philip, "He that hath seen me hath seen

the Father" • 6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, and the truth, and the life:

no one cometh unto the Father, but by me. • 7 If ye had known me, ye would have known my Father also:

from henceforth ye know him, and have seen him. • 8 Philip saith unto him, Lord, show us the Father, and it sufficeth

us. • 9 Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and

dost thou not know me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the Father; how sayest thou, Show us the Father?

• 10 Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? the words that I say unto you I speak not from myself: but the Father abiding in me doeth his works.

John14:6-10

Jesus came to reveal the father’s name!

• 43 I am come in my Father`s namemy Father`s name, and ye receive me not: if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive.

John 5:43• 9 And Jehovah shall be King over all the

earth: in that day shall Jehovah be one, and his name one.

Zechariah 14:9

Does the Bible say that all the Godhead is revealed in one

person? • 4 in whom the god of this world hath blinded the

minds of the unbelieving, that the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should not dawn upon them.

• 5 For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus` sake.

• 6 Seeing it is God, that said, Light shall shine out of darkness, who shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. Jesus Christ.

• 2 Corinthians 4: 4-62 Corinthians 4: 4-6

• 18 But all things are of God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ, and gave unto us the ministry of reconciliation;

• 19 to wit, that God was in Christ reconciling the world unto himself, not reckoning unto them their trespasses, and having committed unto us the word of reconciliation.

2 Corinthians 5:18-19He was also in heaven, for God is

omnipresent.

Where was God the Father while Jesus was on earth?

Did the prophet Isaiah say that Jesus would be the Father?

• Yes. • Isaiah 9:6• For unto us a child is born, unto us a

son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

When God said, "Let us make man in our image" (Genesis 1:26), was He speaking to another person in the

Godhead? • And God said, Let us make man in our Let us make man in our

image, after our likeness:image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the heavens, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

• Genesis 1:26

• 27 And God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.

Genesis 1:27

• 24 Thus saith Jehovah, thy Redeemer, and he that formed thee from the womb: I am Jehovah, that maketh all things; that stretcheth forth the heavens alone; that spreadeth abroad the earth (who is with me?);

• Isaiah 44:24

• 10 Have we not all one father? hath hath not one God created us?not one God created us? why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother, profaning the covenant of our fathers?

• Malachi 2:10

• 4 Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? Declare, if thou hast understanding.

• 5 Who determined the measures thereof, if thou knowest? Or who stretched the line upon it?

• 6 Whereupon were the foundations thereof fastened? Or who laid the corner-stone thereof,

• 7 When the morning stars sang together, And all the sons of God shouted for joy?

• Job 38:4-7

Does the Bible say that Jesus is the Almighty?

• Yes• 8 I am the Alpha and the Omega, saith the Lord

God, who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.

Revelation 1:8WHY GOD in the OLD Testament is also the Alpha

and Omega…• Thus saith Jehovah, the King of Israel, and his

Redeemer, Jehovah of hosts: I am the first, and I am the last; and besides me there is no God.

Isaiah 44:6

How many persons did John see sitting on the throne in heaven?

• 2 Straightway I was in the Spirit: and behold, there was a throne set in heaven, and one sitting upon the throne;

• Revelation 4:2

What is the right hand of God?

• 51 Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Spirit: as your fathers did, so do ye.

• 52 Which of the prophets did not your fathers persecute? and they killed them that showed before of the coming of the Righteous One; of whom ye have now become betrayers and murderers;

• 53 ye who received the law as it was ordained by angels, and kept it not.

• 54 Now when they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed on him with their teeth.

• 55 But he, being full of the Holy Spirit, looked up stedfastly into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God,

• 56 and said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of Man standing on the right hand of God.

• 57 But they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and rushed upon him with one accord;

• 58 and they cast him out of the city, and stoned him: and the witnesses laid down their garments at the feet of a young man named Saul.

• 59 And they stoned Stephen, calling upon the Lord, and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.

• 60 And he kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. And when he had said this, he fell asleep. Acts 7:51-60

• Did Jesus tell Satan that God alone should be worshipped? Yes. Matthew 4:10

• Does the devil believe in more than one God? No. James 2:19.

• Does the Bible say that God, who is the Word, was made flesh? Yes John 1:1, 14.

• For what purpose was God manifested in the flesh? To save sinners. Hebrews 2:9, 14.

• Was Jesus God manifested in the flesh? Yes. I Timothy 3:16.

• Could Jesus have been on earth and in heaven at the same time? Yes. John 3:13.

• Does the Bible say that there is but one Lord? Yes. Isaiah 45:18; Ephesians 4:5.

• Does the Bible say that Christ is the Lord? Yes. Luke 2:11.

• Does the Bible say that the Lord is God? Yes. I kings 18:39; Zechariah 14:5; Acts 2:39; Revelation 19:1.

• How could the church belong to Jesus (Matthew 16:18) and yet be the church of God (I Corinthians 10:32)? Because Jesus is God in the flesh.

• Will God give His glory to another? No. Isaiah 42:8. • Was there a God formed before Jehovah, or will

there be one formed after? No. Isaiah 43:10. • What is one thing that God does not know? Another

God. Isaiah 44:8. • What is one thing that God Cannot do? Lie. Titus 1:2.

• How many Gods should we know? Only one. Hosea 13:4.

• How many names has the Lord? One. Zechariah 14:9.

• Is it good to think upon the name of the Lord? Yes. Malachi 3:16.

• Does the Bible say that God alone treads upon the waves of the sea? Yes. Job 9:8

• Why, then, was Jesus able to walk upon the Sea of Galilee (Matthew 14:25)? Because He is God the Creator. Colossians 1:16.

• Is God the only one who can forgive sin? Yes. Isaiah 43:25; Mark 2:7.

• Why, then, could Jesus forgive sin in Mark 2:5-11? Because He is God the Savior.

• Is Jesus the true God? Yes. I John 5:20.

• If God and the Holy Ghost are two separate persons, which was the Father of Christ? Matthew 1:20 says that the Holy Ghost was the Father, while Romans 15:6, II Corinthians 11:31, and Ephesians 1:3 say that God was the Father. There is no contradiction when we realize that God the Father and the Holy Ghost are one and the same Spirit. Matthew 10:20; Ephesians 4:4; I Corinthians 3:16.

• When Paul asked the Lord who He was, what was the answer? "I am Jesus." Acts 9:5.

• When Stephen was dying, did he call God Jesus? Yes. Acts 7:59.

• Did Thomas ever call Jesus God? Yes. John 20:28.

• How could Jesus be the Savior, when God the Father said in Isaiah 43:11, "Beside me there is no Savior?" Because "God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself." II Corinthians 5:19.

• Does the Bible say that Jesus was God with us? Yes. Matthew 1:23.

• Did Jesus ever say, "I and my Father are one?" Yes. John 10:30.

• Can it be proved scripturally that Jesus and the Father are one in the same sense that husband and wife are one? No. The Godhead was never compared to the relationship of a husband and wife. Jesus identified Himself with the Father in a way that husband and wife cannot be identified with each other. John 14:9-11.

• Does the Bible say that there is only one wise God? Yes. Jude 25.

• Does the Bible call the Holy Ghost a second or third person in the Godhead? No. The Holy Ghost is the one Spirit of God, the one God Himself at work in our lives. John 4:24; I Corinthians 3:16-17; 6:19; 12:13.

• Can Trinitarians show that three divine persons were present when Jesus was baptized by John? Absolutely not. The one, omnipresent God used three simultaneous manifestations. Only one divine person was present--Jesus Christ the Lord.

• Then what were the other two of whom Trinitarians speak? One was a voice from heaven; the other was the Spirit of God in the form of a dove. Matthew 3:16-17.

• What did the voice say at Jesus' baptism? "Thou art my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased." Mark 1:11. As the Son of God, Jesus was the one God incarnate

The prophecy fulfilled…

• 2 And the Spirit of Jehovah shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of Jehovah.

• 3 And his delight shall be in the fear of Jehovah; and he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes, neither decide after the hearing of his ears;

• 4 but with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and decide with equity for the meek of the earth; and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth; and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked.

• Isaiah 11:2-4

• 16 And Jesus when he was baptized, went up straightway from the water: and lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending as a dove, and coming upon him;

• 17 and lo, a voice out of the heavens, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.pleased.

• Matthew 3:16-17Matthew 3:16-17

• 28 Father, glorify thy name. There came therefore a voice out of heaven, saying, I have both glorified it, and will glorify it again.

• 29 The multitude therefore, that stood by, and heard it, said that it had thundered: others said, An angel hath spoken to him.

• 30 Jesus answered and said, This voice hath not come for my sake, but for your sakes.

• John 12:28-30

• 5 While he was yet speaking, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them: and behold, a voice out of the cloud, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him.am well pleased; hear ye him.

• 6 And when the disciples heard it, they fell on their face, and were sore afraid.

• 7 And Jesus came and touched them and said, Arise, and be not afraid.

• 8 And lifting up their eyes, they saw no one, save Jesus only.

• Matthew 17:3

• 16 For we did not follow cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of his majesty.

• 17 For he received from God the Father honor and glory, when there was borne such a voice to him by the Majestic Glory, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased:

• 2 Peter 1:16-17

• Does the Bible say that God shed His blood and that God laid down His life for us? Yes. Acts 20:28; I John 3:16. God was able to do this because He had taken upon Himself a human body.

• The Bible says that God is coming back with all his saints (Zechariah 14:5) and also that Jesus is coming back with all his saints (I Thessalonians 3:13). Are two coming back? No. Only one is coming back--our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ. Titus 2:13.

Salamat po!