The Holy Trinity

Christians believe in one God. This is stated in the Holy Bible, “The Lord our God, the Lord is one!” (Deuteronomy 6: 4). Furthermore, God says in the Bible, “I am He. Before Me there was no God formed,
Nor shall there be after Me.” (Isaiah 43:10) and “I am God, and there is no other” (Isaiah 46:9).

We also read in the Holy Bible about the Holy Trinity which is God the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. Jesus tells his disciples to baptize people “in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit” (Matthew 28: 19). Notice that He said in the name not in the names. This Holy Trinity is the one God in whom Christians put their trust. Jesus Christ also says, “I and My Father are one” (John 10 : 30). Some people ask, how can 1+1+1=1 not 3? However, if we want to be limited to mathematics then the perspective would be 1x1x1=1 not 3. Jesus Christ says, “the Father is in Me, and I in Him” (John 10:38).

From the Bible we understand that God is Being, Intellect and Spirit and these three are one. The Bible tells us that Jesus “Christ is the power of God and the wisdom of God” (1 Corinthians 1:23). It also says, in speaking about Jesus, “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made.” (John 1: 1-3). Jesus says, “God is Spirit” (John 4:24). The Bible also refers to God’s Holy Spirit as, “the Holy Spirit of God”(Ephesians 4:30) and tells us that it is, “His Holy Spirit” (1 Thessalonians 4:8). The Holy Bible further reveals that the Holy Spirit is “the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father”(John 15:26).

Therefore, with His Intellect and His Spirit, God is One Being – One God. The Father is the Godhead, Jesus Christ is His Wisdom,His Word and the Holy Spirit is God’s Spirit and these three are One.

To further understand this reality, we can look to nature. For example, the sun in the sky. It is a star, it is light and it is heat and these three are one. Also, we human beings are made up of body, mind and spirit – and these are one.

The Holy Bible says that we are made in God’s image. It tells us, “God said, ‘Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness’…So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.” (Genesis 1 : 26-27).