The Trinity, father, Son & Holy Spirit

Trinity in the Bible

1 Timothy 3:16

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".

The doctrine of the Trinity has been a divisive issue throughout the entire history of the Christian church. While the core aspects of the Trinity are clearly presented in God's Word, some of the side issues are not as explicitly clear. The Father is God, the Son is God, and the Holy Spirit is God, but there is only one God. Deuteronomy 6:4-5 (One God) That is the biblical doctrine of the Trinity. Beyond that, the issues are, to a certain extent, debatable and non-essential. Rather than attempting to fully define the Trinity with our finite human minds, we would be better served by focusing on the fact of God's greatness and His infinitely higher nature. Romans 11:33-34 (Wisdom & Knowledge)

Deuteronomy 6:4-5

Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD:
5) And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.

Romans 11:33-34

O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out!
34) For who hath known the mind of the Lord? or who hath been his counsellor?

Godliness & Equalities

God is The I AM: God said to Moses I AM WHO I AM, tell them I AM has sent me (Exodus 3:14).

Jesus is The I AM: Jesus said to them before Abraham was, I AM (John 8:58).

God forgives sins: To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgivenesses, though we have rebelled against him (Daniel 9:9).

Jesus forgives sins: Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye (Colossians 3:13).

God is the first and the last: Thus saith the LORD the King of Israel, and his redeemer the LORD of hosts, I am the first, and I am the last, and beside me there is no God (Isaiah 44:6).

Jesus is the first and the last: And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not, I am the first and the last (Revelation 1:17).

God saves: For I am the LORD thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour: I gave Egypt for thy ransom, Ethiopia and Seba for thee (Isaiah 43:3).

Jesus saves: Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ (Titus 2:13).

God "Judge": Before the LORD: for he cometh, for he cometh to judge the earth: he shall judge the world with righteousness, and the people with his truth (Psalm 96:13).

Jesus "Judge": I charge thee therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom (2 Timothy 4:1).

God "Redeemer": Thus saith the LORD, thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel, I am the LORD thy God which teacheth thee to profit, which leadeth thee by the way that thou shouldest go (Isaiah 48:17).

Jesus "Redeemer": Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us (Hebrews 9:12).

One God

The LORD is God: Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD (Deuteronomy 6:4).

Jesus is God: And Thomas answered and said unto him, My Lord and my God (John 20:28).

Holy Spirit is God: But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Spirit, and to keep back part of the price of the land?
4) Whiles it remained, was it not thine own? and after it was sold, was it not in thine own power? why hast thou conceived this thing in thine heart? thou hast not lied unto men, but unto God (Acts 5: 3-4).

God purchased us with his own blood: Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Spirit hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood (Acts 20:28).

Jesus purchased us with his own blood: And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood (Revelation 1:5).

Jesus Christ said: 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 (Revelation 1:8).

Great is the mystery: 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 (1Timothy 3:16).

Jesus is the I AM & the Word

Jesus says unto you: I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins: for if ye believe not that I am he, ye shall die in your sins.
25) Then said they unto him, Who art thou? And Jesus saith unto them, Even the same that I said unto you from the beginning. (John 8:24-25).

From the beginning

Genesis 1:1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth

John 1:1,14 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 14) And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.

Why did God call Himself, “I AM THAT I AM”?

God wanted to assure Moses and Israel that God would become what they would need Him to be. In using the words “I AM THAT I AM,” God used an expression to reveal to Moses a promise and pledge found in His name.

Throughout the Old Testament, in the original Hebrew, God is known by his four-letter name, YHWH. The King James version of the Bible masks this name to some extent, and most of the time King James translates YHWH as “LORD.” However, this same name is translated as Jehovah in some cases in the King James version (Exodus 6:3; Isaiah 12:2; Isaiah 26:4). The Rotherham translation uses the word “Yahweh” as the translation of God’s name. In all of these cases, the meaning of the Hebrew name YHWH God’s name is “the self-existent,” “He who becometh,” or “the becoming one.”

The Hebrew words in Exodus 3:14 for “I AM THAT I AM” are ehyeh asher ehyeh, which should more accurately be translated as “I will be what I will be” or, as Rotherham translates it, “I will become whatsoever I may become.” This expression in Exodus 3:14 is an idiom, an expression that has a meaning that cannot be understood by the individual words. So, what does “I AM THAT I AM” mean?

By using the translation “I will become whatsoever I may become,” we see the relationship of this phrase to Yahweh, “He who becometh.” They both use the word “become.” The use of ehyeh asher ehyeh in Exodus 3:14 was God’s way of assuring and pledging to Moses and Israel that God would become whatever they needed Him to become.

Remember the context of the passage in Exodus. The Israelites were crying day and night for deliverance. God was calling Moses to help lead the Israelites out of Egypt. Moses asked God, What is God’s name, or what should he say to the Israelites? In God’s response, He provides a promise to Israel: He would become what they would need Him to become, in this case, their deliverer. This promise, found in the name of God, can be extended to the world of mankind. God will become what they need him to be: an architect for the plan of salvation that will bring them back into harmony with Him. In the case of the heavenly church, God will be all we need to make our calling and election sure.

Father, Son & Holy Spirit

Jesus - I AM verses

John 6:35
And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.

John 8:12
Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.

John 8:24
I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins: for if ye believe not that I am he, ye shall die in your sins.

John 8:28
Then said Jesus unto them, When ye have lifted up the Son of man, then shall ye know that I am he, and that I do nothing of myself; but as my Father hath taught me, I speak these things.

John 8:58
Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am.

John 10:7
Then said Jesus unto them again, Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am the door of the sheep.

John 10:14
I am the good shepherd, and know my sheep, and am known of mine.

John 11:25
Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live.