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We believe that God so loved the world that H e gave His only begotten Son that who so ever
believes in Him will not perish but will have eternal life. John 3:16 We
believe that the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. Romans 6:23
We believe that if we confess our sin, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to
cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 1 John 1:9 We believe that if we confess
with our mouth Jesus as Lord and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. Romans
10:9
God, the Father; Jesus, the Son; and the Holy Spirit. Scripture tells us that there is only one God (Dt 4:35; Isaiah 45:5;
46:9). The Bible also refers to three distinct persons as "God": God the Father (Gal 1:1), Jesus Christ His Son (Jn 1:1; 20:28)
and the Holy Spirit (Acts 5:3,4). The Father, Jesus and the Holy Spirit are Three distinct Persons in One God. This is the
truth which God was conveying through Scripture, a truth which Christians later labled "The Trinity" (literally "tri-unity"
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Trinity Explained The word trinity is not found in the Bible. Nevertheless, it is a word used to describe one fact the Bible
teaches about God: Our God is a Trinity. This means there are three persons in one God, not three Gods. The persons are known
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Trinity Explained The word “trinity” is
not found in the Bible. Nevertheless, it is a word used to describe one fact the Bible teaches about God: Our God is a Trinity.
This means there are three persons in one God, not three Gods. The persons are known as the Father, the Son, and the Holy
Spirit and they have all always existed as three separate persons. The person of the Father is not the same person as the
Son. The person of the Son is not the same person as the Holy Spirit. The person of the Holy Spirit is not the same person
as the Father. If you take away any one, there is no God. God has always been a trinity from all eternity: “From everlasting
to everlasting, Thou art God” (Ps. 90:2). God is not
one person who took three forms, i.e., the Father who became the Son, who then became the Holy Spirit. This belief is known
today as the “Jesus Only Movement.” It is taught by the United Apostolic and United Pentecostal churches, and
is an incorrect teaching. Nor is God only one person as the
Jehovah’s Witnesses, the Way International, and the Christadelphians teach (These groups are classified as non-Christian
cults). For proof that there is more than one person in the Godhead, see the Plurality Study. The Bible says there is only one God. Yet, it says Jesus is God (John 1:1,14); it says the Father is God
(Phil. 1:2); and it says the Holy Spirit is God (Acts 5:3-4). Since the Son speaks to the Father, they are separate persons.
Since the Holy Spirit speaks also (Acts 13:2), He is a separate person. There is one God who exists in three persons.
The following chart should help you understand how the Trinity doctrine is derived.
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Father | Son | Holy Spirit | | Called God | Phil. 1:2 | John 1:1,14; Col. 2:9 |
Acts 5:3-4 | | Creator |
Is. 64:8; 44:24 | John 1:3; Col. 1:15-17 |
Job 33:4,26:13 | | Resurrects
| 1 Thess. 1:10 | John
2:19, 10:17 | Rom. 8:11 | | Indwells
| 2 Cor. 6:16 | Col. 1:27
| John 14:17 | | Everywhere
| 1 Kings 8:27 | Matt.
28:20 | Ps. 139:7-10 | | All
knowing | 1 John 3:20 | John
16:30; 21:17 | 1 Cor. 2:10-11 | | Sanctifies
| 1 Thess. 5:23 | Heb.
2:11 | 1 Pet. 1:2 | | Life
giver | Gen. 2:7: | John
5;21 John 1:3; 5:21 2 | Cor. 3:6,8 | | Fellowship | 1 John 1:3 | 1 Cor. 1:9 | 2 Cor. 13:14; Phil. 2:1 |
| Eternal | Ps. 90:2 |
Micah 5:1-2 | Rom. 8:11; Heb. 9:14
| | A Will | Luke
22:42 | Luke 22:42 | 1
Cor. 12:11 | | Speaks | Matt.
3:17; | Luke 9:25 Luke 5:20; 7:48 | Acts
8:29; 11:12; 13:2 | | Love | John
3:16 | Eph. 5: 25 | Rom.
15:30 | | Searches the heart | Jer.
17:10 | Rev. 2:23 | 1 Cor.
2:10 | | We belong to | John
17:9 | John 17:6 | |
| Savior | 1 Tim. 1:1; 2:3; 4:10 |
2 Tim. 1:10; Tit. 1:4; 3:6 | |
| We serve | Matt. 4:10 |
Col. 3:24 | |
| Believe in | John 14:1 |
John 14:1 | |
| Gives joy | John 15:11 |
Rom. 14:7 | |
| Judges | John 8:50 |
John 5:21,30 | |
Charts of Christian Theology and Doctrine, H. Wayne House, (Grand Rapids, MI:
Zondervan Publ. House, 1992), pp. 48-49
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