"In the beginning God created the heaven and the
earth. And the earth was without form, and void;
and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And
the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
And God said, 'let there be light'. And God saw the
light, that it was good; and God divided the light from
the darkness. And God called the light Day, and the
darkness he called Night. And the evening and the
morning were the first day." Genesis 1: 1-5, kjv
The Scripture quoted above covers the beginning,
or creation of the earth and universe as we know it.
Outside of the Bible, we could not know events of
prehistory. Scripture is our only source. Every-
thing outside of the Scripture is sheer conjecture. It
is not wise to speculate about that since it has, in
the past, led to the development of cults, witchcraft,
and fanciful stories with no basis in fact. We must
recognize that our faith is in the God of the Bible,
and the validity of Scripture. The Lord God is the
Father, Son and Holy Spirit; three persons,one God.
Our salvation is based on faith in these things that
reveal to us our Lord Jesus Christ, who obtained our
salvation through his sacrificial death on the cross.
There are, however, proofs as one absorbs God's
Word, believes it and acts on that belief. The proofs
are highly individual and personal, even subjective.
We do not "look" for proofs, since the truths of
God's Word, must be accepted by faith. The proof
appears as we place faith in God and in his Word.
We then have a growing assurance of these things as
we mature in the faith and see what our Lord does.
Scripture knows nothing of the word, "Trinity,"
since the word is not used in the Bible in refe-
rence to the persons of the Godhead. Three
persons of God are called Jehovah, God, God
the Father, God the Spirit, God the Son or
Jesus Christ. He is also the Spirit of Jesus the
Christ, and the Holy Spirit. There are times
when He is called Lord (Jehovah) or the Lord
God. These names are translations from the
Hebrew and Greek into English. Understood
properly each furnishes insight into the person
of God, who is Spirit. He has been made mani-
fest in the person of Jesus Christ, God the Son,
in the New Testament. There are pre-incarnate
manifestations of God the Son in the Old Testa-
ment. One is thought to be "Michael," an arch-
angel, then King Melchisedec, to whom Abra-
ham paid tribute on his return from the slaugh-
ter of the kings, Genesis 14: 18, Hebrews 5: 4,
and in Luke 20:37-38
But even Moses showed in the burning bush pas-
sage that the dead are raised, when he called the
Lord 'the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and
the God of Jacob.' For He is not the God of the
dead but of the living, for all live to Him.
"My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and
they follow me. And I give unto them eternal life;
and they shall never perish, neither shall any man
pluck them out of my hand. My Father, which gave
them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to
pluck them out of my Father's hand. I and my
Father are one." John 10: 27-30, kjv
"Ye worship ye know not what; we know
what we worship.
For salvation is of the Jews. But the hour
cometh, and now is, when the true wor-
shiper shall worship the Father in spirit
and in truth: For the Father seeketh such
to worship him.
God is a Spirit; and they that worship him
must worship him in Spirit and in truth."
John 4: 22-25, kjv
There are many ways in which facets of the
character and personality of the Lord God
are revealed. One memorable instance was
when Jesus is called the 'Word Made Flesh'
in John 1:14, and called "the only begotten
of the Father, full of grace and truth."
Since He is of the of the Father, He is Deity
(God); Although He became a man, flesh, even
in flesh, as a man, He retained as much of the
glory of God, which He had with the Father, as
could be safely viewed by mankind.
John 14: 6-7
Reads as follows:
"Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth
and the life; no man cometh unto the Father,
but by me. If ye had known me, ye should
have known my Father also; and from hence-
forth ye know him, and have seen him."
John 17: 11
"And now I am no more in the world, but
these are in the world and I come to thee.
Holy Father keep through thine own name
those whom thou hast given me, that they
may be one, as we are."
See also John 17: 21
I trust you understand the above is not intended
to be exhaustive, or a complete explanation of the
three persons of God. There is one God. As we
are able, we will add to this post. In order for the
truth of the matter to be real to you; find it by your
own research and study of the Word of God, and
reading books on the subject by renowned authors
who are trusted by Bible scholars. You may start
with:
Charles Spurgeon,
J. Oswald Sanders,
Francis Schaeffer,
W. A. Criswell,
Elton Trueblood;
to name just a few...
God bless and keep you by His mercy and grace
through faith in Christ Jesus.
"But without faith it is impossible to please him;
For he who comes to God must believe that He is
and that He is a rewarded of those who diligently
seek Him." Hebrews 11:6
donporter,sr 4.21.15
