Do the people that believe in the trinity know what  the definition for begotten is?
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Clearly Jesus is the most powerful, most wise, most loving, most just creature who ever was and ever will be. But Jesus is a CREATION of the Almighty Sovereign of the Universe. So where is misinformation about the "Trinity" so common?\n\nThe Bible shows that all the many forms of false religion make up a conglomerate “Babylon the Great.” (Revelation 17:5) That name calls to mind the ancient city of Babylon, where false religion started up after the Flood of Noah’s day. Many teachings and practices now common in false religion originated long ago in Babylon. For example, the Babylonians worshiped trinities, or triads, of gods. Today, the central doctrine of many religions is the Trinity. But the Bible clearly teaches that there is only one true God, and that Jesus Christ is his Son. (John 17:3)\n\nSince ancient Babylonian worship spread throughout the earth, modern Babylon the Great can properly be identified as the world empire of false religion. And God has foretold that this empire of false religion will come to a sudden end. (Revelation 18:8)\n\nTrue Christians can help you understand other details of the Scriptures. You can contact them at:\nhttp://www.watchtower.org
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A person needs to look seriously into the scriptures to get any kind of grasp on the meaning of the Trinity. The Gospel of John is one of the best places to start. See chapters 14, 15, 16 and 17 of John's Gospel. Another scripture that has helped me is Colossians 2:6-10.\nThis says that the God Head is fully seen in the person of Jesus Christ and we are complete in Him. It is true that the word " Trinity " is not found in the Bible but anyone who honestly looks into the scriptures would come to the opinion that God is revealed as 3 persons according to the Bible.Of course if you do not accept the Bible as an authoritative document then this is not going to be an acceptable answer. But if a person is sincere in knowing the truth, that person will honestly and completely seek the truth. Many people don't believe that Jesus is God either but Jesus did make this claim about Himself. This is the very reason He was crucified.But God being in control as He surely would be, completed the greatest task ever accomplished by providing a way of access to Him by His sacrificial death . Then He proved what He said was true by conquering death by His resurrection. Accepting these facts as truth and believing that it was necessary for Christ to die and be raised from the dead to redeem us from our rebelious human nature so we can become one of God's children is the single most important thing a person can come to believe and act upon. To place one's faith in Christ's work on the cross, knowing the Father had His plan laid out before we were even born, and that Christ has sent His Spirit into the world to convince us of these facts is all important. This is why the Christian church exists today, because His Spirit is still with us and lives within the person who has come to believe the truth. The kingdom of God is within you. Search your heart to see if the Lord can find any evil way in you. Put your faith in Christ and not your own understanding and God's truth will set you free from the penalty of sin and death. Live for Him and believe as only a child could believe. Don't try to understand everything.You will understand it all when you meet Christ on His throne.
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I believe in the trinity b/c the Bible tells the 3 r one!\n\nIf you read in 1 John 5:6-8\n6 This is He who came by water abd blood-Jesus Christ; not only by water, but by water and blood.  And it is the Spirit who bears witness, because the Spirit is truth. \n7 For there are three that bear witness in heaven; Father,the word, and the Holy Spirit;and these three are one.
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IF THE Trinity were true, it should be clearly and consistently presented in the Bible. Why? Because, as the apostles affirmed, the Bible is God's revelation of himself to mankind. And since we need to know God to worship him acceptably, the Bible should be clear in telling us just who he is. \n\nFirst-century believers accepted the Scriptures as the authentic revelation of God. It was the basis for their beliefs, the final authority. For example, when the apostle Paul preached to people in the city of Beroea, "they received the word with the greatest eagerness of mind, carefully examining the Scriptures daily as to whether these things were so."—Acts 17:10, 11. \n\nA PROTESTANT publication states: "The word Trinity is not found in the Bible . . . It did not find a place formally in the theology of the church till the 4th century." (The Illustrated Bible Dictionary) And a Catholic authority says that the Trinity "is not . . . directly and immediately [the] word of God."—New Catholic Encyclopedia. \n\nThe Catholic Encyclopedia also comments: "In Scripture there is as yet no single term by which the Three Divine Persons are denoted together. The word  [tri'as] (of which the Latin trinitas is a translation) is first found in Theophilus of Antioch about A. D. 180. . . . Shortly afterwards it appears in its Latin form of trinitas in Tertullian."
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This is the Christian faith.\nAny muslim can go to wikipedia and get all the information. I'm saving this answer so I can apply this to the next billion questions from muslims who keep asking the same thing over and over.\n\nMany Christians begin to learn about the Trinity through knowledge of Baptism. This is also a starting point for others in comprehending why the doctrine matters to so many Christians, even though the doctrine itself teaches that the being of God is beyond complete comprehension. The Apostles' Creed and the Nicene Creed are structured around profession of the Trinity, and are solemnly professed by converts to Christianity when they receive baptism, and in the Church's liturgy, particularly when celebrating the Eucharist. One or both of these creeds are often used as brief summations of Christian faith by mainstream denominations.\n\nOne God\nGod is one, and the Godhead a single being: The Hebrew Scriptures lift this one article of faith above others, and surround it with stern warnings against departure from this central issue of faith, and of faithfulness to the covenant God had made with them. "Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD" (Deuteronomy 6:4) (the Shema), "Thou shalt have no other gods before me" (Deuteronomy 5:7) and, "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). Any formulation of an article of faith which does not insist that God is solitary, that divides worship between God and any other, or that imagines God coming into existence rather than being God eternally, is not capable of directing people toward the knowledge of God, according to the trinitarian understanding of the Old Testament. The same insistence is found in the New Testament: "...there is none other God but one" (1 Corinthians 8:4). The "other gods" warned against are therefore not gods at all, but substitutes for God, and so are, according to St. Paul, simply mythological or are demons.\n\nSo, in the trinitarian view, the common conception which thinks of the Father and Christ as two separate beings, is incorrect. The central, and crucial affirmation of Christian faith is that there is one savior, God, and one salvation, manifest in Jesus Christ, to which there is access only because of the Holy Spirit. The God of the Old is still the same as the God of the New. In Christianity, it is understood that statements about a solitary god are intended to distinguish the Hebraic understanding from the polytheistic view, which see divine power as shared by several separate beings, beings which can, and do, disagree and have conflicts with each other. The concept of Many comprising One is quite visible in the Gospel of John, chapter 17, verses 20 through 23.\n\nGod exists in three persons\n\nThe "Shield of the Trinity" or "Scutum Fidei" diagram of traditional Western Christian symbolism.This one God however exists in three persons, or in the Greek hypostases. God has but a single divine nature. Chalcedonians — Catholics, Orthodox, and Protestants — hold that, in addition, the Second Person of the Trinity — God the Son, Jesus — assumed human nature, so that he has two natures (and hence two wills), and is really and fully both true God and true human. In the Oriental Orthodox theology, the Chalcedonian formulation is rejected in favor of the position that the union of the two natures, though unconfused, births a third nature: redeemed humanity, the new creation.\n\nIn the Trinity, the Three are said to be co-equal and co-eternal, one in essence, nature, power, action, and will. However, as laid out in the Athanasian Creed, only the Father is unbegotten and non-proceeding. The Son is begotten from (or "generated by") the Father. The Spirit proceeds from the Father (or from the Father and through the Son — see filioque claus
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Without a doubt, you have often heard the claim that Jesus is God, the second person in the "Holy Trinity". However, the very Bible which is used as a basis for knowledge about Jesus and as the basis for doctrine within Christianity clearly belies this claim. We urge you to consult your own Bible and verify that the following conclusions are not drawn out of context: \n\n1. God is All Knowing... but Jesus was not.\n\nWhen speaking of the Day of Judgment, Jesus clearly gave evidence of a limitation on his knowledge when he said, "but of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels which are in Heaven, neither the son, but the Father." (Mark 13:32 and Matt 24:36) But God knows all. His knowledge is without any limitations. That Jesus, of his own admission, did not know when the Day of Judgment would be, is clear proof that Jesus is not all-knowing, and that Jesus is therefore not God.\n\n2. God is All-Powerful... but Jesus was not.\n\nWhile Jesus performed many miracles, he himself admitted that the power he had was not his own, but derived from God. He said, "Verily I say unto you, the Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father do..." (John 5:19) Again he said, "I can of mine own self do nothing: As I hear I judge, and my judgment is just because I seek not mine own will but the will of the Father which has sent me." (John 5:30) But God is not only all-powerful, He is also the source of all power and authority. That Jesus, of his own admission, could do nothing on his own is clear proof that Jesus is not all-powerful, and that therefore Jesus is not God.\n\n3. God does not have a God... but Jesus did have a God.\n\nGod is the ultimate judge and refuge for all, and He does not call upon nor pray to any others. But Jesus acknowledged that there was one whom he worshipped and to whom he prayed when he said, "I ascend unto my Father and your Father, and to my God and your God." (John 20:17) He is also reported to have cried out while on the cross, "My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?" (Matt 27:46) If Jesus were God, then couldn't this be read "Myself, myself, why hast thou forsaken me?" Would that not be pure nonsense? When Jesus prayed the Lord's prayer (Luke 11:2-4) was he praying to himself? When in the garden of Gethsemane he prayed, "O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: Nevertheless, not as I will but as thou wilt." (Matt 26:36-39) Was Jesus praying to himself? That Jesus, of his own admission, and by his own actions, acknowledged, worshipped and prayed to another being as God, is clear proof that Jesus himself is not God.\n\n4. According to the Bible, God is invisible to humans... but Jesus was flesh and blood.\n\nWhile thousands saw Jesus and heard his voice, Jesus himself said that this could not be done with God when he said, " No man hath seen God at any time." (John 1:18) "Ye have neither heard His voice at any time nor seen His shape." (John 5:37) He also said in John 4:24, "God is a spirit and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth." That Jesus would say that no one had seen or heard God ant any time, while his followers both saw and heard him, is clear proof that Jesus was not God.\n\n5. No one is greater than God and no one can direct Him... but Jesus acknowledged someone greater than himself whose will was distinct from his own.\n\nPerhaps the clearest indication we have that Jesus and God are not equal, and therefore not one and the same, come again from the mouth of Jesus himself who said in John 14:28, "My Father is greater than I." When someone referred to him as a "good master" in Luke 18:19, Jesus responded, "Why callest thou me good? There is none good but one, that is God..." Further more, Jesus drew clear distinctions between himself and God when he said, "I proceeded forth and cam
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Jesus is God. Christians who say otherwise either do not know the fundamentals of the faith, are apostate, or are heretics. The Apostle's and Nicene Creeds both affirm this doctrine, and the biblical evidence is overwhelming.\n\nJesus said of Himself that He was God. He applied the name of God, "I AM," to Himself in several passages. Here's a few examples: Matthew 14:27, Mark 6:50, Mark 13:6, Luke 21:8, John 4:26, John 6:20, John 8:24, 28, 58, and John 13:19. (Some English translations have mistranslated the words "I am" to "It is I," or "I am He.")\n\nJesus received worship, which is reserved only for God:\n\n"Then the men in the boat began to worship Jesus, saying, "You certainly are the Son of God!" (Matthew 14:33)\n\n"Suddenly Jesus met them and said, "Greetings!" They went up to him, took hold of his feet, and worshiped him." (Matthew 28:9)\n\n"They worshiped him and returned to Jerusalem with great joy." (Luke 24:52)\n\n"He said, "Lord, I do believe," and worshiped him." (John 9:38)\n\nFurther, the god of Muhammad is not the Father of Jesus. The Qur'an states rather clearly, "Proclaim: Allah is One. Allah is Eternal. He neither begets nor was begotten." (Surah 112:1-4)\n\nIn Christianity, we believe that Jesus was begotten. (John 1:14) And we believe Jesus to be God.\n\nNow, we have a conundrum. Either Islam is right, and Jesus is not God, nor begotten; or Christianity is right, and Jesus is God, and is begotten. We can't have it both ways. Islam will never hold to a belief that Jesus is God. And Christians will not accept that Jesus is not God, and is not begotten. Therefore, they do not worship the same God.\n\nOther "gods" fall short as well.  There is no other true god than the One of the Holy Bible found in the Old and New Testaments.
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He certainly helped to define it.\nSt. Augustine brought together several strands of thinking:\n\n 1. there are “triadic” traces of the Trinity in the human soul: For example:  triad of self-knowledge (memory, understanding, will)\n \n triad of self-love (Lover, Beloved, Love)\n \n\n \n 2. the Spirit is the basis of the union between God and believers, and believer to believer. That is, the Spirit is the giver of community\n \n 3. “God is love” (1 John 4:8, 16)\n \n\n \n\nAnd proposed:\n\n the Holy Spirit is Love personified\n \n Just as we experience the Holy Spirit as the “bond of love” between believers, the “giver of community,” so too within the Godhead, the Holy Spirit is the Bond of Love between Father and Son  Hence that triadic trace of the Trinity in each of us -- the “triad of self-love”\n \n\n \n “Economic Trinity” = “Immanent Trinity” is being assumed\n \n\n \n\nIn this model, Love (the Holy Spirit) must of course proceed from the Father and Son, not merely from the Father. Scripture (John 20:22) provides further support: Jesus, appearing to his disciples after the resurrection, breathed on them and said to them, "Receive the Holy Spirit. \n\nThe Son is the Word of God, Spirit is the Breath of God, proceeding from the Father and the Son.
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"Recite that, Allah is One.  Begotten None, Nor is Begotten.", Qur'aan.\n\nAllah (God) is beyond the human genders, by the Teachings of the Qur'aan, Allah is not begotten by anyone nor begotten anyone.
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GODHEAD A word used with reference to God when one speaks of God’s divine nature or essence or of the three persons of the Trinity. See Trinity.  Holman Bible Dictionary\n\nTRINITY Theological term used to define God as an undivided unity expressed in the threefold nature of God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. As a distinctive Christian doctrine, the Trinity is considered as a divine mystery beyond human comprehension to be reflected upon only through scriptural revelation. The Trinity is a biblical concept that expresses the dynamic character of God, not a Greek idea pressed into Scripture from philosophical or religious speculation. While the term trinity does not appear in Scripture, the trinitarian structure appears throughout the New Testament to affirm that God Himself is manifested through Jesus Christ by means of the Spirit.\nA proper biblical view of the Trinity balances the concepts of unity and distinctiveness. Two errors that appear in the history of the consideration of the doctrine are tritheism and unitarianism. In tritheism, error is made in emphasizing the distinctiveness of the Godhead to the point that the Trinity is seen as three separate Gods, or a Christian polytheism. On the other hand, unitarianism excludes the concept of distinctiveness while focusing solely on the aspect of God the Father. In this way, Christ and the Holy Spirit are placed in lower categories and made less than divine. Both errors compromise the effectiveness and contribution of the activity of God in redemptive history.\nThe biblical concept of the Trinity developed through progressive revelation. See Revelation. The Old Testament consistently affirms the unity of God through such statements as, “Hear, O Israel: the Lord our God is one Lord” (Deut. 6:4). See Shema. God’s oneness is stressed to caution the Israelites against the polytheism and practical atheism of their heathen neighbors.\nThe Old Testament does feature implications of the trinitarian idea. This does not mean that the Trinity was fully knowable from the Old Testament, but that a vocabulary was established through the events of God’s nearness and creativity; both receive developed meaning from New Testament writers. For example, the word of God is recognized as the agent of creation (Ps. 33:6, 9; compare Prov. 3:19; 8:27), revelation, and salvation (Ps. 107:20). This same vocabulary is given distinct personality in John’s prologue (John 1:1-4) in the person of Jesus Christ. Other vocabulary categories include the wisdom of God (Prov. 8) and the Spirit of God (Gen. 1:2; Ps. 104:30; Zech. 4:6).\nA distinguishing feature of the New Testament is the doctrine of the Trinity. It is remarkable that New Testament writers present the doctrine in such a manner that it does not violate the Old Testament concept of the oneness of God. In fact, they unanimously affirm the Hebrew monotheistic faith, but they extend it to include the coming of Jesus and the outpouring of the Holy Spirit. The early Christian church experienced the God of Abraham in a new and dramatic way without abandoning the oneness of God that permeates the Old Testament. As a fresh expression of God, the concept of the Trinity—rooted in the God of the past and consistent with the God of the past—absorbs the idea of the God of the past, but goes beyond the God of the past in a more personal encounter.\nThe New Testament does not present a systematic presentation of the Trinity. The scattered segments from various writers that appear throughout the New Testament reflect a seemingly accepted understanding that exists without a full-length discussion. It is embedded in the framework of the Christian experience and simply assumed as true. The New Testament writers focus on statements drawn from the obvious existence of the trinitarian experience as opposed to a detailed exposition.\nThe New Testament evidence for the Trinity can be grouped into four types of passages. The first is the
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There is one God who manifests himself in three persons/personas/manifestations (referred to as YHWH or Yahweh in the Bible).\n\nYHWH rules in heaven.\n\nFor an explanation (and defense) of the doctrine of the Trinity, see \nhttp://www.godsci.org/gs/sect/doc/trinity.html\n\nCordially,\nJohn\nhttp://www.GodSci.org\n[God and Science]
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I agree with you completely. I am a christian, but I do not believe in the trinity theory. and there are ALLOT of references like this one that points toward the fact that they are not the same. A few of them are: after Jesus got baptized, God said to him, "this is my beloved son, in whom I am well pleased." would he talk to himself? also when the people asked Jesus to teach them how to pray, Jesus taught them to pray to God, not to himself. If he was God why wouldn't he have the people pray to him? yet another, Jesus on the cross said "My God, why have you forsaken me?" would God not only talk to himself, but also forsake himself? A final one... the bible says that the only unforgivable sin is blaspheming the holy spirit (Mark 3:29). If they were all the same, then blaspheming any of them would be unforgivable. They are very separate beings, and not the same.
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There aren't any.  The best you will find are a couple of verses that, when taken out of context, seem to be vaguely describing a trinitarianish relationship.\n\nThe fact is that the Trinity is not supported by the Bible and you would have much more success finding scriptures to disprove it.
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Wow!! you sound sincere, so I think I am going to answer this, even though I prefer not to go into the religious section. I also studied the bible and continue to do so. The concept of the trinity is not scriptural, and its origin is based in false worship. If you would like further in depth explanations as to it origin, feel free to email me.
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Yes, but not a trinity of God as 3 persons. He is manifested to man in 3 ways...or offices/ministries...but God is one and the same person.\n\nISAIAH 45:21\nTell ye, and bring them near; yea, let them take counsel together: who hath declared this from ancient time? who hath told it from that time? have not I the LORD? and there is no God else beside me; a just God and a Saviour; there is none beside me.\n\nTo say that He is more than one person, is paganism.\nThe Doctrine of the Trinity is a Roman Catholic doctrine from the Council of Nicea, 325 A.D.\n\nGod is a Spirit. As a Spirit He has no physical form to show Himself to us. The Bible says that Jesus was God, as a man...the express image of God.\nJesus said He and the Father are the same person.\n\nJOHN 14:7-9\n7 If ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also: and from henceforth ye know him, and have seen him.\n8 Philip saith unto him, Lord, shew us the Father, and it sufficeth us. \n9 Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou then, Shew us the Father? \n\nMany Trinitarians say that when God said, "Let us make man in our own image", that it denotes God speaking to the two other persons in the Godhead. But there is no Scriptures that say He is 3 persons. He was speaking to us. We were in Him, before the foundation of the world.\n\nWE ARE NOT HUMAN BEINGS HAVING A SPIRITUAL EXPERIENCE, WE ARE SPIRITUAL BEINGS HAVING A HUMAN EXPERIENCE\n\nHe is FATHER, above us.\nHe is SON, with us.\nHe is HOLY SPIRIT, in us.\n\nOne God, 3 manifestations.\n\nI AM THE LORD I CHANGE NOT -MALACHI 3:6\nJESUS CHRIST THE SAME YESTERDAY, AND TODAY, AND FOREVER -HEBREWS 13:8\n\nCOLOSSIANS 2:9\nFor in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily.\n\nI TIMOTHY 3:16\nAnd 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.\n\nHEBREWS 1:3\nWho being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high; \n("RIGHT HAND" symbolizes POWER, this is throughout the Old Testament)\n\nAsk yourself this, can a Spirit bleed?...\nACTS 20:28\nTake heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood.\n\nCompare ISAIAH 45:21,22,23 with ROMANS 14:11 and PHILIPPIANS 2:10,11...there is only ONE SAVIOUR!\n\nEPHESIANS 4:5,6\n5 One Lord, one faith, one baptism, \n6 One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all. \n\nLORD (Father) - JESUS (Son) - CHRIST (Holy Ghost)\n\nTo learn more go here...\nhttp://groups.yahoo.com/group/bibletruth...\nThen click on DOCTRINES OF DEVILS\nThen click on THE TRINITY\n\nYou can also go here...\nThe Trinity - Christian Or Pagan?\nhttp://www.bridemessage.org/thustrin.htm...\n\nMay God bless you, as you seek His' Truth.
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Unforgivable Sin -\n\nI believe that to deny the Godhead (1 Jn.5:7 below) is blasphemy again the Holy Ghost and is the unforgivable sin (Matt.12:31-32, Mk.3:29, Eph.4:30 below).\n\nThe only begotten son of God the Father (Jn.1:14 below), Jesus (the Word - Jn.1:1, Jn.1:14 below), His beloved Son (Matt.3:17 below), was conceived of the Holy Ghost (Matt.1:20 below). \n\nIn Jesus dwells ALL the fullness of the Godhead bodily (Col.2:9 below).  \n\noGod the Father\noThe Holy Spirit of God the Father and\noThe Word of God the Father\n\nIt is God the Father who conceived in Mary His very Word through His very Holy Spirit (Matt.1:20 below).\n\n1 Jn.5:7For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and THESE THREE ARE ONE.\n\nCol.2:9  For in him dwelleth ALL the fulness of the Godhead bodily.\n\nJn.1:14 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, (Matt.1:20, Matt.3:17 below)) full of grace and truth.\n\nJn.1:1  In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God (Re.1:6 below).\n\nRe.1:6And hath made us kings and priests unto God AND his Father; to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.  (Jn.1:1 above)\n\nMatt.3:17  And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son (Matt.1:20 below), in whom I am well pleased.\n\nMatt.1:20  But while he thought on these things, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife: for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost (Jn.1:14, Matt.3:17 above).\n\nMatt.12:31 Wherefore I say unto you, all manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men: but the blasphemy [against] the [Holy] Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men.\n\nMatt.12:32And whosoever speaketh a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but whosoever speaketh against the Holy Ghost, IT SHALL NOT BE FORGIVEN HIM, neither in this world, neither in the [world] to come (Mk.3:29 below).\n\nMk.3:29 But he that shall blaspheme against the Holy Ghost hath NEVER forgiveness (Matt.12:31 above), but is in danger of eternal damnation:\n\nEph.4:30And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.\n\n\n\nPat (ndbpsa ©)
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"Trinity" is a term that is not found in the Bible but a word used to describe what is apparent about God in the Scriptures. The Bible clearly speaks of God the Father, God the Son (Jesus Christ), and God the Holy Spirit...and also clearly presents that there is only one God. Thus the term: "Tri" meaning three, and "Unity" meaning one, Tri+Unity = Trinity. It is a way of acknowledging what the Bible reveals to us about God, that God is yet three "Persons" who have the same essence of deity.\nSome have tried to give human illustrations for the Trinity, such as H2O being water, ice and steam (all different forms, but all are H2O). Another illustration is an egg having a shell, egg yolk and egg white, but this egg illustration shows that there would be "parts" to God, which isn't the case.\n\nGod the Son (Jesus) is fully, completely God. God the Father is fully, completely God. And God the Holy Spirit is fully, completely God. Yet there is only one God. In our world, with our limited human experience, it's tough to understand the Trinity. But from the beginning we see God this way in Scripture. Notice the plural pronouns "us" and "our" in Genesis 1:26 -- Then God said, "Let us make man in our image, in our likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, over all the earth, and over all the creatures that move along the ground."\n\nThough not a complete list, here is some other Scripture that shows God is one, in Trinity: \n\n"Hear, O Israel! The LORD is our God, the LORD is one!" (Deut. 6:4)\n\n"I am the LORD, and there is no other; Besides Me there is no God." (Isa. 45:5)\n\nThere is no God but one. (1Cor. 8:4)\n\nAnd after being baptized, Jesus went up immediately from the water; and behold, the heavens were opened, and he saw the Spirit of God descending as a dove, and coming upon Him, and behold, a voice out of the heavens, saying, "This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well-pleased." (Matt. 3:16-17)\n\n"Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit." (Matt. 28:19)\n\nJesus said: "I and the Father are one." (John 10:30)\n\n"He who has seen Me has seen the Father." (John 14:9)\n\n"He who beholds Me beholds the One who sent Me." (John 12:45)\n\nIf anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Him. (Rom. 8:9)\n\n"Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary as your wife; for that which has been conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit." (Matt. 1:20)\n\nAnd the angel answered and said to her [Mary], "The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; and for that reason the holy offspring shall be called the Son of God." (Luke 1:35)\n\n[Jesus speaking to His disciples] "And I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may be with you forever; the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it does not behold Him or know Him, but you know Him because He abides with you, and will be in you." ... "If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word; and My Father will love him, and We will come to him, and make Our abode with him." (John 14:16-17, 23)