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60 Questions on the Godhead
With Bible Answers
- Is the word trinity
in the Bible? No.
- Does the Bible say that there
are three persons in the Godhead? No.
- Does the Bible speak of the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost?
Yes.
- Do these titles as used in Matthew 28:19 mean that there
are three separate and distinct persons in the Godhead? No,
they refer to three offices, roles, or relationship to humanity.
- Does the Bible use the word three in reference to God? Only
one verse in the entire Bible does so-I John 5:7. It speaks
of the Father, the Word (instead of Son), and the Holy Ghost,
and it concludes by saying, "These three are one."
- Does the Bible use the word one in reference to God? Yes,
many times. For example, see Zechariah 14:9; Malachi 2:10;
Matthew 23:9; Mark 12:29, 32; John 8:41; 10:30; Romans 3:30;
I Corinthians 8:4; Galatians 3:20; I Timothy 2:5; James 2:19.
- Can the mystery of the Godhead be understood? Yes. Romans
1:20; Colossians 2:9; I Timothy 3:16.
- Has the Christian only one Heavenly Father? Yes. Matthew
23:9.
- Then why did Jesus say to Philip, "He that hath seen me
hath seen the Father" (John 14:39)? Because Jesus is the express
image of God's person. Hebrews 1:3. The Greek word for personin
this verse literally means "substance."
- Does the Bible say that there are two persons in the Godhead?
No.
- Does the Bible say that all the Godhead is revealed in one
person? Yes, in Jesus Christ. II Corinthians 4:4; Colossians
1:19; 2:9; Hebrews 1:3.
- Is the mystery of the Deity hidden from some people? Yes.
Luke 10:21-22.
- Who is the Father? The Father is the one God, particularly
as revealed in parental relationship to humanity. Deuteronomy
32:6; Malachi 2:10.
- Where was God the Father while
Jesus was on earth? The Father was in Christ. John
14:10; II Corinthians 5:19. He was also in heaven, for God
is omnipresent.
- Did the prophet Isaiah say
that Jesus would be the Father? Yes. Isaiah 9:6; 63:16.
- When God said, "Let us make
man in our image" (Genesis 1:26), was He speaking to another
person in the Godhead? No. Isaiah 44:24; Malachi 2:10.
- How many of God's qualities
were in Christ? All. Colossians 2:9.
- How may we see the God who
sent Jesus into the world? By seeing Jesus. John 12:44-45;
14:9.
- Does the Bible say that Jesus
is the Almighty? Yes. Revelation 1:8
- Whom do some designate as
the first person in the trinity? God the Father.
- Whom do some designate as
the last person in the trinity? The Holy Ghost. But
Jesus said that He was the first and last. Revelation 1:17-18
- How many persons did John
see sitting on the throne in heaven? One. Revelation
4:2.
- If Jesus is the first and
the last, why did God say in Isaiah 44:6 that He was the first
and the last? Because Jesus is the God of the Old Testament
incarnate.
- Did Jesus tell Satan that
God alone should be worshiped? Yes. Matthew 4:10
- Does the devil believe in
more than one God? No. James 2:19.
- Does the Bible say that God,
who is the Word, was made flesh? Yes John 1:1, 14.
- For what purpose was God manifested
in the flesh? To save sinners. Hebrews 2:9, 14.
- Was Jesus God manifested in
the flesh? Yes. I Timothy 3:16.
- Could Jesus have been on earth
and in heaven at the same time? Yes. John 3:13.
- Does the Bible say that there
is but one Lord? Yes. Isaiah 45:18; Ephesians 4:5.
- Does the Bible say that Christ
is the Lord? Yes. Luke 2:11.
- Does the Bible say that the
Lord is God? Yes. I kings 18:39; Zechariah 14:5; Acts
2:39; Revelation 19:1.
- How could the church belong
to Jesus (Matthew 16:18) and yet be the church of God (I Corinthians
10:32)? Because Jesus is God in the flesh.
- Will God give His glory to
another? No. Isaiah 42:8.
- Was there a God formed before
Jehovah, or will there be one formed after? No. Isaiah
43:10.
- What is one thing that God
does not know? Another God. Isaiah 44:8.
- What is one thing that God
Cannot do? Lie. Titus 1:2.
- How many Gods should we know?
Only one. Hosea 13:4.
- How many names has the Lord?
One. Zechariah 14:9.
- Is it good to think upon the
name of the Lord? Yes. Malachi 3:16.
- Does the Bible say that God
alone treads upon the waves of the sea? Yes. Job 9:8
- Why, then, was Jesus able
to walk upon the Sea of Galilee (Matthew 14:25)? Because
He is God the Creator. Colossians 1:16.
- Is God the only one who can
forgive sin? Yes. Isaiah 43:25; Mark 2:7.
- Why, then, could Jesus forgive
sin in Mark 2:5-11? Because He is God the Savior.
- Is Jesus the true God?
Yes. I John 5:20.
- If God and the Holy Ghost
are two separate persons, which was the Father of Christ?
Matthew 1:20 says that the Holy Ghost was the Father, while
Romans 15:6, II Corinthians 11:31, and Ephesians 1:3 say that
God was the Father. There is no contradiction when we realize
that God the Father and the Holy Ghost are one and the same
Spirit. Matthew 10:20; Ephesians 4:4; I Corinthians 3:16.
- When Paul asked the Lord who
He was, what was the answer? "I am Jesus." Acts 9:5.
- When Stephen was dying, did
he call God Jesus? Yes. Acts 7:59.
- Did Thomas ever call Jesus
God? Yes. John 20:28.
- How could Jesus be the Savior,
when God the Father said in Isaiah 43:11, "Beside me there
is no Savior?" Because "God was in Christ, reconciling
the world unto himself." II Corinthians 5:19.
- Does the Bible say that Jesus
was God with us? Yes. Matthew 1:23.
- Did Jesus ever say, "I and
my Father are one?" Yes. John 10:30.
- Can it be proved scripturally
that Jesus and the Father are one in the same sense that husband
and wife are one? No. The Godhead was never compared
to the relationship of a husband and wife. Jesus identified
Himself with the Father in a way that husband and wife cannot
be identified with each other. John 14:9-11.
- Does the Bible say that there
is only one wise God? Yes. Jude 25.
- Does the Bible call the Holy
Ghost a second or third person in the Godhead? No.
The Holy Ghost is the one Spirit of God, the one God Himself
at work in our lives. John 4:24; I Corinthians 3:16-17; 6:19;
12:13.
- Can Trinitarians show that
three divine persons were present when Jesus was baptized
by John? Absolutely not. The one, omnipresent God used
three simultaneous manifestations. Only one divine person
was present--Jesus Christ the Lord.
- Then what were the other two
of whom Trinitarians speak? One was a voice from heaven;
the other was the Spirit of God in the form of a dove. Matthew
3:16-17.
- What did the voice say at
Jesus' baptism? "Thou art my beloved Son, in whom I
am well pleased." Mark 1:11. As the Son of God, Jesus was
the one God incarnate.
- Does the Bible say that God
shed His blood and that God laid down His life for us?
Yes. Acts 20:28; I John 3:16. God was able to do this because
He had taken upon Himself a human body.
- The Bible says that God is
coming back with all his saints (Zechariah 14:5) and also
that Jesus is coming back with all his saints (I Thessalonians
3:13). Are two coming back? No. Only one is coming
back--our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ. Titus 2:13.

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