Genesis 1:1-3: “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 there was light.”

We see the Trinity here because Jesus is the Word of God whom all things were created through as John chapter 1:1-4 shows.

We also read of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit in Isaiah 48:16: “Come ye near unto me, hear ye this; I have not spoken in secret from the beginning; from the time that it was, there am I: and now the Lord God, and his Spirit, hath sent me.”

The one who is sent here is even called in the next verse (Isaiah 48:17) “… the Lord, thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel…”

We see the Trinity illustrated by the events recorded in Matthew 3:16-17: “And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him: And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.”

It is further made clear that the Father is not Jesus by what Jesus says in John 6:38: “For I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me.”

One person cannot have two different wills.

It is also clear that neither the Father nor Jesus are the Holy Spirit. Jesus clearly told His disciples on the night before He was crucified that He would leave the world, go to the Father, and then send the Spirit.

John 15:26: “But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me…”

The Apostle Peter understood these things and said the following to Israel’s leaders in Acts 5:30-32: “The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom ye slew and hanged on a tree. Him hath God exalted with his right hand to be a Prince and a Savior, for to give repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins. And we are his witnesses of these things; and so is also the Holy Ghost, whom God hath given to them that obey him.”

The Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit are demonstrated to be divine and distinct from each other in the passage which was just read and in numerous others (including Acts 1:1-8, Acts 2:32-36, Romans 8:13-17, and Revelation 1:4-6).

The writers of the Bible would speak of God in reference to God the Father while speaking of Christ and the Holy Spirit as distinct, co-equal persons. They were careful to distinguish the persons within the Trinity while simultaneously emphasizing the unity of God and giving no occasion for anyone to justly claim that they were teaching polytheism.

Some are against the use of the word Trinity because it is not found in the Bible. Others may claim that acceptance of the word Trinity means one must also accept extra-Biblical authority in order to be consistent. However, the former group is denying the use of a word which the whole of the Bible’s teaching proves to be legitimate and warranted. The latter group wants us to accept concepts which the whole of the Bible’s teaching does not warrant nor legitimize.

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