Article II

Article 2 – The Trinity: Three Persons in the Godhead

There are three persons in the Godhead: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.

1.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.”

2.John 20:28:

“And Thomas answered and said unto him, My Lord and my God.”

3.John 1:1:

“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.”

4.John 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,) full of grace and truth.”

5.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.”

6.Luke 1:35:

“And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God.”

These Three Are One God

The Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit are one God, yet distinct persons.

1.Acts 5:3-4:

“But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, and to keep back part of the price of the land? Whiles it remained, was it not thine own? and after it was sold, was it not in thine own power? why hast thou conceived this thing in thine heart? thou hast not lied unto men, but unto God.”

2.Deuteronomy 6:4:

“Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD.”

3.1 John 5:7:

“For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.”

4.Colossians 2:9:

“For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily.”

The Same in Substance, Eternally Equal in Power and Glory

1.Genesis 1:1:

“In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.”

2.Genesis 1:26:

“And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.”

3.Matthew 28:19:

“Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:”

4.2 Corinthians 13:14:

“The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, be with you all. Amen.”

5.Hebrews 1:3:

“Who 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.”

6.John 10:30:

“I and my Father are one.”

7.Philippians 2:5-6:

“Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God.”