We believe in the one[1] God who eternally exists[2] in three distinct[3] yet equal[4] persons – Father[5], Son[6], and Holy Spirit[7]– all three having the same nature[8] and perfections[9] and worthy of the same honor[10], each with personal attributes[11] and yet without any division[12] of substance or essence between them.
Scripture References
[1] Isaiah 44:6: “Thus says the Lord, the King of Israel and his Redeemer, the Lord of hosts: “I am the first and I am the last; besides me there is no god.”
– Isaiah 45:18: “For thus says the Lord, who created the heavens (he is God!), who formed the earth and made it (he established it; he did not create it empty, he formed it to be inhabited!): “I am the Lord, and there is no other.”
– Deuteronomy 6:4: “Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one.”
[2] Psalm 90:2: “Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever you had formed the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting you are God.”
– John 1:1: “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.”
[3] – Matthew 3:16-17: “And when Jesus was baptized, immediately he went up from the water, and behold, the heavens were opened to him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and coming to rest on him; 17 and behold, a voice from heaven said, “This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased.”
– 1 Corinthians. 8:6: “yet for us there is one God, the Father, from whom are all things and for whom we exist, and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things and through whom we exist.”
[4] John 5:18: “This was why the Jews were seeking all the more to kill him, because not only was he breaking the Sabbath, but he was even calling God his own Father, making himself equal with God.”
– 2 Corinthians 13:14: “The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.”
[5] Romans 1:7: “To all those in Rome who are loved by God and called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.”
– Ephesians 4:6: “one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all.”
– Psalm 68:5: “Father of the fatherless and protector of widows is God in his holy habitation.”
[6] – Revelation 22:13: “I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end.”
– 1 Timothy 2:5: “For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus.”
– Colossians 2:9: “For in him the whole fullness of deity dwells bodily.”
– 1 John 5:20: “And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know him who is true; and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.”
[7] Acts 5:3-4: “But Peter said, “Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and to keep back for yourself part of the proceeds of the land? 4 While it remained unsold, did it not remain your own? And after it was sold, was it not at your disposal? Why is it that you have contrived this deed in your heart? You have not lied to man but to God.”
– 1 Corinthians 3:16: “Do you not know that you are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit dwells in you?”
[8] Hebrews 1:3: “He is the radiance of the glory of God and the exact imprint of his nature, and he upholds the universe by the word of his power. After making purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high,”
[9] Matthew 5:48: “You therefore must be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect.”
– 1 Peter 2:22: “He committed no sin, neither was deceit found in his mouth.”
– Romans 1:4b: “…according to the Spirit of holiness by his resurrection from the dead, Jesus Christ our Lord,”
[10] Matthew 28:19: “Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,”
[11] Matthew 1:18: “Now the birth of Jesus Christ took place in this way. When his mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together she was found to be with child from the Holy Spirit.”
– Mark 13:32: “But concerning that day or that hour, no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father.”
– John 1:14: “And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.”
[12] John 10-30: “I and the Father are one.”
– John 17:22: “The glory that you have given me I have given to them, that they may be one even as we are one.”