The Biblical Doctrine of The Trinity

I consider The trinity One of mine passions to defend and to education others on, this article is going to cover the basic of The trinity of what it stands for.

The question is, is The father, son and Holy Spirit God? I believe so!

The father

1 Corinthians 8:6

King James Version (KJV)

⁶ But to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him.

Just to note, I will be dealing with arguments against The trinity on a different post but I will just comment something fast on here.

Some had tried to use this verse to show That The father is Only God because of the wording one God The father, those who hold to oneness doctrine, they do not believe Jesus is God in the sense of The Son being God but such an argument would force that then Jesus is only The One true Lord and not The father.
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The Son

Revelation 1:8

King James Version (KJV)

⁸ I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty.

This is most likely the most direct  statement of Jesus declaring His self God, also to add this verse and many others would put oneness theology on edge because it never statement that The father will return in the clouds but The son of man!

Mark 13:26

King James Version (KJV)

²⁶ And then shall they see the Son of man coming in the clouds with great power and glory.

"Yes, it is as you say," Jesus replied. "But I say to all of you: In the future you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the Mighty One and coming on the clouds of heaven."

One needs to understand when Oneness people say Jesus is God, they only mean in the sense of Him be the father in Spirit but we have scripture that puts The son of man is Lord thy God! The term son of man  means a off spring of the human race and taken this to context, this puts a split that Jesus is only God in terms of him  being Spirit the father and Son of man which they say is not deity, just his flesh.

Also another verse

John 1:1

King James Version (KJV)

1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

To point out a fully meaning from a book that I have from this site http://christiandefense.org/NWT.John%201.1_article.htm

Definite nouns point to the specific identification of someone or something (thus, in 1:1b “the God” identifies the Father) while qualitative nouns point to the essence or nature of someone or something.[8] The anarthrous theos indicates exactly as to what John was communicating: As to the Word’s nature (quality), He was fully God, but as to His Person (or specific identity), He was not identified as the Father, but personally distinct from Him: “The Word was with [pros] God.”[9

Also to add from the book what The greek scholar  A.T Robertson correlates john 1:1  and 2 cor 5:8 (pros ton Kurion [ "with The Lord") " it is face to face converse with the Lord that that Paul has in mind. thus, pros expresses "  the intimate and special relationship  that Christians will experience ' at home with [pros] the Lord.' so John thus conceives the fellowship between the Logos and God.

John 20:28 My Lord! and my God! another imporant one, it even more clear how it reads in the greek my Lord and The God of me! The Son directly being called The God.

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The Holy Spirit


John 14:26

New International Version (©1984) But the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have said to you.

Acts 13:2

King James Version (KJV)

² As they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Ghost said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them.

John 16:8

King James Version (KJV)

⁸ And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment:

Acts 16:5-7

King James Version (KJV)

⁵ And so were the churches established in the faith, and increased in number daily.
⁶ Now when they had gone throughout Phrygia and the region of Galatia, and were forbidden of the Holy Ghost to preach the word in Asia,
⁷ After they were come to Mysia, they assayed to go into Bithynia: but the Spirit suffered them not.



Now oblivious  I given verses to show the father and The Son and The Holy spirit are mention as God and now The next part of The trinity is showing they are distinction from each other.
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First Jesus is not the father

John 15:10

King James Version (KJV)

¹⁰ If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love.


  oblivious Jesus is putting distinction from his self from The father  notice my and his? Also to notice  The intimate relationship  that The  Son has with The father that is a special love? that something only persons can share

John 14:23

King James Version (KJV)

²³ Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.

Notice and WE will come unto him and make our home? another example of  distinction from the Father and Son.

John 5:19Jesus gave them this answer: "I tell you the truth, the Son can do nothing by himself; he can do only what he sees his Father doing, because whatever the Father does the Son also does.

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Is The Son The Holy Spirit?

John 14:16-18

King James Version (KJV)

¹⁶ And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever;
¹⁷ Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.
¹⁸ I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you.

Jesus also puts distinction between his self in and the holy spirit as he says The father will give you ANOTHER comforter to aid you, The holy Spirit is also distinction from The father himself also...

 

Isaiah 48:16

King James Version (KJV)

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.

 Isaiah note being sent from The father and The holy Spirit.

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The Question is How can The father and Son and Holy spirit be God and be distinction from each other be one God?

Well put it this way The father and The son and The Holy spirit all share the same nature and The father and The son and the Holy spirit are the fullness of God and are the Godhead it self, The fullness of God dwells within each member.

The next article will deal with more with objections with the trinity and arguments against it but I hope this helps you get a basic understanding that God did make his self know-ed as 3 persons.