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“Three Persons of Godhead”
Categories: Author: Paul Earnhart, Baptism, God, Holy Spirit, JesusThree Persons of Godhead
By Paul Earnhart
Many people are puzzled by the thought of one God being in three persons. Many efforts have been made to explain this difficulty. Some have concluded that there is only one person who is God. They say that the Father and the Son and the Holy spirit are all the same person. They tell us that Jesus was all three of these.
At the baptism of Jesus, there were three distinct divine persons present. Jesus was in the water. At the same time the Holy spirit was seen descending as a dove. And at the same time, God the Father spoke from heaven saying, “This is My beloved Son” (Mt. 3:16-17). If there were not three persons involved, the whole scene was a deception, and God does not deceive us.
When the Bible says there is one God, it is saying that there is one divine Godhead or Godhood. There is one human manhood, composed of billions of people now living, and there is one Godhood, composed of three persons. Anyone who is the son of a human is human. In the same way, the Son of God is God. The Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit are the one God.
From the baptism of Jesus onward we see the Holy Spirit working in Jesus and accomplishing mighty works. We also see evidence that Jesus was in constant communication with the Father, saying exactly what the Father wanted said and doing exactly what He wanted done. God the Father is a Spirit who cannot be seen, but because of the perfect union between Him and Jesus, we see in Jesus everything that can be seen of the Father. That is the reason Jesus could later say, “He who has seen Me has seen the Father…Do you not believe that I am in the Father, and the Father in Me? The words that I speak to you I do not speak on My own authority: but the Father who dwells in Me does the works.” (Jn. 14:9-10). If you would know God, you must know Him through Jesus Christ, His Son. Jesus said, “I am the way, the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.” (Jn. 14:6)
