TRINITY

Note: The word “trinity” is not found in the Bible but rather it is a word used to describe the “triune” nature of God.

Key Verses:

I Peter 1:2 “Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ(Son):”

I 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.

I.     ONE GOD

A.  I Corinthians 8:4 “There is none other God but one.”

B.  James 2:19 “Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well:”

C. Mark 12:29 Jesus: “Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord: And thou shalt love the Lord they God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment.”

D. Matthew 19:17 “There is none good but one, that is, God;”

E.  John 10:30 “I and my Father are one.”

F.  John 17:11 “That they may be.”

G. John 17:21-22 “That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us:  That they may be one, even as we are one:”

H. John 5:44 “How can ye believe, which receive honor one of another, and seek not the honor that cometh from God only?”

I.     Romans 3:30 “Seeing it is one God, which shall justify the circumcision by faith, and uncircumcision through faith.”

J.   I Corinthians 8:6 “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.”

K. Galatians 3:20 “God is one.”

L.  Ephesians 4:6 “One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.”

   M.  I Timothy 2:5 “There is one God.”

II. THREE DISTINCT PERSONS

Key Verses:

I Peter 1:2 “Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ(Son):”

I John 5:7 “For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word(Son), and the Holy Ghost; and these three are one.”

A.  God the Father

1.   I Peter 1:2 “Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father.”

2.   Matthew 23:9 “For one is your Father, which is in heaven.”

B.  God the Son(Jesus)

1.   John 20:28 “And Thomas answered and said unto him(Jesus), My Lord and my God.”

C. God the Holy Spirit

1.   Acts 5:3-4 “But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart  to lie to the Holy Ghost.  Thou has not lied unto men but  unto God.”