Godhead

Definition: Divinity, Divine nature.

  • Can we understand the Godhead? (Romans 1:20)

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  • How many Gods are there? (Isaiah 45:5, James 2:19, Mark 12:32)

 

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  • Is the Father God? (Matthew 6:9, II Cor. 13:7) (Luke 11:13, Acts 2:17)

 

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  • Is the Holy Spirit God? (II Peter 1:21, II Tim. 3:16) (I Cor. 3:16, II Cor. 6:16)

 

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  • Is Jesus God? (Rev. 1:17, Isaiah 44:6) (Titus 2:13, Isaiah 43:3)

 

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  • Consider answers 2, 3, 4, 5. We may conclude that either:

 

  • a) The Heavenly Father, Holy Spirit, and Jesus are simply different titles for the One God, OR

 

  • b) The one God is three persons – Heavenly Father, Holy Spirit, and Jesus.

 

  1. Luke 3:21 shows us that each of the three manifestations of the one God exists and

 

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  1. Ephesians 2:18 shows us that each of the three manifestations of the one God

 

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  1. What do answers 8 and 7 do with our first conclusion?

 

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  1. Consider our second conclusion – that the one God is the three persons?

 

 

Is this possible? Can one king be three persons? Can one carpenter be three persons?

 

 

Can one milkman be three persons? No! It is not at all logical.

 

 

God is logical, and He has manifested His will as well as Himself to us logically,

for He has said that we can understand (Romans 1:20). That which is illogical

cannot be understood. Can God be three persons? No! it is not at all logical.

 

  1. We may now conclude: The Heavenly Father, the Holy Spirit, and Jesus

are distinctively different, exclusive, and concurrent manifestations

of the one God.

 

But can we leave God as only a manifestation? Can God be a person? Can a person exist

in three manifestations – each distinctively different, exclusive, and concurrent?

 

(I Thes. 5:23, Hebrews 4:12, Genesis 2:7)

 

 

  1. Considering answer 11 and Genesis 1:26, may we conclude the God (Father, Jesus,

 

Holy Spirit) can be, and in fact is, a triune person who we (body, soul, and spirit) are like?

 

Memory Work: Heavenly Father, Jesus, and Holy Spirit are distinctively different, exclusive, and concurrent manifestation the One God.