ONE GOD

By sgf1964 on August 1, 2024

Shelby G. Floyd

The Bible teaches that there is just one God, but this one Godhead involves three distinct persons—identified as the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. But there is one God!

ONE LORD GOD
Jesus said, "'Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one'" (Mark 12:29).

Paul declares that in Christ "dwells all the fullness of the Godhead bodily" (Colossians 2:9). That is why Jesus said to Philip, "He who has seen Me has seen the Father" (John 14:9). Jesus Christ existed eternally as "the Word," but was historically made flesh and lived among the human family (John 1:1-4; 1:14).

GOD THE FATHER
In several scriptures the first person of the Godhead is even called "God the Father."

1. Romans 15:6 "that you may with one mind and one mouth glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ."

2. 1 Corinthians 8:6 "yet for us there is one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we for Him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, through whom are all things, and through whom we live."

3. 2 Corinthians 1:2-3 "Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ."
(Romans 15:6; 1 Corinthians 8:6; 2 Corinthians 1:2-3).

THE MYSTERY OF GOD
The mystery of God is great!

And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness:
God was manifested in the flesh,
Justified in the Spirit,
Seen by angels,
Preached among the Gentiles,
Believed on in the world,
Received up in glory.
(Colossians 2:2; 1 Timothy 3:16).

THE TRINITY
All three persons of the Godhead are mentioned together in such a way as to indicate that they share the same nature—deity (Mt. 28:18-20; 2 Corinthians 13:14; Ephesians 4:4-6). After the baptism of Jesus, the Holy Spirit came upon him in the form of a dove; the Father was in heaven and endorsed his Son as being well pleasing. This is a clear illustration of the three distinct persons who shared the divine nature.

There are several independent lines of proof that Jesus was the divine Son of God:

(1) John the Baptist gave testimony to this fact (John 1:32-34; 5:32-35).

(2) The works of benevolence that Jesus did testify to his deity (John 5:36; Matthew 11:4-6).

(3) The miracles of Jesus prove who he claimed to be (John 20:30-31; 1 John 5:7-8). We serve a powerful God.