The Bible is the book that teaches mankind about God and the fact that He exists as a Godhead which is made up of three co-equal persons. This Godhead is termed the Trinity. The Trinity is made up of three persons: God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. These three are not one of three gods, they are God! One man once said that if one tries to explain the Trinity (Godhead) he will lose his mind, and if one tries to explain it away he will lose his soul. C.C. Ryrie said, “There is only one God, but in the unity of the Godhead there are three eternal and coequal Persons, the same in substance, but distinct in subsistence.” While the term Trinity is never mentioned in the Bible, the concept is found all throughout the Holy Scriptures.
The Trinity can be seen in the Old Testament many times. The first place the Bible ever alludes to God being one of three persons in the Godhead is in Genesis 1:1 where the Bible says, “In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.” The Hebrew word for God in this verse is Elohim which is a plural noun referring to more than one person. Also in Genesis 1:26 the Bible says, “And God said, let us make man in our image, after our likeness,” Who is the “our” in this verse referring to? It is referring to the Trinity. It is referring to God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. Also in Isaiah 48:16 the Bible says, “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.” Here God the Son is speaking and saying that God the Father and His Spirit, referring to the Holy Spirit, sent Him and gave Him the authority to do the things that He did.
The Trinity is also plainly seen in the New Testament. The first picture if the Godhead is seen in Matthew 28:19 where the Bible says, “Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Ghost. The three mentioned in verse 19 are the same three that make up the Trinity. These three are the Trinity. Also in II Corinthians 13:14 the Bible says, “The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, be with you all. Amen.” Here, once more, the Bible refers to God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit as all being separate yet the same. The Most clear passage of Scriptures defining the Trinity is I John 5:7 where the Bible says, “For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.” Here, the Bible tells it’s readers that God the Father, the Son and the Holy Sprit are one and yet they are distinct and each have a distinct purpose.
The Bible teaches that there are three Persons that make up one Godhead. These three are: God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. This concept can be proven throughout the Bible, beginning in the Old Testament and ending in the New Testament. While these three Persons are separate and distinct, they are one, and can not be separated.
