God is Three in one!

The doctrine of the Trinity is also important because it is intimately connected with the Christian’s salvation. Traditionally, Christians have believed that salvation, involving forgiveness of sin and reception of new life, is possible because the second person of the Godhead took on human form without giving up his deity. In this incarnate form, he bore the sins of humans as their substitute. Thus, he was able to present to the Father the perfect sacrifice for human sin, on the basis of which the Father then forgave their sins, and the Holy Spirit conferred new life. If the doctrine of the Trinity is not true, then the understanding of salvation must be modified.

What makes Christianity stand out is the mere fact of what Jesus did on the cross and the claims he made, which is that he is God. Because Jesus died on the cross and took on our sins, we as Christians don't earn our salvation; rather, we receive eternal life by accepting the gift that Jesus gives to all who trust and believe in Him.

There are myths about how the trinity is spoken about in different religions, such as in Hindoo (Krishna) , Egyptian gods ( Isis, Orius, & Horus), etc... Paul does not say in 1 Corinthians 1:23 that Jesus's story was a tradition. Instead, it was a stumbling block to both Jews and Gentiles. (Play the videos .)

Many people would also argue that the concept of the Trinity didn’t develope until the Councils of Nicaea (325) and Constantinople (381). In

So the main question is, what does the Bible say about God and Jesus being the Trinity? In Deuteronomy 6:4 we know that there is only One God. Not only do we see One God in the Old Testament, but James 2:19 speak of One God in the New Testament.

Paul also underscores God’s uniqueness. As he discusses the eating of meat that had been offered to idols, the apostle writes: “We know that an idol is nothing at all in the world and that there is no God but one … the Father, from whom all things came and for whom we live; and there is but one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom all things came and through whom we live” (1 Cor. 8:4, 6). Paul, like the Mosaic law, excludes idolatry because there is only one God. Similarly, he writes to Timothy: “For there is one God and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, who gave himself as a ransom for all men” (1 Tim. 2:5–6). While on the surface, these verses seem to distinguish Jesus from the only God, the Father, the primary thrust of the former reference is that God alone is truly God (idols are nothing). The primary thrust of the latter is that there is but one God and only one mediator between God and humans.

When reading the Scriptures, you could see how Jesus spoke about his equality with God. Paul never questioned the deity of Jesus, and in the above verses, he used God and The Father interchangeably. The Deity of the Father. The deity of the Father was scarcely in question. We noted above Paul’s reference to the Father as the one God. Jesus also makes several references to the deity of the Father. For example, in Matthew 6:26–30, he uses “God” and “the Father” interchangeably. He says, “your heavenly Father feeds [the birds of the air]” (v. 26) and “God clothes the grass of the field” (v. 30). And in verses 31–32 he states that we need not ask what we shall eat or drink or wear because “your heavenly Father knows that you need them.” Similar expressions appear throughout his teachings. For Jesus, “God” and “your heavenly Father” are interchangeable expressions. And in numerous other references to God, Jesus obviously has the Father in mind (e.g., Matt. 19:23–26; 27:46; Mark 12:17, 24–27). The Deity of Jesus. While the majority of biblical references bearing on the issue of Jesus’ deity are in the New Testament, the Old Testament is not devoid of relevant data. These are especially found in the prophetic portions of the Old Testament. Although there was an anticipation of a great messiah and deliverer, this did not necessarily involve the idea of deity. In Isaiah 9:6, however, the prophet, referring to the one who was to come, wrote, “For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.” Here is an apparent identification of the coming messiah as “mighty God.” The New Testament contains abundant indications of the deity of Jesus. Philippians 2:5–11 is a powerful passage. In verse 6, Paul says of Jesus that “being in very nature God, [he] did not consider equality with God something to be grasped.” The word translated “in very nature” or “in the form of” is the Greek morphē. It is the word that refers to the full set of characteristics that make something what it is, as contrasted with the word schēma, which is the external appearance or facade that does not necessarily indicate the thing's true nature.

In Isaiah 9:6, however, the prophet, referring to the one who was to come, wrote, “For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.” Here is an apparent identification of the coming messiah as “mighty God.”

The writer in Hebrews also gives forceful expression to Jesus’ deity. Writing to Hebrew readers, he speaks of the superiority of Jesus to angels and indicates that God has spoken through him, made him the heir of all things, and created the universe through him (Heb. 1:2).

Did Jesus himself claim to be God? Yes!

Jesus’ own self-understanding is important. The grandiose statements he made indicate either some strange delusion or that he is actually God. He claimed that God’s angels (Luke 12:8–9; 15:10) were his angels (Matt. 13:41), and that God’s kingdom was his (Matt. 12:28; 19:14, 24; 21:31, 43).

The Title Son of Man in the Old Testament refers to God. The prophet Daniel in 7:14 speaks about the Son of Man. Daniel wrote, “He was given authority, glory, and sovereign power; all nations and peoples of every language worshiped him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion that will not pass away, and his kingdom is one that will never be destroyed.” In Matthew 19:28 and 25:31–46, Jesus alludes to Daniel 7. In Daniel 7:9 the Ancient of Days sits on a throne. Jesus himself, however, takes the role of the Ancient of Days, sitting on his “glorious throne

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