The belief that there are 3 seperate persons in 1 God

                 THE TRINITY

Historically the nature of God has been referred to as the Trinity. The Trinity Belief is defined as the Father, the Son and the
Holy Spirit are 3 separate persons which constitute only one God. The word "Trinity" is not in the Bible. This simply is the name
of a doctrine or idea that is taught in the Bible. Usually people that do not believe the doctrine of the Trinity define it incorrectly.
Then they set out to prove that the false definition is un-biblical, which of course it is because they incorrectly defined it. Let me
try to explain it as clear as I can. God the Father is called God, but this does not mean that he is Jesus, nor does it mean that
he is the Holy Spirit. The Father is called God in Rom 1:7 "to all who are beloved of God in Rome, called as saints: Grace to
you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ". Jesus the Son is called God, but this does not mean that he is
the Father nor does it mean he is the Holy Spirit.

Jesus is called God in John 1:1&14
(1) In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
(14) And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father,
full of grace and truth. (Notice this states that God became flesh. In the context this is Jesus. See also Phil.2:5-8)

John 20:27-29 Then He said to Thomas, "Reach here your finger, and see My hands; and reach here your hand, and put it into
My side; and be not unbelieving, but believing." Thomas answered and said to Him, "My Lord and my God!" Jesus said to him,
"Because you have seen Me, have you believed? Blessed are they who did not see, and yet believed."

(Notice Jesus did not rebuke Peter when he called him Lord and God. The conclusion is Jesus is God the Son.)

The Holy Spirit is called God but this does not mean that he is the Father nor does it mean that he is Jesus. The Holy Spirit is
called God In Acts 5:3-4 But Peter said, "Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit, and to keep back
some of the price of the land? "While it remained unsold, did it not remain your own? And after it was sold, was it not under
your control? Why is it that you have conceived this deed in your heart? You have not lied to men, but to God."

(Notice Peter stated they lied to the Holy Spirit. Then in the next breath he states that this was God they lied to.)

Heb 3:7-11 Therefore, just as the Holy Spirit says, "Today if you hear His voice, Do not harden your hearts as when they
provoked Me, as in the day of trial in the wilderness, Where your fathers tried me by testing me, and saw My works for forty
years. "Therefore I was angry with this generation, and said, 'They always go astray in their heart; and they did not know My
ways'; As I swore in My wrath, 'they shall not enter My rest.'"

(Notice we are told that the Holy Spirit is the one that says he was provoked and swore in his wrath "they shall not enter my
rest".)

Ps 95:6-11 Come, let us worship and bow down; let us kneel before the LORD our maker. For He is our God, and we are the
people of His pasture, and the sheep of His hand. Today, if you would hear His voice, Do not harden your hearts, as at
Meribah, as in the day of Massah in the wilderness; "When your fathers tested me, they tried me, though they had seen My
work. "For forty years I loathed that generation, and said they are a people who err in their heart, and they do not know My
ways. "Therefore I swore in My anger, truly they shall not enter into My rest."

Here we are told that our Lord our maker is God. It is he that was provoked and swore in his wrath "they shall not enter into my
rest". The conclusion is God the Holy Spirit said this. (See also Num 14:22-23) For a similar reference where we have God
speaking in the Old Testament and in the New Testament it refers to the Holy Spirit as the speaker, compare Isaiah 6:8-10 with
Acts 28:25-27.

We have just seen that the Father, Jesus the Son and the Holy spirit are all called God. These 3 are all called God yet they are
also 3 separate persons. They are not all the same person. One passage that clearly shows this is John 14:16-17. (Jesus is
the one speaking here) "And I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may be with you forever; that is
the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it does not behold Him or know Him, but you know Him because He
abides with you, and will be in you". This passage clearly shows they are 3 separate persons Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
All 3 the Father, Son and the Holy Spirit are called God and they are 3 separate persons. Yet the Bible does not teach that
there are 3 Gods. There is only one God. These 3 Persons constitute only one God.

THERE IS ONLY ONE GOD.
Isa 44:6-8 "Thus says the LORD, the King of Israel and his Redeemer, the LORD of hosts: 'I am the first and I am the last, and
there is no God besides me. 'And who is like me? Let him proclaim and declare it; yes, let him recount it to me in order, from
the time that I established the ancient nation. And let them declare to them the things that are coming and the events that are
going to take place. 'Do not tremble and do not be afraid; have I not long since announced it to you and declared it? And you
are My witnesses. Is there any God besides me, or is there any other Rock? I know of none.'"

Did you notice King of Israel and his Redeemer seem to be speaking of more than one? Then he says "I am the first and I am
the last and there is no God besides Me" this is singular. Then he ask if there are any other Gods besides him and states that
he (God) does not know of any! How can there be other Gods that even God himself knows nothing about?

Isa 43:10 "You are My witnesses," declares the LORD, "And My servant whom I have chosen, in order that you may know and
believe me, and understand that I am He. Before me there was no God formed, and there will be none after me.
(This even states there will be no other Gods in the future.)

So what we have so far is the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit are 3 separate persons. All 3 persons are called God and
there is only one God. We find this in creation also. All 3 are called the creator and there is only one creator.

THE FATHER IS CREATOR
Isa 45:18 For thus says the LORD, who created the heavens (He is the God who formed the earth and made it, He established
it and did not create it a waste place, But formed it to be inhabited), "I am the LORD, and there is none else. ( see also Isa 42:5
& 1 Cor.8:6)

JESUS IS CREATOR
Col 1:13-16 For He delivered us from the domain of darkness, and transferred us to the kingdom of His beloved Son, in whom
we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins. And He is the image of the invisible God, the first-born of all creation. For by Him
all things were created, both in the heavens and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or
authorities-- all things have been created by Him and for Him.
             (See also John 1:3, Hebrews 1:2, 1 Corinthians 8:6)

THE SPIRIT IS CREATOR
Job 26:13 By his spirit he hath garnished the heavens; his hand hath formed the crooked serpent.

Gen 1:2 And the earth was formless and void, and darkness was over the surface of the deep; and the Spirit of God was
moving over the surface of the waters.
               (see also Ps.104:30)

GOD CREATED BY HIMSELF
Isa 44:24 Thus says the LORD, your Redeemer, and the one who formed you from the womb, "I, the LORD, am the maker of all
things, stretching out the heavens by myself, and spreading out the earth all alone,

He could not say he created "by myself" and "all alone" if the Father, Son & Holy Spirit were 3 separate Gods. To some people
these verses would seem to be in conflict with each other. They are not however in conflict at all. The answer is these 3 persons
constitute only one God.

Deut 6:4 "Hear, O Israel! The LORD is our God, the LORD is one!

We find further plurality in the one God in the Old Testament. For example:
Gen 1:26-27 Then God said, "Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; and let them rule over the fish of the
sea and over the birds of the sky and over the cattle and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the
earth." And God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.

Notice "Us" & "Our" are plural. Notice also that "His" & "He" are singular. My point again is there is plurality in the one God.
There is not 3 Gods, but rather 3 persons in the 1 God.

THE WHOLE TRINITY IN ONE PASSAGE IN THE OLD TESTAMENT

Isa 48:12-16
12 "Listen to me, O Jacob, even Israel whom I called; I am He, I am the first, I am also the last.
13 "Surely My hand founded the earth, and My right hand spread out the heavens; when I call to them, they stand together.
14 "Assemble, all of you, and listen! Who among them has declared these things? The LORD loves him; he shall carry out His
good pleasure on Babylon, and His arm shall be against the Chaldeans.
15 "I, even I, have spoken; indeed I have called him, I have brought him, and He will make his ways successful.
16 "Come near to me, listen to this: from the first I have not spoken in secret, from the time it took place, I was there. And now
the Lord GOD has sent me, and His Spirit."

Notice verse 12 God is the speaker. The one who has called Israel. He states " I am He, I am the first, I am also the last"
Notice "I" & "He" are singular.

Follow the context down and you will see that the speaker who is God and identifies himself as " I am He, I am the first, I am
also the last" is also the same one speaking in verse 16. The context does not change speakers. Then this single person (God)
speaking says "And now the Lord GOD has sent me, and His Spirit." In this text God is speaking then he says the Lord God
has sent me. Not only has he sent him but he also says "and His Spirit" What we have here is 3 separate persons in a singular
God.