16 FUNDAMENTAL TRUTHS OF ASSEMBLY OF GOD

THE ONE TRUE GOD (God in Three Persons)

Statement of Faith: We believe the One True God has revealed Himself as being the
eternally self-existent Creator of heaven and earth and the Redeemer of mankind. He has
further revealed Himself as a trinity, that is, one being existing in three persons - Father,
Son, and the Holy Ghost(Holy Spirit).

Reference Verses: Deuteronomy 6:4; Isaiah 43:10,11; Matthew 28:19’ Luke 3:22

Questions:
1. What questions do you have about the Trinity?
2. How would you explain the Trinity to someone else?
3. What Bible verses do you already know that teach about the Trinity?

Common Misunderstandings about the Trinity

- Bible alterations
- Trinity as a form of polytheism (the belief in multiple gods)
> Deuteronomy 6:4; 1 Corinthians 8:4; Galatians 3:20; 1 Timothy 2:5 - There is
only one God
- The Word ‘Trinity’ not in the Bible
> Genesis 1:26, 3:22; 11:7; Isaiah 6:8; Matthew 3:16-17, 28:19; 2 Corinthians 13:14 -
There are three persons in One Godhead
- The words omniscience (God is “all-knowing”), omnipotence (God is “all-powerful”), and
omnipresence (God is “present everywhere”) are not in the Bible
> Genesis 1; Jeremiah 32:17,27; Isaiah 44:24; Mark 10:27; Ephesians 3:20 - God is
omnipotent
> Jeremiah 23:24; Proverbs 15:3; Psalm 139: 7-10; Acts 17:27; Matthew 6:6 - God
is omnipresent
> Psalm 147:5; Psalm 139:4; 1 Chronicles 28:9; Isaiah 40:28; Acts 1:24 - God is
omniscient
- Trinity as a manmade, extrabiblical tradition.

Hebrews 5:12 (NIV)

“In fact, though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you the
elementary truths of God’s word all over again. You need milk, not solid food!”

A Basic Definition Any definition of the Trinity must include two basic elements:
• It must affirm that there is one eternal God.
• It must affirm that this one God has always existed as three persons.

One basic explanation of the Trinity describes God as “three distinct persons in one
divine essence.” A similar statement affirms that “God exists as three persons, yet he is
one God.”

What is a person?

A person is a being that has certain capacities or attributes such as reason, morality,
consciousness or self-consciousness, and being a part of a culturally established form of
social relations such as kinship, ownership of property, or legal responsibility.

Next Lesson: Understanding the Personas of the Godhead

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