- THERE IS ONLY ONE GOD
- Deuteronomy 6:4
- Isaiah 43:10
- Isaiah 44:6-8
- OLD TESTAMENT EVIDENCES OF THE TRINITY
- Genesis 1:1,26,27
- Isaiah 6:1-10
- Isaiah 48:12-16
- Zechariah 2:10-11
(Points I & lll are not contested by those who deny the Trinity,
therefore little space is given them here.)
- THE FATHER IS GOD
- I Peter 1:17
- John 5:17-23
- THE SON IS GOD
- He Is Called God Explicitly
- Matthew 1:23,
"Emmanuel-God with us."
- John 1:1, "The Word
was God." (Note: There is no scholarly support for the NWT rendering
it "a god." For a thorough treatment of this issue request our
study on John 1:1)
- John 5:17-23, The Son is
"equal" to his Father
- John 8:53-59, Jesus is the
"I AM" of Exodus 3:1-15
- John 10:28-33, Jesus and
the Father are equal
- John 20:28 "The Lord of
me and THE GOD of me."
- Romans 9:5, Christ is God
over all
- Colossians 2:9, All the
fullness of deity
- Titus 2:13, "our Great
God and Saviour."
- Hebrews 1:8, "Thy
throne O God."
- I John 5:20, "The true
God."
- He Is Described In Terms
Reserved Only For God
- Creator of ALL Things
- John 1:3
- Ephesians 3:9
- Colossians 1:16,17
- Hebrews 2:10
- Revelation 3:14
- The Almighty
- Revelation 1:8 with
21:5-7; and 22:12,13,16,20
- The First and Last
- Revelation 1:17; 2:8;
22:13 (Compare Isaiah 44:6)
- The Exact Representation of
The Father
- Hebrews 1:3
- John 12:45 and 14:6-11
- Isaiah 46:9
- He Is Worshipped As God.
(See Luke 4:8)
- Revelation 5:11-13 (Compare
Revelation 4:9-11)
- Hebrews 1:6
- O.T./N.T. Cross-Reference
Proves Jesus Is God
- Isaiah 40:3 with John 1:23
& 3:28
- Isaiah 45:23 with
Philippians 2:10,11 and Romans 14:11
- Isaiah 44:24 with John 1:3
- Isaiah 6:1-5 with John
12:37-41
- Isaiah 8:13,14 with I Peter
2:7,8
- Isaiah 42:8 with John 17:5
- Isaiah 60:19 with Luke
2:30-32
- Psalms 102:24-27 with
Hebrews 1:10-12
- Psalms 45:6,7 with Hebrews
1:8,9
- Psalms 23:1 with Isaiah
40:10,11 and John 10,11
- I Kings 8:39 with
Revelation 2:23
- Joel 2:32 with Romans
10:9-13
- Exodus 3:14 with John
8:58,59
- Malachi 3:1 with Matthew
11:10
- Exodus 19:18-21 with
Hebrews 12:18-26
- Zechariah 12:10 &
13:6,7 with John 19:34-37
- Zechariah 14:4,5 with
Matthew 24:29-31; Matthew 25:31; Jude 14,15; II Thessalonians
1:7-10; Revelation 19:11-21
- Jesus Is God Made Flesh
- Philippians 2:5-8: Jesus
"being in the form of God" (i.e., deity), did not consider it
something to cling to, but emptied himself of his divine glory and
perogatives, NOT his divine nature, and took UPON his divine form
"the form of a servant" (i.e., humanity), in order to suffer
death.
- John 1:1,14: "In the
beginning was (eternally) the Word and the Word was with God (i.e., the
Father and Holy Spirit), and the Word was God (deity)." "And
the Word was made flesh and dwelt among us."
- Hebrews 1:3 and 2:9-18:
Jesus is the "EXACT REPRESENTATION of His (God's) VERY BEING"
(NWT). No creature could possibly do that! But, Jesus set aside his
infinite glory to become one of us so that he could be to us an, example
in faith, the perfect sacrifice, our High Priest, Comforter, and
Saviour.
- Who Is The "Angel Of
Jehovah?"
- Genesis 16:7-13
- Genesis
18:1,13,17,20-22,26,33; 19:24
- Genesis 22:11-18
- Genesis 31:11-13
- Genesis 32:24-30 (compare
Hosea 12:4,5)
- Genesis 48: 15,16
- Exodus 3:1-15 (compare vs.
5 with Joshua 5: 14,15)
- Exodus 23:20,21
- Judges 6:11-23
Note: In these passages the "Angel of Jehovah" speaks as
Jehovah, is called Jehovah, does the works of Jehovah, and is worshipped by
those to whom He appears. He is Jesus, the Son of God. "Angel" means
"messenger" and is applied to the angelic beings, men (evangelists),
and to God (see above)
- Answers To Common
Antitrinitarian Prooftexts
- John 14:28 "My Father
is greater than I." Just as the husband is positionally greater
than the wife so the Father is greater the the Son. Both husband and
wife are equally human as the Father and Son are equally divine.
- Colossians 1:15 "the
Firstborn of all creation." "Firstborn" (Gr. Prototokos),
not "first created" (Gr. "Protoktistos"). Firstborn
is term that means first in importance. These scriptures bear that out:
Genesis 41:51,52 with Jeremiah 31:9; Deuteronomy 21:15-17; Exodus 4:22;
and Job 18:13.
- Revelation 3:14 "the
beginning of the creation of God." We derive many words such as
architect, archangel, arch-rival, from the Greek word "arche"
translated "beginning" in this verse. It means
"origin," "source," "chief," and
"ruler." Jesus is the origin of ALL, or the creator.
- THE HOLY SPIRIT IS GOD
- He Is Called God
- Acts 5:3,4 Lying to the
Spirit is lying to God
- II Corinthians 3:17
"The Lord is that Spirit." (compare this with Exodus 34:29-35)
- He Is Omnipotent
- Isaiah 40:12-14 (See Romans
11:34 and I Corinthians 2:16)
- He Is Omniscient
- I Corinthians 2:10,11
Isaiah 40: 13,14
- He Is Omnipresent
- Psalm 139:7
- He Is Eternal
- Hebrews 9:14
- He Has The Attributes Of
Personality
- Intellect
- Romans 8:27, "The
MIND of the Spirit."
- I Corinthians 2:10-12, The
Spirit "KNOWS."
- Will
- I Corinthians 12:11,
"The Spirit WILLS."
- Emotion
- Ephesians 4:30,
"GRIEVE" not the Spirit
- His Self-Cognizance Is
Shown By These Actions:
- He Speaks
- Acts 8:29; 10:19; 13:2;
21:11
- Revelation 2:7,11,17,29;
3:6,13,22
- He Teaches
- Luke 12:12
- John 14:26
- I John 2:26,27
- Says "I"
- Acts 10:20
- If the Holy Spirit is a
self-cognizant personality, and is also eternal, then He must be God, for
God is the only eternal being.
