Statement of Faith #2-One True God-Three in One

Official Assembly of God Statement of Faith #2-One True God-Three in One-The one true God has revealed Himself as the eternally self-existent "I AM," the creator of heaven and earth and the Redeemer of mankind. He has further revealed Himself as embodying the principles of relationship and association as Father, Son and Holy Ghost.

This doctrine is the basis of Christianity. God the Father, Jesus the man and the Holy Ghost/Spirit are all the same. This is also one of the most difficult for humans to truly understand. How can three things be one? Or for that matter, how can one thing, be three?

Think of water-it can come in three different forms-water(liquid), ice(solid) and steam(gas). How about people? We each have three different parts-our physical body, our mind or soul(what we think with) and our spirit(the part that lives eternally). Each of us as an individual serves many diferent roles. For example I am a mom, a daughter and a wife(as well as many others). Each of those parts of me make me who I am and each of those parts of me communicate with each other to best serve my purpose for the moment. Looking at it this way helps me to better understand the Holy Trinity.

Genesis 1:1 and 2 says, "In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth...and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters." Then in John 1:1-4 it states, "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through Him all things were made; without Him nothing was made that has been made. In Him was life, and that life was the light of men." These verses tell me that God/the Word and the Holy Spirit are the same entity.

Next we can read in Matthew 1:14a, "The Word became flesh and made His dwelling among us." So if God is the Spirit (Gen 1:1-2) and the Word (John 1:1-4) and the Word became flesh (John 1:14) then that tells me that God, Jesus and the Holy Spirit are all one in the same. Just as I fulfill more than one role for different tasks so does God.

God is the all-powerful, Creator who took on the form of man as Jesus to fulfill the role of redeemer to mankind by dying on a cross to pay for our sins. Then after leaving the earth in bodily form He comes to us as the Holy Spirit (Holy Ghost) to guide us and speak to us through our spirits. Three different purposes, three different forms but all of the same entity.

May the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of the Father, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all. 2 Corinthians 13:14