is the father son and holy spirt one or are they separate?

They are one.

John 10:30 “I and the Father are one.”

John 1:1 “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.”

What is the Trinity?

Describing God

God is described with different words in the Bible, a few of which translate into English as LORD, Lord, the LORD almighty, God, God Almighty and so forth. When reading these in different places in the Bible, you become aware that although God is “one” He is also “more than one”—God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit (Holy Ghost). Together, they are referred to as “the Trinity” or “the Godhead.” On this page we will provide explanations that help people understand God, Jesus, the Holy Spirit, and the Trinity.

God is not so complex that He can not be understood. The Bible is written so that anyone can understand Him. The difference is that God is not human, so He can not be described as a human can be described. The gods of every other religion can be described in “normal” terms since they were invented in the minds of men.* Even some “Christians” (actually Christian cults) invent their own description of God and make Him seem like these other gods (by denying the aspect of the Trinity). On this page we will clarify the Trinity so that you can understand this aspect of God.

* Romans 1:20-23 (chapter 1, verses 20-23)

The Simple Answer

The explanation of the Trinity is so simple that most people miss it.

If God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit were the same, they would not have different names.

If they were the same, they would not appear separately as they do in Matthew 3:16,17.

In spite of being different, they are “one.” (John 10:30)

So we understand that the three “members” of the Trinity are different, but have the same purpose (and they are all God—more on that later).

A Rough Analogy

About 20 years ago, Dr. Harold Willmington (Liberty University) shared an analogy he had heard with his students, comparing the Trinity to a book. For example, a book has length, width, and thickness. The length is not the book’s width, the width is not the book’s thickness. These three dimensions can be described separately, yet they are connected together. If you remove one dimension, you are no longer describing a book. In the same way, the Godhead has three separate members that are connected together, and if you try to remove one you no longer have the Godhead.

God Is One

God is described as “one” in Deuteronomy 6:4, 1 Kings 8:60, Isaiah 44:8 and numerous other passages. For example, Deuteronomy 6:4 says “Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one!” The word for “one” is the Hebrew word ‘echad. (This Old Testament text was originally written in Hebrew). This is the same Hebrew word that is used for “one” in Genesis 2:24—Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.

In case you haven’t noticed when a man and woman are married they do not melt into one human being, becoming some sort of hybrid. Yet, they do become “one.” We could cite other examples, but we have made our point.

God Is More Than One

Genesis 1:26, Genesis 3:22, Genesis 11:7, Isaiah 6:8, and other passages are examples of conversations within which God uses the word “we” or “us.” However, God is not referring to any others (people, angels, etc.) in these verses. Since God is having a conversation, the “we” and “us” must therefore refer to the Trinity. You might say that God speaks to Himself in the plural form.

The Trinity Is God

Matthew 28:16-20 is a passage referred to as “The Great Commission.” In verse 19, Jesus states, “Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,”

Why did Jesus tell his eleven disciples to baptize people in the names of all three members of the Trinity? Why not one or two? It is obvious from this passage that the entire Trinity is God.

Jesus Is God

We understand that many people agree that God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit exist. (We are sure that God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit are relieved to hear that! ) These same people may even agree that God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit are “working together.” However, the followers of several cults are taught that Jesus is “just a prophet,” or “only the son of God”—not God. This wrong viewpoint is easily clarified by looking at two Bible verses: Isaiah 9:6, and Isaiah 43:12 (below).

Isaiah 9:6

For unto us a Child is born,

Unto us a Son is given;

And the government will be upon His shoulder.

And His name will be called

Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God [0410],

Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

Isaiah 43:12

I have declared and saved,

I have proclaimed,

And there was no foreign god among you;

Therefore you are My witnesses,”

Says the LORD [03068], “that I am God [0410].”

Notice the numbers in brackets that we placed in the text. Those numbers indicate the “Strong’s Numbers” of those particular words. Strong’s Numbers are index numbers in a document called a “Strong’s Concordance” that allow someone who only reads English to underst

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It depends on what religion you ask. I’ve heard churches say that they are all one, but in my religion, we believe differently. We believe that the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost or Holy Spirit are three separate entities. In my religion class, my teacher gave an example from somewhere in Matthew I believe. I’m not sure exactly what scripture it is, but it is when Christ is being baptized. In the Bible it says that after Christ was baptized, his Father in Heaven spoke from the sky (I can’t remember exactly what he said) and the Holy Ghost decended in the form of a dove. My teacher used that to explain how they had to be three, because if they were one, it couldn’t be in a body getting baptized, talking to itself from the sky, and decending from the sky as a dove at the same time. 🙂 Hope I helped.

The Bible speaks of Father, Son, and Holy Ghost as different manifestations, roles, titles, attributes, relationships to man, or functions of the one God, but it does not refer to Father, Son, and Holy Ghost as three persons, personalities, wills, minds, or Gods. God is the Father of us all and in a unique way the Father of the man Jesus Christ. God manifested Himself in flesh in the person of Jesus Christ, called the Son of God. God is also called the Holy Spirit, which emphasizes His activity in the lives and affairs of mankind.

God is not limited to these three manifestations; however, in the glorious revelation of the one God, the New Testament does not deviate from the strict monotheism of the Old Testament. Rather, the Bible presents Jesus as the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost. Jesus is not just the manifestation of one of three persons in the Godhead, but He is the incarnation of the Father. Truly, in Jesus dwells all the fulness of the Godhead bodily.

(Colossians 2:9)

Source(s): A=Apostolic
B=Believer
I=In
O=One
G=God
JESUS

The Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are one in essence- that is to say, they are all one God- but three different Persons. This is not saying that three gods are somehow one god, or that three persons are somehow one person, as that would indeed be a contradiction. But three persons are one god. Or in other words, just as you are one being with one center of consciousness, God is one being with three centers of consciousness.

EDIT: Jesus is not the Father nor is he the Holy Spirit. Don’t listen to those who claim this.

Both. They are ONE God, and they are also three separate and distinct divine persons. Here is one of the most precise and thorough statements of the Trinity ever written:

http://www.ccel.org/creeds/athanasian.creed.html

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Father (God), God is a spirit

Son (Jesus), our redeemer

Holy Ghost, The spirit in us when we are reborn believers

All the same mind working differently. Kind of like water is also ice and fog.

A man’s way of seeing God in three forms.

Elohim, the name for God is plural. Look it up in Hebrew. There is no disputing that the im ending is plural.

They are 3 manifestations of God.

Source(s): Holy Spirit