The Godhead

Today I'm going to be talking about the Godhead due to several people I came in contact with that denied the Godhead being triune. This will explain the Godhead and answer misconceptions against it. First of all I don't call God "The Trinity," but I agree with the concept of the Trinity meaning that I believe that God is one God and three persons, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit but the term that I use is 'Godhead' instead of Trinity and the reason is because it's most biblical. So just for reference whenever I talk about the Godhead I'm referring to the Trinity. The word Godhead is used about three times in the KJV and is referring to the divine nature of God.In Christianity the doctrine of the Godhead teaches that God is one God and three persons, the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Christianity is unique because it is the only trinitarian monotheistic religion. Other monotheistic religions are Unitarian which mean they believe that God is only one person such as Muslims and Jews. Most of them also deny the Deity of Christ which means they don't believe Jesus is God. But Christians believe in the triune Godhead and the Deity of Christ. According to scripture Jesus Christ is God and the second person of the Godhead The Word made fleshFirst of all you can't explain everything about God because God is beyond the human imagination and the mind and we can't understand or comprehend everything about God. We don't fully understand how God could be three persons but still just one God and yet we know its true from scripture because we see examples in scripture that they are distinct from each other so we believe it by faith. However, even though we can't understand everything about God we can try to better understand by the things we see in nature because Romans 1 teaches that God has revealed His Godhead in nature. That's why in Acts 17 the Apostle Paul told the greeks that they were ignorantly worshipping God because the Godhead has revealed itself to all of us in someway. We just don't see the full picture because it's been tainted by ignorance and Idolatry because of sin. We know that we see meaning triune things in nature such as a triangle having three sides and just being one shape. A country can have multiple states and provinces but just one country. We have a spirit, soul, and body but are just one entity. It's not exactly like the Godhead but it's a similar concept. The point is that it's triune.Many religions such as Muslims, Jews, and Oneness Pentecostals accuse Christians of not being monotheistic but thats not true. Christianity is a monotheistic religion. We believe in the same Jewish scriptures of the Old Testament as Jews that there's only one God. The New Testament also teaches theres only one God 1 Corinthians 8:6, 1 Timothy 2:5. The Godhead doesn't teach that there are three gods. It teaches that is one God that's three distinct persons. That may be a little hard to understand for some but that goes back to what I was saying earlier about God being hard to understand. The Jewish scriptures of the Old Testament also teach that God is triune. In Genesis 1 God says let us make man in our image in the plural. In Psalms it says the Lord said to my Lord sit on my right hand until I make your enemies your footstool Psalm 110:1. That basically means that the Old Testament Jews were trinitarian. It just was just made more clear in the New Testament.There are many scriptures that teach a triune Godhead. For example, scripture teaches that the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are all three distinct and yet also one as God. The Son prays to the Father Luke 23:34. Jesus calls the Spirit 'another comforter," John 14:16 Jesus calls His Father another witness John 8:18. During the baptism of Jesus they hear the voice of the Father saying "This is my beloved Son in who I am well pleased," and the Spirit descend from heaven as a dove Matthew 3:13-17. This shows that the Father, Son, and Spirit are all three distinct persons. In John 1:1 it says the Word was with God and the Word was God. This means Jesus was with God and yet was God showing that they are two distinct persons but still one God.In Matthew 28 Jesus says baptizing them in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. In 1 John 5:7 it says there are three that bear record in heaven the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit and these three are one which means three persons that are the same God.Many cults and false religions deny the Godhead such as Muslims, Jews, Mormons, Unitarians, Jehovah's Witnesses, Oneness Pentecostals, etc. Oneness Pentecostals claims to be a Christian denomination and yet doesn't believe in the Godhead and teaches a heresy called Oneness also known as modalism and Saballiunism that teaches that God is three forms and three manifestations of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit and intead of three persons and teach Jesus only nonsense but don't let them fool you they aren't a Christian denomination they are a damnable cult.There are a number of problems with their view. The first problem is that their teachings goes against the scriptures I already listed. The second issue is that it's really confusing and makes absolutely no sense at all. They teach that Jesus is the Father and is also the Son of God. How can Jesus be His own Father? That's just ridiculous. They teach that its basically God doing some kind of puppet show of Himself of different forms and its really silly. They also teach that the Father became a man and suffered on the cross. That's blasphemy, heresy, and Idolatry because they're worshipping man. It's a Heresy called patripassianism which teaches the Father suffered on the cross. The Father did not suffer on the cross or the Spirit. Only the Son suffered. God is not a man either. The Father is not a man and the Spirit is not a man. Only the Son is a man. Oneness and modalism was one of the first heresies ever rejected and denounced by the Church.There are also other cults such as Mormonism that teach that the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are three gods and thats another heresy called tritheism and that's another trap you don't want to get caught into because it denies scripture and also trinitarian teaching. The ironic thing is that some religions such as Mormonism criticize the Godhead because it's monotheistic. Other Religions such as Unitarians, Jews, Muslims, and Oneness Pentecostals criticize the Godhead because they think it's not monotheistic even though it is. Most Unitarians, Jews, and Muslims don't even believe that Jesus is God and anyone that doesn't believe Jesus is God is not saved because the Bible teaches that He is God.If you reject the Godhead you are not saved and you're on your way to hell and your soul is in grave danger. If you have read this and you still don't believe in the Godhead you're even more accountable and you need to repent and believe the truth. Stay away from false religions and cults that deny the Godhead, such as Oneness Pentecostalism, Islam, Orthodox Judaism, Mormonism, and Unitarian Denominations. If you are in these religions they will lead you to hell. You need to come out of these religions right away and stop attending their Churches and services. I say this for your own good and I'm warning you for your safety. I want whats best for you.

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