The Trinity

[Vincent Butler]

Great topic, really, you can't claim to believe the Bible and not believe in the trinity.

"For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one." 1 John 5:7

"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth." John 1:1,14

I quoted John 1 to show that the Word is Jesus Christ. John 4 says that God is a spirit. Now having shown that Jesus is God (and I can give many more verses on that if necessary), Christ promised,

"…and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world." Matthew 28:20b
"But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you." John 14:26

How could Christ be with us alway, when he went to heaven, unless the Comforter was the same as Jesus Christ? After all, he comes in the name of Jesus. Also, Jesus told the woman at the well that God is a spirit, referring to the spiritual aspect of the person of God.
All three were present at creation.

"…And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters." Genesis 1:2b
"In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth." Genesis 1:1
"And, Thou, Lord, in the beginning has laid the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the works of thine hands:" Hebrews 1:10

The last passage is identified as being addressed to Christ in verse 8, which also says,

"But unto the Son he saith, Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: a sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre of thy kingdom."