As I begin the third part to the “Who is Jesus?” series, you might be wondering where the Trinitarian or Triune beliefs come from if God is one. 1 John 5:7 says, “For there are three that bear witness in heaven: the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit; and these three are one.” In the true definition of Trinity, God is defined as being three persons in one Godhead. Though when we look in the Bible, there is no mention of the word “trinity” or “triune”. We do, however, see 3 roles or aspects in God but we really see them contained within or around Christ rather than 3 individual people that happen to be related to the Godhead.
Jesus comments a few times to His disciples that the Father is in Him and He is in the Father (John 10:38). He tells us too in chapter 10 verse 30, “I and My Father are one.” So you may wonder why Jesus was crying out to His Father in the Garden of Gethsemane if the Father is in Him. Going back to what I shared in “Intro: Who is Jesus?” I shared the scripture John 4:24, “God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.” I believe that the Spirit of God is omnipresent meaning He can be in more place than one. So though the Spirit of God was poured into Jesus, Jesus was still human as well with feelings and it was this part that was crying out to His heavenly Father.
Jesus tells his disciples that as they’ve seen Him, they have also seen the Father because the Father is in Him. “If you had known Me, you would have know My Father also; and from now on you know Him and have seen Him.” (John 14:7).
So far I’ve touched on the Father, who is God, who is Spirit, who is poured into Jesus the Son of God, our Messiah. Now, for the Holy Spirit also known as the Holy Ghost. We know that the Holy Spirit came when Jesus was baptized declaring in Matthew 3:17, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.” The Holy Spirit (also referred to as the Comforter, Helper, or Counselor) seems to have a different role. We see God in the role of the Father as it was by the Spirit that Mary conceived, Jesus who is the son of God in the flesh as the promised Messiah, and the Holy Spirit that will come to help us in Jesus name arrives in the book of Acts on the day of Pentecost. Jesus tells us in John 14:26, “But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all things that I say to you.”
As the prophet Joel had foretold by the Lord, “And it shall come to pass in the last days, says God, that I will pour out of My Spirit on all flesh; your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your young men shall see visions, you old men shall dream dreams.”
In conclusion, the mightiness and greatness of God is a lot to wrap our heads around. Our job is not to know all His ways, but to have faith. God has equipped us with everything we need to make it spiritually while we are here.
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Scripture reference is quoted from the NKJV.