What about the Godhead?

The immensity of this subject creates an exciting challenge for every student
of the Bible. It is difficult to find Godhead related subject matter free from
discourteous remarks concerning the opposing view. This subject should be
dealt with in a straightforward manner but without ill will or unkindness.
Trinitarianism and monotheism seem to be the appropriate terms descriptive
of the two opposite beliefs.

The belief that there are three separate and distinct persons in the Godhead,
namely the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost, is the most widely accepted
definition of the word trinity. Separate and distinct means "not the same."
Therefore, when we speak of the "Trinity", we are speaking of three divine
persons. Not one, not two, but three absolute, distinct beings, each having His
own personality, thoughts, and cognition.

If the above definition is acceptable the term Trinity would constitute a
three-part God or a three-God partnership. If these divine persons are
co-equal, co-eternal, co-existent as is commonly believed, then we have some
unanswerable questions. Co-eternal means each is as old as the other which
would make the Son is as old as the Father. If Jesus existed in eternity as the
son apart from the Father, then who was His mother? Common reasoning
requires that to have a Father, one must also have a mother. How did God
come about having a Son in eternity? If God created Him, then there was a
space of time when God was not the Father, which would also necessitate a
differentiation of ages.

There is only one God (Deuteronomy 6:4). He is the creator of heaven and
earth, and of all living beings. Who has revealed Himself to humanity as the
Father (Creator), in the son (Savior), and as the Holy Ghost
(indwelling Spirit). We believe it is impossible to come to the Father by any
other means than through the Son, the Lord Jesus Christ, in Whom dwells the
fullness of the Godhead bodily.  We further believe the Holy Spirit has come
to glorify the Son and to convict the world concerning sin, and righteousness,
and judgment (Matt 28:19, John 1:1-14, Deut 6:4, John 14:1-31, Col 1:15-19,
Col 2:9, Heb 1:1-14).

God is a Spirit (John 4:24). He is the Eternal One, the Creator of all things,  
and the Father of all humanity by creation. He is the First and the Last, and
beside Him there is no God (Isaiah 44:6).There was no God formed
before Him; neither shall be there any after Him (Isaiah 43:10).  

Jesus is the Son of God according to the flesh (Romans 1:3) and the very God
Himself according to the Spirit (Matthew 1:23). Jesus is the Christ (Matthew
16:16); the creator of all things (Colossians 1:16-17); God with us
(Matthew 1:23); God made flesh (John 1:1-14); God manifested in the flesh (I
Timothy 3:16);He which was, which is, and which is to come, the Almighty
(Revelation 1:8);the mighty God, everlasting Father, and Prince of peace
(Isaiah 9:6). Jesus Himself testified of His identity as God when He said, "He
that hath seen me hath seen the Father" (John 14:7-11) and "I and my Father
are one" (John 10:30).It took shedding of blood for the remission of the sins
of the world (Hebrews 9:22), but God the Father was a Spirit and had no
blood to shed. Thus He prepared a body of flesh and blood (Hebrews
10:5)and came to earth as a man in order to save us, for in Isaiah 43:11 He
said, "Beside me there is no Saviour." When He came in flesh the angels sang,
"For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, which is Christ the
Lord" (Luke 2:11).

The Holy Ghost is not a third person in the Godhead, but rather the Spirit of
God (the Creator), the Spirit of the resurrected Christ. The Holy Ghost
comes to dwell in the hearts and lives of everyone who believes and obeys the
gospel, as the comforter, Sustainer, and keeper (John 14:16-26; Romans
8:9-11).