Understanding the Godhead

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Understanding God
A Study of The Father, the Son and the Holy
Spirit
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Who is God ?
The Names of God God as Three Distinct Beings
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The Names of God
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God is Deity
El (Elohim) Adonai Jehovah
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The Names of God
God as El
El ale strong (mighty) one The Formal Title
of the One God
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The Names of God
God as Elohim
Elohim el-o-heem (plural of El) strong
ones
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The Names of God
God as Elohim
In the beginning God created the heavens and the
earth. Genesis 11 Then God said, "Let Us
make man in Our image, according to Our
likeness Genesis 126 God Elohim
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God as Elohim
The Multiple Being
Multiple Personalities? No! Personalities
vary, they are human traits Multiple
Manifestations? No! God appeared or acted in a
great number of ways. These were simply choices
God made based on the circumstances, not inherent
to His nature. Multiple Beings!
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God as El
Compounds of El
El Shaddai God Almighty el shad-dahee
(Gen. 171 3511 Ex. 631 Ps. 911, 2)
El Elyon The Most High God (Gen. 1419
Ps. 92 Dan. 718, 22, 25) El Olam The
Everlasting God (Gen. 1613)
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The Names of God
God as Lord Master
O LORD, our Lord, How excellent is Your name in
all the earth! Psalm 81,9 Lord
Adonai (master)
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The Names of God
God as Himself
Then Moses said to God, "Indeed, when I come to
the children of Israel and say to them, 'The God
of your fathers has sent me to you,' and they say
to me, 'What is His name?' what shall I say to
them? Exodus 313
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The Names of God
God as Himself
And God said to Moses, "I AM WHO I AM." And He
said, "Thus you shall say to the children of
Israel, 'I AM has sent me to you.'" Exodus
314
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The Names of God
God as Himself
Moreover God said to Moses, "Thus you shall say
to the children of Israel 'The LORD God of your
fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac,
and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you. This
is My name forever, and this is My memorial to
all generations. Exodus 315
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The Names of God
God as Himself
And God spoke to Moses and said to him "I am
the LORD. I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to
Jacob, as God Almighty, but by My name LORD I was
not known to them. LORD YHWH Exodus
62-3
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God as Himself
God is YHWH
YHWH Jehovah ye-ho-vaw Often given as
Yah-weh Written as LORD and GOD in most
Bibles To Exist, To Be, or I AM The
Name of the One God
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Jehovah
In Israel too sacred to be spoken YHWH
never written with vowel points Scholars call it
the Tetragrammaton
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God as Himself
Compounds of Jehovah

• Jehovah Roi The Lord my Shepherd (Ps.
  231)
• Jehovah Sabbaoth The Lord of Hosts (1
  Sam. 13)
• Jehovah Elohim Israel The Lord, the God of
  Israel (Jud. 53)
• Jehovah Jireh The Lord will provide
  (Gen. 2214)
• Jehovah Nissi The Lord is my Banner
  (Ex. 1715)
• Jehovah Shalom The Lord is Peace
  (Jud. 624)
• Jehovah Tsidkenu The Lord our
  Righteousness (Jer. 236)
• Jehovah Shammah The Lord is there
  (Ezek. 4835)
• Jehovah Rophe The Lord Who Heals (Ex.
  1522-26)
• Jehovah MKaddesh The Lord your Sanctifier
  (Ex. 3113)

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Jehovah God
YHWH - Elohim Adonai I AM Strong
Masters Ones
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YHWH - Adonai - Elohim

• For in You, O LORD, I hope You will hear, O Lord
  my God.
• Psalm 3815
• And now, O Lord GOD, You are God, and Your words
  are true
• David (2 Samuel 728)

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One God
3 Names! YHWH - Elohim - Adonai
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Who is God ?
The Names of God God as Three Distinct Beings
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The Essence of God
For since the creation of the world His
invisible attributes are clearly seen, being
understood by the things that are made, even His
eternal power and Godhead Paul (Romans 120)
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The Godhead
The Father
(YHWH) GOD (Elohim)
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The Father is GOD

• Grace to you and peace from God our Father and
  the Lord Jesus Christ.
• 1 Corinthians 13

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The Godhead
The Father
(YHWH) GOD (Elohim)
The Son Emmanuel
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The Son is GOD

• In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was
  with God, and the Word was God
• and the Word became 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 11,14

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The Godhead
The Father
(YHWH) GOD (Elohim)
The Son Emmanuel
The Holy Spirit
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The Holy Spirit is GOD

• But Peter said, "Ananias, why has Satan filled
  your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and keep
  back part of the price of the land for yourself?
• While it remained, was it not your own? And
  after it was sold, was it not in your own
  control? Why have you conceived this thing in
  your heart? You have not lied to men but to God."
• Acts 53-4

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The Godhead
The Father
(YHWH) GOD (Elohim)
The Son Emmanuel
The Holy Spirit
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Here Is Where Many Stumble!

• If the Father is God
• and the Son is God
• and the Holy Spirit is God
• Then the Father, Son Holy Spirit are simply
  different views or manifestations of one being -
  God

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NO!Not According to the Bible
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Jesus is not the Father

• that which we have seen and heard we declare to
  you, that you also may have fellowship with us
  and truly our fellowship is with the Father and
  with His Son Jesus Christ.
• 1 John 13

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The Godhead
The Father
(YHWH) GOD (Elohim)
The Son Emmanuel
The Holy Spirit
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The Holy Spirit is not the Son

• And I will pray the Father, and He will give you
  another Helper, that He may abide with you
  forever--
• the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot
  receive, because it neither sees Him nor knows
  Him but you know Him, for He dwells with you and
  will be in you
• John 1416-17

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The Godhead
The Father
(YHWH) GOD (Elohim)
The Son Emmanuel
The Holy Spirit
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The Holy Spirit is not the Father

• When He had been baptized, Jesus came up
  immediately from the water and behold, the
  heavens were opened to Him, and He saw the Spirit
  of God descending like a dove and alighting upon
  Him.
• And suddenly a voice came from heaven, saying,
  "This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well
  pleased."
• Matthew 316-17

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The Godhead
The Father
(YHWH) GOD (Elohim)
GOD
The Son Emmanuel
The Holy Spirit
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ONE GOD!

• Hear, O Israel The LORD our God, the LORD is
  one!
• Moses (Deuteronomy 64)
• Jesus (Mark 1229)
• O LORD God of Israel, the One who dwells between
  the cherubim, You are God, You alone, of all the
  kingdoms of the earth. You have made heaven and
  earth.
• Hezekiah (2 Kings 1915)

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United in Being Will

• I and My Father are One
• Jesus (John 1030)
• For what man knows the things of a man except the
  spirit of the man which is in him? Even so no one
  knows the things of God except the Spirit of God.
  
• Paul (1 Corinthians 211)