One God in 3 Persons

And the LORD appeared unto him in the plains of Mamre: and he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day; And he lift up his eyes and looked, and, lo, THREE MEN stood by him: and when he saw [THEM], he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed himself toward the ground, And said, My Lord, if now I have found favour in thy sight, pass not away, I pray thee, from thy servant:
Genesis 18: 1-3

Out of all the things that leave mankind in awe and astonishment, God is the greatest of them all. His perfect will, His perfect plan, and even His creation remains a mystery to many of us. Also some of the things God even reveals to us sometimes leaves us scratching our heads. One of these things is how God is the Father, Son and Holy Spirit.

In the start of the Bible at the book of Genesis, we read that God speaks to Himself as “Us” or “We”. The Lord talks about Himself in plural. For example “Let US make man in OUR image.” Even the original word used for the Lord, Elohim, is a plural word. When we wonder why God would talk to Himself in a plural form, the reason is because God is the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost. Thus the famous line in the song Holy Holy, which is “God in 3 Persons, blessed trinity”. The idea of Jesus Christ and God the Father being one, isn't just a new idea introduced in the New Testament, for Jesus Christ was always with God the Father since the start. Jesus Christ the Son was sometimes called “the Lamb who was slain before the foundation of the earth” and perhaps one of His most well known names which is “The Word of God”. But most of all, the most forward depiction of how Jesus Christ was one with God the Father comes from the first chapter of John's Gospel. It goes as this:

“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God”
“the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us”
John 1: 1/14

Here we see in crystal clarity how Jesus Christ “The Word of God” is, from the first and last, one with God the Father. One minister claimed that to say God created man because He was lonely is a blasphemy. He continued that God had always existed in perfect fellowship with Himself, in the form of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. This relationship and solid connection of the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost is further explained in one of the letters of the Apostles.

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

Yet again here is another explanation of the Elohim or God. That God is one in 3 persons. This in a way furthers the perfection of God, that God is so perfect that He has communion in Himself and needs nothing. If we look in the first book of Genesis in the Old Testament, God pays a little visit to Abraham. This meeting was so interesting because in this case, God comes to Abraham in the appearance of 3 Men. Further more, the times Abraham would beseech God during the encounter, he would address the 3 Men as he would address only one individual; ie his Lord God.

This unique nature of God as the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost exist in more that just in your face written words. There are also subtle clues placed all over the Bible that you can find too. One is told in the Gospels about the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. Remember how the original Hebrew language and the Torah referred to God as “Elohim”. Well when Christ was crucified, He was recorded as saying “Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani”. Notice how Jesus Christ calls God just “Eloi”. The reason of this is because Jesus Christ, God the Son, is calling to the Father part of the Trinity. Thus Jesus Christ just used the singular form of Elohim, which is Eloi, or God the Father.

To some people the Good Lord existing in threes seems like a hard concept to grasp. But I ask you all to merely consider how you exist yourself. God created you and every man with a flesh, a soul, and a spirit. You have 3 parts to yourself.

Jesus Christ is the bridge of God
Everyone has to understand why Jesus Christ the Son is so important when we want to get in touch with God. Jesus Christ's name in prophecy was Emmanuel, which means “God with us”. Jesus Christ was the very bridge of God to earth for us humans. So goes the saying “The Son is the way and the truth and the life. No one comes through the Father except through the Son”. Jesus Christ said during His time on earth, that if you have seen Him then you have seen the Father as well. If there ever was a part of the Trinity of God which bridged the huge gap between man and the Lord, it was in fact Jesus Christ.

One important thing to remember is that everything the Father God did was inevitably for the glory of the Son. And everything the Son Jesus Christ did was inevitably for the glory of the Father God. Jesus Christ suffered agony until death for the sake of being obedient to His Father God. God the Father also brought Jesus Christ out of death and did not let Him see destruction. Because Jesus Christ triumphed over death, sin, and the world, God has given Jesus Christ the dominion and judgment. As Jesus Christ sits at the right hand of the Father, Jesus also now holds the scepter of judgment because He is perfect. The Son has overcome all and triumphed over all thus it is imperative that we come to the Son if we want to go to the Father. Likewise all the things we do in life should be toward the glory of the Son. In the end the big question will be, “What have we done for the Son Jesus Christ? For to Him has He been given heir over all.”

Which brings me to another important thing to say. We cannot pretend to worship God and not know His Son Jesus Christ. It is impossible. I'm sure it also bothers the Lord how so many beliefs talk about God, but at the same time they forget to mention Jesus Christ the Son. We must NEVER think that a prayer, speech, sermon, or talk about God is complete without Jesus Christ in the picture. God is forgiving, yes, but we have to understand the reason God is forgiving is because of Jesus Christ. Jesus Christ and His sacrifice is what is blocking the Lord's wrath from punishing us for our sins. There is nothing we can do to appease God for our evils, only Jesus Christ can do that. Because Jesus Christ died for all sin He is the only one worthy to show Himself before the Father. So if we want to come to God, we must do so through the Son Jesus Christ.

Finally brethren, Jesus Christ was the one who paved the way for us all. Many praises to Him for His great deeds. As He set the narrow path for us, we should follow it as He did. So let us live holy as Christ lived holy. He is the perfect and only example of how to be and how to act. No matter how difficult things may seem to grasp, we must still trust the Lord. We must say that “even if I can't understand everything you do, O' Lord, I still trust in you no matter what”. Thank the Lord through Jesus Christ and to Him be all the glory.

God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets,
Hath in these last days spoken unto us by His Son, whom He hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also He made the worlds;
Who being the brightness of His glory, and the express image of His person, and upholding all things by the word of His power, when He had by Himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on High:
Being made so much better than the angels, as He hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they.
Hebrews 1: 1-4