Is Jesus the Trinity?
1) Direct Answer
No. Jesus is not “the Trinity.” The Bible never teaches three divine persons. Jesus is the one true God manifested in flesh; in Him dwelt all the fullness of the Godhead bodily.
2) Scriptural Explanation
- Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD (Deuteronomy 6:4).
- God was manifest in the flesh (1 Timothy 3:16).
- In Him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily (Colossians 2:9).
- He that hath seen Me hath seen the Father… the Father that dwelleth in Me (John 14:9-10).
- I and My Father are one (John 10:30).
- His name shall be called… The mighty God, The everlasting Father (Isaiah 9:6).
- God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto Himself (2 Corinthians 5:19).
- They shall call His name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us (Matthew 1:23).
- The Comforter… even the Spirit of truth… I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you (John 14:17-18).
3) Simple Clarifying Logic
- It’s not three Gods, and it’s not three persons. One God revealed Himself in different ways: as Father above us, in the Son with us, and as the Holy Spirit in us.
- The “Son” speaks of the body born of a virgin—the beginning of God’s manifestation in flesh. The indwelling in that body was the Father. The Holy Spirit is that same one God coming back to indwell believers.
- So Jesus is not a “Trinity.” He is the full revelation of the one God. All that the Father is, and all that the Holy Spirit is, was in Jesus Christ.
- Notice the Scripture says “the name” (singular) in Matthew 28:19, and the apostles used that Name in baptism (Acts 2:38). The one Name that reveals Father, Son, and Holy Ghost is the Lord Jesus Christ. That shows oneness, not three persons.
4) Reinforcing Statement
Show one verse that says “three persons in the Godhead.” It isn’t there. But the Bible plainly says God was manifested in Christ, and in Him dwells all the fullness of the Godhead bodily. That’s the mystery—one God made known in Jesus Christ.
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What did the Laodicean Church Age (our age) Angel (- messenger) Say about this?
Ranked passages from the local William Branham sermon and Church Age Book database. Relevance is relative, not a statement of doctrinal certainty.
An Exposition Of The Seven Church Ages
CAB 1:E-59
If Jesus is 'BOTH' Lord and Christ, then He (Jesus) is, and cannot be else but "Father, Son, and Holy Ghost" in ONE Person manifested in the flesh. It is NOT "God in three persons, blessed trinity," but ONE GOD, ONE PERSON with three major titles, with three offices manifesting those titles. Hear it once more. This same Jesus is "BOTH Lord and Christ." Lord (Father) and Christ (Holy Spirit) are Jesus, for He (Jesus) is BOTH of them (Lord and Christ).
Be not afraid, it is I
61-0414 §70
...nd believed on in the world, and is gone ... received up into glory." God made manifest. God was in Christ reconciling the world to Him. So all that God was, He poured into Jesus; and all that Jesus was, He poured into the church. That's the reason he commissioned us to baptize. Said, "Go ye therefore, teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost." Why? Not three different gods, but three offices of the same God---the Fatherhood, the Sonship, the Holy Ghost dispensation. Now Fath...
An Exposition Of The Seven Church Ages
CAB 5:E-85
Now how was this trinity expressed? It was expressed by an equilateral triangle even as it is expressed in Rome today. Strange, the Hebrews did not have such a concept. Now who is right? Is it the Hebrews or the Babylonians? In Asia the polytheistic idea of three gods in one came out in an image with three heads on one body. He is expressed as three intelligences. In India, they found it in their hearts to express him as one god in three forms. Now that really is good modern day theology. In Japan there is a great...
Adoption, part 2: Manifested sons of God
60-0518 §124
And I know that I'm talking in here even to trinitarian ministers. And, my brethren, I do not say this to hurt. I'm a trinitarian, too. I believe in the trinity, the three attributes of God (Father, Son, and Holy Ghost), but not three gods, see. I believe to be three attributes. Absolutely. I do that with all my heart. Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, but they are not three gods. They're just three attributes, or the three offices of God. God lived once in the Fatherhood, Sonship, and now the Holy Ghost. It's the same...
Questions and Answers on Genesis
53-0729 §73
Now, here's the message we have here. Jesus was Jehovah enveiled in flesh, come down enveiled. Now, God (Father, Son, and Holy Ghost) is not like your finger---one---like some people think. The whole thing's just like... No, God is... I just unfolded it for you a while ago, see, that there's a trinity in the One. I'm a trinity in one. I'm soul, body, and spirit, in one person. Is that right? Sure. I'm made up of cells, blood, and nerves, and yet one being, see. Everything you look at is in a trinity, and a trinity...