The Triune God

God is One Supreme Being---only One;
But He has served in three different roles
At once, leaving no divine work undone;
For the purpose of redeeming lost souls!
He is God, the Father; and God, the Son;
And third, He is God, the Holy Spirit.
Yes, He can be in many places, or none;
He can multiply His pow'r, or pare it!
The Father stays in heaven, on the throne;
The Son created, and lived among men;
The Spirit dwells in redeemed men, to hone
Their love, joy, and peace; warns the lost of sin!
His final image is the same as man,
Who He loves; for whom He's done what He can!

"In the beginning was the Word [Jesus], and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through him all things were made; without him, nothing was made that has been made." (John 1:1-3) [Brackets added]

"Philip said, 'Lord, show us the Father, and that will be enough for us.' Jesus answered, 'Don't you know me [meaning, the Father], Philip, even after I have been among you such a long time? Anyone that has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, Don't you believe that I am in the Father, and that the Father is in me? The words I say to you are not just my own. Rather, it is the Father, living in me, who is doing his work.'" (John 14:8-10) [Brackets added]

Jesus, living in the flesh of a man, states clearly to His apostles that He and the Father are the same being. Jesus is called by John "the Word" in verse 1 of His gospel book, is given credit for creating the world and man, and said to have been with God "in the beginning", which means before time began; that is, before the creation of the sun and the moon. Later, in chapter 15, Jesus told the apostles He would send His Spirit into the world to indwell each; to guide each saved person in changing his sinful nature by teaching him how to love others, to have joy, peace, patience, meekness, and the other "fruits of the Spirit" (See Galatians 5:16ff). The Spirit was to convict lost men of their guilt in sinning also. These three beings, though doing different divine works simultaneously, are one, one God, dividing Himself into different roles. Muslims criticize Christianity for saying there are "three" Gods; they simply misunderstand the clear words of the Bible. As God told Abraham, who doubted God's promise of Sarah, his 90-year-old wife bearing him a son, "Is anything too hard for God?" (See Genesis 18:14).

The name "Almighty God" used many times for "God" in the Old Testament, is the same as that used for Jesus. Scholars of the Bible have concluded that, though many names were used in the Bible in different situations for God, the Supreme Being of the Bible is only one being. It is not a question of different beings, or whether one of them is more powerful than the others. It is true that calling Jesus the "only begotten son" of God, as in John 3:16, is confusing to a person not versed in spiritual insight, but one broadly knowledgeable of all 66 books of the Bible has little or no difficulty in accepting the fact of one God. Therefore, we interchangeably mean "God" when we use "Jesus"; the "Son of God"; the "Father"; the Holy Spirit. (or "Holy Ghost"); "Jehovah"; "Yahweh"; "I Am"; "Judge" at Judgement Day; "King", as in Kingdom of heaven; "Counselor"; "Ancient of Days"; etc. The many names used for "God" are a problem for even experienced Christians.