The Holy Trinity and the Bible: God as Father, Son and Spirit

By Robert Alan King

The Holy Trinity and the Bible: God as Father, Son and Spirit by Robert Alan King is a book with about 11,500 words. King explores the Scriptures to show how the Holy Trinity of Father, Son and Holy Spirit is clearly conveyed in the biblical text. The book also responds to some of the major claims of critics regarding the deity of Jesus. Robert Alan King is an ordained minister through Calvary Chapel.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Robert Alan King
• Release date: Mar 1, 2012
• ISBN: 9781465788771

Robert Alan King

Robert Alan King is an ordained minister through Calvary Chapel who has written numerous theological and inspirational articles for a variety of publications, including Advocate, The Church Herald & Holiness Banner, Companions, The Priest, Proclaim, Pulpit Helps, Vista, War Cry, and Decision Magazine. He also has authored numerous printed books and dozens of eBooks.King has a Master of Arts Degree Sum Cum Laude in Psychology from Touro University Worldwide with an 4.0 institutional GPA, a Bachelor of Science Degree Cum Laude in Bible and Theology from Lee University with an 4.0 institutional GPA, and an Associate of Arts Degree with an emphasis in Science from Coastline Community College. He has a total of at least 256 units of education from universities, seminaries or colleges. This includes at least 130 units of Bible and theology related classes from Lee University, Calvary Chapel Bible College, and Chafer Theological Seminary.

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The Holy Trinity and the Bible: God as Father, Son and Spirit

by Robert Alan King

Smashwords Edition

Copyright 2012 by King & Associates. All Rights Reserved.

Published by King & Associates

Casa Grande, Arizona

All Bible quotations are from THE HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.™ Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.

For a complete catalog of books and publications by Robert Alan King, visit BibleCommentator.com. This site also provides you with news on his upcoming titles. In addition, you can read many other articles by King on a wide variety of biblical issues.

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Table of Contents

Introduction

The Holy Trinity and Definition of Terms

The Deity of Jesus

The Deity & Person of the Holy Spirit

Three Persons in One God

Biblical Arguments Against the Trinity

Conclusion

Footnotes

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Introduction

The essential doctrine of the Holy Trinity is held by genuine Christians as one of the central tenants of their faith. Sadly, today many groups have arisen which claim to profess Christ, but deny the Trinity, completing disregarding the biblical passages that support this crucial doctrine. It would take another book to cover all their erroneous views, which is not the purpose of this work. Instead, we have ventured to expound the true biblical view of the deity of Christ and the truth of the Holy Trinity.

It is the purpose of this book to show that both the Old Testament and the New Testament clearly develop the essential Christian teaching of the Holy Trinity consisting of Father, Son (Word), and Spirit. Yet, some biblical passages used by other writers on this subject that this author considers questionable will not be used as evidence. This work is mostly for Christians who would like to examine their belief in the Holy Trinity from a biblical perspective. It is hoped that it will further reinforce the belief of Christians in the doctrine of the Holy Trinity as a sound biblical tenant of their faith.

As this book will prove, the vain attempt of critics to dispute the biblical evidence for the divine doctrine of the Holy Trinity is like a mad man swinging wildly at the air or an exasperated boxer trying earnestly to knock out his shadow. For anyone to deny the unity of the Father, the Son (Word) and the Holy Spirit as one God, or their distinction as three separate Persons, is to proclaim through their erroneous belief system that they do not really understand the real God.

It is my earnest prayer that all those who read this book with any doubt concerning this crucial doctrine of the historic Christian faith will come to a real understanding of the truth regarding the Holy Trinity.

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The Holy Trinity and Definition of Terms

Though the belief in the Holy Trinity is a crucial doctrine of the historical Christian faith, unbelievers often misunderstand the actual details of this belief. Even Christians themselves are sometimes confused on exactly what those beliefs are. Because of this, it is best if we examine the orthodox belief in the Holy Trinity and attempt to define its various components.

In order to examine these beliefs, it is first crucial that we avoid the problems of the early church regarding terminology by first clearing defining our use of terms and exactly what they mean in this writing.

God: The eternal being who has created all things and who alone is omniscient, omnipotent, and omnipresent.

Being: A complete entity that comprises all his centers of consciousness or persons.

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