Podcasts by Bible Study Aid -- Is God a Trinity? [ Audiobook ]
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The Trinity is one of mainstream Christianity’s most widely accepted and revered doctrines. The belief that God is three persons coexisting in one being or substance, as the doctrine is often defined, is held by millions of Catholics, Protestants and Orthodox believers alike. What is the truth? Listen to this audiobook or read other Bible study aids online at ucg.org/booklets.
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31 - The God Family from 2023-12-14T01:16:06.777948
Scripture clearly states that there is only one God (Isaiah 46:9; Malachi 2:10; Romans 3:30; James 2:19). Nevertheless, it is evident that the one God comprises more than one Being existing togethe...
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30 - Do Some Verses Deny a Divine Family? from 2023-12-14T01:16:06.772849
As this booklet explains, the Bible reveals that the one God is a family, presently consisting of God the Father and God the Son, Jesus Christ. And God is in the process of adding to the divine fam...
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29 - The Likeness of God from 2023-12-14T01:16:06.769087
In Genesis 1:26, God said, "Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness"—the plural "Us" and "Our" denoting both God the Father and the Word who would later be born in the flesh as Jesu...
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28 - God's Purpose for You from 2023-12-14T01:16:06.763627
Why were you born? Do you understand why you exist? The Trinity doctrine obscures the amazing truth, clearly revealed in Scripture, of God’s purpose for you!
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27 - God's Nature and Character from 2023-12-14T01:16:06.759026
In any discussion about who and what God is, we must not lose sight of the most important truth about God—that God the Father and Jesus Christ the Son are Beings of infinite love. John perfectly su...
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26 - How to Stir Up God's Spirit from 2023-12-14T01:16:06.756100
The apostle Paul admonished members in one of the churches he started, "Do not quench the Spirit" (1 Thessalonians 5:19). He also urged the young evangelist Timothy: "Stir up [rekindle into flame] ...
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25 - The Holy Spirit: God's Transforming Power from 2023-12-14T01:16:06.752966
Contrary to Trinitarian teaching, Scripture reveals the Holy Spirit not as a person, but as something much different - the divine power through which God acts.
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24 - What About Passages That "Prove" the Trinity? from 2023-12-14T01:16:06.749704
Some people, seeking to buttress their belief in the Trinity, point to a number of biblical passages that supposedly show Father, Son and Holy Spirit operating together as a Trinity. But do these p...
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23 - Why the Holy Spirit Is Sometimes Incorrectly Referred to as "He" and "Him" from 2023-12-14T01:16:06.744480
Many people assume that the Holy Spirit is a divine person, like the Father and Jesus Christ, based on references to the Spirit as "he," "him" and "himself" in the New Testament. This confusion ari...
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22 - Does Matthew 28 verse 19 Prove the Trinity? from 2023-12-14T01:16:06.741143
Matthew 28:19 is a biblical passage sometimes misunderstood with regard to the Trinity doctrine. Jesus is quoted as telling His disciples, "Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, bapti...
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21 - Is the Holy Spirit a Person? from 2023-12-14T01:16:06.734634
Many assume the Holy Spirit is a third divine person in the Trinity, along with the Father and the Son. But a closer look at the Bible reveals problems with this view.
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20 - Elohim: The Plurality of God from 2023-12-14T01:16:06.695577
Throughout Scripture we come back to the reality that God has chosen to express His personal nature in terms of a family relationship. Elohim is the Hebrew word translated "God" in every passage of...
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19 - Seven Scriptures That Debunk the Trinity as a Single Being from 2023-12-14T01:16:06.691976
The following seven scriptures show the fallacy of claiming that the Father and the Son are one being as the Trinity teaching asserts. How can one reconcile belief in the Trinity with these simple ...
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18 - "The Lord Our God, the Lord Is One" from 2023-12-14T01:16:06.688300
"Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one!" This simple declaration by Moses in Deuteronomy 6:4, beginning what is now commonly referred to as the Shema (pronounced sh'MAH, Hebrew for "Hea...
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17 - How Is God One? from 2023-12-14T01:16:06.685303
Scripture tells us that "the Lord our God, the Lord is one"—from which some believe three persons exist as one God. But is this really what the Bible reveals?
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16 - Jesus Christ's Submission to the Father from 2023-12-14T01:16:06.680486
The apostle Paul, in Philippians 2, says that Jesus was willing to voluntarily surrender His awesome godly power and position for our sakes, telling us: "Your attitude should be the same as that of...
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15 - God's Plan to "Bring Many Sons to Glory" from 2023-12-14T01:16:06.677054
The Father and Jesus have, from the beginning, planned to increase Their kind. The "God kind" is a family! It is headed by the Father and now consists of the Father and the Son, Jesus Christ. Ephes...
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14 - "There Is One God, the Father...and One Lord, Jesus Christ" from 2023-12-14T01:16:06.673556
A number of scriptural passages identify Jesus Christ as God along with God the Father. Yet some contend that the apostle Paul in 1 Corinthians 8 denied the divinity of Christ in applying the disti...
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13 - The Claim of Jesus' Disciples from 2023-12-14T01:16:06.669082
The statements of those who personally knew and were taught by Jesus, and who then wrote most of the New Testament, are thoroughly consistent with Jesus' declarations about Himself.
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12 - "In the Beginning Was the Word" from 2023-12-14T01:16:06.665357
The apostle John opens his account of the life of Jesus Christ with this declaration: "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with G...
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11 - Did Jesus Christ Claim to Be God? from 2023-12-14T01:16:06.658168
In addition to directly claiming in John 8:58 to be the "I AM" and having a Jewish crowd try to stone Him as a result (verse 59), as explained in this chapter, Jesus equated Himself with Yhwh of th...
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10 - The Apostles Understood Jesus to Be the Creator from 2023-12-14T01:16:06.652794
The book of Hebrews speaks of the Son of God as the Being through whom God created the worlds (Hebrews 1:2) and who "sustains all things by his powerful word" (verse 3, NRSV). Only God is great eno...
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09 - Jesus Christ: "The Rock" of the Old Testament from 2023-12-14T01:16:06.648678
The apostle Paul affirms that the God the Israelites of the Old Testament knew - the One they looked to as their "Rock" of strength (see Deuteronomy 32:4; Psalm 18:2) - was the One we know as Jesus...
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08 - Jesus Was Sent by the Father from 2023-12-14T01:16:06.644123
The preexistent Word, who later became Jesus Christ, was sent to earth by the Father in heaven. The Gospel of John bears record to this truth many times.
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07 - How Is God Revealed in the Bible? from 2023-12-14T01:16:06.635198
A true understanding of God comes from only one source - God's revelation to mankind, the Bible. What does it reveal about God the Father and Jesus Christ?
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06 - A Spurious Reference to the Trinity Added in 1 John 5 verses 7-8 from 2023-12-14T01:16:06.602350
Some Bible translators of past centuries were so zealous to find support for their belief in the Trinity in the Scriptures that they literally added it. A case in point is 1 John 5:7-8.
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05 - How Ancient Trinitarian Gods Influenced Adoption of the Trinity from 2023-12-14T01:16:06.598503
Many who believe in the Trinity are surprised, perhaps shocked, to learn that the idea of divine beings existing as trinities or triads long predated Christianity. Yet, as we will see, the evidence...
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04 - Greek Philosophy's Influence on the Trinity Doctrine from 2023-12-14T01:16:06.595639
Many historians and religious scholars, some quoted in this publication, attest to the influence of Greek or Platonic philosophy in the development and acceptance of the Trinity doctrine in the fou...
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03 - The Surprising Origins of the Trinity Doctrine from 2023-12-14T01:16:06.592649
Few understand how the Trinity doctrine came to be accepted - several centuries after the Bible was completed! Yet its roots go back much farther in history.
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02 - Is the Trinity Biblical? from 2023-12-14T01:16:06.588546
Surely a teaching as widespread and popular as the Trinity is scriptural, isn't it? Yet time and again, theologians and researchers admit it isn't found in the Bible.
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01 - Introduction: Is God a Trinity? from 2023-12-14T01:16:06.584374
Even though it's one of mainstream Christianity's most widely accepted and revered doctrines, theologians admit that the Trinity is largely incomprehensible.
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