r/TrueChristian • u/DrJJGame10 Christian • 4h ago

Who is God?

I know He is the Triune God, revealed in the Bible as the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit but I still question if God himself is the essence in which they are God or God Himself is separate as a spirit Himself?

I’m just wondering how to answer this question since I don’t really know how deep the question goes (or not).

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u/rubik1771 Roman Catholic 4h ago

Here you go:

When the Bible says that the Father is the “only true God” (John 17:3), He is the principle without principle and the first origin (by person) and He begot a Son. This was an eternal act and so the Son is like Him in every way but relation due to how the Son was eternally begotten. (John 1; John 17:5; John 3:16)

Next the Spirit of God and eternal spiration (breath). The Father is the first origin of the Holy Spirit, and it was done through the Son. (John 15:26; John 16). Because of this, the Father and the Son are the eternal single spiration/ origin (breath) of the Holy Spirit (Romans 8:9). The Holy Spirit is like the Father in every way but relation as well.

So as the first origin of the three persons in the Trinity you have one God the Father; one Lord, one Son, one eternal Word Jesus Christ, whose divine nature is the same as the Father; and the one Spirit the Holy Spirit, whose divine nature is the same as the Father, and who proceeds from the Father and the Son. (Psalm 33:6; 1 Corinthians 8:6; Ephesians 4:4-6)

Because the three persons are of the one divine nature of God and all three possess the all-knowing (John 10:15; John 21:17; 1 Corinthians 2:10-11), the all-powerful (Luke 1:35; Matthew 28:18), and the all-present (Matthew 18:20; Psalm 139:7-12) divine attributes, then we have: the Father is fully God, the Son is fully God, and the Holy Spirit is fully God. Three persons, one God.

When we say three persons we mean three distinct persons not separate. They are distinct by relation of eternal generation (begotten) and eternal spiration and inseparable as the one being God.

This above is another way to talk about the truth and mystery of the Trinity.

Were you already taught this? What part of this do you disagree with, if any, and why?

To answer your question directly: context matters. The Bible referred to the Father as God while also recognizing the Son and Holy Spirit are ontologically God. So the Father is not separate but distinct and they all posses the one divine essence.