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Body: | Divine Titles, Functions and Character Qualities ascribed to the Father,
Son and Holy Spirit
"And if one can overpower him who is alone, two can resist him. A cord of
three strands is not quickly torn apart." (Eccl 4:12)
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To prove trinity true we need either prove Jesus is uncreated God and/or the Holy Spirit is a person with will, thoughts and emotions like God, angels and man.
Click to View Divine TITLES Jesus shares with the Father.
Click to View Divine TRAITS Jesus shares with the Father. What God is.
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Irrefutable logic: Game Over for Arians!
Trinitarians do not need to prove God is "three in one" or defend the developed doctrines of the Nicene creed in 325 AD. Trinitarians need only prove only one of the following to refute Watchtower theology:
that Jesus is not a creature.
the Holy Spirit is a person.
Divine Titles Jesus Shares with the Father
"God, YHWH, I am, King of Kings, First and Last"
Click to View We all know the Father is God, but the key focus here is that
the Son is uncreated God. So we have placed great attention on collecting
verses where Jesus is ascribed the Titles of Deity! Empty sections on the
Holy Spirit in this chart are not important and cause no problem for
Trinitarians. We prove in a following chart that the Holy Spirit is a
person.
Divine Title
The Father
The Son
The Holy Spirit
God
Deut 32:6; Ps 89:26; Isa 63:16; 64:8; Mal 1:6; 2:10; Mt 6:9; Jn 6:27; Gal 1:1-3; Eph 4:6; 5:20; 6:23; Phil 1:2; 2:11; 4:20; Col 3:17;
Gen 19:24; Ps 45:7; Isa 7:14; 9:6; Zech 12:10 Mt 1:23; Jn 1:1; 5:18; 20:28; Acts 20:28; Rom 9:5; Phil 2:6-7; Col 2:9; 1 Tim 3:16; Titus 2:14; Heb 1:8-9; 2 Pet 1:1; 1 Jn 5:20
Hag 2:5; Mt 12:28; Lk 11:20; Acts 5:3-4; 1 Cor 12:6,11,18; 2 Cor 3:17
YHWH (Yahweh)
Ex 6:3
Jer 23:6
Micah 3:8
Lord
Deut 10:17, Ps 110:1
Mt 22:43-45
2 Cor 3:18
Mighty God
Isa 10:21; Jer 32:18
Isa 9:6
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A Stone
Isa 8:13-15; 1 Pet 2:1-8
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The Rock
Isa 44:8
Deut 2:7; 32:30; Isa 44:8; 1 Cor 10:4
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I Am
Ex 3:14
Jn 8:58
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Alpha & Omega; First & Last
Isa 41:4; 44:6; 48:12; Rev 1:8; 21:6
Rev 1:17; 2:8; 22:13
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King of kings; Lords of lords
Deut 10:17; Ps 136:2-3; Dan 2:47
1 Tim 6:15; Rev 17:14; 19:16
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Shepherd
Ezek 34:11-16; Ps 23:1
Jn 10:11,14; Heb 13:20; Rev 7:17
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Divine Traits Jesus Shares with the Father
"Majestic Glory, Eternal, Unfathomable, Holy, True, Good"
Click to View Again, the key focus here is that the Son is uncreated God.
We have placed great attention on collecting verses where Jesus is ascribed
divine traits. Although we prove in a following chart that the Holy Spirit
is a person, it is powerful to see that almost all the Divine traits of the
Father are applied to the Holy Spirit.
Divine Traits
The Father
The Son
The Holy Spirit
Eternal, self-existent
Gen 21:33; Ex 3:14; Deut 33:27; Ps 90:2; 90:4; 93:2; 102:12; Job 36:26; Hab 1:12; Rom 16:26; 2 Pe 3:8
Psalm 102:24-25 + Heb 1:10-12; Isa 9:6; Micah 5:1-2; Jn 1:1; 8:58; 17:5; Eph 3:21; Col 1:17; Heb 7:3; 1 Jn 1:1; Rev 22:13
Heb 9:14
Omnipresence, near when needed
Deut 4:7; 1 Ki 8:27; Isaiah 66:1; Jer 23:23-24; Acts 7:48-49; 17:27-28
Mt 18:20; 28:20; Jn 1:48; Eph 1:22-23; 4:10; Col 3:11
Ps 139:7-10
Omniscience, knows hearts men
1 Sam 16:7; Job 37:16; 1 Chron 28:9; Ps 139:1-4; Jer 17:10; Isa 41:22-23; 42:9; 44:7; 1 Jn 3:20; Heb 4:13
Mt 11:27; 12:25; Mk 2:8; Lk 9:47; 11:17; Jn 1:48; 2:23-25; 4:16-18; 16:30; 21:17
1 Cor 2:10-11
Omnipotence
Gen 17:1; Ex 6:3; Job 36:5,22,26; 42:2; Ps 115:3; Jer 32:17, 27; Mt 3:9; 19:26; Mk 10:27; Lk 1:37; 18:27; Eph 1:11; Rev 19:6
Mt 28:18; Phil 3:20-21
Gen 1:2; Lk 1:35-37
Majestic Glory
Ps 29:3; 84:11; Job 37:22; Eph 3:20-21; 2 Pet 1:17; Rev 4:11
Lk 9:43; 2 Cor 4:4; 2 Pet 1:16; Heb 1:3; Rev 5:11-14
2 Cor 3:8; 1 Pe 4:14
Incomprehensible, Unfathomable
Job 9:10; Rom 11:33; Eph 3:20
Mt 11:27; Eph 3:8
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Holy
Lev 19:2; Ps 5:4-6; 99:5; Isa 6:3; 8:13; Hab 1:12-13; Tit 1:2; 1 Jn 1:5; Rev 4:8; 15:4
Mk 1:24; Acts 3:14; 2 Cor 5:21; Heb 4:15; 7:26; Rev 3:7
Lk 11:13; Rom 1:4; Eph 1:13
True, truth
Num 23:19; Isa 65:16; Ps 31:5; Jn 7:28; 17:17; Tit 1:2; Heb 6:18
Jn 14:6; Rev 3:7
Jn 14:17
Good
Deut 8:16; Ps 118:1; Nahum 1:7; Mk 10:18; Lk 18:19; Rom 8:28; Jas 1:13
Jn 10:11
Ps 143:10; Neh 9:20
Immutable, unchangeable
Ex 32:14; Ps 33:11; Ps 89:34; 102:26-27; Isa 51:6; Mal 3:6; Rom 1:23; 2 Tim 2:13; Heb 6:17-18; Jas 1:17
Heb 1:12; 13:8
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Preeminent
Ps 97:9; 148:13
Col 1:18; Acts 10:36
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A Spirit, greater than man
Num 23:19; 1 Sam 15:29; Job 33:12; Ezek 1:26-28; Jn 4:24; 1 Jn 3:20
Mk 2:8; Lk 24:39; Rev 1:14
"Holy Spirit"
Unique, One of a kind
Ex 8:10; 9:14; 15:11; 2 Sam 7:22; 1 Chron 17:20; Ps 86:8; 1 Ki 8:23; Isa 40:18,25; 44:7; Jer 10:6-7; Micah 7:18
Divine functions Jesus shares with the Father
"Creator, Redeemer, worshipped, Prayer to, Forgives sin"
Click to View Again, the key focus here is that the Son is uncreated God.
We have placed great attention on collecting verses where Jesus is ascribed
divine functions. Although we prove in a following chart that the Holy
Spirit is a person, it is powerful to see that many of the Divine functions
of the Father and the Son are also shared by the Holy Spirit.
Divine Function
The Father
The Son
The Holy Spirit
Creator
Gen 1:1; Ps 33:6; 102:25; Isa 44:24; 64:8; Rom 11:36; Acts 17:24
Gen 1:1; Jn 1:1; 1:3; 1 Cor 8:6; Col 1:15-17, Heb 1:2,10-12; 11:3
Gen 1:2; Ps 104:30; Job 33:4
Redeemer
Ps 130:7-8; Isa 43:14; Lk 1:68
Isa 44:6; Gal 3:13; Eph 1:7; Tit 2:14; Heb 9:12-15
Eph 4:30
Savior, salvation
Isa 12:2; 43:11; Ps 18:46; Hos 13:4; Lk 3:6; 1 Tim 1:1; 2:3; 4:10; Tit 1:3; 3:4; Jude 25
Acts 2:21; 4:12; 1 Tim 1:15; 2 Tim 1:10; Titus 1:4; 2:13; 3:6; 2 Pe 1:1
Tit 3:5
Calms the storm
Ps 107:29
Mt 8:26-27
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Fills the hungry soul
Ps 107:9
Jn 6:51
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Just, Impartially Judges with vengeance
Ps 7:11; 75:7; 94:1-2; 96:13; Isa 30:18; 45:21; Mal 2:17; Jer 51:56; Zeph 3:5; Jn 8:50; Acts 10:34; Rom 2:5; 3:26; 11:22; Heb 10:31; 12:23
Jn 5:22-23; 2 Tim 4:1,8; Jas 5:9
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Accepts Worship
Gen 24:26; Deut 6:13; Josh 5:13-15
Mt 14:33; 28:9,17; Jn 20:28; 9:38; Acts 14:8-15; Phil 2:10; Heb 1:6; Rev 5:8-14
Philippians 3:3
Divine "service"
Deut 6:13; 10:20; Mt 4:10
Col 3:24; Rev 22:3
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Every Knee Bows
Isa 45:23
Rom 14:10-12, Phil 2:8-10
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Prayed to
Mt 6:8
Commands: Jn 14:14; Jas 1:1-7; 1 Cor 1:2; Eph 5:19; Acts 8:22. Examples: Rev 22:20, 2 Cor 12:7-9, Acts 7:54-60; Acts 8:24. Inferences: 1 Jn 5:11-15, Acts 1:24; Heb 7:25
Intercedes in our prayers: Rom 8:26-27
Begot Jesus
Heb 1:5
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Mt 1:18; Lk 1:35
Raised Jesus
Acts 2:32; 3:15, 26; 17:31; 1 Thess 1:9-10
Mk 14:58; Jn 2:19-22; 10:17
Rom 1:4; 8:11
Final Resurrection
1 Cor 6:14
Jn 6:39-44; Phil 3:20-21
Rom 8:11
Indwells the believer
2 Cor 6:16-18; 1 Jn 4:15
2 Cor 13:5; Eph 3:17
Rom 8:9; 1 Cor 6:19; 2 Tim 1:14
Abides
Gen 21:22; Deut 7:21; Josh 1:9; 1 Sam 10; 1 Chron 17:2; Isa 8:10; 1 Jn 4:12-15
Mt 28:20; Jn 6:56
Jn 14:17; 1 Jn 2:27
We Belong To
Jn 17:9
Jn 17:6
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In our heart
Gal 4:6
Eph 3:17
2 Cor 1:22
Provides Access To God
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Jn 14:6; Eph 2:18
Eph 2:18
Source Of Life
Gen 2:7; Acts 17:28; Rom 6:23; 1 Tim 6:13
Jn 1:3-4; 5:21; 10:28; 11:25; Acts 3:15; 1 Jn 5:11
Jn 3:3-8; Rom 8:2; 2 Cor 3:6; Gal 6:8; Titus 3:5
Sanctifies
1 Thess 5:23
Heb 2:11
1 Pet 1:2
Forgives Sin
Mt 6:12
Lk 7:47-48; Mk 2:5-11
Titus 3:5
Searches Our Heart
1 Chron 28:9; Ps 7:9; 26:2; 139:1; Jer 17:10; Lk 16:15
Rev 2:23 (key verse to prove deity)
Rom 8:27; 1 Cor 2:10-11
Authority by their name to be baptized
Mt 28:19
Mt 28:19
Mt 28:19
Source of help, strength, protector, deliverer
Deut 3:22; 2 Sam 22:33; Ps 46:1; 54:4; 59:9,17; 62:8; 68:20; 73:26; 84:11; Isa 12:2; 49:5; Hab 3:19; 2 Cor 1:10
2 Cor 12:9; Phil 4:13; 2 Tim 4:17-18
Eph 3:16; 2 Tim 1:14
Light and guidance
Ps 84:11; 1 Jn 1:5
Jn 1:4-5; 3:19; 8:12; 9:5; 12:35
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Sends Holy Spirit
Jn 14:16
Jn 15:26
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Baptizes us into Christ
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1 Cor 12:13
Personality and character ascribed to the Holy Spirit
"Thinks, speaks, makes decisions, loves, Compassionate, Grieves, Insulted,
Intercedes"
Click to View In order to prove the Trinity true, we need merely show
that the Holy Spirit is a person. Because no one disputes that the Father
and the Son are persons, we place all our focus on proving the personality
of the Holy Spirit. The chart below is absolutely devastating to Arians
like Jehovah's Witnesses and Christadelphians.
Character Qualities of the Holy Spirit
The Father
The Son
The Holy Spirit
Inspires Scripture, Speaks, has a mind, a will and makes management decisions directing others for divine purpose
Jer 3:15; 26:5; Mt 3:17; 10:17-20; Lk 22:42; 1 Thess 2:13; 2 Tim 3:16; Heb 1:1; 2 Pe 1:20-21
Mt 10:5; Lk 6:13; 21:12-15; 22:42; 2 Cor 13:3; Eph 4:11
Mt 4:1; 1:12; Mk 13:11; Lk 2:26; 4:11; 12:11-12; Jn 16:13-14; Acts 1:16; 2:4; 4:25; 8:29,39; 10:19; 11:12; 13:2; 15:28; 16:6; 20:22-23; 20:28; 28:25; 1 Cor 12:11; Eph 3:5; 1 Tim 4:1; Heb 3:7; 9:8; 10:15; 1 Pet 1:11; 2 Pe 1:20-21; Rev 22:17
hope
Rom 15:13
1 Tim 1:1
Rom 15:13
Joy
Rom 15:13
Jn 15:11
Rom 14:17; 1 Thess 1:6
fellowship
Jn 14:23; 1 Jn 1:3-6
1 Cor 1:9; 1 Jn 1:3
2 Cor 13:14; Phil 2:1
Loves, Loving
Deut 7:7-8; Jer 31:3; Jn 3:16; 1 Cor 13:11; Eph 2:4-5; Heb 12:6; 1 Jn 4:8,16
Jn 15:13; Eph 5: 25
Rom 15:30
Grace
Ps 84:11; 1 Pet 5:10
Rom 16:20; 1 Thess 5:28
Zech 12:10; Heb 10:29
Who Gives the Christian the Words to Speak?
Mt 10:17-20
Lk 21:12-15
Lk 12:11-12
Lied to
Hosea 11:12
Jn 8:55
Acts 5:3
Bears witness:
Phil 1:8
Rev 1:5; 3:14
Acts 5:32
Compassionate, Comforts, kind
Deut 4:31; 2 Chron 30:9; Ps 103:8-9; 116:5; Rom 11:22; 2 Cor 1:3; 2 Thess 2:16
Mk 6:34; 2 Cor 1:5; 2 Thess 2:16
Acts 9:31
Grieves
Gen 6:6
Mt 26:38; Mk 3:5
Isa 63:10; Eph 4:30
Insulted
2 Chron 32:17
Mt 27:44
Heb 10:29
blasphemed
Rev 16:11
Lk 22:65
Mt 12:31
Abides
Jn 14:23
Jn 14:23
Jn 14:17
Consuming fire, jealous
Deut 4:24; Nahum 1:2; Heb 12:29
2 Thess 1:7; Rev 1:14
Mt 3:11
Faith, faithful
Deut 32:4; 1 Cor 1:9
Rev 3:7
2 Cor 4:13
Peace
1 Cor 14:33; Rom 15:33; 16:20; 2 Cor 13:11; Phil 4:9; 1 Thess 5:23; Heb 13:20
1 Cor 1:3; 2 Cor 1:2; Gal 1:3; Eph 2:14
Rom 8:6; 14:17; Gal 5:22; Eph 4:3
Intercedes like a lawyer to God
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1 Jn 2:1
Rom 8:26; John 14:16,17,26; 16:7
By Steve Rudd
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