Triadic passages that prove the distinction of God
Irrefutable passages that send Modalists into fits of confusion!

	The distinction of God Complete list of triadic passages

Triadic passages that prove the distinction between the Father, Son and Holy Spirit:

Baptism of Jesus: Matthew 3:16-17 Who says they didn't have video tape in the first century! "After being baptized, Jesus came up immediately from the water; and behold, the heavens were opened, and he saw the Spirit of God descending as a dove and lighting on Him, and behold, a voice out of the heavens said, "This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well-pleased."" (Matthew 3:16-17)

1. Video tape doesn't lie! Here we have a very graphic image of the Father speaking from heaven, the Holy Spirit resting on Jesus' shoulder as a dove and the Son standing in the water getting baptized.
2. This passage sends Modalists into fits of confusion!

Great commission of Jesus: Matthew 28:19 "Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit" (Matthew 28:19)

A. Primary arguments the prove distinction:

1. Mt 28:19 is a powerhouse verse for Trinitarians: It uses a singular NAME in reference to three distinct persons, each of which have the definite article before them.
2. The use of three separate definite articles before each of three persons: Mt 28:19. "name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit"
3. Name of three: Matt 28:19. Notice the singular name and three persons is directly foreshadowed in Gen 48:16 that refers to Abraham and Isaac by a singular name!

B. Plural persons referred to by a single name:

1. "baptizing them in the name [singular in Greek] of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit" (Matthew 28:19)
2. "May my name live on in them, And the name [singular in Hebrew] of my fathers Abraham and Isaac" (Genesis 48:16)
3. "He created them [plural] male and female, and He blessed them [plural] and named [singluar] them Man [singlar] in the day when they were created." (Genesis 5:2)
4. "But your offspring that have been born after them shall be yours; they shall be called by the name [singular] of their brothers in their inheritance." (Gen 48:6)

Gen 5:2	named [singluar] them Man [singlar]	Adam and Eve
Gen 48:6	called by the name [singular] of their brothers	offspring
Gen 48:16	the name [singluar] of	my fathers: Abraham and Isaac
Matt 28:19	In the name [singluar] of	Father, Son, Holy Spirit

   

By Steve Rudd

 

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