In Romans 1:20 and Col. 2:9, in the King James Version, Paul refers to our divine Parent as the "Godhead." NIV and others translate it as "Deity."

        • Col 2:9 (KJV) "For in [Christ] dwelleth all the
        fulness of the Godhead bodily."

Just what kind of a God does the Bible describe? Exactly Whom do we worship?

1TR Deut 6:4 We worship just one God. But there is ample evidence in the Bible that this One God is made up of more than just one Person.

2TR Gen 1:1, 2 It's interesting that God seems to describe Himself as Singular in verse 1, and then the writer of Genesis seems to mention a second Individual in verse 2—"the Spirit of God." Are we to understand this as just another part of God Himself, or are we dealing with another Person when we speak of the "Spirit of God?"

3TR Gen 1:26 When Moses wrote this verse under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit (see 2 Peter 1:21), He used the plural pronouns "us" and "our." It gives the feeling that more than one Person is discussing the creation of man. Although this isn't proof that there exists more than one divine Person, it is good evidence of it. The same can be said of the "us" in Gen 3:22.

Jesus talked about His Father on a number of occasions, and spent a lot of time explaining that there is more than one Person in the deity.

4TR John 1:1-3, 10, 14 Jesus is a Member of the Godhead, and He took part in the creation of the world. We know Him best of the Members of the "Godhead" because He has made Himself known to us through His Incarnation.

    • "The Word was made flesh and dwelt among us.
        . . ." vs. 14

The writer of Hebrews was in perfect agreement with the Apostle John.

5TR John 5:26 The Father and the Son not only shared in the creation of this world, they also share the fountain of life, for each has life within Himself—un-borrowed, un-derived. It is a part of Their eternal heritage. God is Life, whether He be God the Father, God the Son—Jesus—or God the Holy Spirit.

7TR Ex. 34:6, 7 God is kind and gracious, just and holy. While He loves everyone that He has made with a perfect love, He also hates sin with a perfect hatred because it has brought so much misery into His world. Actually, when you begin to compare personalities, God the Father is just like Jesus, and Jesus treated people in the same kind and gentle manner that God treats them.

9TR Isa. 59:2 When sin came into the Universe it brought a separation between God and all His children on Planet Earth. We experience emotional pain when friends do things that hurt us. Imagine how much pain it caused God when His children—Adam and Eve—rebelled against Him and disobeyed Him. Their sin caused a separation between God and man such that it was no longer possible for humans to see God face to face, for God's glory would destroy the sinful person.

God's perfect justice wants to destroy the sin that separates us from Him, but if He did that, He would destroy us. But God loves us and wants to save us. And He has a plan that is doing just that—a plan of salvation that has centered in His Son.

10TR Phil. 2:5-8 God the Son became—made Himself —human. He had many reasons for this:
      • It made it possible for Him to be with people
        without His glory frightening or destroying them.
      • He was able to show us through His perfect life
         how we too can obey the laws of God.
      • He was able to take upon Himself the sins of all
         the world.
      • His coming as a human being allowed Him to
         take upon Himself the sins of all mankind and die
         for us.

11TR John 3:16 God loved His children so much that He was willing, in the Person of His Son, to come to this sin-scarred planet and to suffer the results of sin for all mankind. He died so that—if we believe in Him—we won't have to die for our own sins. God loved us that much!

How can I describe it in human words! How can the human mind ever understand that kind of love? It cannot. We have to accept it by faith, because there is no other way to understand it, or to accept it, or to survive this sinful world.
 

The love that Jesus had for me,
However can it be,
That He should die for me.
All earth and heaven stand in view
Of love so deep and true,
He died for me and you.

My God before you made the world
Before you made the man,
You felt his fatal blow;
You loved us more than we could know,
You came to us below,
Your loving Name to show.

All Heaven praises God’s own Son,
They marvel that He’s done
The fearful work begun;
He bore our sins on Calvary
To rescue you and me
From sin’s dark agony.

The love that Jesus had for me,
However can it be,
That He should die for me.

© 1984 Thurman C. Petty, Jr.
 

12TR Heb. 7:25 Jesus acts as our Attorney before God, our Intercessor.

When we pray for forgiveness from sin, Jesus presents our prayers to the Father and reminds God

(I'm speaking in human terms) of His sacrifice on the cross for us. God smiles when He realizes that we trust in His Son, and He graciously forgives us.

13TR 1 Cor. 15:22-26 After Jesus has destroyed all traces of sin and rebellion, He will give the Kingdom, that He has won back from Satan, into the hands of God the Father.

15TR Rev 5:11-13 We worship God now as our Heavenly Father. But when God has delivered us from all traces of sin, there will be nothing that will ever hurt or destroy:

      • No more death
      • No more sorrow
      • No more pain
throughout all eternity to come. No wonder John shows us a picture of all God's creatures singing His praises.

There are a number of different types of references which deal with members of the Trinity as individuals. Some texts refer to all three Members, while others refer to at least two. I've added some other interesting texts at the end.

John 1.1-4, 14, 18; 3.16, 18; 5. 17-23, 26, 27, 36
6.38, 40, 57; 8.16, 18, 19, 28, 29, 42, 54
10.14, 15, 17, 30, 36, 38; 11.4, 41; 12.26, 27, 28
13.1, 3; 14.1, 6. 9, 10, 13, 31; 15.1, 10, 15, 23
16.23, 28; 17.1-26; 18.11; 20.17, 21, 22
Acts 3.14-21
Rom. 2.16; 3.22-24; 4.23, 24; 5.1, 8; 6.4, 11, 23
7.25; 8.17, 31-34, 39; 10.9; 15.17
1 Cor. 8.6; 15.57
2 Cor. 1.3, 4; 2.14; 4.4; 5.17-19
Gal. 1.3, 4; 4.4, 5
Eph. 1.2, 3; 2.4, 5; 3.11, 12; 5.20
Phil. 1.2; 2.5-11; 4.7, 19
Col. 1.14-20; 3.17
1 Thess. 1.1; 3.12, 13; 4.16
2 Thess 1.1, 2; 2.16
1 Tim. 1.1, 2; 2.5; 6.13-16
2 Tim. 1.2
Philemon 1.3
Heb. 1.1-3; 1.5-10; 3. 6; 5.5; 7.24, 25; 9.24
12.2; 13.15, 16, 20,21
1 Pet. 1.3
2 Pet. 1.1, 2
1 John 2.1; 2.22, 23; 4.10; 5.11, 12
2 John 3
Jude 1, 24, 25
Rev. 1.1; 14.1; 21.22, 23