“Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.” (Matthew 28:19, A.V.)
We wish now to consider one of the most important passages in which Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are mentioned together, namely Matthew 28:19. This verse is generally regarded as an unanswerable one in favor of the trinitarian doctrine of “three Persons in one God,” or as otherwise expressed, “one God in three Persons,” each of them considered individually as God, and collectively as one God. Though there is a distinct difference between the two phrases quoted, the advocates of trinitarianism use them interchangeably without concern.
This verse also is regarded as divine authority for what is known and customarily practiced among “the churches of Christendom” as the “Triune Formula” for baptism. If either of these two doctrines were rendered void, the other automatically would fall with it.
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Author: R. H. Judd
Keywords: Eternal son, Trinity, Triune, Deity of Christ, Deity of Jesus, God the Son, Triad, Jesus is God, Christ is God, I and my father are one, Form of God, Equality with God, Equal to God, Jesus is equal to God, Three persons, Holy Trinity, Trinitarianism, Trinitarian, Father Son Holy Spirit, Father Son Holy Ghost, trine, trine immersion, triune immersion, threefold, threefold name, baptism formula, baptismal formula, One god in three persons, Triune god, God in three persons, Jesus' divinity, divinity of Christ, divinity of Jesus
Bible reference(s): Matthew 28:19
Source: One God: God of the Ages (Oregon, IL: Restitution Herald, 1949)
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