Question 9

Does the godhead consist of three persons?

Yes. There are three that bear record in heaven,^b

Is the Father a distinct person from the Son and Spirit?

Yes. My Father which gave them me is greater than all,^c

Is the Son a distinct person from the Father and Spirit?

Yes. The Lord, (i.e. the Father) said unto my Lord, (i.e. the Son) sit thou at my right hand,^d

And is the Spirit a distinct person, both from the Father and the Son?

Yes. The Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things,^e

Are these the same in essence, affection, and operation?

Yes. These three are one,^f

May it with any propriety then be said, that there are three Gods?

No. For the Lord is one, and his name is one,^g

Is the Spirit called God?

Yes. “Why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, thou hast not lied unto men, but unto God,ⁱ

Is the Son called Jehovah?

Yes. He is the Lord (Heb. Jehovah) our righteousness,^j

Is the Spirit called Jehovah?

Yes. They tempted the Lord (Heb. Jehovah)^k

They vexed his holy Spirit. Is this name given to any but God?

No. The most high over all the earth, is he whose name alone is Jehovah,^l

Is the Spirit eternal?

Yes. He is called the eternal Spirit,ⁿ

Is the Son omnipresent?

Yes. Where two or three are gathered together in my name there am I,^o

Is the Spirit so too?

Yes. Whither shall I go from thy Spirit?^p

Is the Son omniscient?

Yes. Thou knowest all things,^q

And is the Spirit so?

Yes. He searcheth all things,^r

Is the work of creation ascribed to the Son?

Yes. All things were made by him,^s

Is it also ascribed to the Spirit?

Yes. The Spirit of God hath made me,^t

And is creation a work peculiar to God?

Yes. He that built all things is God,^u

Is the Son also the object of prayer?

Yes. Lord Jesus, receive my Spirit,^w

And the Spirit?

Yes. Grace and peace be unto you from the seven Spirits which are before the throne,*^x

Are we baptized in the name of all the three persons in the Trinity?

Yes. Baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost,^y

And is religious worship a prerogative of Deity?

Yes. Worship God,^z

Have each of these their distinct province in the affair of man’s salvation?

Yes. Through him we both have access by one spirit unto the Father,^bb

Is the unity in the godhead a motive to unity among the saints?

Yes. That they all may be one; as thou Father, art in me and I in thee, that they also may be one in us,^cc

Should we hold fast this doctrine?

Yes. Hold fast the form of sound words,^dd