1. There is one God.

True. The consistent testimony of the Bible and Christian creeds is that there is one God. Isaiah 42: 8 - I
am the LORD, that is My name; And My glory I will not give to another, Nor My praise to carved images.

2. God is one person.

False. God has 3 “Person” or “Hypostasis” the Father, Son and Holy Spirit Matthew 28: 19 - Go
therefore[a] and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the
Son and of the Holy Spirit.

3. God is three beings.

False. “Substance” = “essence” = “nature” to designate the divine being in His unity, God has 3
Hypostasis but one divine being. John 10:30 – I and My Father are one.

4. There are three persons in the Godhead.

True. 1 Peter 1: 1 – 2: Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, To the pilgrims of the Dispersion in Pontus,
Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, 2 elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in
sanctification of the Spirit, for obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ:

5. Each of the three persons of the Godhead is one-third of God.

False. Each person is fully God; the Trinity is indivisible.”

1 John 5: 7-8- For there are three that bear witness in heaven: The Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit;
and these three are one

6. In their nature, the Son and the Holy Spirit are co-equal and co-eternal with the
Father.
True. Matthew 3: 16-17 - When He had been baptized, Jesus came up immediately from the water; and
behold, the heavens were opened to Him, and He[a] saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and
alighting upon Him.17 And suddenly a voice came from heaven, saying, “This is My Beloved Son, in
whom I am well pleased.”

7. The Son and the Spirit are subordinate to the Father in their essence or nature.
False. John 15: 26 - “But when the Helper comes, whom I shall send to you from the Father, the Spirit of
truth who proceeds from the Father, He will testify of Me. John 5:23 that all should honor the Son just as
they honor the Father. He who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent Him.

8. God exists as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit in different eras or for different purposes,
but never at the same time.
False. Genesis1 in the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. 2 The earth was without form,
and void; and darkness was on the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of
the waters.
9. The persons of the Trinity have distinct roles.
True. Although all three persons are involved in all of God’s work, there are distinctions in their focus.
We might summarize their roles in redemption, for instance, like this: The Father planned, the Son
accomplished, the Spirit applies. Luke 1:35 - And the angel answered and said to her, “The Holy Spirit
will come upon you, and the power of the Highest will overshadow you; therefore, also, that Holy One
who is to be born will be called the Son of God.

10. “Father,” “Son” and “Holy Spirit” are three different names for the one person of God
as he displays his work in three distinct roles.
False. Since the Trinity consists of three persons (not one) who exist co-eternally, God cannot be one
person manifesting himself in different roles. This false statement is known as Sabellianism. Though it
has always been regarded as a heresy, it continues to exist.

Matthew 3: 16-17 - When He had been baptized, Jesus came up immediately from the water; and
behold, the heavens were opened to Him, and He[a] saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and
alighting upon Him.17 And suddenly a voice came from heaven, saying, “This is My Beloved Son, in
whom I am well pleased.”

11. A right understanding of the Trinity is vital to right worship of God.

True. An accurate view of God as Trinity is the foundation upon which we can worship each of the three
persons of the Godhead. For instance, if the Son is a created being subordinate to the Father, we have
no justification for worshipping him.

John 4:24 God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.”

12. A right understanding of the Trinity is vital to a right understanding of redemption.

True. Redemption is illogical and impossible without Trinitarian distinctions. For example, in order for
the Father to pour out his wrath on his Son and for the Father to accept Christ’s sacrifice on our behalf,
the persons must be distinct.

That the Son is infinite God also explains how his death can infinitely valuable and thus able to pay the
just penalty of eternity in hell for all those he redeems.

John 3:16 16 For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in
Him should not perish but have everlasting life

13. Any analogy used to explain the Trinity will fail to represent it with complete accuracy.
True. Nothing else is like the Trinity, so no analogy can explain it.

1 Corinthians 13:12 For now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part, but
then I shall know just as I also am known.
14. We cannot confidently derive the doctrine of the Trinity from the Biblical text.
False. Though the word “Trinity” is not in the Bible, the doctrine of the Trinity is derived from the Bible's
many statements about God and the persons of the Godhead. 2 Corinthians 13:14 - The grace of the
Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all. Amen.

15. The Father is fully God.

True. Matthew 6:9-110 In this manner, therefore, pray: Our Father in heaven, Hallowed be Your
name.10 Your kingdom come. Your will be done On earth as it is in heaven.

16. The Father is eternal.

True. Revelation 1:8 - “I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End,” [a] says the Lord, [b]
“who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.”

17. The Father is not the Son.

True. 1 John 5: 7-8- For there are three that bear witness in heaven: The Father, the Word, and the Holy
Spirit; and these three are one.

18. The Father is the Holy Spirit.

False. 1 John 5: 7-8- For there are three that bear witness in heaven: The Father, the Word, and the Holy
Spirit; and these three are one.

19. The Son is half human and half divine.

False. Colossians 1: 15 – 17 - He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. 16 For
by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether
thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him. 17
And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist.

20. In his humanity, the Son is subordinate to the Father.

True. Though the Son is co-eternal and co-equal to the Father, he also joyfully subordinates himself to
the Father. See, for example, John 5:36 But I have a greater witness than John’s; for the works which the
Father has given Me to finish—the very works that I do—bear witness of Me, that the Father has sent
Me.

21. The Son has the whole fullness of God’s being in himself.
True. Colossians 2:9 - For in Him dwells all the fullness of the Godhead bodily

22. The Son came into being at the time of his incarnation.
False. John 1: 1-5 - In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
2 He was in the beginning with God. 3 All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was
made that was made. 4 In Him was life, and the life was the light of men. 5 And the light shines in the
darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend[a] it.
23. The Son was brought into being in eternity past.
False. . John 1: 1-5 - In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was
God. 2 He was in the beginning with God. 3 All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing
was made that was made. 4 In Him was life, and the life was the light of men. 5 And the light shines in
the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend[a] it

24. The Son is eternal.

True Hebrew 1: 2 who being the brightness of His glory and the express image of His person, and
upholding all things by the word of His power, when He had by Himself[a] purged our[b] sins, sat down
at the right hand of the Majesty on high,

25. The Son is not the Father.

True. ” Philippians 2: 5-8 - Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus, 6 who, being in the
form of God, did not consider it robbery to be equal with God, 7 but made Himself of no reputation,
taking the form of a bondservant, and coming in the likeness of men. 8 And being found in appearance
as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to the point of death, even the death of the cross.

26. The Son is the Holy Spirit.

False. John 15: 26 - “But when the Helper comes, whom I shall send to you from the Father, the Spirit of
truth who proceeds from the Father, He will testify of Me.

27. The Holy Spirit is fully God.

True. 1 Peter 1:2 - elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in sanctification of the Spirit,
for obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace be multiplied.

28. The Holy Spirit is a force.

False. The Holy Spirit is a person, not a force. John 14:16 -17 - And I will pray the Father, and He will give
you another Helper, that He may abide with you forever— 17 the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot
receive, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him; but you know Him, for He dwells with you and will
be in you.

29. The Holy Spirit is not the Father.

True. John14: 26 - But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach
you all things, and bring to your remembrance all things that I said to you.

30. The Holy Spirit is not the Son.

True. John 15:26 “But when the Helper comes, whom I shall send to you from the Father, the Spirit of
truth who proceeds from the Father, He will testify of Me.