1 Corinthians 2:8
The Godhead
One of the most controversial subjects in today’s Christian culture is that of The Godhead. Every denomination has its dogma and its own particular beliefs when it comes to the Godhead and the vast majority of the teaching attempts are not biblical and cannot be explained from the bible alone. Instead, imagination, pretense, exclusion and rejection of clearly written bible verses must be embraced in order to fit many “explanations” of the Godhead.
Most expositions of the subject still lack and omit critical bible passages and verses hich are either contradictory to the writer’s own attempts to explain the Godhead or they’re too controversial for the writer to tackle. The result is usually a disclaimer of sorts made by today’s biblical teachers that “the Godhead is a great mystery which cannot be understood”, or a declaration that we must accept (by blind faith alone) the traditional teaching of years past. I disagree with those types of assessments and reject any notion that the Godhead is too difficult to fully understand or comprehend.
If you’re not ready (or willing) to tackle some very tough scriptures which seem to contradict themselves at times, then this teaching is probably not for you, at least not until you fully understand your core, foundational beliefs.
A Gentle Warning and A Challenge for You!
The study of The Godhead is strong meat! In fact, it is VERY strong meat (spiritually speaking, of course). Without a firm grasp upon the very foundations of the common faith, it is likely that you will stumble with this teaching.
As with all teaching found on The Elijah Project, pray and study to PROVE all things! Don’t take my word for it and I would even suggest that you don’t even believe it until YOU have proven it for yourself.
Have you ever studied the Godhead reconciling scripture which pertains to Godhead and which includes the very nature of God? Have you been taught, line by line, scripture by scripture or have you just picked up a few scriptures here and there and compared them with how things work in the natural world? Perhaps you’re simply holding to what you were told or taught from a church creed or from common belief?
I mentioned it in the first sentence of this section but I want to mention it again before we dive into the teaching series. The study of the Godhead is very strong meat which will present you with scriptures which seem to contradict themselves, especially in the initial pages of this study, however, the scriptures do NOT contradict themselves.
What do you believe? Do you belive in a Trinity? Maybe you believe in a Plurality, Oneness, Modalism, Jesus Only, Two Persons, Three Persons, Three “Personalities”, physical bodies, spiritual bodies, perhaps a combination of physical and spiritual? What is it YOU personally believe?
When studying the Bible, you should always let the Word of God explain itself and as with any bible study, I trust you are taking notes, making references to compare later or at least using bookmarks in your own bible for future reference. Remember: Scripture builds upon scripture and everything you need to know is fully contained within the pages of the Word itself.
Did you know the King James bible was written on a 6th grade level and it can be easily understood by even a casual bible student. Don’t be fooled into thinking the Bible is impossible to understand unless they’re a priest, a Greek or Hebrew scholar or a multi-year Seminarian.
LEARN TO RESOLVE SCRIPTURE WITH SCRIPTURE. You don’t need “Another Testament of Jesus Christ”, or a “more understandable” translation or external reference books in order to comprehend the bible. The Word of God does a fine job of explaining itself. I’ll add this note: The Evidence Bible is the closest English translation I’ve found which retains the meaning of the scriptures. I don’t necessarily agree with many of the footnotes and commentary, however, the verses contained in The Evidence Bible appear to be extremely close to the KJV (and it’s easier to read for many people).
As we study the Godhead, we are going build scripture upon scripture and let the Word of God EXPLAIN ITSELF!
“But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.” 1 Corinthians 2:14
Let’s begin the study to determine what the Word of God actually says about The Godhead.