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Getting to Know God The Personhood & Deity of the Holy Spirit

In examining the biblical revelation concerning God, we come upon an apparent contradiction. The Bible teaches that there is only one God, but it also teaches that Jesus is God. And what do we make of situations where God the Son is speaking to God the Father? All of this suggests that God exists in something more than a simple monotheism.

The situation becomes even more complicated when we see what the Bible says about the Holy Spirit. We know there aren’t three gods, the Bible makes that clear (Isa 45:4; 1

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