This is a small article that appeared on page 7 of the December 1948 Pentecostal Herald and was written by Bro. Howard A. Goss who was General Superintendent of the UPC at that time.
GODHEAD
The name of Jesus people teach that there is one true God and this one true God has manifested Himself in the New Testament dispensation especially. as Father, Son and Holy Spirit--not three eternally separate, distinct persons or Gods, but three manifestations of the one true God. We believe that we are the true trinitarians because the word trinity means tri-unity--three in one. The people that hold that there are three eternally separate and distinct persons in the Godhead or deity are tritheists which means three Gods or persons.
Those that believe that Jesus Christ was God manifested in the flesh are the true trinitarians. Paul says in
Colossians 2:9 "For in him dwelleth all the fullness of the Godhead bodily."
1 John 5:7 says, "For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one." Jesus said-"He that hath seen me hath seen the Father--.
John 14:9.
The Lord Jesus Christ is Father, Son. and Holy Spirit, so the Lord Jesus Christ is the one true God.
Howard A. Goss.
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