God does not only desire for us to worship him in spirit, but also in truth.

What is truth? Truth is that God wants us to know who he is. Who is Jesus Christ and how many Gods do we have.

God wants us to know who he is. In this study we are going to find out how many Gods we have and what is his name.

According to Isa 9:6, unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government (world) shall be upon his shoulder. (Now we will get into the attributes or characteristics that describe who that child to be born is and that son to be given.) The word said that he is Wonderful, he is a Counsellor, He is The mighty God (the word The in front of mighty God, signify that he is the one and only God), The everlasting Father (the word The in front of Everlasting Father, signify that he is the one and only Everlasting Father with no beginning or ending), The Prince of Peace.

Let’s examine the attributes or characteristics of The mighty God. How many Gods do we have?

Here in this set of scriptures, the word tells us that there is only one God and there is none before him, neither shall there be any after him. He is God, he is God all alone, and he is God all by himself. But what about Isa 9:6? The child to be born and the son to be given, the Bible said that he would be The mighty God (The one and only God), how can this be? It seems like the word contradicts itself. But, we know that this is impossible, because according to I Cor 14:33, God is not the author of confusion. So let’s examine the word some more.

**What about Isa 9:6…The mighty God?

If there is no God beside him and he don’t know any other God, how can this child to be born and son to be given, be The mighty God (The one and only)? It seems like we have two gods, but we don’t, God is trying to tell us something in Isa 9:6. Let’s examine some more scriptures.

Here it is again that he is God all alone, but what about Isa 9:6? (The child to be born and son to be given, he is The mighty God, the one and only God.)

The word is made plain to us again that there is only one God.

Every scripture that we read in the book of Isaiah establish that there is only one God, except for Isa 9:6. But God was trying to tell us something in Isa 9:6. The word of God does not contradict itself. Now we will bring it together and see what God was trying to tell us.

Isaiah made the correct statement in Isa 9:6, “For unto us a child is born and unto us a son is given…his name shall be Wonderful, Counsellor, The Might God…etc.”, because that child to be born and son to be given was the one true God manifest (reveal, made known, shown) in the flesh.

How can the word be with God and be God at the same time?

The word, word that is used in this passage of scriptures means Logos in Greek. Logos in Greek means plan or thought. Let’s use the word plan in place of word.

What do we mean by plan?

God in his foreknowledge knew man was going to sin, so God had a plan to redeem mankind back to himself. According to Gen 3:15, it would come through the seed of a woman. God, himself, according to I Tim 3:16, would roll himself up in Flesh. II Cor 5:19 says “To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself…etc.”.

This plan that God had was only in the mind of God until the time was right (Gal 4:4). God had this plan before the foundation of the world. In the beginning was a plan, and the plan was with God, where? In the mind of God, and the plan was God. How can the plan be God? Because in the mind of God, he seen himself carrying out his own redemption plan.

We know that the lamb that the scripture is talking about, is Jesus (John 1:29). How was he slain from the foundation of the world? Only in the mind of God, because we don’t read about a lamb being slain in Genesis chapter one.

19 But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot:

The lamb was foreordained before the foundation of the world, where? In the mind of God, but was manifest (reveal, made known, shown) in these times (Gal 4:4) for you.

According to John 1:1, “In the beginning was a plan, and the plan was with God (In his mind), and the plan was God (God saw himself carry out his own redemption plan).”

So now we understand what the word, word means.

The word him in verse 3 is referring to the word in verse one, and who is the word? The word is God, and how many Gods do we have according to the scriptures we read in the book of Isaiah? Only one!

The word he in verse 10 is referring to the word in verse one, and who is the word? The word is God, and how many Gods do we have according to the scriptures we read in the book of Isaiah? Only one!

To sum this up, the word which is God, and there is only one God was made flesh and dwelt among us and his name is Jesus.

Now we want to take a look at another attribute of this child to be born and son to be given, this attribute is The Everlasting Father.

When we talk about The everlasting Father, we are speaking in terms of no beginning and no ending, something that have always been.

If The everlasting Father has no beginning and no ending, how can this child to be born, and son to be given, be The everlasting Father (No beginning and no ending)?

If we have only one Father, how can this child to be born and son to be given, be The everlasting Father? Let’s look at a few more scriptures.

Again, if we only have one Father that dwells in heaven, how can this child to be born and son to be given be The everlasting Father?

Here it is again, one God and Father of all. There is only one Father, but according to Isa 9:6, the child to be born and son to be given, he is The everlasting Father.

All the scriptures we have read up until this point clearly establish that there is only one Father, but what about Isa 9:6(A child to be born a son to be given…The everlasting Father)?

Now we will bring this altogether according to the next scriptures that we will read.

When you read this scripture, it seem like a father-son relationship, but what was Jesus really saying when he made that statement in verse 6?

Jesus said no man cometh unto the Father but by me. What happens is that people try to build a relationship with God and then with Jesus Christ. It is impossible to build a relationship with the Father, without first building a relationship with Jesus. Why? Because when you come to know who Jesus is, you will know that Jesus is The Father. But if you never know who Jesus is, you will never know the Father, because he was the Father manifest (reveal, made known) in the flesh. That is why he said no man cometh unto the Father but by me, because when you know whom Jesus is, again you will know that he is The Father.

Look at verse seven.

How could Jesus make that statement in verse seven? Because he was The Father revealed in the flesh.

Philip is just like some of us. Jesus just told him that when he has seen him, you have seen the Father, but Philip did not understand. Look at what he said in the next verse.

He said, “Philip I been with you all of this time and you don’t even know me?” He saith unto him, “he that hath seen me hath seen the Father.” The reason why Philip asked this question, is because he really did not know who Jesus is, and when you know who Jesus is, you will know that he is the Father.

To sum this up, Jesus was the Father revealed in the flesh.

Up until this point we have looked at two attributes, now we’ll look at the third, the Holy Ghost.

We know the name of the Father is Jesus, and the name of the son is Jesus, but what about the Holy Ghost? The Holy Ghost or Holy Spirit, who is the same, has a name. We will find out what the name of the Holy Ghost or Holy Spirit is.

First we need to find out how many Spirits we have.

There is only one Spirit, and we want to know who is that one Spirit.

There is only one Spirit and the Lord is that one Spirit. Now we will see how many Lords we have.

According to this scripture we have one Lord which is that one Spirit.

The scripture is very plain here, that God is a Spirit, and if God is a Spirit and there is one Spirit, then the Lord must be God which is that one Spirit.

Before we read the next set of scriptures, there is something we need to understand. Whenever the apostle Paul mentioned the word Lord, he is talking about God which is a Spirit (John 4:24), and there is only one Spirit who is Jehovah God. Paul (Saul) persecuted the church of Jesus Christ, because they believed that Jesus was God. Paul only believed in one God and that was Jehovah who lives in the heavens. So whenever Paul mentioned the Lord, he is talking about God that lives in heaven which is a Spirit.

The Holy Ghost (Spirit) is Jesus.

That is why the Apostles in the book of ACTS baptized everyone in the name of Jesus Christ, because they knew the name of the Father, Son and Holy Ghost, and that name is Jesus.

They did not repeat what Jesus said in Matthew 28:19, they obeyed what Jesus said and baptized people in the name of Jesus. Jesus is the name of the Father, Son and Holy Ghost.

There is only one God, but three different offices or functions of God. God became Father when he created, Son when he took on flesh, and Holy Ghost when he is active in the life of his creation.

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