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The Bible describes Jesus as one who preexisted his incarnation (his humanity):
John 1:1 (KJV)
1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
John 1:14 (KJV)
14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.
And that the Word was not only with God, the Word was God which is confirmed in:
1 John 1:1–2 (KJV)
1 That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the Word of life;
2 (For the life was manifested, and we have seen it, and bear witness, and shew unto you that eternal life, which was with the Father, and was manifested unto us
Same time frame (the beginning), the Word which John 1:1 declared is God and is with God (here referred to as the Word of life echoing John 1:4 “in him was life…” ). And calling him (the Word) “that ETERNAL LIFE which was with the Father.
Eternal God (the Word) WITH Eternal God (the Father) with no indication whatsoever of inferiority or superiority between the two. The lack of an article in the Greek in John 1:1 actually indicates that God the Word is the same in nature as God the Father whom he was with.
This so-called “missing” article is called noun kai noun in Greek grammar (article + noun + and noun = two of the same kind of something). Distinction, yet the same in kind / nature.
“The Babe was with the New York Yankees (noun and (kai) New York Yankees (noun) was the Babe.”
The Babe btw was George Herman Babe Ruth…
The Word was with (the) God and God was the Word is how the phrase in John 1:1 appears in Greek. The Christadelphians (who came up with the ruse) and the Jehovah’s Witnesses who bought into the lie that this missing article in Greek makes the Word a lesser god) is a lie from the pit of hell. A lie that in John 20:17 (in the same Greek noun kai noun) would make the Father a lessor god who is referred to with noun kai noun twice in the verse.
Jesus said in the original Greek: “I go to the Father of me (noun) and (kai) Father yours (noun) to the God of me (noun) and (kai) God yours (noun)…
Though he is the same Father / same God, there is the distinction between his being God and Father to the man Christ Jesus (2 Timothy 2:5) and his being God and Father to us. Namely that the Father is the Creator of his humanity (John 1:14 / Hebrews 10:5 / Hebrews 1:5)... and the preincarnate Jesus (who is God the Word) is the LONE Creator of everything and everyone else that was created (John 1:3 / Colossians 1:16 / Isaiah 44:24) ← which indicates he did so alone by himself.
Those who attempt to undeify Jesus (specifically God the Word) love to cite passages like John 20:17 to mislead people from the truth, “How can God have a God?” When clearly the Bible teaches that Jesus is both God and man, and that in his humanity he has a Creator (the Father). God the Word did not create the body / humanity of Jesus. God the Father did not create anything other than the body / humanity of Jesus:
John 1:14 (KJV)
14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.
In his Spirit Jesus is equal to God:
Philippians 2:6 (KJV)
6 Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God:
Being in the form of God in the Greek morphe theos huparchon is best understood as never ceasing to be God. This eternal God is clearly declared to be equal with God.
With the fuller understanding of God and which individual in the Godhead is which, we know that:
Genesis 1:1
In the beginning God the Word created the heaven and the earth.
And:
Luke 3:38
Which was the son of Enos, which was the son of Seth, which was the son of Adam, which was the son of God the Word.
The Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit were always present together from eternity past (John 1:1–2, 1 John 1:1–2, Genesis 1:1–2). But God the Word acted alone by himself in creating all things created in the beginning.
Which leads me to the final point: the personhood and deity of the Holy Spirit.
While it is true the Spirit of God can come upon someone in power and inspiration and encouragement… this does not de-personify him as some force or thing like team spirit or being psyched… the Spirit of God is God:
Acts 5:3–4 (KJV)
3 But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, and to keep back part of the price of the land?
4 Whiles it remained, was it not thine own? and after it was sold, was it not in thine own power? why hast thou conceived this thing in thine heart? thou hast not lied unto men, but unto God.
He has been sent into the world as the divine magistrate of King Jesus in his absence (Hebrews 8:1–5 / John 14:26 / John 15:26) ← Jesus said “if I do not leave, the Spirit of God would not come (John 16:7)
The Holy Spirit / Holy Ghost / Comforter / Spirit of Truth is a person with thoughts and feelings (you can grieve the Holy Spirit see Ephesians 4:30) and is as much God as the Father or the Word.
John 1:1 (KJV)
1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
John 1:14 (KJV)
14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.
And that the Word was not only with God, the Word was God which is confirmed in:
1 John 1:1–2 (KJV)
1 That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the Word of life;
2 (For the life was manifested, and we have seen it, and bear witness, and shew unto you that eternal life, which was with the Father, and was manifested unto us
Same time frame (the beginning), the Word which John 1:1 declared is God and is with God (here referred to as the Word of life echoing John 1:4 “in him was life…” ). And calling him (the Word) “that ETERNAL LIFE which was with the Father.
Eternal God (the Word) WITH Eternal God (the Father) with no indication whatsoever of inferiority or superiority between the two. The lack of an article in the Greek in John 1:1 actually indicates that God the Word is the same in nature as God the Father whom he was with.
This so-called “missing” article is called noun kai noun in Greek grammar (article + noun + and noun = two of the same kind of something). Distinction, yet the same in kind / nature.
“The Babe was with the New York Yankees (noun and (kai) New York Yankees (noun) was the Babe.”
The Babe btw was George Herman Babe Ruth…
The Word was with (the) God and God was the Word is how the phrase in John 1:1 appears in Greek. The Christadelphians (who came up with the ruse) and the Jehovah’s Witnesses who bought into the lie that this missing article in Greek makes the Word a lesser god) is a lie from the pit of hell. A lie that in John 20:17 (in the same Greek noun kai noun) would make the Father a lessor god who is referred to with noun kai noun twice in the verse.
Jesus said in the original Greek: “I go to the Father of me (noun) and (kai) Father yours (noun) to the God of me (noun) and (kai) God yours (noun)…
Though he is the same Father / same God, there is the distinction between his being God and Father to the man Christ Jesus (2 Timothy 2:5) and his being God and Father to us. Namely that the Father is the Creator of his humanity (John 1:14 / Hebrews 10:5 / Hebrews 1:5)... and the preincarnate Jesus (who is God the Word) is the LONE Creator of everything and everyone else that was created (John 1:3 / Colossians 1:16 / Isaiah 44:24) ← which indicates he did so alone by himself.
Those who attempt to undeify Jesus (specifically God the Word) love to cite passages like John 20:17 to mislead people from the truth, “How can God have a God?” When clearly the Bible teaches that Jesus is both God and man, and that in his humanity he has a Creator (the Father). God the Word did not create the body / humanity of Jesus. God the Father did not create anything other than the body / humanity of Jesus:
John 1:14 (KJV)
14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.
In his Spirit Jesus is equal to God:
Philippians 2:6 (KJV)
6 Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God:
Being in the form of God in the Greek morphe theos huparchon is best understood as never ceasing to be God. This eternal God is clearly declared to be equal with God.
With the fuller understanding of God and which individual in the Godhead is which, we know that:
Genesis 1:1
In the beginning God the Word created the heaven and the earth.
And:
Luke 3:38
Which was the son of Enos, which was the son of Seth, which was the son of Adam, which was the son of God the Word.
The Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit were always present together from eternity past (John 1:1–2, 1 John 1:1–2, Genesis 1:1–2). But God the Word acted alone by himself in creating all things created in the beginning.
Which leads me to the final point: the personhood and deity of the Holy Spirit.
While it is true the Spirit of God can come upon someone in power and inspiration and encouragement… this does not de-personify him as some force or thing like team spirit or being psyched… the Spirit of God is God:
Acts 5:3–4 (KJV)
3 But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, and to keep back part of the price of the land?
4 Whiles it remained, was it not thine own? and after it was sold, was it not in thine own power? why hast thou conceived this thing in thine heart? thou hast not lied unto men, but unto God.
He has been sent into the world as the divine magistrate of King Jesus in his absence (Hebrews 8:1–5 / John 14:26 / John 15:26) ← Jesus said “if I do not leave, the Spirit of God would not come (John 16:7)
The Holy Spirit / Holy Ghost / Comforter / Spirit of Truth is a person with thoughts and feelings (you can grieve the Holy Spirit see Ephesians 4:30) and is as much God as the Father or the Word.
