If belief in the Trinity was such a necessary condition for being a Christian, why didn't Jesus teach and emphasize it to the Christians during his time? How were those followers of Jesus considered Christians without ever hearing the term Trinity? Had the Trinity been the spinal cord of Christianity, Jesus would have emphasized it on many occasions and would have taught and explained it in detail to the people.\nhttp://www.muslimtents.com/gloriousislam/english.htm
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Jesus(The christ) PBUH is a messenger that was sent by ALLAH,so He didnot say except what ALLAH wanted Him to say.And as ALLAH is ONE,so he cannot say worship me rather than ALLAH.Read these verses,\nALLAH says"AND REMEMBER WHEN ALLAH WILL SAY(ON THE DAY OF RESURRECTION):O JESUS,SON OF MARRY!DID YOU SAY UNTO MEN:WORSHIP ME AND MY MOTHER AS TWO GODS BESIDE ALLAH!HE WILL SAY:GLORY BE TO YOU!IT WAS NOT FOR ME TO SAY WHAT I HAD NO RIGHT TO SAY.HAD I SAID SUCH A THING,YOU WOULD SURELY HAVE KNOWN IT,YOU KNOW WHAT IS IN MY INNER SELF THOUGH I DO NOT KNOW WHAT IS IN YOURS,TRULY,ONLY YOU,ARE THE ALL KNOWER OF ALL THAT IS HIDDEN AND UNSEEN"holy quran\nalso read these,\nALLAH says"NEVER DID I SAY TO THEM AUGHT EXCEPT WHAT YOU(ALLAH) DID COMMAND ME TO SAY:(WORSHIP ALLAH,MY LORD AND YOURS).AND I WAS A WITNESS OVER THEM WHILE I DWELT AMONGST THEM,BUT WHEN YOU TOOK ME UP,YOU WERE THE WATCHER OVER THEM,AND YOU ARE A WITNESS TO ALL THINGS(THIS IS A GREAT ADMONITION AND WARNING TO THE CHRISTIANS OF THE WHOLE WORLD)"holy quran.
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This is the Christian faith.\nAny muslim can go to wikipedia and get all the information. I'm saving this answer so I can apply this to the next billion questions from muslims who keep asking the same thing over and over.\n\nMany Christians begin to learn about the Trinity through knowledge of Baptism. This is also a starting point for others in comprehending why the doctrine matters to so many Christians, even though the doctrine itself teaches that the being of God is beyond complete comprehension. The Apostles' Creed and the Nicene Creed are structured around profession of the Trinity, and are solemnly professed by converts to Christianity when they receive baptism, and in the Church's liturgy, particularly when celebrating the Eucharist. One or both of these creeds are often used as brief summations of Christian faith by mainstream denominations.\n\nOne God\nGod is one, and the Godhead a single being: The Hebrew Scriptures lift this one article of faith above others, and surround it with stern warnings against departure from this central issue of faith, and of faithfulness to the covenant God had made with them. "Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD" (Deuteronomy 6:4) (the Shema), "Thou shalt have no other gods before me" (Deuteronomy 5:7) and, "Thus saith the LORD the King of Israel and his redeemer the LORD of hosts: I am the first and I am the last; and beside me there is no God." (Isaiah 44:6). Any formulation of an article of faith which does not insist that God is solitary, that divides worship between God and any other, or that imagines God coming into existence rather than being God eternally, is not capable of directing people toward the knowledge of God, according to the trinitarian understanding of the Old Testament. The same insistence is found in the New Testament: "...there is none other God but one" (1 Corinthians 8:4). The "other gods" warned against are therefore not gods at all, but substitutes for God, and so are, according to St. Paul, simply mythological or are demons.\n\nSo, in the trinitarian view, the common conception which thinks of the Father and Christ as two separate beings, is incorrect. The central, and crucial affirmation of Christian faith is that there is one savior, God, and one salvation, manifest in Jesus Christ, to which there is access only because of the Holy Spirit. The God of the Old is still the same as the God of the New. In Christianity, it is understood that statements about a solitary god are intended to distinguish the Hebraic understanding from the polytheistic view, which see divine power as shared by several separate beings, beings which can, and do, disagree and have conflicts with each other. The concept of Many comprising One is quite visible in the Gospel of John, chapter 17, verses 20 through 23.\n\nGod exists in three persons\n\nThe "Shield of the Trinity" or "Scutum Fidei" diagram of traditional Western Christian symbolism.This one God however exists in three persons, or in the Greek hypostases. God has but a single divine nature. Chalcedonians — Catholics, Orthodox, and Protestants — hold that, in addition, the Second Person of the Trinity — God the Son, Jesus — assumed human nature, so that he has two natures (and hence two wills), and is really and fully both true God and true human. In the Oriental Orthodox theology, the Chalcedonian formulation is rejected in favor of the position that the union of the two natures, though unconfused, births a third nature: redeemed humanity, the new creation.\n\nIn the Trinity, the Three are said to be co-equal and co-eternal, one in essence, nature, power, action, and will. However, as laid out in the Athanasian Creed, only the Father is unbegotten and non-proceeding. The Son is begotten from (or "generated by") the Father. The Spirit proceeds from the Father (or from the Father and through the Son — see filioque claus
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In my way of thinking---the Muslim would be higher in the eyes of G-d.  Muslims do not worship Jesus as G-d.  There is only One G-d, whether you call him Allah, or G-d.  \n\nI believe G-d is One, not a trinity, and it is idolatry to say otherwise.
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Sorry for butting in here I know the question was directed at Christians, I am not a religious person of any description, but just out of interest I have been reading the replies from the 'Christians'! Although I am not a Christian that doesn't mean that I know nothing about what being a Christian means! And most of the answers you have picked up here are complete rubbish.\nSo don't base your final assessment on the replies you have here .\nFirstly Allah is the title given to God by Muslims, they believe there is only one God.\nGod is the title applied by Christians they also believe there is only one God.\nJesus is believed in by Muslims as a great prophet, but not as the Son of God.\nJesus is believed in as God (as part of their Holy Trinity bit)by the Christians.\nAnd if any Christian has answered this question of yours differently then they are NOT Christians.\nBut deep down I think you know all this don't you? what are you up to??
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Niether Jesus nor Paul (Saul) teach the Trinity.  On the contrary, they both taught the Gospel of the Kingdom as the central message -- that those who obey God may become sons of God, as Jesus is.  The Bible is consistant throughout, both Old and New Testaments teach of God's plan to create man in his image and likeness, as Jesus is the very image of God's character (Colossians 1:15).\n\nTrinitarian teachings did not come from the Bible; they did not develope until centuries after the Bible was completed.
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congratulations for using your mind\n\n-------\n\nfirst of all, trinity is not understandable. There is only one God. not three in one God. \nIf God is the Father and also the Son, then He would then be the Father of Himself because He is His own Son. This is illogical!\n\n\n-------\nfurthermore, look and this verse of bible. \n\nMark 13:32 \n"But of that day and that hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels which are in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father." \n\nIf Jesus and God are equal then they should be equal in knowledge. But as we can see, God is greater in knowledge than Jesus. The fact that one "personality" of God has knowledge not available to the other "two thirds" is a clear indication that they are distinct and separate beings, and not three faces of one being.\nAnd if, as some suggest, the Son was limited by his human nature from knowing, the question remains, Why did the Holy Spirit not know?\n\nSome say his human nature prevented him from knowing. Reasonably, though, if, as some believe, he was fully God, nothing could prevent him from knowing. How can human nature prevent God from knowing anything, particularly something of such import?  That further proves that Jesus was not all-powerful, because if he was all-powerful, then he would have power to know the final hour and to give himself this knowledge. \n\nFurthermore, if someone thinks that Jesus the man did not know, then he is missing a point that according to Christians, Jesus was 100% man and 100% God in one body. It means, Jesus possessed the same intellect of God and man.  If he had the same intellect then he should have same knowledge. But when we read the text it says only the father knows. This means that even the "DIVINE JESUS" doesn't know. This means that no one else knows including the divine Jesus. Therefore, Jesus lacks being All-knowing. and we know that God is All-knowing, hence, Jesus cannot be God. \n\n\n\n\n\nQuran (holy book of islam) says in chapter  4 verse 171 \n"Say not ‘Trinity’: desist: \nIt will be better for you for \nAllah is one God."\n[Al-Qur’an 4:171]\n\n \n\nQuran says in Surah Maidah chapter 5 verse 73\n"They do blaspheme who say\nGod is one of three\nIn a Trinity: for there is \nNo god except One God.\nIf they desist not\nFrom their word (of blasphemy),\nVerily a grievous penalty\nWill befall the blasphemers\nAmong them."\n\n=================\n\nHOPE THIS ANSWERS
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Dear Solomon R.:  I DO believe God through his Greatest Teacher and the Partnership of the Holy Spirit CAN do that for us.\n\nI am a Christian and Spiritually oriented person.  My path is alive through "tight" relationships with both the Holy Spirit and Jesus.  Many do not know. . ., but Jesus and the Holy Spirit can and DO teach something non-traditional religions have named Transcendence.\n\nWill you bear with me, if I expand a picture for you to look upon and possibly contemplate?\n\nThe Crucifixion is looked upon as physical torture - to the degree that we have to turn away, and hold on to ourselves.  Many learn to love Him by witnessing the pain aspect.  Some love Him without dwelling upon it.  The meaning of the Crucifixion is far greater than the seeming display of physical vulnerability and pain:  Our vulnerability to each other and to our bodies.\n\nThe Crucifixion was undertaken by Him as the greatest learning tool He could use and teach by.  After the people saw  the ultimate physical abuse taking place - to an extent that leads to death - He then offered the Final Statement:  What God Created. . . cannot be destroyed.  The physical is perishable, but not what God Created.  Notice. . .He reappeared in his physical image again, and remained in it until He desired to leave.  Note:  The physical image he appeared in contained a "hole" for the others to see, but the blood, the bruising, the torn and tattered flesh were all absent !\n\nInside of us, and coupled with our human Intellect is a thing called soul or spirit.  Jesus and the Holy Spirit teach how to live through that - more than through the logic of the Intellect.  They both SERVE us in this physical life - the Intellect and the Soul.\n\nJesus can also TEACH how to use our God-given soul or Spirit-Mind to block out or transcend the pains of the physical.  He willingly teaches that WE ARE NOT VULNERABLE ;  to each other, or to the human Intellect !  Not all of us become Masters as He did and master life.  But, Jesus can teach level upon level of God's Thoughts and Knowledge to us - IF we choose to learn it, and ask for that.  \n\nPresently, I am working on that very thing.  Transcendence and Detachment.  To do this, you must have something to "go up against."  Something to test against.  I have experienced the inflictions of physical pain - and, according to His instruction, through my Mind, have learned to "banish" it.  Many, many of us have learned this.  Ghandi spoke of the horrifying beatings he received at the hands of his opposers.  He was taken to the hospital more than once so bruised, bloodied and purpled that it was not understood how he bore the pain.  He said, that although the body showed the infliction - he did not FEEL it !  We have no idea how powerful our souls or spirit-minds are.  And the joy of tapping into its power.  Many non-notable people, as you have mentioned, and now me too (!) have experienced the gifts of Spirit and some degree of Mastery over the physical.  It's real.\n\nWhen we are taught that after Ascension Jesus rose to rest and sit at the right hand of God and is no longer teaching on earth - we should be aware that there is a slight mis-perception in that.  He DID go before our Creator.  He was allowed to "speak" with Him.  But, He was quickly placed in charge of the Sonship and ceaselessly and intensely teaches us through Mind-to-Mind.  We receive His tutoring when we invite Him and then learn to hear his voice through our mind.  \n\nThe Sons of Man (Us) are much more. . .than we appear to be.  Something else Created our Minds.\n\nBest regards, Lana
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Dear Victoria:\n\nYes, some of our Churches are Trinity based, and some Jesus based.  The difficulty arises from Creation.  \n\nGod Created in His Own Likeness - for He knew only Himself.\nHe is Spirit-Mind. We are part OF Him , but not Him.  We, in our Ultimate Reality live within the folds of His Spirit essence which fills all space and dimension.\n\nIn non-denominational teachings I have learned that at the point of Separation, God Created the Holy Spirit, Who has never taken physical form.  In His purity, He is Created as we were and like US - as we were before we arose in physical form on Earth.\nHis "duties" are to be our Conscience, (intuition) our Guide and our Comforter.  \n\nJesus is a brother and was Created as we have been.  As one of us, he answered the Call that the Holy Spirit put out through the entire Kingdom - for the one that would teach the Father's Nature for the Remembrance of our Identity.  And, the one who would demonstrate the Reality of Soul/Spirit and our Eternal-ness.  His "duty" was to Teach and  jog our memories of the Father, and reflect His Nature.\n\nAll three are Created Beings as ourselves - with certain functions to perform while we are in Separation.  They guarantee our ability to Return to the Creator and end the Separation.\n\nWhether the Bible says it, or not, the Reality of our Selves is that we are OF God, but not Him.  Since some doctrines espouse that God incarnated as Jesus, and the Holy Spirit is God's actual Spirit, it is a matter of splitting hairs.  Since we are part OF Him and made in His Image there is something of us that is as pure and holy as He Himself.  Our souls or spirit-minds.  Those souls are connected to the Creator at all times - still in constant communion with Him and filled with His all Knowledge.  The human Intellect blocks our awareness of this.  The Great Separation has caused denial of this Knowledge through the Intellect  - which always wants proof.  Yet, Science can never make God a mathematical formula.  Unseen, He is not locate-able nor touchable.  Science comes up against Him, but cannot display Him ! Since we are as close to Him (He fills all space and dimension as Spirit essence) as to our own breath, you can see how some doctrines decided Jesus and the Holy Spirit are the same as Him.  In a manner of speaking, we are also!  \n\nI believe as you - as I described above, but since I see how much a part of God we are and that the connection as One always exists (for He Created us to be One with Him), I feel tolerant toward those who have taken it one step further and declared the three are One !  Well, yes. . .yet no ! \n\nWe can overlook, in peace, the hair splitting, and just know within ourselves that Jesus is one of US and the Holy Spirit was a specially Created Being for the purpose of Guidance during the Separation.  Hope this has helped !!\n\nBest regards, Lana
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seekfind, \n\nhow did Jesus come down from heaven when he was born here on earth???!!\n\nAhmad don't ask them questions they can't answer. they can't seem to agree on whether he was God or son of God or both.\n--\nedit:\nfor mimi.\ngreat i agree with you that the Trinity doctrine is made up and that Jesus and God are indeed not equal.\nso what would make Jesus a physical son of God just because he spoke God's word? was Moses the son of God? was David the son of God?\nGod is so powerful and can do any thing he wants just by saying "be" and it is. then why couldn't God do the same in the case of Jesus' birth? we know Mary was virgin, but why couldn't Jesus be a Human Miracle? a sign from God for the Israelites?
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It is my understanding that:\n\nActually, NONE of the gospels are the direct words of Jesus.  They were all written a couple generations after (Luke and Mark weren't even apostles!).\n\nThe Gnostic Gospels were not included into the bible because they preach a more self-sufficient version of Christianity, where the person, not the church, is responsible for their relationship with God.  They refer to Christianity in a similar sense as modern buddhism.\n\nIt is MY belief (and I emphasize belief, as no one knows for sure) that the gnostic gospels were excluded from the bible because:\n\n- They de-emphasize the church...therefore leaving less influenece, power, and control over the religion for the church\n\n- They emphasize a more "inner religion", where its not about what the religion as a whole wants or believes, but rather the individual person.  This can be deeply fulfilling for an individual, or very unnerving as there would be little unison and coordination in the religion.\n\n- They did not properly imply the possibility that Jesus was God.
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This is a very common question among critiques of Jesus' deity, Muslims included.  The answer is found in understanding the Trinity and the incarnation of Jesus.\n     The Trinity is the doctrine that there is only one God in all existence. This one God exists as three persons: The Father, The Son, and the Holy Spirit. They are not three gods, but one God.  Each is a separate person, yet each of them is, in essence, divine in nature.\n     A close analogy of the Trinity can be found by looking at the concept of time. Time is past, present, and future. There are three "aspects" or "parts" of time. This does not mean that there are three "times," but only one. Each is separate, in a sense, yet each shares the same nature, or essence. In a similar way, the Trinity is three separate persons who share the same nature.\n\n\nThe doctrine of the incarnation in Christian teaching is that Jesus, who is the second person of the Trinity, added to himself human nature and became a man.\n     The Bible says that Jesus is God in flesh, "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.....and the word became flesh and dwelt among us" (John 1:1,  14); and, "For in Him all the fullness of Deity dwells in bodily form" (Col. 2:9). Jesus, therefore, has two natures. He is both God and man.\n          Jesus is completely human, but He also has a divine nature.\n\nGOD\n\n \nHe is worshiped (Matt. 2:2,11; 14:33; 28:9)\nHe is prayed to (Acts 7:59; 1 Cor. 1:2)\nHe was called God (John 20:28; Heb. 1:8)\nHe was called Son of God (Mark 1:1)\nHe is sinless (1 Pet. 2:22; Heb. 4:15)\nHe knew all things (John 21:17)\nHe gives eternal life (John 20:28)\nThe fullness of deity dwells in Him (Col. 2:9)\n \nMAN\n\n\nHe worshiped the Father (John 17)\nHe prayed to the Father (John 17:1)\nHe was called man (Mark 15:39; John 19:5).\nHe was called Son of Man (John 19:35-37)\nHe was tempted (Matt. 4:1)\nHe grew in wisdom (Luke 2:52)\nHe died (Rom. 5:8)\nHe has a body of flesh and bones (Luke 24:39)
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It's sad because they are so confused and brainwashed.. How crazy it is to utter the Trinity but when you show them proof from their very own Book the tap dance around or they'll say no, no he was not God but the son of God, but when they refer to Jesus the say thy Lord and Saviour, and again it's just confusion. Also in their Bible God say he is not the Author of confusion so why are they so confused is my question? The answer lies with those 32 Bible Scholar who change the words of God (i.e. Bible) and replaced it with falsehood as to lead the people astray.
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THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS THE "TRINITY"\n\n1st of all Jesus said: He pointed to God as the Source of his life, saying, “I live because of the Father.” According to the context, this meant that his life resulted from or was caused by his Father, even as the gaining of life by dying men would result from their faith in Jesus’ ransom sacrifice.—Joh 6:56, 57.\n\nJesus’ being called the “only-begotten Son” (Joh 1:14; 3:16, 18) does not mean that the other spirit creatures produced were not God’s sons, for they are called sons as well. (Ge 6:2, 4; Job 1:6) However, by virtue of his being the sole direct creation of his Father, the firstborn Son was unique, different from all others of God’s sons, all of whom were created or begotten by Jehovah through that firstborn Son. So “the Word” was Jehovah’s “only-begotten Son” in a particular sense,\n\nJesus is also “Mighty God” and “Eternal Father.” This does not mean that he usurps the authority and position of Jehovah, who is “God our Father.” (2 Corinthians 1:2) “He [Jesus] . . . gave no consideration to a seizure, namely, that he should be equal to God.” (Philippians 2:6) He is called Mighty God, not Almighty God. Jesus never thought of himself as God Almighty, for he spoke of his Father as “the only true God,” that is, the only God who should be worshiped. (John 17:3;\n\nDoes the Bible teach that all who are said to be part of the Trinity are eternal, none having a beginning?\n\nRev. 1:1; 3:14, RS: “The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him .  Why did God have to give Jesus the revelation, if Jesus is God?\n\nDoes the Bible teach that none of those who are said to be included in the Trinity is greater or less than another, that all are equal, that all are almighty? Mark 13:32, RS: “Of that day or that hour no ones knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father.” (Of course, that would not be the case if Father, Son, and Holy Spirit were coequal, comprising one Godhead. And if, as some suggest, the Son was limited by his human nature from knowing, the question remains, Why did the Holy Spirit not know?)\n\nJohn 14:28, RS: “[Jesus said:] If you loved me, you would have rejoiced, because I go to the Father; for the Father is greater than I.”\n\n1 Cor. 11:3, RS: “I want you to understand that the head of every man is Christ, the head of a woman is her husband, and the head of Christ is God.” (Clearly, then, Christ is not God, and God is of superior rank to Christ. It should be noted that this was written about 55 C.E., some 22 years after Jesus returned to heaven. \n\nA person who is really seeking to know the truth about God is not going to search the Bible hoping to find a text that he can construe as fitting what he already believes. He wants to know what God’s Word itself says. He may find some texts that he feels can be read in more than one way, but when these are compared with other Biblical statements on the same subject their meaning will become clear. It should be noted at the outset that most of the texts used as “proof” of the Trinity actually mention only two persons, not three; so even if the Trinitarian explanation of the texts were correct, these would not prove that the Bible teaches the Trinity.\n\nI COULD GO ON & ON WITH SCRIPTURES & EXPLANATIONS, BUT I THINK THIS ALREADY TO LONG FOR SOME PEOPLE.
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I have sometimes wondered about how Jesus, being God, was able to contain the infinite wisdom and knowledge of God in the finite space of a human cranium. The best thing that I have been able to figure out is that He had access to the fullness of deity, but did not make full use of it in some ways. For example, Paul's letter to the Phillippian church  speaks of Jesus not clinging to his prerogatives as God, but emptying Himself. It seems that He did not retain all knowledge of the future and technology, etc., so that he would rely on the Holy Spirit to do His works, just as we are to relay on Him. Jesus' entire life on earth was a ministry, not only his passion and death and resurrection. He served as an example of how we are to serve. \n\nSo, when Jesus was faced with a situation, He drew on the power of the Holy Spirit to work miracles, to prophesy, to heal, not His own power. In a sense, he gave up the right to decide what was the best approach. He was led of the Spirit to a degree that probably nobody else ever was. He was fulfilling a specific mission in His life, which was to redeem us, not necessarily to establish schools, etc. (more on this in a moment.)\n\nThe miracles Jesus did were to establish credibility so that people would believe He was the promised Messiah. (He told people to believe on the basis of the miracles, if nothing else.) The specific miracles were unimportant in the sense that He could probably have just spoken and healed everybody in Judea at once. But that would not have led them to faith in Him. They had to be done in such a way as to get people's attention and for them to see.\n\nNow, as to schools, it has sometimes struck me that the book of Acts is, as it says in the first sentence, "...all that Jesus began to do and teach..." The book is sometimes called the acts of the apostles, but I think they would be the first to give Jesus the glory for all those deeds. \n\nWhen I reflect on what has been accomplished, with Christians over the centuries establishing schools, hospitals, orphanages, museums, beautiful and permanent works of architecture and engineering, I am sometimes amazed, and I say, Jesus did it all. It is all from Him, and this would never have come to pass without Him. So, in a sense, He did do all these things. I don't know why He didn't do them sooner. But I know He knows what he is doing.
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The trinity is not easy to understand for humans.  God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy spirit are three persons in one.  For us limited three dimensional creatures this would not be possible.  For an unlimited, infinite, pan dimensional being such as God, this is very possible.  We cannot fully conceive it but we can imagine it.  You must simply suspend your dimensional logic and imagine beyond what is possible.
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Should You Believe in the Trinity? \n\nWhat Does the Bible Say About God and Jesus?  \n \n\n\nIF PEOPLE were to read the Bible from cover to cover without any preconceived idea of a Trinity, would they arrive at such a concept on their own? Not at all. \n\nWhat comes through very clearly to an impartial reader is that God alone is the Almighty, the Creator, separate and distinct from anyone else, and that Jesus, even in his prehuman existence, is also separate and distinct, a created being, subordinate to God. \n\nGod Is One, Not Three\n \n \n\n\nTHE Bible teaching that God is one is called monotheism. And L. L. Paine, professor of ecclesiastical history, indicates that monotheism in its purest form does not allow for a Trinity: "The Old Testament is strictly monotheistic. God is a single personal being. The idea that a trinity is to be found there . . . is utterly without foundation." \n\nWas there any change from monotheism after Jesus came to the earth? Paine answers: "On this point there is no break between the Old Testament and the New. The monotheistic tradition is continued. Jesus was a Jew, trained by Jewish parents in the Old Testament scriptures. His teaching was Jewish to the core; a new gospel indeed, but not a new theology. . . . And he accepted as his own belief the great text of Jewish monotheism: 'Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God is one God.'" \n\nThose words are found at Deuteronomy 6:4. The Catholic New Jerusalem Bible (NJB) here reads: "Listen, Israel: Yahweh our God is the one, the only Yahweh."* In the grammar of that verse, the word "one" has no plural modifiers to suggest that it means anything but one individual. \n\nThe Christian apostle Paul did not indicate any change in the nature of God either, even after Jesus came to the earth. He wrote: "God is only one."—Galatians 3:20; see also 1 Corinthians 8:4-6. \n\nThousands of times throughout the Bible, God is spoken of as one person. When he speaks, it is as one undivided individual. The Bible could not be any clearer on this. As God states: "I am Jehovah. That is my name; and to no one else shall I give my own glory." (Isaiah 42:8) "I am Yahweh your God . . . You shall have no gods except me." (Italics ours.)—Exodus 20:2, 3, JB. \n\nWhy would all the God-inspired Bible writers speak of God as one person if he were actually three persons? What purpose would that serve, except to mislead people? Surely, if God were composed of three persons, he would have had his Bible writers make it abundantly clear so that there could be no doubt about it. At least the writers of the Christian Greek Scriptures who had personal contact with God's own Son would have done so. But they did not. \n\nInstead, what the Bible writers did make abundantly clear is that God is one Person—a unique, unpartitioned Being who has no equal: "I am Jehovah, and there is no one else. With the exception of me there is no God." (Isaiah 45:5) "You, whose name is Jehovah, you alone are the Most High over all the earth."—Psalm 83:18. \n\nNot a Plural God\n \n \n\n\nJESUS called God "the only true God." (John 17:3) Never did he refer to God as a deity of plural persons. That is why nowhere in the Bible is anyone but Jehovah called Almighty. Otherwise, it voids the meaning of the word "almighty." Neither Jesus nor the holy spirit is ever called that, for Jehovah alone is supreme. At Genesis 17:1 he declares: "I am God Almighty." And Exodus 18:11 says: "Jehovah is greater than all the other gods." \n\nIn the Hebrew Scriptures, the word ´eloh'ah (god) has two plural forms, namely, ´elo·him' (gods) and ´elo·heh' (gods of). These plural forms generally refer to Jehovah, in which case they are translated in the singular as "God." Do these plural forms indicate a Trinity? No, they do not. In A Dictionary of the Bible, William
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I'm not a rabbi, but I am Jewish, and I can tell you that the concept of the trinity is not part of Jewish doctrine.\n\nAccording to Judaism, there's one God, not divided in any way, period.  Hope that helps!