Nuggets from An Urgent Call to a Serious Faith by Dave Hunt - God Has to Be Three-in-One

Nuggets from An Urgent Call to a Serious Faith by Dave Hunt - God Has to Be Three-in-One

The New Testament presents three Persons who are distinct, yet each is recognized as God. At the same time we have repeatedly the clear statement that there is only one true God. Christ prays to the Father. Is He praying to Himself?  “The Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world” (1 John:4:14And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world.
See All...). Did He send Himself? Worse yet, did one “office” pray to and send a “title”? The Father, Son, and Holy Spirit each has distinct functions, yet each works only in conjunction with the others. Chrsit said, “The words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself [on my own initiative]: but the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works” (John:14:1Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.
See All...) and “I will pray to the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter…even the Spirit of truth” (John:14:16-17 [16] And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever; [17] Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.
See All...). Throughout the New Testament, the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are each separately honored and act as God, yet only in concert with one another.

The Old Testament also presents three Persons in the Godhead interacting. For example: “Hearken unto me, O Jacob and Israel, my called; I am he; I am the first, I also am the last. Mine hand also hath laid the foundation of the earth, and my right hand hath spanned the heavens…From the time that it was, there am I: and now the Lord God, and His Spirit, hath sent me” (Isaiah:48:12-16 [12] Hearken unto me, O Jacob and Israel, my called; I am he; I am the first, I also am the last. [13] Mine hand also hath laid the foundation of the earth, and my right hand hath spanned the heavens: when I call unto them, they stand up together. [14] All ye, assemble yourselves, and hear; which among them hath declared these things? The LORD hath loved him: he will do his pleasure on Babylon, and his arm shall be on the Chaldeans. [15] I, even I, have spoken; yea, I have called him: I have brought him, and he shall make his way prosperous. [16] Come ye near unto me, hear ye this; I have not spoken in secret from the beginning; from the time that it was, there am I: and now the Lord GOD, and his Spirit, hath sent me.
See All...). The One speaking through Isaiah refers to Himself as “the first and the last” and the Creator of all, so He must be God. But He speaks of two others in the same passage who must also be God: “The Lord God, and his Spirit, hath sent me.” Jesus presented a similar passage to the Pharisees (Matthew:22:41-46 [41] While the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them, [42] Saying, What think ye of Christ? whose son is he? They say unto him, The son of David. [43] He saith unto them, How then doth David in spirit call him Lord, saying, [44] The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footstool? [45] If David then call him Lord, how is he his son? [46] And no man was able to answer him a word, neither durst any man from that day forth ask him any more questions.
See All...) when He asked them who the Messiah was, and they said, “The son of David.” He then quoted, “The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, till I  make thine enemies thy footstool” (Psalm:110:1(A Psalm of David.) The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool.
See All...). Then Jesus asked them, “If David then call him Lord, how is he his son?” The Pharisees were speechless. Unitarianism cannot explain these two “Lords.”