About God
"And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God,
and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent."
John 17:3
The Watch Argument
If we found an old watch on the ground, having never seen a watch before, we might pick it up and examine it. We might open the back and look at the complicated mechanism. We would notice how the tiny wheels worked against each other and turned the hands on the face.
We would know that such an intricate piece of mechanism must have been made. The watch must have been designed; it must have been planned. The watch could not have made itself. The parts could not have come together by accident. The fact that the watch exists is evidence that there must be a designer – there must be a watchmaker.
The universe is made up of millions of stars. The earth has a moon revolving round it. The sun and the planets are part of a marvellously intricate system of which every part is moving exactly along its appointed path. This is much more complicated than any watch. This did not happen by accident. There must be a designer. “The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handiwork” (Psalm 19:1).

What the Bible tells us
The Unity of God
The Bible teaching that there is one God is important, particularly as there are many who do not believe this. It is the clear teaching of both Old Testament and New Testament. Look up these verses – Isaiah 45:5; 1 Corinthians 8:6 and Ephesians 4:6. The apostle Paul wrote to Timothy, “For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus” (1 Timothy 2:5). Jesus himself emphasised the importance of this Bible doctrine when he said, “This is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent” (John 17:3).The Doctrine of the Trinity
Few doctrines are more generally accepted by the Christian world than that concerning the Godhead, known as the doctrine of the Trinity. Roman Catholics, the Greek Church, and almost all denominations of Protestants, however they may differ upon some points, agree on this, and believe that ‘the Father is God, the Son is God, and the Holy Ghost is God, and yet there are not three Gods, but one God’. They further believe that all three are co-equal and co-eternal. Is this a true doctrine? If so, while we may not understand it, must we accept it? How are we to know? Obviously only by what God has been pleased to reveal in His word. Therefore, to the Bible we go and soon discover that there is no support anywhere in its pages for this popular doctrine, but quite the reverse. The Scriptures always teach the unity of God, not the trinity. The following quotations clearly show this:-- “Here, O Israel: the Lord our God is one Lord” (Deuteronomy 6:4; Mark 12:29).
- “I am the Lord, and there is none else, there is no God beside me” (Isaiah 45:5).
- “To us there is but ONE GOD, the Father, of whom are all things” (1 Corinthians 8:6).
Was Jesus God the Son?
What, then, of Jesus Christ? Was he not ‘God the Son’? In view of the frequent use of this expression today, it is remarkable that such a phrase is not to be found in the Bible. We read of the “Son of God”, but not ‘God the Son’. The natural inference is that the doctrine involved by that expression is not a scriptural one. The Athanasian Creed says of the Father and Son that they are co-equal and co-eternal. Passing over the remarkable conception that a Father and Son can be co-eternal, what does the Bible say concerning the co-equality? It speaks most plainly on the matter. Was Christ the equal of the Father when he was here 1900 years ago? Let him answer for himself:-- “I can of mine own self do nothing” (John 5:30).
- “My doctrine is not mine, but His that sent me” (John 7:16).
- “My Father is greater than I” (John 14:28).