约十四16～17 我要求父，祂必赐给你们另一位保惠师，叫祂永远与你们同在，就是实际的灵…。

　　林后十三14 愿主耶稣基督的恩，神的爱，圣灵的交通，与你们众人同在。

　　John 14:16-17 And I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Comforter, that He may be with you forever, Even the Spirit of reality……

　　2 Cor. 13:14 The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.

　　无疑的，父是神。新约里多处说到父神。例如彼前一章二节说，“就是照着父神的先见。”和以弗所一章十七节说，“愿我们主耶稣基督的神，荣耀的父。”

　　The Son is also God. Hebrews 1:8 says, “But as to the Son, Your throne, O God....” Here the Son is called God. John 1:1 says, “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.” The Word must be Christ, the Son. Because the Word is God, the Son also is God. Not only so, Romans 9:5 says, “Christ, who is over all, God blessed forever.” Christ the Son is not only God, but He is over all, God blessed forever.

　　子也是神。希伯来一章八节：“论到子却说，神啊，你的宝座…。”这里称呼子为神。…不仅如此，罗马九章五节说，“基督…是在万有之上，永远受颂赞的神。”子基督是神，是万有之上永远受颂赞的神。

　　In Acts 5:3-4 we see that the Spirit is God. In verse 3 Peter told Ananias that he had lied to the Spirit; but in the next verse he said that he had lied to God. In these two verses the Holy Spirit equals God. Therefore, the Scriptures clearly reveal to us that all Three—the Father, the Son, and the Spirit—are God. This does not mean, however, that They are three Gods. We have already seen that the Scriptures tell us clearly and definitely that God is only one. Although there are three—the Father, Son, and Spirit—yet the Three are not three Gods, but one. This is really a mystery! It is unsearchable! But praise the Lord, we can simply receive and enjoy this mysterious One according to what the Scriptures have said!

　　在行传五章三至四节里，我们看见灵是神。第三节彼得告诉亚拿尼亚，他欺骗了圣灵；而在下一节说，他欺骗了神。在这两节中，圣灵等于神。

　　圣经清楚启示我们，父、子、灵三者都是神；但这不是说，祂们是三位神。我们已经看见，圣经确定的言明，神只有一位。虽然有父、子、灵三者，但这三者不是三位神，乃是一位神。这实在是一个奥秘，我们实在明白不透！但我们能照圣经所说的，接受并享受祂这位奥秘者！

　　

　　以赛亚九章六节有“永远的父”一辞。…故此，父是永远的。

　　The Son also is eternal. Hebrews 1:12 says concerning the Son, “You are the same, and Your years shall not fail.” Hebrews 7:3 also says that the Son has no beginning of days nor end of life, which means that He is eternal.

　　子也是永远的。希伯来一章十二节论到子说，“惟有你仍是一样，你的年数也没有穷尽。”七章三节也说，祂无时日之始，也无生命之终，意即祂是永远的。

　　The Spirit also is eternal because Hebrews 9:14 speaks of “the eternal Spirit.” Hence, all Three—the Father, the Son, and the Spirit—are eternal.

　　灵也是永远的，因九章十四节说到“永远的灵”。…父、子、灵三者都是永远的。

　　John 14:16-17 says, “And I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Comforter, that He may be with you forever; even the Spirit of reality.” In these two verses the Son says that He will pray to the Father that the Father may send the Spirit. Hence, the Father, the Son, and the Spirit exist together at the same time.

　　Therefore, we do not believe that the Father ceased to exist and was replaced by the Son, then after another period of time the Son was replaced by the Spirit. We believe that the Three—Father, Son, and Spirit—are eternal and co-existent. (Truth Lessons, Level 1, Vol. 1, Lesson 2)