God is the supreme spiritual being, the originator and ruler of the universe. There is only one God, yet he exists as three persons: the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit (see Trinity).
Each person is fully God, not a part of God, and each is distinct. The Father is not the Son, and the Son is not the Holy Spirit, yet they are not three gods. They share one nature and work together in perfect unity, as we see at Jesus’s baptism (Matthew 3:16–17).
This is hard for our minds to grasp, and every everyday comparison falls short. Rather than fully explain it, the Bible invites us to know and worship the one God who reveals himself as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
Key verse about God: In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth (Genesis 1:1, NIV).
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