One God Who Sends His Word and His Spirit

God is absolutely one. He never becomes two or three separate beings. Instead, Scripture shows that this one God works by sending out two distinct expressions—His Word and His Spirit—to accomplish everything He plans.

1. Seeing God’s Unity in Scripture

Everywhere the Bible talks about God’s work, it always comes from the same source.

• Creation begins when God speaks (“Let there be light”), and His Spirit moves over the waters.
• Prophets received messages by hearing God’s Word and sensing His empowering presence.
• In the New Testament, Jesus is called the living Word of God, and the Holy Spirit is the life-giving breath He sends.

All of these actions flow from one divine will, not from three separate gods.

2. Why Western Logic Led to the Trinity Label

Early Christians in Greece and Rome used step-by-step philosophical categories—substance, essence, person—to explain how God could be “one” yet speak and breathe over us.

• Their goal was to guard against saying there are multiple gods.
• They labeled the Father, Son (Word), and Spirit as three “persons” in one “substance.”
• This sparked the formal Trinity formula still taught in many Western churches.

But these extra categories can feel foreign and confusing to someone without philosophical training.

3. The Jewish (Eastern) Way of Thinking

Hebrew and Aramaic speakers never broke God into philosophical pieces. They simply described what God did:

• He spoke His Word.
• He sent His Spirit.
• He remained the one, undivided God.

This approach focuses on God’s actions rather than abstract labels.

4. A Simple Picture for Everyday Faith

Imagine a company president who stays in his office but sends out two key things:

1. A written letter (the Word) laying out the plan.
2. A trusted manager (the Spirit) to put that plan into action on the ground.

Both the letter and the manager come from the same president. Neither is a separate boss.

5. Why This Matters for Believers

• You worship one God who alone deserves all your trust and devotion.
• Recognizing the Word and the Spirit as God’s own tools helps you see how He communicates and empowers you.
• You don’t need a seminary degree to follow God—just a clear grasp that every promise, every power, and every act of His Spirit springs from the one true God.

By keeping our focus on how God speaks and how He moves, we preserve His oneness and appreciate the full life He offers through His Word and Spirit—no advanced philosophy required.

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The Messiah’s Monotheism: Teaching One God Through His Own Words

The New Testament records Jesus repeatedly affirming the worship of one true God—the Father—while identifying Himself as the sent Word of that same God. Three key passages illustrate this plainly:

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1. John 4:20–26 — Worship in Spirit and Truth

When the Samaritan woman asks where people must worship, Jesus redirects her focus:

Woman: “Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, yet you say that in Jerusalem is the place where people ought to worship.”
Jesus: “Woman, believe Me, the hour is coming when neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem will you worship the Father.
True worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father is seeking such to worship Him.
God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.”
The woman: “I know that Messiah is coming (called Christ). When He comes, He will tell us all things.”
Jesus: “I who speak to you am He.”

Key Takeaways:

• Jesus never claims Himself to be the Father.
• He points her to the one true God—“the Father.”
• He reveals His role as the Messiah sent to reveal the Father’s truth.

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2. Matthew 4:1–11 — The Wilderness Temptation

After forty days of fasting, Satan tempts Jesus three times. Each refusal underscores monotheism:

1. Turn stones to bread → Jesus: “Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.”
2. Throw Yourself off the temple → Jesus: “You shall not put the Lord your God to the test.”
3. All kingdoms for worship → Jesus: “Be gone, Satan! For it is written, ‘You shall worship the Lord your God and Him only shall you serve.’”

Key Takeaways:

• Jesus wields Scripture to affirm that only one God is to be worshiped.
• He models obedience to the one true God, not Himself.

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3. John 17:3 — The Only True God and the Sent One

In His high-priestly prayer, Jesus defines eternal life:

“And this is eternal life, that they know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent.”

Key Takeaways:

• Jesus distinguishes between the one true God (the Father) and Himself (the sent Messiah).
• He invites believers into relationship with both the Source and the Sent.

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4. How This Fits with the Oneness of God

• God remains undivided: He speaks by His Word (the Messiah) and acts by His Spirit.
• Jesus never contradicts Israel’s Shema (“Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one”【Deut 6:4】).
• His own teaching reinforces that worship belongs to one God alone, even as He reveals that God in human flesh.

By combining John 4’s call to worship the Father, Matthew 4’s command to serve Him alone, and John 17’s clear distinction of roles, we see that the Messiah Himself upheld strict monotheism—pointing all worship to the one true God who sends His Word and Spirit to fulfill His redemptive plan.

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Evaluation: “The One God of the Jews” on TruthQuestBS.network

1. Biblical Strengths

• It faithfully echoes the Shema (Deut 6:4), Scripture’s foundational monotheistic confession.
• It roots its case in Jesus’ own words: John 4’s call to worship the Father in “spirit and truth,” Matthew 4’s warnings to worship “the Lord your God … only,” and John 17’s distinction between “the only true God” (the Father) and “Jesus Christ whom You have sent.”
• By highlighting God’s Word and Spirit as the two primary ways He works, it stays close to biblical imagery without invoking extra philosophical categories.

2. Theological Perspective

• The article is far different from that of the Modalist who teach that one God manifested Himself as “YHVH” in the Old Testament, “Jesus” in the Gospels, and now is “The Holy Spirit”. His stream of thought is one God who send both “His Spirit” and “His Word” to fulfill His will. He teaches that God existed in eternity past with both “The Word of God” and “The Spirit of God”, which is a long way from the Modalist who claim that One God existed alone in eternity past.
• This approach parallels how a Jewish reader would naturally think—God speaks with His word and breathes with His Spirit—rather than dividing deity into three “persons.”

3. Where It Diverges from Mainstream Tradition

• Historic Christianity (Eastern Orthodox, Roman Catholic, most Protestant traditions) reads passages like Matthew 28:19 (“baptizing in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit”) and 2 Corinthians 13:14 (the triadic blessing) as pointing to a tri-personal God.
• Those traditions insist that “Word” (Logos) and “Spirit” are not mere modes or tools but distinct yet co-equal Persons within the one Godhead.

4. Is It “Truth”?

• If you hold to strict biblical monotheism without philosophical trappings, the article’s emphasis on one God who sends—not becomes—His Word and Spirit are scripturally grounded.

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Bottom Line for the Average Believer
This page faithfully defends God’s oneness and Jesus’ own teaching about the Father. It’s a coherent, Bible-based viewpoint.