Is God, Jesus, and The Holy Ghost, one or are they all seperate?

Question

So when you pray, are you supposed to say Dear God, Jesus, or Holy Ghost, and if you say Dear Lord, who are you praying too?

Please explain your answer

So if Jesus is God's son, how can they be one......?

Answer 1

You pray to God. The Father, Son, & Holy Spirit are the Trinity. They are all God.
As a Christian through the Holy Spirit we feel the Lords presence in our hearts. Through the Holy Spirit we become closer to the Lord with an understanding of His teachings(the Bible).

Answer 2

Will three verses do? 2 Co 11:31; Eph 1:3; 1 Pet 1:3. You see, you can not be God and have a God, or how about Mar 12:28-32; Rom 3:30; 1 Co 8:6; Eph 4:6; 1 Tim 2:5; Jam 2:19. I think I will pause here to let you catch you breath. OH, Yea! Before I forget it, If Jesus was God and seeing as how God can not die, or be killed, then that must be God still hanging on that cross up there on Calvary! WHAT? The cross is not there any more? Well, that must mean that Jesus was not God after all. When I say dear Lord it is to God that I am addressing my Prayer to.

Answer 3

Both. They are one God, with one mind; they are three separate persons. The Son prayed to the father. The Father and the Son send the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit is a person who can be grieved, who can speak...
How can they be one God and three distinct persons at the same time? Good question! I'll see if I can explain it to you a million years from now. lol
When I pray, I often say "Lord". In a sense I am talking to the Father through Jesus. By adressing myself to Jesus, He is taking me to the father. I really don't worry about that much.
Some people feel it is important to say "Father" when they start, and "in Jesus' Name" when they end! But the New Testament does not give us any example of that (see the Acts of the Apostles). It seems it is not so much the wording that counts, but the faith.

Answer 4

That depends if your faith is Trinitian - does your faith contain the principle of the "Holy Trinity". In Roman Catholicism this is considered one of the central mysteries of the faith, where Jesus was the son of God but also contained the Holy Spirit / God.

Let's for a moment consider it like this, consider for a moment if God were to exist a a specific place and time and not be omnipresent. In considering God's presence in this way , you get a good idea of the concept behind the Holy Spirit/Holy Ghost.

One could also consider a situation where God / the Holy Spirit and the person of Jesus were in some sort of mental communion, sharing consciousness and experiences directly.

If you're Christian basically if you pray to God, Jesus or to the Holy Ghost its kind of like sending a message to 350 5th Avenue or, ESB at 33rd and 5th or 101 34th street, you're still sending a letter to the Empire State Building.

There is a wonderful old saying that "God is not so much concerned how you pray but rather that you do."

Answer 5

God, Jesus, and the Holy Ghost are the same just in different forms. A good example would be H2o. H2o is the same whether it is in the form of water, ice or vapor (steam). It is possible for one thing, H2o, to be three things and be the same. So it is with the "trinity". Each has its different "purpose" but derived from the same source. Prayer according to the Judeo-Christian belief, (Christianity) is commonly prayed to God, but they should be opened or closed in Jesus' name since Jesus is the advocate for our prayers and the way for our prayers to be justified and answered due to Jesus' dying for our sins and being resurrected to life again. The Holy Spirit is representative of power, "the mechanism" (if you will), like for example "wind" that we do not see, but the effects of the "wind" (blowing through trees) moves and actually is present in a prayers petition. This is what God uses to actually do the work to get the job done. The Holy Spirit is the "power" that prayers need to be answerd as well as Jesus, God's Son, to have our petitions "brought" to God, (if you will), and be accepted.
The word Lord is someone who Lords over someone else. Like a Boss or Supervisior. Lord was referred to in the Bible regarding Jesus' followers calling Jesus, Lord. God was referred to as God, or Jewish given names, or in the Old Testament, Gods name was not mentioned at all by some, out of pure respect even for His name as not to Blaspheme Gods name. Praying Dear Lord would technically be towards Jesus, but again, if you pray to Jesus you are praying to all three persons, God, Jesus and the Holy Spirit. If you are a Christian, all three are your Boss.

Answer 6

There is only 1 God, Jehovah. Jesus is his only begotten first born son. Holy Ghost/Holy Spirit is God's active force. They are not all one & the same. Jesus is a separate being. When you pray to God you pray through Jesus because he died for us. Holy Spirit isnt a being or alive. God uses it to do things, much as humans use electricity to make things work. Hope this helps.

Answer 7

OK well, I guess I'm going against the grain. But they are three distinct different people, just like you and me are different. God "the Father", "the Begotten Son" Jesus, and "The Holy Ghost". Technically you can say they are one, as some verses say. But they are one as in one team, group, or purpose. even the a team many have a few to many individual members, a "team" is still referred to as singular. This is not the Trinity, which is an explanation conceived by a council of men. Not Jesus himself. "Trinity" is not found in the Bible.

As for proof in the Bible, Look at the acount of Jesus' Baptism where everyone witnessed a voice from hevean (God's voice), the Holy Ghost as a Dove, and Jesus in the water.

Answer 8

God is the father, Jesus is the son, and the Holy Spirit is the wisdom from God. When you say "Dear Lord", your saying it to God since he's the one you have to put first in all things. To get God's attention you must have some kind of faith in Jesus since he is the human form of God. For more info you can look to the bible seeing that it explains all of this in there.

Answer 9

1 John 5:7 says; For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.

And we know that according to John 1:1-3 & 14, the "Word" is the Son of God, Jesus.

However in some English translation of the Bible, the verse 1 John 5:7, has been omitted, because it contradicts their disbelief in what some refer to as the Trinity.

However, Trinity is a concept that is confusing to the World, for they see it as Three.

So, instead of Trinity I use "Tri-unity" A Good example of this is in the story of the woman who touched the hem of Jesus garment, and Jesus said to her "Daughter" thou faith has made thee whole.

The word Daughter is spelled here with a capital "D" and is used only twice in the entire King James version of the Bible. And both regarding this incident with this woman. (Matthew 9:20 and Luke 8:43)

Jesus at this particular moment of time, wasnt showing his Sonship, but his Fathership.

For she could only be a Daughter, if "He" was the Father!

Now, in most cases I use Heavenly Father, Because Jesus says, that whatsoever, you ask the Father in "His" name that he will do, that the Father maybe glorified.

They are Three in One. The Holy Ghost / Spirit is God's presents among us, and in us. Father, God, Lord are all the same.

The prayer can begin with in Jesus name, or end with Jesus name. As long as the prayer is in his name.

We are baptizes as Jesus says... in the "name" of the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost. Not in the "names" of. Its the Tri-unity of the Three in One GOD.

Answer 10

This is the most misunderstood concept of Christianity. The idea of the Trinity, three gods being one. Remember that Jesus was a Jew and spoke Hebrew and the scriptures were all written in Hebrew What we really need to ask ourselves is what did (One) mean at the time the bible was translated into English. English version was translated from the Greek translation of the Bible. The word One should be translated as One in purpose or one in unity ,Like working to together for the same goal. Jesus said that he and his apostles were one. Also he said when people Marry they becomes One. Remember the translation went from Hebrew to Greek and English. another chanse for error. (One) had a different meaning in the English Language in the 1500's (Unity) We don't believe that married people are one in substance or that the apostles and Jesus are 1. That would make God as 15 in not 3 in one Jesus taught when you pray say Our father who art in Haven. Because of the atonement of Jesus we must pray to the father in Jesus name . Come on christens think ! this 3 in1 business makes us look every Dumb before the rest of the world.