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Matthew Henry’s Westminster Shorter Catechism Commentary on Question 6

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Are there three gods? No: for the Lord is one, and his name one,
Zech. 14:9
. Is there more than one person in the Godhead? Yes: for God said, Let us make man,
Gen. 1:26
. Are there distinct persons in the Godhead? Yes: for he who is the brightness of his Father’s glory, is the express image of his person,
Heb. 1:3
. Are there three persons in the Godhead? Yes: for there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost,
1 John 5:7
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Is the Father God? Yes: for there is one God and Father of all,
Eph. 4:6
. Is Jesus Christ the Word? Yes his name is called the Word of God,
Rev. 19:13
. Is the Word God? Yes: for in the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God,
John 1:1
. Is the Holy Ghost a divine person? Yes: for the Spirit searcheth all things,
1 Cor. 2:10
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Is it the personal property of the Father to beget the Son? Yes: Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee,
Ps. 2:7
. Is it the personal property of the Son to be begotten of the Father? Yes: for he is the only-begotten of the Father,
John 1
. 14. Is it the personal property of the Holy Ghost to proceed from the Father and the Son? Yes: for Christ says, I will send you the Comforter, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father,
John 15:26
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Are these three one God? Yes: for it is said expressly, these three are one,
1 John 5:7
. Are they the same in substance, and equal in power and glory? Yes: for Christ says, I and my Father are one,
John 10:30
. Can this doctrine be measured by reason? No: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it to us,
Matt. 16:17
. But ought we to believe it? Yes: for we are baptized in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost,
Matt. 28:19
. and we are blessed with the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost,
2 Cor. 13:14
. And ought we to improve it? Yes: that we all may be one, as the Father is in Christ, and he in the Father, that we also may be one in them,
John 17:21
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