were opened to Him, and He saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and alighting upon Him." While Jesus was being baptized and the Spirit of God descended upon Him like a dove, a voice from heaven said, "This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased." Jesus was baptized, the Spirit descended, and the Father spoke from heaven. All three members of the Godhead are clearly at work here. In John 14:16,17, Jesus said, 'And I will pray the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may abide with you forever, even the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him; but you know Him, for He dwells with you and will be in you." At the request of Jesus, the Holy Spirit was to be sent from God. This same promise is repeated in John 14:26: "But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name..." Note again, all three members of the Godhead are clearly present. When Jesus commissioned His disciples to go and teach all nations, He told them to baptize new converts "in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit" (Matthew 28:19). Notice that they were to baptize these new disciples in "the name" (singular) of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Again, all three are included. When Peter spoke in Acts 10 to the group that had gathered at the house of Cornelius, he declared "how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit
were opened to Him, and He saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and alighting upon Him." While Jesus was being baptized and the Spirit of God descended upon Him like a dove, a voice from heaven said, "This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased." Jesus was baptized, the Spirit descended, and the Father spoke from heaven. All three members of the Godhead are clearly at work here. In John 14:16,17, Jesus said, 'And I will pray the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may abide with you forever, even the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him; but you know Him, for He dwells with you and will be in you." At the request of Jesus, the Holy Spirit was to be sent from God. This same promise is repeated in John 14:26: "But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name..." Note again, all three members of the Godhead are clearly present. When Jesus commissioned His disciples to go and teach all nations, He told them to baptize new converts "in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit" (Matthew 28:19). Notice that they were to baptize these new disciples in "the name" (singular) of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Again, all three are included. When Peter spoke in Acts 10 to the group that had gathered at the house of Cornelius, he declared "how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit