What Happens to Those Who Have Never Heard About Jesus?

All men are accountable to God, whether they have heard of him or not, because of the following:

1. God has revealed himself in nature:
   "For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse." (Rom 1:20).
2. Moral laws are written in our hearts. They are in our conscience:
   "For when Gentiles, who do not have the law, by nature do what the law requires, they are a law to themselves, even though they do not have the law. They show that the work of the law is written on their hearts, while their conscience also bears witness, and their conflicting thoughts accuse or even excuse them on that day when, according to my gospel, God judges the secrets of men by Christ Jesus." (Rom 2:14–16). See also what is said about
   a hardened conscience at time 6:12–7:12 in Bible Q&A With Pastor Paul │ September 2023. It can be distorted by influence, see time 5:19–7:50 in 
   Bible Q&A With Pastor Paul │March 2024. Also watch the following videos:
• Can you be good without God? (animated)
• Atheists Trying to Have Their Cake and Eat It Too on Morality
  (not animated)
3. God has revealed himself in the heart of men:
   "God has put eternity into man’s heart, yet so that he cannot find out what God has done from the beginning to the end." (Ecclesiastes 3:11b).
4. If we truly seek God, he will make himself known:
   "But from there you will seek the Lord your God and you will find him,
   if you search after him with all your heart and with all your soul."
   (Deu (5 Mos) 4:29), see The Parable of the Persistent Widow.
   God isn't limited by people to bring the gospel (although he mostly does it through people), he can use angels, visions, and dreams.
5. People are judged at the Great White Throne according to their works:
   "I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the Earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them. And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the Book of Life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works." (Rev 20:11–12). 

People are accountable to God, what God has already revealed to them. The problem is that people are sinful and have rebelled against him (Rom 1:21–23). Therefore, God gave them over to impurity (Rom 1:24–32). People don’t seek God (Rom 3:11). People worship a God of their own creation or no God at all.

We are called to spread the gospel to all peoples (Mat 28:19–20, Acts 1:8). If we assume that the people who haven’t heard the gospel go directly to Heaven, it would be better not to spread the gospel, because they may reject it if we do. Therefore, the people who don't hear the gospel are condemned unless they repent. It’s therefore important that believers share the good news about Jesus Christ.

I don’t believe that people who have never heard of Christ are judged on whether they put their faith in Christ or not. It wouldn't be just. One attribute of God is that he is just. Instead, they are judged in the same way that the people who lived before Jesus lived on Earth, such as Abraham, were judged. He wasn't saved by works but by trusting God, and Jesus is God, see time:

• 11:52–14:07 in 1 Peter 1:10-25 • Concerning This Salvation.
• 13:38–17:32 in September 2024 Bible Q&A.

The people living under the Old Covenant weren't saved by keeping the Mosaic Laws
(Rom 3:20). God never promised to save them if they kept these Laws. No one is saved or will be saved by keeping these Laws, see Jesus and the Law. These people were saved by putting their faith in the living God for the forgiveness of sins. The sacrificial system of the Old Testament merely gave the Israelites a graphic focal point to place their faith in God's goodness and mercy. It provided a clear example of a blood sacrifice involving the exchange of one life for another, all pointing to the final sacrifice of Jesus Christ yet to come. They looked forward to the final and ultimate sacrifice of Jesus. We look back at his sacrifice. They confessed their sins and put their faith and trust in the living God who forgives sins and delights in showing mercy. These people are judged based on how they reacted and are reacting to God's general revelation (nature and conscience, see above).
The benefits of Christ’s death can be applied to such persons even if they haven't heard of him. 

"This was to show God’s righteousness, because in his divine forbearance he had passed over former sins." (Rom 3:25b). See this verse explained in
time 29:53–32:04 in Romans 3 – Righteousness Through Faith.

First comes Salvation and after that comes Sanctification.

See also the following videos:

• The Problem of Those Who Have Never Heard of Christ (animated)
• What of Those Who Died Before Christ? (not animated)
• Is Jesus the Only Way to God? (not animated)

What about people, such as infants and the mentally retarded, who can't respond to God's general revelation? Many theologians believe that they will go to God's Heaven because of God's character, even though there are decisions that God makes that we don't understand. See God is sovereign in God's Attributes, see also
time 6:19–7:02 in Bible Q & A With Pastor Paul │February 2024.

God delights in showing mercy, he delights in steadfast love (Micah 7:18, 
John 1:29). God makes no mistakes. In the day when men stand before the justice of God's eternal holiness, there will be no accusations of unfairness or injustice. Everything will be done in the perfection of his character.

See also Some stories close related to the gospels at the end of 
The Four Gospels.

What Does the Bible Say about Hell?

Content:

• Definitions in the picture
• Why God created Hell and the LoF
• Facts about Hell and LoF
• Who goes to Hell
• How to avoid going to Hell

Definitions in the picture

• Hades
• Sheol
• Paradise
  
• Torments (Hell)
  
• Tartarus
• New Paradise (Heaven)
• The Kingdom, New Heaven, New Earth
• Great White Throne
• Lake of Fire (Gehenna)
  
  
• Hades:
  This is the place where the spirits of the dead went before the death of Jesus on the cross. It contains two sections: Paradise and Torments (Hell).
  Some believe that Hades is inside the Earth (Ezekiel 26:20,
  Amos 9:2a (LXX)), mainly based on the fact that the people of Korah 
  fell alive into Hades (Num 16:30–33), see 6. Korah’s Rebellion
  in Moses; Part 13: Rebellion and Paganism.
• Sheol:
  It's the same place in Hebrew as Hades (which is in Greek) and is mentioned in the Old Testament (OT). It refers to the general location where the dead (both righteous and unrighteous) went in the OT.
  King David refers to Sheol in Psalm 16:10. 
• Paradise:
  It's a place of peace where the righteous people went, like Abraham, who lived before Jesus died on the cross for our sins. Afterwards, righteous people go directly to the New Paradise (Heaven), to the presence of God. No one could go to Heaven until Jesus had paid the price for our sins on the cross (Heb 9:6–8, Mat 27:50–51, Mark 15:37–38, Luk 23:44–46),
  see The Atonement. When Jesus died on the cross for our sins, see
  The Crucifixion of Jesus, all the people in Paradise went directly to Heaven, which means that Paradise is now empty, see The Resurrection of Jesus.
• New Paradise (Heaven):
  This is the place where the righteous (born again Christians) go after Jesus died on the cross (John 14:6), see Body, Soul, and Spirit
  in The Danger with Gnosticism. It’s the place where God has his throne, see God's Throne in Heaven. One of the two criminals crucified with Jesus was promised to be with Jesus in this place, see Jesus 2nd words on the cross in The Crucifixion of Jesus. Apostle Paul was temporarily taken up to this place, also called the third Heaven (2 Cor 12:1–4), see Space and Time in The Big-Bang Model Revealed. Jesus' spirit visited this place when his physical body was in the tomb (Heb 9:11–12), see The Atonement.
  Jesus was brought up to this place 40 days (Acts 1:3) after his resurrection (Acts 1:9–11).
• Abraham’s bosom:
  This place is mentioned in the Gospel, see The Rich Man and Lazarus.
  It's the same place as Paradise.
• Torments (Hell):
  Hell is in the part of Hades, where people live in torment and suffer
  (2 Thess 1:8–9). It’s a place of remembrance and separation from loved ones who went to Paradise, or after Jesus death on the cross directly to Heaven. It's the place of those who have rejected Jesus as Savior, see:
• WHAT SATAN DOESN'T WANT YOU TO KNOW ABOUT HELL
• The People I Saw In Hell - Bill Wiese (23 Minutes In Hell)
• Tartarus:
  This is the lowest part of Hell where God has placed many of the fallen angels. When Satan rebelled, he influenced a third of the angels in 
  Heaven to follow him (Rev 12:4). Satan wanted the throne of God, to be like God. At that time, the fallen angels became demonic spirits. They are placed there in darkness and in chains (2 Pet 2:4 (YLT), Jude 1:6), see time 26:50–30:17 in Jude • A warning for the Body of Christ. The remaining fallen angels became the demons on Earth. Angels are spirit beings without a physical body, although there are examples in the Bible where angels have manifested in human form, but they remain spirit beings (Heb 1:14). The fallen angels don't have the ability to manifest to a human body on Earth, they need a host body to live out their sin nature. It's believed that Tartarus is the same place as the Abyss. 
• Abyss:
  It's the lowest part of Hell. Demons didn't want Jesus to command them
  to go to the Abyss (Luke 8:30–31), see Examples of exorcism in 
  Miracles of Jesus. An antichrist (Nero) will rise up from the Abyss,
  see Who is the End Time Antichrist? It's believed that the Abyss is
  the same place as Tartarus.
• The Kingdom, New Heaven, New Earth:
  There will be a new Earth and a new universe (Rev 21:1–22:6),
  see A New Heaven and a New Earth. The holy city, the so-called
  New Jerusalem, comes from the New Paradise to the new Earth.
  (Rev 3:12, 21:2). God himself will have his throne on this new Earth.
• Great White Throne:
  This is the place where the final judgement is made at the end time,
  see The Millennial Kingdom and the Great White Throne Judgement. 
  A judgement for sinners who have rejected Jesus. Then Hades, which contains Hell, is cast into the Lake of Fire (LoF) (Rev 20:11–15).
  At that time, there is no one in the Paradise ward of Hades
  (see Paradise above).
• Lake of Fire (Gehenna):
  The Lake of Fire (LoF) is mentioned in The Book of Revelation. The final place of the lost. The final place isn’t Hell, it’s LoF. It's the place of the future and brings eternal punishment, see time 26:57–28:31 in
  Bible Q & A With Pastor Paul │ August 2023. When Jesus returns, he will judge the people. The wicked will be cast into the eternal fire (LoF) prepared for the Devil and his angels (Mat 25:41).
  Gehenna is the same as LoF. Gehenna was a garbage dump outside of Jerusalem that Jesus used as an image to describe the LoF. Jesus warns
  to end up in Gehenna (Mat 5:22, 29–30, 10:28, 18:9, 23:15, 33, 
  Mark 9:43–47, Luke 12:5, see also James 3:6). (Those verses are comparisons and don’t mean that you should harm yourself.) See it
  explained at time 11:01–17:11 in Mark 9:38-10:9 – Jesus on Marriage.

Torments (Hell) is a real and physical place. Everything that you go through in this life is nothing compared to what it's like in Hell. In this life there is always hope. Suffering on Earth is only temporary. There is no hope in Hell. The suffering there is for eternal, first in Hell and later in LoF.

The rich man in The Rich Man and Lazarus is tormented in the flames of Hell 
(Luke 16:19–31). He has no water. It’s a physical place of torment. 
Many Jews from Israel will also end up there (Mat 8:11–12).

Why God created Hell and LoF

We need to see Hell from God’s perspective and not from man's perspective,
to understand why God created Hell and the LoF. God is completely separate from
all sin (1 John 1:5, Isaiah 6:1–7, 59:1–2), see God is holy in God's Attributes. 
Because of God's holiness, he must punish sin and must do so severely.

Adam and Eve had one rule to obey (Gen (1 Mos) 2:15–17). Disobeying this rule was sin and lead to death (Rom 6:23). Death is God's punishment for sin. Death is always separation. Physical death means that soul and spirit are separated from the body, see Body, Soul, and Spirit in The Danger with Gnosticism. Spiritual death means separation from God. The result in this case was first spiritual death and later also physical death (Gen (1 Mos) 3:16–19, 23–24), just because of a single sin. God can’t have fellowship with sin or sinners, even if they have committed only one sin. This shows how horrible sin is from Gods perspective.

God is also righteous and just. God always does what is right and just. He can’t do the opposite because he is holy. God can’t make a rule, set a penalty and then not apply the penalty if the rule is broken (2 Pet 2:4–9, Isaiah 13:9–11, 2 Thess 1:4–10, Mat 25:41–43). If he does, he isn't just.

A holy God sends unholy people to Hell. A righteous God sends unrighteous people to Hell. A just God sends sinners to Hell. A loving God gives sinners a way to be forgiven and to avoid a sentence to Hell. All God's attributes work together in harmony, see God's Attributes. We want to do things our way, but it may not be God's way. It’s God’s standard that determines whether we go to Heaven or Hell.
A holy, righteous, and just God must punish sin. God in his love, mercy, grace, and forgiveness allows Jesus do it for us. We must accept it as payment for our sin if we want to avoid Hell and LoF, see Salvation.

Facts about Hell and the LoF

1. Satan doesn’t rule in Tartarus/Abyss or in LoF. It’s not his kingdom.
   (Mat 8:28–29, 25:41, 2 Pet 2:4, Rev 20:1–2). The LoF will be an eternal punishment even for Satan (Rev 20:10). But in a sense, Satan temporarily reigns in the parts of Hell outside of Tartarus/Abyss. There are demons that torment the souls that are there, which is their territory, but it's God who has all authority over Hell as well. It also seems that Satan can currently move between Hell, Earth, and even Heaven. He will loose access to Heaven at the beginning of the Great Tribulation, see Explanation to Satan's Attack on the Woman in the Book of Revelation. After the thousand years Millennial Kingdom, Satan will be cast into the LoF to be punished forever, see
   The Millennial Kingdom and the Great White Throne Judgement.
2. People won't party or rule with their friends in Hell. It's a place of darkness, loneliness, and torment (Luke 16:23–24). It has no water, mercy, or grace.
3. Hell is a place of no escape (Luke 16:26).
4. The people in Hell are separated from everyone and everything that is good, because all goodness comes from God. Only evil exists in Hell. They are separated from hope, mercy, forgiveness, compassion, understanding, and love (2 Tess 1:6–9).
5. Nothing on Earth compares to Hell. On Earth we can always have hope.
   There is no hope in Hell.
6. Not only bad people go to Hell. One sin is enough to be condemned to Hell.
   If Jesus hadn’t died on the cross for us, all people would go to Hell.
7. Hell is literal, real, and physical.
8. Hell followed by LoF are together permanent and eternal. See it explained at time 55:58–1:01:37 in Matthew 25 – “Be Ready” Said in Three Ways.
9. Hell is a place of judgement (John 5:28–29). People are judged for their sin and punishment follows.
10. People are abandoned and left alone as Jesus was abandoned on the cross (Mat 27:46). It’s is a place of solitude.
11. Hell is full of darkness, a place of weeping and gnashing of teeth
    (Mat 8:11–12, Jude 1:13).
12. Hell is full of unquenchable fire (Mat 13:41–42).
13. It’s better to be crippled than go to the LoF (Mark 9:43–48). (It’s a comparison and doesn’t mean you should hurt yourself.) Hell is the place where the worms don’t die, and the fire doesn't go out.
14. Hell followed by LoF are places of eternal destruction without ceasing to exist (Mat 10:28, 2 Thess 1:9).
15. The punishment in Hell followed by the punishment in LoF is eternal without rest (Dan 12:2, Jude 1:7, Rev 14:9–11).

Jesus never minimized the severity of Hell and Gehenna (LoF ). There is no escape from Hell or from the LoF. They are forever. The time of mercy is over. There is no second chance and no hope. The purpose of Hell is punishment for sin. This shows how serious sin is to God.

Who goes to Hell

Most people go to Hell (Mat 7:13–14), see The Narrow Gate. Many are called but few are chosen (Mat 22:13–14), see The Parable of the Wedding Feast. Many are called to take the right path, but few do. People want to go their own way, not God’s way. Without Jesus' death on the cross, we should all go to Hell, for we are all sinners (Rom 3:23). See also How can a loving God send people to Hell? in
Misconceptions and Objections.

The following go directly to the LoF, or first to Hell and later to the LoF:

1. Antichrist and the false prophet will be thrown alive into the LoF without having to go to Hell first as prisoners (Rev 19:20). Satan will be bound for a thousand years in Tartarus/Abyss (Rev 20:1–2). Afterwards he will be released for a short time (Rev 20:3), and then cast into LoF (Rev 20:10).
2. Whoever worships Satan or his image or receives the mark on his forehead or hand (Rev 14:9–11).
3. Those who aren't spiritually born again (John 3:3–7), see Salvation.
   We must invite Jesus into our heart (John 1:12).
4. Sinners in general who don't repent (1 Cor 6:9–10, Gal 5:19–21, Rev 21:8).
5. He who doesn't forgive others their trespasses (Mat 6:14–15),
   see Forgive and You will Be Forgiven.
6. All who sin and practice lawlessness and don't repent (Mat 7:21–23). Those who act as if there is no (moral) law from God to obey, see Jesus and the Law.
7. Those who put themselves first are self-seeking and obey unrighteousness (Rom 2:8–9). They think it's all about them and what they want, and they don't care about God's word.
8. Those whose name aren't written in the Book of Life are thrown into the LoF 
   (Rev 20:15).

See the video Famous atheists last words before dying.

See also What Happens to Those Who Have Never Heard About Jesus?

How to avoid going to Hell

We can’t be good enough to enter God's Heaven. We can’t do good enough work to get to Heaven, see Jesus and the Young Rich Man. God can’t have fellowship with sin or sinners. God can’t allow imperfection in Heaven. When Adam and Eve broke the one rule they had to follow, they were thrown out of the Garden of Eden, see 
The Biblical Creation and the Fall of Man.

We are all born with a sin nature, and we are all sinners (1 John 1:8, 10), see
The Book of John. We choose to sin. Every single person who has lived on Earth, except Jesus, is doomed to go to Hell. God’s holiness, righteous, and justice must punish sin. The punishment for sin is first in Hell and then forever in the LoF .

God's love took the punishment for us: God the Father, in his love, sent Jesus to be born as a man, to take the punishment for our sin. God can’t die. Therefore, Jesus took human form so that he could die physically (not spiritually). Jesus became a sinless man (still God the Son), therefore we have the virgin birth.

God the Father accepts this perfect sacrifice as a substitute for us. Jesus is the only one who can pay for our sin (John 14:6), see Jesus, the Way, the Truth and the Life. It’s by grace through faith, a gift from God, and not by our own work (Eph 2:8–9). We must believe and trust in Jesus, that he died physically for our sin 
(John 3:14–18). We must receive him into our lives (John 1:12). We become righteous because of what Jesus did on the cross (Rom 5:1–2, 8–10), if we accept it. All our sins are blotted out. By doing so, we make it to God's Heaven.

Basically, the steps are follows:

1. Realize that you are a sinner (Rom 3:23).
2. Admit that your sin will send you to Hell.
3. Repent of your sin. It means to turn around
   and go in another direction (Acts 17:30–31).
4. Believe and trust that Jesus is your Savior (John 3:18).
5. Ask Jesus to come into your life (John 1:12).
6. Confess Jesus as your Lord and Savior (Rom 10:9–11).

Example of a salvation prayer to say directly to the Lord Jesus Christ:

"Jesus, I know that I have sinned against you. I know that the truth is that I have sinned by my own choice, and I am responsible for it. I know that I have deserved punishment from You, and that the just punishment would be death. Jesus, I believe that You died in my place. Forgive me for my sin. I can't in my own strength cover or take away my sin, I am relying totally and only on You. You are the only one who can save me. I reject my sin, I turn away from it, I repent. Come into my life, take away my sin, and show me how to live my life in away that is right and pleasing to You."

God knows your heart. If you mean this, your name is written in the Book of Life. God forgives you your sin. He gives you the righteousness of Jesus. Eternal life in Heaven is now yours. You are saved from eternal punishment in Hell and in LoF.

Note that the LoF was originally prepared not for mankind but for the Devil and his angels who rebelled against God (Mat 25:41). Man chooses to go there by rejecting the offer of salvation through Jesus, the plan of salvation that God has given us. 
For detailed information on how to be saved, see Salvation.

See also Some stories close related to the gospels at the end of 
The Four Gospels.

The Unforgivable Sin

The Pharisees accused Jesus of casting out demons by Beelzebub (Satan),
the prince of demons (Mat 12:24).

Jesus answered them as follows:

• "'Truly, I say to you, all sins will be forgiven the children of man, and whatever blasphemies they utter, but whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit never has forgiveness, but is guilty of an eternal sin' – 
  for they were saying: 'He has an unclean spirit'" (Mark 3:28–30). 
• "Therefore I tell you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven people,
  but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven. And whoever speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven, either in this age or in the age to come" (Mat 12:31–32).
• "And everyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but the one who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven"
  (Luk 12:10).

Blasphemy against the Holy Spirit is when one declares that the supernatural works of Jesus Christ are actually performed through the power and authority of Satan, see Miracles of Jesus.

Jesus spoke to a highly religious group of unbelieving Pharisees. They accused Jesus of getting his power from Satan, the prince of demons
(Mat 12:24, Mark 3:22, Luk 11:15). Because Jesus was empowered by the
Holy Spirit, this was blasphemy against the Holy Spirit. It was a deliberate act by the Pharisees, they knew what they were doing. They didn't care about the consequences of their blasphemy. The Pharisees knew that Jesus cast out demons (Mat 12:25–29, Mark 3:23–27, Luk 11:17–22). The natural conclusion at that time in their worldview, seeing Jesus perform miracles, is that Jesus is from God

(Mat 11:2–6, Luk 7:18–23). The casting out of demons proved who Jesus is.

The Pharisees had a deep knowledge of the scriptures and could have acted like the people of Berea who eagerly listened to Paul's message and searched the scriptures to see if Paul and Silas were teaching the truth (Acts 17:10–12).
Instead, they responded with lies and blasphemy against the Holy Spirit.

It's when a person has hardened his heart so much that he not only rejects the gospel, but in the face of overwhelming miraculous evidence, calls it satanic. He knows that it's really done by Jesus, but still says that it's done by satanic power. This is the height of the rejection of Christ. It's a self-will fallacy.
That person will never trust Christ or repent (Heb 6:4–6, 10:26–31),
and therefore will never be forgiven, because that person never repents.

These religious leaders were in danger of committing the unforgivable sin,
although they haven't yet done so because Jesus still warns them to do so, 
see time 18:39–22:51 in Mark 3:20-35 – Is Jesus Crazy?

Paul himself blasphemed the name of Christ and persecuted his people, but was 
saved (1 Tim 1:13). He hadn't committed the unforgivable sin because he had acted in ignorance and unbelief, he believed he was doing the right thing, see time 32:04–34:30 in Bible Q&A With Pastor Paul │April 2024 |.

God can forgive the worst sinner, see Manasseh of Judah. See also if a wicked man like Hitler could have been saved at time 7:40–9:30 in May 2024 Bible Q&A.
See also time 1:05:07–1:08:58 on the same link.

Even committing suicide isn't an unforgivable sin, see the following videos:

• Time 26:28–28:06 in John 8:12-30 – Opposite of darkness.
• Time 22:57–24:51 in Bible Q&A with Pastor Paul.

Committing an unforgivable sin scares many Christians into thinking they have done it. The unforgivable sin isn't murder, abortion, or a sexual sin. It's not a repetitive sin or rejecting the gospel. It's not persecuting the church. It may not even be saying blasphemous things against the Holy Spirit. Repenting of such a sin and beginning to trust in Christ is proof in itself that you haven't committed the unforgivable sin (Rom 10:11–13). If you had, you would not later repent and begin to trust Christ.

Denying Jesus is very serious. Jesus said that whoever denies him before men will Jesus deny before God the Father who is in Heaven (Mat 10:33, Luk 12:9).
But even this sin is forgiven if you come to Jesus in prayer and repent.
Peter denied Jesus three times and was forgiven, see The Apostle Peter.

See also Some stories in the gospels at the end of The Four Gospels.

The Trinity

Definition of the Trinity

God the Father, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit are three different persons with different personalities, who together are one God (Mat 28:19, 1 Pet 1:2, 2 Cor 13:14 (13 in some translations)).

They are not three gods in one God (Deu (5 Mos) 6:4). 

They are not the same person, appearing in three different forms (John 17:5).

See the picture to the right.

Monotheism

The Bible says that God is unique, the only one of his kind, there is no one before him, and there will be no one after him (Isaiah 43:10–12, 44:6, 45:21–22). 

Jesus says: "I and the Father are one." (John 10:30). When Jesus says that, it means that God the Father and God the Son (Jesus) aren't two different gods.

Monotheism is the basis of the Trinity; the triunity of the Godhead.

Scripture Support

God the Father is the first person in God (John 6:27, 1 Pet 1:2).
The Father isn't the Son (Mat 3:16–17). 

The incarnation of Christ is a central Christian doctrine that God became flesh, assumed a human nature, and became a man in the form of Jesus, who is
God the Son and the second person in God (Col 2:8–9). Jesus is human, but also divine. Jesus is truly God (the Son) and true man at the same time. Jesus is our great God (the Son) and Savior (Tit 2:13, 2 Pet 1:1). Jesus himself said that he is
"I am" (John 8:24, 58–59, Exo (2 Mos) 3:14, Isaiah 43:10), see Jesus – I AM. 
It's a statement about deity. Jesus is eternal in existence. Jesus has always existed in the same way that God the Father and the Holy Spirit have always existed. Jesus claims to be the first and the last (Rev 1:8, 22:12–13). Jesus is God (the Son) and with God (the Father) (John 1:1–2, 14, 18). Jesus existed before creation as the Word (John 1:1, 14). He is the Creator of this world (John 1:3, 10, Col 1:15–17),
see Jesus is the Creator in Jesus is God. Jesus spoke the world into being as the
Word (Gen (1 Mos) 1:3, 6, 9, 11, 14–15, 20, 24, Psalm 33:6). He is the only mediator between God the Father and mankind (1 Tim 2:5), see 
Jesus, the Way, the Truth and the Life.

The Holy Spirit is the third person in God (John 14:26, Acts 5:3–4). 
He has many names; as:

• The Spirit of Jesus (Acts 16:6–7).
• The Spirit of Christ (Rom 8:9b, 1 Pet 1:11a).
• The Spirit of Jesus Christ (Phil 1:19).
• The Spirit of the living God (2 Cor 3:3).
• The Spirit of God (Mat 3:16, 12:28, Rom 8:9a, 8:14, 15:19a,
  1 Cor 2:11, 2:14, 7:40, 12:3, 1 John 4:2, Gen (1 Mos) 1:2b). 
• The Spirit of the Lord (Luk 4:18a, Acts 5:9, 8:39, 2 Cor 3:17,
  Isaiah 61:1a).
• The Spirit of Truth (John 14:17, 15:26, 16:13, 1 John 4:6, Eph 1:13).
• The Good Spirit (Neh 9:20a, Psalm 143:10).
• The Helper (John 14:16, 14:26, 15:26, 16:7).
• The "Seven Spirits" of God, see God's Throne in Heaven.

The Holy Ghost isn't biblical, see time 32:00–32:50 in Bible Q&A with Pastor Paul.

The Holy Spirit is personal and not just a force (Acts 10:19, 13:2, Eph 4:30).
He is the one who lives in us, witnesses to us, empowers us, gives us spiritual gifts, and bears fruit in our lives. He guides us into the truth (John 16:13–15).

Some Bible passages refer to all three persons in the same thought (Luk 3:21–22, 
Mark 1:10–11, Mat 3:16–17, 28:19b, John 1:32–33, Pet 1:2, 2 Cor 13:14
(13 in some translations)). See also The Trinity In The Old Testament. This means that God has never been alone, because there are three persons within him.

In the Bible we are told to pray to the Father, in the name of Jesus, and in the power and guidance of the Holy Spirit (Eph 3:14–17). However, we aren't forbidden to address any person in the Trinity. Who we address specifically isn't really important,
because God is One, and there is nothing that one member of the Trinity does that the other two aren't also involved in. This means that we can pray directly to the Father, or to Jesus, or to the Holy Spirit, see this explained in: 

• Should Christians Pray to Jesus, God the Father, or the Holy Spirit?
• Do we pray to the Father, the Son, or the Holy Spirit?
• Time 41:15–44:10 in September 2024 Bible Q&A.

It's also about a relationship with the persons of the Godhead,

see time 19:44–21:21 in Bible Q & A With Pastor Paul │ July 2023.

There are people who struggle to embrace anything they can't understand on an intellectual level. So did the Sadducees, see Our Resurrection from Death.
They basically require that God's nature must be intelligible to be believed. 
To fully understand the Trinity is beyond our human understanding.
We must accept it and leave it to God in his word. 

Questions about the Trinity:

1. Why is the word Trinity not in the Bible?
   The concept of the Trinity is found in the Bible, it's a clear revelation.
   The word Trinity is used to summarize this concept.
2. How can Jesus be God when he says that the Father is the only true God
   (John 17:3)? The Father is the true God, but he is so together with Jesus
   and the Holy Spirit (see above). Together they are God.
3. How can Jesus be God when he says that the Father is greater than him
   (John 14:28)? The fact that there is an order of authority between the Father and Jesus doesn't mean that Jesus' divinity is lower than 
   that of God the Father (Phil 2:6–8), see
   The Order between Jesus and the Father in the Trinity.
4. To whom does Jesus pray? Jesus, the Son of God, can pray to God the Father, because they are different persons in the Trinity. This conversation between God the Son and God the Father has existed for all eternity
   (Gen (1 Mos) 1:26–27). See these times in the videos:
• 9:36–11:34 in May 2024 Bible Q&A. 
• 30:20–33:24 in Luke 5 (Part 1) • A Lesson. 
• 5:00–16:30 in 1 Peter 1 (Part 2) :3-7.
5. How can Jesus be God when he is the Son of God?
   He is the Son in the sense of person in the Trinity.
   
6. How can Jesus be God when the Bible says he is created (Col 1:15)? 
   It says that Jesus is the firstborn of all creation. Firstborn in this context means that he is in charge of the creation (Col 1:16–17). It doesn't mean
   that he is the first born person. To be compared with Psalm 89:27
   (28 in some translations) and Exo (2 Mos) 4:22–23, see this explained
   in The Order between Jesus and the Father in the Trinity.
   
7. Why didn't Jesus say that he is God if he is God?
   Jesus said that he is (a person in) God, when he said he is "I am", see above. See also Jesus – I AM.
8. Doesn't (Deu (5 Mos) 6:4) above indicate that Jesus can't be God? 
   There are two words for one in Hebrew: Echad = one, a compound entity,
   and Yacheed = only one, absolutely one. In this verse Echad is used, which shows the Trinity of God. The word God can be seen as a common title for 
   God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit, all together. 
   This is further explained in the second half of Jesus – I AM. See also the explanation of 137 (found in the fine-structure constant) in Math in the Bible.
   

Also see some of these questions explained at time 22:52–26:22 in
Bible Q&A With Pastor Paul │ May 2023.

See also Some stories in the gospels at the end of
The Four Gospels.