How do Jewish people with an Old Testament background view Christianity's teaching about God?
With an Old Testament background, Jewish people often view Christianity’s teaching about God as polytheism, calling it a religion of three gods. The correct Christian answer is that this is not three gods but three persons in one God; the Old Testament does not clarify this as the New Testament does.
Les explains that Jewish people in their Old Testament background refer to Christianity as a polytheism and call it a religion of three gods. He corrects that charge: it is not three gods, but three persons in one God. He notes that the Old Testament does not clarify this as the New Testament does. In Colossians 2:8-9, Paul warns against philosophy, vain deceit, the tradition of men, and the rudiments of the world, and declares that in Christ dwells all the fulness of the Godhead bodily. Earlier, the context stresses that Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are all three co-equal members of the Godhead, though Paul may put Christ first.