The DIVINE HOLY
TRINITY
Father,
Son and Holy Ghost
(Holy Spirit)
God dwelling eternally
as One God in three
Persons has inspired awe
and wonder in the hearts
of man, enlightening,
enriching and elevating
his view of Almighty
God. (Hebrew: Adonia
(אֲדֹנָי, lit. "My
Lords")
is the plural form of
adon ("lord") along with
the first-person
singular pronoun
enclitic Adonai
Yahweh. As with
Elohim, grammatical form
is explained
as a plural of majesty.)
It is the Light of
Truth which has
provoked worship and
adoration
to the Blessed Trinity.
This worship entails
worship of the Godhead,
Father, Son and Holy
Spirit (Ghost).
It is their own divine
position as clearly
demonstrated through the
Old and
New Testament that these
three are God in
distinction of
“Persons.”
Distinctive
(distinction) defined
means: "marking a
difference."
”This is not to say we
worship "each one of the
three Persons
as three Gods or as
separate Gods."
However, we can call
upon each of the Godhead
and address them
as a Person due to the
divine qualities
attributed to each of
them.
As "One God,” they
co-exist in Will, Plan
and Purpose.
Each function in
separate distinction of
their observable
recorded existence
and declarations on
God's Holy Writ of Old
and New Testaments.
We do not subscribe to
the narrow doctrine One
God being ‘Jesus Only.’
The following study will
confirm:
● Our Christian faith is
in One God existing in
three distinct Persons.
● We worship each as the
Godhead; God the Father,
Son, and Holy Spirit.
[Note: in our study of
the Blessed Trinity, we
will reference and
cross reference various
scriptures to prove
without doubt that GOD
is Three Persons with
distinct and unique
character and actions
all working in harmony
and unity to effectually
and sovereignty
accomplish
the Will, Plan and
Purposes of eternal
physical and spiritual
realities.
This tri-unity of the
Blessed Holy Trinity
defines and exemplifies
the Only Living and
Creative God of the
universe both now and
evermore!
There is a falsehood
perpetuated in many
evangelical circles
preaching
and teaching a doctrine
solely focused on "JESUS
ONLY."
As a matter of history,
there has always been a
movement that actively
works
to pervert the True
Revelation of the Living
God!
Rather than focusing
only on the Son, our
study comprehensively
demonstrates the Light
of Truth of the
Incarnate Son (in bodily
form,
embodied in human form
and Godhead bodily), and
of the Father
and Holy Spirit ( Spirit
of Truth, Spirit of
Life, Spirit Presence of
God).
The "Jesus Only"
movement, also known as
Oneness Pentecostalism
or oneness theology,
teaches that there is
only one God, but denies
the tri-unity of God. In
other words, oneness
theology does not
recognize
the distinct persons of
the Godhead:
Father, Son, and Holy
Spirit. It has various
forms—
some see Jesus as the
one God, who sometimes
manifests Himself
as the Father or the
Holy Spirit.
The core doctrine of
Oneness Pentecostal /
Jesus Only is that Jesus
is the Father and Jesus
is the Spirit. Their
belief is of one God
who reveals Himself in
different "modes."
This teaching of the
Jesus Only / Oneness
Pentecostals has been
around
for centuries, in one
form or another, as
modalism.
Modalism teaches that
God operated in
different forms or modes
at different times—
sometimes as the Father,
sometimes as the Son,
and sometimes as the
Holy Spirit.
But passages like
Matthew 3:16-17, where
two or all three Persons
of the Godhead are
present, contradict the
modalistic view.
Modalism was condemned
as heretical as early as
the second century A.D.
Matthew 3:16-17 (AMP)
16 And when Jesus was
baptized, He went up at
once out of the water;
and behold, the heavens
were opened, and he
[John] saw the Spirit of
God
descending like a dove
and alighting on Him.
17 And behold, a voice
from heaven said, This
is My Son, My Beloved,
in Whom I delight!
The early church
strongly contended
against the view that
God
is strictly a singular
person who acted in
different forms at
different times.
[Note: The "Jesus
Only" New age movement
attempts to negate
scripture
relating to the Law of
the Spirit! Their
doctrine teaches the
Holy Spirit
is considered an "it"
rather than "He." Distinction of
the 3 Persons of the
Trinity is not taught.
We
shall LEAN on the
Scriptures to Lead us
into the LIGHT of
TRUTH...
precept by precept in
our study of God... the
Blessed Divine Holy
Trinity.]
The Bible
confirms… “A True
Personality Requires a
Person, Not a Mode.”
The false religious
movement aims to pervert
the Divine meaning of
Salvation
by teaching that "Jesus
is the Only Person of
God.”
Starting with the
following scriptures, we
observe TRUTH as we
observe
actions of God in the
the assertion of
"persons" of God and His
Plan of
Salvation (Redemption
from rebellion against
His Will, Plan and
Purposes.)
2
Corinthians 5:19
(AMP)
It was God [personally
present] in Christ,
reconciling and
restoring
the world to favor
with Himself, not
counting up and
holding against [men]
their trespasses [but
cancelling them], and
committing to us
the message of
reconciliation (of the
restoration to favor).
Colossians
2:10 (AMP)
10 And you are in Him,
made full and having
come to fullness of
life
[in Christ you too are
filled with the
Godhead--Father, Son
and Holy Spirit--
and reach full
spiritual
stature]. And He
is the Head of all
rule and authority
[of every angelic
principality and
power].
2 Corinthians 5:17
(AMP)
Therefore if anyone is
in Christ [that is,
grafted in, joined to
Him by faith in Him
as Savior], he is a
new creature [reborn
and renewed by the
Holy Spirit];
the old things [the
previous moral and
spiritual condition]
have passed away.
Behold, new things
have come [because
spiritual awakening
brings a new life].
John 1:18 (AMP)
Jesus Declares Himself:
John
10:9 (AMP)
I am the Door; anyone
who enters through Me
will be saved
[and will live
forever], and will go
in and out [freely],
and find pasture
(spiritual security).
Jesus Declares His
"Mission" in Salvation:
John
10:7 (AMP)
So Jesus said again,
“I assure you and most
solemnly say to you,
I am the Door for the
sheep [leading to
life].
Jesus Declares the
Father:
John 14:6 (AMP)
Jesus said to him, I am
the Way and the Truth and
the Life;
no one comes to the Father
except by (through) Me.
Jesus
Declares the Holy
Spirit:
John
3:5 (AMP)
Jesus
answered, I assure you,
most solemnly I tell you,
unless
a man is born of water and
[even] the Spirit,
he
cannot [ever] enter the
kingdom of God.
[Note:
Regarding
salvation...Full
understanding that men
are
teaching "distinctions"
unto themselves that
"All men are Saved"
without building precept
upon precept defies the
Truth of God:
Colossians
2:7-9 AMP:
7
Have the roots [of your
being] firmly and deeply
planted [in Him,
fixed
and founded in Him], being
continually built up in
Him,
becoming increasingly more
confirmed and established
in the faith,
just as
you were taught, and
abounding and overflowing
in it with thanksgiving.
8 See
to it that no one carries
you off as spoil or makes
you yourselves
captive
by his so-called
philosophy and
intellectualism and vain
deceit
(idle
fancies and plain
nonsense), following human
tradition
(men's
ideas of the material
rather than the spiritual
world),
just
crude notions following
the rudimentary and
elemental teachings
of the
universe and disregarding
[the teachings of] Christ
(the Messiah).
9 For in
Him the whole fullness
of Deity (the Godhead)
continues to dwell in
bodily form [giving
complete
expression of the divine
nature].
Let’s
fully appreciate the
next verses as they
apply to our study
of
"distinctive of
Persons":
[Divine
Persons... TRINITY]:
An
inflectional form of
nouns and pronouns that
distinguishes
between the Divine
person who speaks (first
person),
the
Divine person who is
spoken to (second
person),
and
the Divine person who is
spoken about (third
person).
God
in His "essence" is One
God: Father, Son and
Holy Spirit,
each
as Persons in Unity of
Will, Plan and Purpose.
John
4:24 (AMP)
God
is spirit [the Source
of life, yet invisible
to mankind],
and
those who worship Him
must worship in spirit
and truth.”
[note:To
worship, one must
believe in and
execute
the divine principle
of Faith.]
This
passage cannot be
referring to Jesus
Who was incarnate in
the flesh!
He came as the "SENT
ONE," the "Lamb of
God" to be offered
ONCE
to offer a "peace
treaty" to fallen
mankind that ALL
(non-gender)
could turn from
rebellion seated in
unbelief against the
Living God
of ALL Creation,
both physical and
spiritual by
changing their minds
and actions to
BELIEVE God exists
and to follow the
teaching
and demonstrations
of Christ the Son
concerning the
Kingdom of God!
Upon completion of His
mission, He was
seated upon the
Eternal Throne
of king David to the
"right-hand" of God
(the position of All
power and authority
in heaven and earth)
as the victorious
conquer over the
works of Satan.
(Satan: ruler of
evil in the heavens
and in the lives of
men...non-gender).
Christ Jesus
defeated DEATH and
captivity in
it. The
Promise of Eternal
Life
is demonstrated by
the Resurrection and
Ascent to the
Father!
[Note: It is
wonderfully
scriptural and
necessary to our
understanding that
several Bible
versions demonstrate
the use of plural
nouns and pronouns
whereby there are
conversations and
recognition's among
the three Persons
of the
Godhead, each
of whom have unity
of Will, Plan and
Purpose
and each of Whom
were active in the
Creation as recorded
in Genesis
1:26 (AMP).
Nouns:
Father, Son, Spirit,
Holy Spirit, Holy
Ghost, Jesus
Pronouns: My, Your,
Him, He, Himself,
His
Take special notice
of the dialogs,
references,
acknowledgements
and actions made
between and among
the Persons of the
Trinity of God]
Genesis 1:26 (AMP)
Then God said, “Let Us
(Father, Son, Holy
Spirit) make man in
Our image,
according to Our
likeness [not
physical, but a
spiritual personality
and moral likeness];
and let them have
complete authority
over the fish
of the sea, the birds
of the air, the
cattle, and over the
entire earth,
and over everything
that creeps and crawls
on the earth.”
The Scriptures are
very clear to specify
each member of the
Godhead
as a Person who lives
forever.
The Father...
Matthew 6:9 Our
Father Who is in
heaven,
Matthew 6:13 For
Yours is the kingdom
and the power
and the glory forever.
Amen.
John 17:1
WHEN JESUS had spoken
these things, He
lifted up His eyes
to heaven and said,
Father, the hour has
come.
Glorify and exalt and
honor and magnify Your
Son, so that Your Son
may glorify and extol
and honor and magnify
You.
John 17:3-5
And this is eternal
life: [it means] to
know (to perceive,
recognize, become
acquainted with, and
understand) You,
the only true and real
God, and [likewise] to
know Him, Jesus [as
the]
Christ (the Anointed
one, the Messiah),
Whom You have sent.
4 I have glorified You
down here on the earth
by completing the work
that You gave Me to
do.
5 And now, Father,
glorify Me along with
Yourself and restore
Me
to such majesty and
honor in Your presence
as I had with You
before the world
existed.
The Son...
John 12:34
At this the people
answered Him, We have
learned from the Law
that the Christ is to
remain forever; how
then can You say,
The Son of Man must be
lifted up [on the
cross]?
Who is this Son of
Man?
Psalm 110:4 (AMP)
The Lord has sworn [an
oath] and will not
change His mind:
“You are a priest
forever According to
the order of
Melchizedek.”
Hebrews 7:24
But He holds His
priesthood
unchangeably, because
He lives on forever.
Hebrews 13:8
Jesus Christ (the
Messiah) is [always]
the same,
yesterday, today,
[yes] and forever (to
the ages).
Holy Ghost...
Hebrews 9:14 KJV
How much more shall
the blood of Christ,
who through the
eternal Spirit offered
himself without spot
to God,
purge your conscience
from dead works to
serve the living
God?.....
Persons reveal
emotion.
The highest emotion
and condition of the
soul is love.
Let us look at the
mutual love distinctly
revealed of the
Persons of the
Godhead.
Father to the Son...
John 3:35
AMP
The Father loves the
Son and has given
(entrusted, committed)
everything
into His hand.
John 15:9 AMP
I have loved you,
[just] as the Father
has loved Me;
abide in My love
[continue in His love
with Me].
John
17:24-25
NKJV
(This love is not just
toward the Son's
humanity)
...for You loved Me
before the foundation
of the world.
O righteous Father!
Son to the Father...
John 14:31 KJV
But that the world may
know that I love the
Father...
Holy
Spirit to Father and
the Son and Father
and Son to the Holy
Spirit...
[No specific
Scripture is given,
however, the
Scriptures do speak
of "the love of the
Spirit"]
Romans 15:30 (AMP)
I urge you, believers,
by our Lord Jesus
Christ and by the love
of the Spirit,
to join together with
me in your prayers to
God in my behalf,
and "the fruit of the
Spirit is love"
(Galatians 5:22).
● We know that God is
love.
● The Holy Spirit is
the " third" Person of
God, and, therefore,
the Holy Spirit is
love.
● The Godhead (Father,
Son and Holy Spirit)
is equally divine in
nature
and shares other
aspects of the divine
relationship as well.
Mark 12:28-30 (AMP)
28 Then one of the
scribes [an expert in
Mosaic Law] came up
and listened to them
arguing [with one
another],
and noticing that
Jesus answered them
well, asked Him,
“Which commandment is
first and most
important of all?”
29
Jesus answered, “The
first and most
important one is:
‘Hear, O Israel, the
Lord our God is one
Lord;
30 and you shall love
the Lord your God with
all your heart,
and with all your soul
(life), and with all
your mind
(thought,
understanding), and
with all your
strength.’
It is "Agape" Love that
upholds the Eternal Plan
of God of Life!
The
Greek word agape
is often translated
“love” in the New
Testament.
How is “agape love”
different from other
types of love?
The essence of agape
love is goodwill,
benevolence, and willful
delight
in the object of love.
Unlike our English word
love, agape is not used
in the New Testament to
refer to romantic or
sexual love.
Nor does it refer to
close friendship or
brotherly love,
for which the Greek word
philia is used.
Agape love involves
faithfulness,
commitment, and an act
of the will.
It is distinguished from
the other types of love
by its lofty moral
nature
and strong character.
(Note: Agape love is
beautifully described in
1 Corinthians 13).
2
Corinthians 13:11 (AMP)
Finally, brethren,
farewell (rejoice)! Be
strengthened (perfected,
completed,
made what you ought to
be); be encouraged and
consoled and comforted;
be of the same [agreeable]
mind one with another;
live in peace, and [then]
the God of love [Who is
the Source of affection,
goodwill, love, and
benevolence toward men]
and the Author and
Promoter
of peace will be with you.
2
Corinthians 13:14 (AMP)
The grace (favor and
spiritual blessing) of the
Lord Jesus Christ
and the love of God and
the presence and
fellowship (the communion
and sharing together, and
participation) in the Holy
Spirit be with you all.
Amen (so be it).
Romans 5:8 (AMP)
But God shows and clearly
proves His [own] love for
us by the fact
that while we were still
sinners, Christ (the
Messiah,
the Anointed One) died for
us.
Colossians
2:10-11 (AMP)
10 And you are in Him,
made full and having come
to fullness of life
[in Christ you too are
filled with the
Godhead--Father, Son and
Holy Spirit--
and reach full spiritual
stature]. And He is
the Head of all rule and
authority
[of every angelic
principality and power].
11 In Him also you were
circumcised with a
circumcision not made with
hands,
but in a [spiritual]
circumcision [performed
by] Christ by stripping
off the body
of the flesh (the whole
corrupt, carnal nature
with its passions and
lusts).
{Note:
Christ Jesus, in His
Advent to earth was a
"flesh and bone" Person
and a "divine" Person”…
know as "Son of Man and
Son of God."
In His Advent from
heaven, He remained
sinless and without
guile.
guile = dishonesty,
craftiness, deceit,
cunning.}
Jesus (the Christ)
resisted and conquered
the corrupt carnal
nature
with
its passions and lusts!
Colossians
2:12 AMP:
12
[Thus you were circumcised
when] you were buried with
Him
in
[your] baptism, in which
you were also raised with
Him [to a new life]
through [your] faith in
the working of God [as
displayed] when He raised
Him
up
from the dead.
[Note:
circumcised of a hard
rebellious heart and
‘united as one’
with the Father through
Christ].
Colossians
2:13 AMP:
13 And you who were dead
in trespasses and in the
uncircumcision
of your flesh (your
sensuality, your sinful
carnal nature),
[God] brought to life
together with [Christ],
having [freely] forgiven
us
all our transgressions,
[Note:
transgression; violation
of a law, command,
rebellion against:
sin, defiance,
disobedience,
breach, trespass,
crime, error, fault,
infraction,
infringement, lapse,
misdeed, misdemeanor,
wrongdoing,
contravention,
encroachment, iniquity,
offense, slip, vice,
wrong,
breaking of the law,
erring, overstepping]
[Note:
Those in Christ today
are living in the
provision of eternal
life, NOW!
God, the Godhead bodily
(spirit) lives (abides,
indwells) in the
redeemed!
The Lord Jesus Christ
comes to receive our
spirit and soul at our
natural death!
We are transformed from
mortal to immortal at
that event. Judgment has
already
transpired when we were
reconciled to God. We
are in Christ, the
Divine Light.
we have been transformed
out of the darkness
(evil) of the controlled
of the prince
of the air (heavens)
into the Marvelous Light
of Christ! He is our
eternal "Door"
to all Promises of God!
Jesus Christ is the Way,
Truth and Life ("Seal"
of Promise)."]
2
Corinthians 5:1-5 (RSV)
For we know that if the
earthly tent we live in is
destroyed,
we have a building from
God, a house not made with
hands,
eternal in the
heavens.
2
Here indeed we groan, and
long to put on our
heavenly dwelling,
3
so that by putting it on
we may not be found naked.
4
For while we are still in
this tent, we sigh with
anxiety;
not that we would be
unclothed, but that we
would be further clothed,
so that what is mortal may
be swallowed up by
life.
5
He who has prepared us for
this very thing is God,
who has given us the
Spirit as a guarantee.
2
Corinthians 5:6-8 (AMP)
6
So then, being always
filled with good courage
and confident hope,
and knowing that while we
are at home in the body
we are absent from the
Lord—
7
for we walk by faith, not
by sight [living our lives
in a manner consistent
with our confident belief
in God’s promises]—
8
we are [as I was saying]
of good courage and
confident hope,
and prefer rather to be
absent from the body and
to be at home with the
Lord.
DIVINE
WILL
[Note:
the Will of the Father
and the Will of the
Son]:
Matthew 6:8-10 (AMP)
8
So do not be like them
[praying as they do];
for your Father knows what
you need before you ask
Him.
9
“Pray, then, in this way
Our Father, who is in
heaven,
Hallowed be Your name.
10 ‘Your kingdom come,
Your will be done
On earth as it is in
heaven.
Matthew 26:42 (AMP)
He went away a second time
and prayed, saying,
“My Father, if this cannot
pass away unless I drink
it,
Your will be done.”
John 5:19 (AMP)
So Jesus answered them by
saying,
“I
assure you and most
solemnly say to you,
the Son can do nothing of
Himself [of His own
accord],
unless
it is something He sees
the Father doing;
for whatever things the
Father does, the Son [in
His turn]
also does in the same way.
We see the "shepherd
nature" of God as He
(the Holy Spirit
'covers'... hovering,
over the deep...
Genesis 1:2 (AMP)
The earth was without form
and an empty waste,
and darkness was upon the
face of the very great
deep.
The Spirit of God was
moving (hovering,
brooding)
over the face of the
waters.
He takes a positive action
against darkness and void!
He MOVES...He Acts!
He opens His mouth and
speaks forth, declares,
decrees, transmits!
He speaks into the
lack! He releases
Himself as the
source! He provides!
His Presence CHANGES
things! HE is the
Eternal LIGHT
(past, present and future)
of the spiritual world
working in the spiritual
darkness of the hearts and
minds of mankind!
The First time we See HIM
is when He spoke and the
Light
in the physical realm
manifested!
3
And God said, Let there be
light: and there was
light.
HE is
the Eternal LIGHT (past,
present and future) of
the spiritual world
working in the spiritual
darkness of the hearts
and minds of mankind!
The First time we See
God working in the
physical world is when
He spoke
and the Manifested
Light!
God
(Jesus, Son of God) the
Light of the WORLD
is recognized and
announced!:
John 1 (AMP)
1
In the beginning [before
all time] was the Word
(Christ),
and the Word was with God,
and the Word was God
Himself.
2
He was present originally
with God.
3
All things were made and
came into existence
through Him;
and without Him was not
even one thing made that
has come into being.
4
In Him was Life, and the
Life was the Light of men.
5
And the Light shines on in
the darkness, for the
darkness
has never overpowered it
[put it out or absorbed it
or appropriated it,
and is unreceptive to it].
6
There came a man sent from
God, whose name was John.
7
This man came to witness,
that he might testify of
the Light,
that all men might believe
in it [adhere to it, trust
it, and rely upon it]
through him.
8
He was not the Light
himself, but came that he
might bear witness
regarding the Light.
9
There it was—the true
Light [was then] coming
into the world
[the genuine, perfect,
steadfast Light] that
illumines every person.
10 He came into the world,
and though the world was
made through Him,
the world did not
recognize Him [did not
know Him].
John 1:18 (AMP)
No man has ever seen God
at any time; the only
unique Son,
or the only begotten God,
Who is in the bosom [in
the intimate presence]
of the Father, He has
declared Him [He has
revealed Him and brought
Him
out where He can be seen;
He has interpreted Him and
He has made Him known].
Hebrews 10:7
Then I said, Behold, here
I am, coming to do Your
will,
O
God--[to fulfill] what is
written of Me in the
volume of the Book.
John 12:28
[Rather, I will say,]
Father, glorify (honor and
extol)
Your [own] name! Then
there came a voice out of
heaven saying,
I
have already glorified it,
and I will glorify it
again.
Psalm 2:7
I
will declare the decree of
the Lord:
He said to Me, You are My
Son; this day [I declare]
I
have begotten You.
Also
see recorded [Heb 1:5;
3:5,6; 2 Peter 1:17,18]
Psalm 110:1
THE LORD (God) says to my
Lord (the Messiah),
Sit at My right hand,
until I make Your
adversaries Your
footstool.
[Matt 26:64; Acts 2:34; 1
Cor 15:25; Col 3:1; Heb
12:2.]
James 1:17 (AMP)
17 Every good thing given
and every perfect gift is
from above;
it comes down from the
Father of lights [the
Creator and Sustainer
of the heavens], in whom
there is no variation [no
rising or setting]
or shadow cast by His
turning [for He is perfect
and never changes].
A
Beautiful Divine
attribute of God is that
He speaks!
He speaks through the
record of the Teachings
of Christ Jesus…
through the Holy Bible.
He speaks through
inspired individuals
as the Holy Spirit
guides and directs
actions past, present
and future.
He speaks through the
Gifts of the Spirit as
the Word of Wisdom
and the Word of
Knowledge. He “speaks”
(demonstrates) to men,
women
and children through
signs, wonders, dreams,
visions and miracles.
John 12:28
[Rather, I will say,]
Father, glorify (honor and
extol)
Your [own] name! Then
there came a voice out of
heaven saying,
I
have already glorified it,
and I will glorify it
again.
Psalm 2:7
I
will declare the decree of
the Lord:
He said to Me, You are My
Son; this day [I declare]
I
have begotten You.
Also see recorded [Heb
1:5; 3:5,6; 2 Peter
1:17,18
Psalm 110:1
THE LORD (God) says to my
Lord (the Messiah),
Sit at My right hand,
until I make Your
adversaries Your footstool.
[Matt 26:64; Acts 2:34; 1
Cor 15:25; Col 3:1; Heb
12:2.]
In
the following
study, we
continue to teach
by the whole counsel
of the Scriptures.
Reverently, we
proceed with the
following hymn of
Reginald Heber,
who was inspired by
this seraphic
praise...
"Holy,
Holy, Holy, Lord God
Almighty!
Early in the morning
our song shall rise
to Thee;
Holy, holy, holy,
merciful and mighty!
God in three
Persons, blessed
Trinity!
Holy, Holy, Holy!
All the saints adore
Thee,
Casting down their
golden crowns around
the glassy sea;
Cherubim and
seraphim falling
down before Thee,
Which wert, and art,
and evermore shalt
be."
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True Worship:
God dwelling
eternally as One God
in three Persons
has inspired awe and
wonder in the hearts
of man,
enlightening,
enriching and
elevating his view
of Almighty
God.
It is the Light of
Truth which has
provoked worship and
adoration
to the Blessed
Trinity.
This
worship entails
worship of the
Godhead,
Father, Son and Holy
Ghost
(Spirit).
It is their own
divine position as
clearly demonstrated
through the Old and
New Testament that
these three are God
in distinction of
“Persons.”
Distinctive defined
means: ‘marking a
difference. '
”This is not to say
we worship "each one
of the three Persons
as three Gods
or as separate
Gods."
However, we can call
upon each of the
Godhead and address
them as a person
due to the divine
qualities attributed
to each of
them.
As ‘One God,” they
co-exist in Will,
Plan and Purpose.
Each function in
separate distinction
of their observable
recorded existence
and declarations on
God's Holy Writ of
Old and New
Testaments.
We
do not subscribe to
the narrow doctrine
One God being ‘Jesus
Only.’
The following study
will confirm:
● Our Christian faith
is in One God existing
in three distinct
Persons.
● We worship each as
the Godhead; God the
Father, Son, and Holy
Spirit.
Our
study of the Nicene
Creed and the
Athanasian Creed on
the HGMI Home Page
is relevant to the
writings of what the
forerunners
(Eye-witness
disciples and
Ascension disciples)
understood
of the Doctrine of
the Holy Trinity.
[Access the Home
Page by clicking the
INNER
CHAMBERS Link
at top of this web
page.
The
Athanasian Creed
distinctly
addresses the
manner of worship
to which Heart of
God Ministries
subscribes and
incorporates
in our
International
fellowship.]
The
Bible explicitly
states that the
Father, “as such”,
and the Son,
“as such,” received
worship.
The
Father
John 4:23
23 A time will come,
however, indeed it is
already here,
when the true
(genuine) worshipers
will worship the
Father
in spirit and in truth
(reality); for the
Father is seeking just
such people
as these as His
worshipers.
The Son
John
9:32-38
32 Since the beginning
of time it has never
been heard
that anyone opened the
eyes of a man born
blind.
33 If this Man were
not from God, He would
not be able
to do anything like
this.
34 They retorted, You
were wholly born in
sin [from head to
foot];
and do you [presume
to] teach us?
So they cast him out
[threw him clear
outside the
synagogue].
35 Jesus heard that
they had put him out,
and meeting him He
said,
Do you believe in and
adhere to the Son of
Man or the Son of God
?
36 He answered, Who is
He, Sir?
Tell me, that I may
believe in and adhere
to Him.
37 Jesus said to him,
You have seen Him; [in
fact]
He is talking to you
right now.
38 He called out,
Lord, I believe! [I
rely on,
I trust, I cleave to
You!] And he worshiped
Him.
The Holy Ghost /
Holy Spirit
The
Holy Spirit is God
and as such, He is
be worshiped.
Those who call the
Spirit an "it." are
not taught to honor
Him.
At the manifestation
of the Baptism of
the Holy Ghost many
improperly address
God, the Holy
Spirit. He is
a Person of the
Trinity!
Each Personage of
the Godhead is
co-equal,
co-existant and
co-eternal.
Each in their
eternal state have
the same qualities
attributable only to
God:
● omnipresent
(present
everywhere),
● omnipotent (have
absolute power and
authority),
● omniscient
(knowing
everything).
The triple praise of
the seraphim...
denotes each are
worshiped.
How can one build
relationship without
communication and
expression
of honor and
interaction?
The Holy Spirit is
sent as our helper.
He is Godhead
standby and
comforter.
He abides in us to
hear our hearts
and the confessions
and professions of
our mouth.
He discloses,
declares, transmits
and imparts
the things of Christ
to us.
John 16:13-15 (AMP)
13 But when He,
the Spirit of
Truth (the
Truth-giving
Spirit) comes,
He will guide you
into all the Truth
(the whole, full
Truth).
For He will not
speak His own
message [on His
own authority];
but He will tell
whatever He hears
[from the Father;
He will give the
message that has
been given to
Him],
and He will
announce and
declare to you the
things
that are to come
[that will happen
in the future].
14 He will honor
and glorify Me,
because He will
take of (receive,
draw upon)
what is Mine and
will reveal
(declare,
disclose,
transmit) it to
you.
15 Everything that
the Father has is
Mine.
That is what I
meant when I said
that He [the
Spirit] will take
the things
that are Mine and
will reveal
(declare,
disclose,
transmit) it to
you.
It is His voice that
we hear.
He prays for us
those things we do
not know how to
pray.
[Note: both the Holy
Spirit and the Lord
Jesus Christ
intercede on our
behalf!]
Romans
8:26 (AMP)
26 So too the
[Holy] Spirit
comes to our aid
and bears us up in
our weakness;
for we do not know
what prayer to
offer nor how to
offer it worthily
as we ought,
but the Spirit
Himself goes to
meet our
supplication and
pleads in our
behalf
with unspeakable
yearnings and
groanings too deep
for utterance.
Romans 8:27 (AMP)
27 And He Who
searches the
hearts of men
knows what is in
the mind
of the [Holy]
Spirit [what His
intent is],
because the Spirit
intercedes
and pleads [before
God] in behalf of
the saints
according to and
in harmony
with God’s will.
Romans 8:34 (AMP)
34 Who is there to
condemn [us]? Will
Christ Jesus (the
Messiah),
Who died, or
rather Who was
raised from the
dead,
Who is at the
right hand of God
actually pleading
as He intercedes
for us?
The Holy Ghost
divinely empowers
effectual prayers
through the gift of
tongues, the
spiritual languages.
AND, He empowers
prayers released
through the mind and
language
of the one who prays
within their
cultural language.
The divine provision
of prayer is one of
doing both!
Ephesians 6:18 (AMP)
18 Pray at all
times (on every
occasion, in every
season) in the
Spirit,
with all [manner
of] prayer and
entreaty.
To that end keep
alert and watch
with strong
purpose and
perseverance,
interceding in
behalf of all the
saints (God’s
consecrated
people).
1 Corinthians
14:14-15 (AMP)
14 For if I pray
in an [unknown]
tongue, my spirit
[by the Holy
Spirit within me]
prays, but my mind
is unproductive
[it bears no fruit
and helps nobody].
15 Then what am I
to do? I will pray
with my spirit [by
the Holy Spirit
that is within
me], but I will
also pray
[intelligently]
with my mind
and understanding;
[Note: Paul also reveals
the power of
singing in the
spiritual
tongues
as well as in
the cultural
language.]
I will sing with
my spirit [by the
Holy Spirit that
is within me],
but I will sing
[intelligently]
with my mind and
understanding
also.
All communication
with God is
spiritual.
Paul says we pray in
the spirit and we
also pray with
understanding.
Prayer is the Holy
attribute that God
receives before the
throne.
Yes, we communicate
and pray to build
relationship
directly
with the Holy
Spirit. We
talk with Him as we
commune together.
Holy Spirit is God.
He is no "less" God
nor no "more" God
than
the Father, and the
Son.
[God
is One in Will,
Plan and Purpose.]
Isaiah
6:3
(KJV)
3 And one cried unto
another, and said,
Holy, holy, holy,
is the LORD of hosts:
the whole earth is
full of his glory...
Note:
this verse is
significant as it is
disclosed in the New
Testament
that the Son (Jn
12:36-45) and the
Holy Spirit (Acts
28:25-26)
were actively
participating in the
1st advent of
Christ. Matt 28:19)
What was His
Mission?
John 12:36-45 (AMP)
36 While you have the
Light, believe in the
Light
[have faith in it,
hold to it, rely on
it],
that you may become
sons of the Light and
be filled with Light.
Jesus said these
things, and then He
went away and hid
Himself
from them [was lost to
their view].
37 Even though He had
done so many miracles
before them
(right before their
eyes), yet they still
did not trust in Him
and failed to believe
in Him—
38 So that what Isaiah
the prophet said was
fulfilled:
Lord, who has believed
our report and our
message?
And to whom has the
arm (the power) of the
Lord been shown
(unveiled and
revealed)?
39 Therefore they
could not believe
[they were unable to
believe].
For Isaiah has also
said,
40 He has blinded
their eyes and
hardened and benumbed
their [callous,
degenerated] hearts
[He has made their
minds dull],
to keep them from
seeing with their eyes
and understanding
with their hearts and
minds and repenting
and turning to Me to
heal them.
41 Isaiah said this
because he saw His
glory and spoke of
Him.
42 And yet [in spite
of all this] many even
of the leading men
(the authorities and
the nobles) believed
and trusted in Him.
But because of the
Pharisees they did not
confess it, for fear
that
[if they should
acknowledge Him] they
would be expelled
from the synagogue;
43 For they loved the
approval and the
praise and the glory
that come
from men [instead of
and] more than the
glory that comes from
God.
[They valued their
credit with men more
than their credit with
God.]
44 But Jesus loudly
declared, The one who
believes in Me
does not [only]
believe in and trust
in and rely on Me,
but [in believing in
Me he believes] in Him
Who sent Me.
45 And whoever sees Me
sees Him Who sent Me.
[Note, Jesus makes
reference to Himself
and He who SENT {the
Father}...
two different Persons.
The "sending" is
apostolic.
It takes TWO....
1. the One who SENDS
to Give the Message
2. the One who is
SENT to Deliver the
Message Revealing The
Apostolic-Prophetic
Realm of God
"Apostolic" denotes
"sender" and "the
one sent."
"Prophetic" denotes
to reveal...
declare, proclaim,
decree, transmit...
the message of God.
Both the Son and the
Holy Spirit were
SENT from the Father
in heaven.
Howbeit, the Holy
descended upon the
Christ, anointing
Him for Service.
Father God is
revealed (the Source
of all... including
the Son)
in the "hearing" and
"seeing" of the the
Word via voice
and action.]
Acts
28:25-26 (AMP)
25 And as they
disagreed among
themselves, they
began to leave,
[but not before]
Paul had added one
statement [more]:
The Holy Spirit
was right in
saying through
Isaiah the prophet
to your
forefathers:
26 Go to this
people and say to
them, You will
indeed hear
and hear with your
ears but will not
understand, and
you will indeed
look
and look with your
eyes but will not
see [not perceive,
have knowledge of
or become
acquainted with
what you look at,
at all].
[Note: Paul specifically
identifies the
Holy Spirit. He
does Not refer
to
Father God nor
the Son, Jesus
Christ.
Yet, in prayers,
Paul always
honored
both the Father
and the Son!]
Matthew
28:19 (AMP)
Go then and
make disciples
of all the
nations,
baptizing them
into the name
of the Father
and of the Son
and of the
Holy Spirit,
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Work of the Holy
Spirit
Matthew 4:1 (AMP)
Then Jesus was led by
the [Holy] Spirit
into the wilderness to
be tempted by the
devil.
Luke 4:1 (AMP)
Now Jesus, full of
[and in perfect
communication with]
the Holy Spirit,
returned from the
Jordan and was led by
the Spirit in the
wilderness.
Acts 6:5 (AMP)
The suggestion pleased
the whole
congregation;
and they selected
Stephen, a man full of
faith [in Christ
Jesus],
and [filled with and
led by] the Holy
Spirit, and Philip,
Prochorus,
Nicanor, Timon,
Parmenas, and Nicolas
(Nikolaos),
a proselyte (Gentile
convert) from Antioch.
Acts 7:55 (AMP)
{regarding the stoning
of Stephen}:
But he, being full of
the Holy Spirit and
led by Him,
gazed into heaven and
saw the glory [the
great splendor and
majesty]
of God, and Jesus
standing at the right
hand of God;
Acts 13:9 (AMP)
But Saul, who was also
known as Paul,
filled with the Holy
Spirit and led by Him,
looked steadily at
Elymas,
Your Future is
decided by whose
voice you choose to
believe...
John 12:39-41
39 Therefore they
could not believe
[they were unable to
believe].
For Isaiah has also
said, 40 He has
blinded their eyes and
hardened
and benumbed their
[callous, degenerated]
hearts
[He has made their
minds dull], to keep
them from seeing
with their eyes and
understanding with
their hearts and minds
and repenting and
turning to Me to heal
them.
41
Isaiah said this
because he saw His
glory and spoke of
Him. [Isa 6:9,10.]
It’s from such words as
majesty, glory and
honor
that we get the
meaning of glory.
God’s glory is God’s
weightiness in
wonderful qualities
such as
might, beauty,
goodness, justice,
and honor.
God possesses a
superabundance of
these divine
attributes!
Acts 28:24-26 (AMP)
24 And some were
convinced and believed
what he said,
and others did not
believe. 25 And as
they disagreed among
themselves,
they began to leave,
[but not before] Paul
had added one
statement [more]:
The Holy Spirit was
right in saying
through Isaiah
the prophet to your
forefathers:
26 Go to this people
and say to them, You
will indeed hear and
hear
with your ears but
will not understand,
and you will indeed
look and look
with your eyes but
will not see [not
perceive, have
knowledge of
or become acquainted
with what you look at,
at all].
The
Holy Spirit is
addressed as God!
These scriptures
address the Holy
Spirit
with distinction of
person and show
reverence or worship
to Him as well as
the Father and Son.
●
the prayer of
Apostolic Blessing
of 2
Corinthians13:14,
2 Corinthians 13:14
(AMP)
The grace (favor and
spiritual blessing) of
the Lord Jesus Christ
and the love of God
and the presence and
fellowship
(the communion and
sharing together, and
participation)
in the Holy Spirit be
with you all. Amen (so
be it).
● the adoration of
Revelation 1:4
Revelation 1:4 (AMP)
4 John to the seven
assemblies (churches)
that are in Asia:
May grace (God’s
unmerited favor) be
granted to you and
spiritual peace (the
peace of Christ’s
kingdom)
from Him Who is and
Who was and Who is to
come,
and from the seven
Spirits
[the sevenfold Holy
Spirit] before His
throne,
(Note: The sevenfold God
Spirit, the Holy
Spirit, is revealed
in the Old
Covenant).
Isaiah 11:2 (AMP)
And the Spirit of the
Lord shall rest upon
Him—
the Spirit of
wisdom
● Spirit of Wisdom
and
understanding,
● Spirit of
Understanding
the Spirit of counsel
● Spirit of Counsel
and
might,
● Spirit of Might
the Spirit of
knowledge
● Spirit of
Knowledge
and of the reverential
{fear}
●
Spirit of Reverence
and obedient fear of
the
Lord—
● Spirit of Obedience
Symbolism
of God
[Note: The practice of
using symbols especially
by investing things
with a symbolic meaning
or by expressing the
invisible or intangible
by means
of visible or sensuous
representations are
frequently used in
expressing the
nature, aptitudes and
essence of God in His
three Persons, such as:
1. the use of
conventional or
traditional signs in the
representation
of divine beings and
spirits
2. imitation or
invention that is a
method of revealing
immaterial, ideal, or
otherwise intangible
truth or states]
The term Trinity is a
symbol.
Both the Threeness and
the Oneness of God are
embraced by the term Trinity.
God in His Trinitarian
manner of existence is
unique.
There is none like Him
in the universe...
GOD DESIRES WE KNOW HIM
IN HIS HOLY TRINITY
AND UNITY OF PERSONS!
Isaiah 40:18-19
18 To whom then will you
liken God?
Or with what likeness will
you compare Him?
19 The graven image!
A
workman casts it, and a
goldsmith overlays it with
gold
and casts silver chains
for it.
Acts 17:29 (AMP)
Since then we are God’s
offspring, we ought not to
suppose that Deity
(the Godhead) is like gold
or silver or stone, [of
the nature of]
a
representation by human
art and imagination, or
anything
constructed or invented.
Isaiah 40:20-21 (AMP)
20 He who is so
impoverished that he has
no offering
or oblation or rich gift
to give [to his god is
constrained
to make a wooden offering,
an idol; so he] chooses a
tree that will not rot;
he seeks out a skillful
craftsman to carve and set
up an image
that will not rot or
deteriorate.
21 [You worshipers of
idols, you are without
excuse.]
Do you not know? Have you
not heard?
Has it not been told you
from the beginning?
[These things ought to
convince you of God's
omnipotence
and of the folly of bowing
to idols.]
Have you not understood
from the foundations of
the earth?
The
Works of God's Hands!
Romans 1:20 (AMP)
20 For ever since the
creation of the world
His invisible nature and
attributes, that is,
His eternal power and
divinity, have been made
intelligible
and clearly discernible in
and through the things
that have been made (His
handiworks).
So [men] are without
excuse [altogether without
any defense or
justification],
Isaiah 40:22:25 (AMP)
22 It is God Who sits
above the circle (the
horizon) of the earth,
and its inhabitants are
like grasshoppers;
it is He Who stretches out
the heavens like [gauze]
curtains
and spreads them out like
a tent to dwell in,
23 Who brings dignitaries
to nothing, Who makes the
judges
and rulers of the earth as
chaos (emptiness, falsity,
and futility).
24 Yes, these men are
scarcely planted, scarcely
are they sown,
scarcely does their stock
take root in the earth,
when [the Lord] blows upon
them and they wither, and
the whirlwind
or tempest takes them away
like stubble.
25 To whom then will you
liken Me, that I should be
equal to him?
says the Holy
one.
In this
25th verse the Holy
Spirit scribes through
Isaiah
the unified voice of
ONE.
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God is One “a living
essence” or “conscious
entity” existing
as three Persons.
The Divine three Persons
are not related
to substance, such as
are three individuals of
flesh.
Jesus is the Only
Incarnate, As
Transfigured in the
Resurrection,
He is living in His
spiritual body.
His body has the
appearance of Flesh
form, yet is capable of
defying
physical laws relating
to "substance."
Check His transfigured
body! He gave insight of
the things to come!
Matthew 17:1-2 (AMP)
And six days after
this, Jesus took with
Him
Peter and James and
John his brother,
and led them up on a
high mountain by
themselves.
2 And His appearance
underwent a change in
their presence;
and His face shone
clear and bright like
the sun, and His
clothing
became as white as
light.
3 And behold, there
appeared to them Moses
and Elijah,
who kept talking with
Him.
4 Then Peter began to
speak and said to
Jesus, Lord, it is
good and delightful
that we are here; if
You approve, I will
put up three booths
here—
one for You and one
for Moses and one for
Elijah.
5 While he was still
speaking, behold, a
shining cloud
[composed of light]
overshadowed them, and
a voice from the cloud
said,
This is My Son, My
Beloved, with Whom I
am [and have always
been] delighted.
Listen to Him!
6 When the disciples
heard it, they fell on
their faces
and were seized with
alarm and struck with
fear.
7 But Jesus came and
touched them and said,
Get up, and do not be
afraid.
8 And when they raised
their eyes, they saw
no one but Jesus only.
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Abraham, Isaac and Jacob
are of human nature
and substance, but do
not comprise as one man.
Due to both the
plurality and the
oneness of the Godhead,
● efforts to demonstrate
God's nature that the
reader may understand
is challenging where,
the deeper life in the
Spirit are yet to be
experienced.
● it enables those with
opposing doctrines to
find support for their
respective positions
from the same scriptural
illustrations.
Comparing the flesh,
soul and spirit man to
the Godhead is
inadequate
in its demonstration.
Even though man is made
in the image of God, and
therefore,
shares some aspects to
His being, God is not
made in the image of man
and, thus, the
comparison is
inadequate.
The
Father is God, the Son
is God and the Holy
Spirit is God;
but the Father is not
the Son, the Son is not
the Father
nor the Holy Spirit, and
the Holy Spirit is not
the Father nor the Son.
The
Father, Son and Holy
Spirit comprise as One
God, not a triad, but a
Trinity.
In the inner most
dynamics of their being
they are inherently and
inescapably One in
"essence."
[Note: "essence" = the
inward nature, or
constitution of
something
that exists, especially
a spiritual or
immaterial entity.]
1
Corinthians 15:50
(AMP)
50 Now I say this,
believers, that flesh
and blood cannot
inherit
nor be part of the
kingdom of God; nor
does the perishable
(mortal)
inherit the
imperishable
(immortal).
God is capable of
presenting Himself in
any form or fashion.
Jesus did on more than
One occasion!
In addition to the
example upon the Mount
of transfiguration,
let's survey His
'eternal bodily form.'
John
20:24-31 (AMP)
24
But Thomas, one of the
Twelve, called the
Twin,
was
not with them when
Jesus came.
25
So the other disciples
kept telling him, We
have seen the Lord!
But
he said to them,
Unless I see in His
hands the marks made
by the nails
and
put my finger into the
nail prints, and put
my hand into His side,
I
will never believe
[it].
26
Eight days later His
disciples were again
in the house,
and
Thomas was with them.
Jesus came, though
they were behind
closed doors,
and
stood among them and
said, Peace to you!
27
Then He said to
Thomas, Reach out your
finger here, and see
My hands;
and
put out your hand and
place [it] in My side.
Do
not be faithless and
incredulous, but [stop
your unbelief and]
believe!
28
Thomas answered Him,
My Lord and my God!
29
Jesus said to him,
Because you have seen
Me, Thomas,
do
you now believe
(trust, have faith)?
Blessed and happy and
to be envied
are
those who have never
seen Me and yet have
believed and adhered
to
and
trusted and relied on
Me.
30
There are also many
other signs and
miracles which Jesus
performed
in
the presence of the
disciples which are
not written in this
book.
31
But these are written
(recorded) in order
that you may believe
that Jesus
is
the Christ (the
Anointed One), the Son
of God, and that
through believing
and
cleaving to and
trusting and relying
upon Him you may have
life through (in)
His
name [through Who He
is].
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PERSONS:
The three Persons of God
bear witness of Light,
Truth, and Works.
These Ministries are
distinctive yet are
unified.
The Persons of God
minister in three
different realms in
God's
Master Plan of
Redemption.
They are equal in their
Holy Divine Nature, but
there is
distinction.
We can easily see the
relationships among them
is real and personal.
It is impossible to
conclude that they are
only personalities of
one person.
The Athanasian Creed
distinctly addresses the
worship manner
we of HGMI subscribe and
incorporate in our
fellowship.
[Access the Home Page by
clicking the INNER
CHAMBERS Link
at top of this web page
to read the Athanasian
Creed.]
A true personality
requires a person.
Unless the Father, the
Son, and the Holy Spirit
each were persons,
they could not be true
personalities.
They could not be
discerned in the Bible!
The Father is the SOURCE
of all things.
The Son was intimately
with the Presence of the
Father
before the foundations
of the world!
He
is the Only One Who knew
the Father...
Jesus was SENT and
manifest by the
overshadowing
Presence of the Holy
Spirit. He did NOT Send
Himself!
Luke
1:30-40 (AMP)
30 The angel said to
her, “Do not be
afraid, Mary,
for you have found
favor with God.
31 Listen carefully:
you will conceive in
your womb and give
birth to a son,
and you shall name Him
Jesus.
32 He will be great
and eminent and will
be called the Son of
the Most High;
and the Lord God will
give Him the throne of
His father
David;
33 and He will reign
over the house of
Jacob (Israel)
forever,
and of His kingdom
there shall be no
end.”
34 Mary said to the
angel, “How will this
be, since I am a
virgin
and have no intimacy
with any man?”
35 Then the angel
replied to her, “The
Holy Spirit will come
upon you,
and the power of the
Most High will
overshadow you [like a
cloud];
for that reason the
holy (pure, sinless)
Child shall be called
the Son of God.
36 And listen, even
your relative
Elizabeth has also
conceived a son
in her old age; and
she who was called
barren is now in her
sixth month.
37 For with God
nothing [is or ever]
shall be
impossible.”
38 Then Mary said,
“Behold, I am the
servant of the Lord;
may it be done to me
according to your
word.” And the angel
left her.
The
Holy Spirit is the 3rd
person of REFERENCE
and NOT a third person
of RANK!
►He is the Holy Person
of the Godhead 1st
revealed in the Bible.
Genesis 1:2 (AMP)
...The Spirit of God was
moving (hovering,
brooding)
over the face of the
waters.
►He is
the Holy Spirit who
breathes life into the
first Adam.
Genesis 2:7 (AMP)
7 Then the Lord God formed
man from the dust of the
ground
and breathed into his
nostrils the breath or
spirit of life,
and man became a living
being.
[Note:
there is a "pattern"
established for the
creation of a living
individual.
1. Formed by substance,
"created or essence."
{God formed man from the
dust of the ground}
2. Life is in GOD!
Life is the "pneuma!"
Pneuma (πνεῦμα) is an
ancient Greek word for
"breath",
and
in a religious context
for "spirit" or "soul".
{Holy Spirit breathed
into his nostrils the
breath or spirit of
life}
3. It requires the
essence of "spirit" to
activate the "soul."
{man became a living
being... a soul with
complete attributes of
God}
Genesis 1:26 (AMP)
God said, Let Us [Father,
Son, and Holy Spirit] make
mankind in Our image,
after Our
likeness...
►He is
the Holy Ghost that
raised Jesus from the
grave
(who was among the dead
from the flesh world on
earth.
The spirit and soul are
eternal.)
Romans 8:11-14 AMP
11 And if the Spirit of
Him Who raised up Jesus
from the dead
dwells in you, [then] He
Who raised up Christ Jesus
from the dead
will also restore to life
your mortal (short-lived,
perishable) bodies
through His Spirit Who
dwells in you.
12 So then, brethren, we
are debtors, but not to
the flesh
[we are not obligated to
our carnal nature], to
live [a life ruled
by the standards set up by
the dictates] of the
flesh.
13 For if you live
according to [the dictates
of] the flesh,
you will surely die.
But if through the power
of the [Holy] Spirit you
are [habitually]
putting to death (making
extinct, deadening) the
[evil] deeds
prompted by the body, you
shall [really and
genuinely] live forever.
14 For all who are led by
the Spirit of God are sons
of God.
The
Persons of Distinction
of the Godhead.
Here are the proper
references:
1.
The God Person of the
Father
2. The God Person of the
Son...
whose Name is above all
names in heaven and
earth.
His Name re-presents all
that He is in all that
He has done
and in Whom is the Way
to the Person of the
Father
who is the Source of all
things!
Without the Father there
could be No Son
3.
The God Person Holy
Spirit or Holy Ghost
It
is imperative to have a
solid foundation
of the spiritual
doctrine (Trinity)!
Not from what other men
teach amiss...
but, by that which the
Bible teaches and fully
confirms
so that you may show
yourself approved of the
scriptures
and not of
men!
When we walk patiently
in the Holy Ghost,
He shines His Light upon
the scriptures as never
dreamed!
He speaks a spiritual
language of the
scriptures
and gives spiritual
understanding which is
higher
than the natural mind of
intelligence.
1
Corinthians 2:11-16
AMP
11 For what person
perceives (knows and
understands)
what passes through a
man's thoughts except
the man's own spirit
within him?
Just so no one discerns
(comes to know and
comprehend)
the thoughts of God except
the Spirit of God.
12 Now we have not
received the spirit [that
belongs to] the world,
but the [Holy] Spirit Who
is from God, [given to us]
that we might realize and
comprehend and appreciate
the gifts
[of divine favor and
blessing so freely and
lavishly]
bestowed on us by God.
13 And we are setting
these truths forth in
words
not taught by human wisdom
but taught by the [Holy]
Spirit,
combining and interpreting
spiritual truths with
spiritual language
[to those who possess the
Holy Spirit].
14 But the natural,
non-spiritual man does not
accept or welcome
or admit into his heart
the gifts and teachings
and revelations
of the Spirit of God, for
they are folly
(meaningless nonsense) to
him;
and he is incapable of
knowing them [of
progressively recognizing,
understanding, and
becoming better acquainted
with them]
because they are
spiritually discerned and
estimated and appreciated.
15 But the spiritual man
tries all things
[he examines,
investigates, inquires
into, questions,
and discerns all things],
yet is himself to be put
on trial and judged
by no one [he can read the
meaning of everything, but
no one can properly
discern or appraise or get
an insight into him].
The
three Persons of our One
God are perfect in will,
purpose and action.
While they are distinct,
they are inseparable as
one God:
1. The Father reveals
the Son as the Savior of
the world.
2. The Son reveals the
Father as the Source
Cause of all things,
therefore,
Father is
not Begotten. The Son is
the Begotten of the
Father.
He gains all source and
direction from the
Father.
3. The Holy Ghost
reveals the Son's
Spiritual Stature to all
penitent
believers who desire to
mature into the Measure
of the Fullness
of Christ's
Stature.
Let us
look at a number of
passages that will help
us
to better understand the
word "one" as it
pertains to the
trinitarian
faith that God is One in
Three Persons....
The word "one" is not a
reference to a single
unit in the exact
mathematical sense. Yet,
"one" is one in the
sense of a compound
unity,
or a unity of more than
one, a unity that
involves purpose, will,
identity,
sensibility and
intellect.
[Note: See web page
"Marvelous Wonders" in
INNER
CHAMBERS
for a
study on the awesome
significance of "one"
(1)
as it applies to both
physical realities and
spiritual realities.
Please make special
note, we are not writing
about the "Oneness"
movement
and the errors expressed
in lack of understanding
the Divine Trinity.
"Oneness" promotes the
Father, Son and Holy
Spirit as titles
used to only represent
“JESUS.”
The
movement considers the
Holy Ghost as an "It"
denying that God is
"He."
Thus,
the "Jesus Only"
doctrine is false
teaching.
It
required the advent and
appearance of the Son of
God on earth
to accomplish
redemption's plan, and
to reveal the Father and
the Holy Spirit.
The
Holy Spirit is promised
by the Old Testament
prophets
and by the Lord Jesus
himself. Holy
Spirit is referenced by
the pronoun He.
The
word (He) denotes
“person.” Holy
Spirit's Presence
empowers us
to see the Light of
Truth, that God is three
in one.
● In a true sense, God
is one, and in an
equally true sense
the three personalities
of the Godhead are
distinct.
● It is both reasonable
and scriptural to say
that there is One
Divine essence or nature
which all three have in
common, and yet,
there are three mutually
related and distinct
centers of
consciousness,
knowledge, and
demonstration observed
by the communication
between and among them.
If you are a student of
the Bible, have you
found it compelling
to acknowledge the New
Testament clearly
presenting a plurality
of God identified by the
Father, Son and Holy
Spirit?
● Plurality makes it
challenging for most to
see and believe in One
God.
●There are also those
who deny that there is a
plurality of Persons.
We want to build on the
plurality of God to
demonstrate the
existence
of the Father, the Son
and Holy Ghost (Spirit)
by the Scriptures.
Declared to Be God:
1. The Father
...for God the Father has
authorized and certified
Him and put His seal
of endorsement upon
Him. (John 6:27)
Who were chosen and
foreknown by God the
Father... (1 Peter
1:2)
2.
The Son
...the Word was
God (John
1:1)
But as to the Son, He says
to Him, Your throne, O
God... (Hebrews 1:8)
3.
The Holy Ghost
...that you should lie to
and attempt to deceive the
Holy Spirit,...
you have not [simply] lied
to men [playing false and
showing yourself
utterly deceitful] but to
God. (Acts
5:3,4)
...the temple of the Holy
Ghost ---- the
temple of God.
1 Corinthians 6:19 (AMP)
Do you not know that your
body is the temple
(the very sanctuary) of
the Holy Spirit Who lives
within you,
Whom you have received [as
a Gift] from God? You are
not your own,
1
Corinthians 3:16 (AMP)
Do you not discern and
understand that you [the
whole church at Corinth]
are God’s temple (His
sanctuary), and that God’s
Spirit has His permanent
dwelling in you [to be at
home in you, collectively
as a church
and also individually]?
Father,
Son and Holy Spirit
Grouped Together:
Luke 1:35 (AMP)
...The Holy Spirit will
come upon you, and the
power of the
Most High will overshadow
you [like a shining
cloud]; and so the holy
(pure, sinless) Thing
(Offspring) which shall be
born of you will be called
the Son of God
Matt 28:19-20 (AMP)
Go therefore and make
disciples of all the
nations,
baptizing them in the name
of the Father and of the
Son and
of the Holy Spirit, (We
will study “baptism” in a
separate document)
Romans 1:1-4 (AMP) ...the
Gospel (good news) of and
from God...
regarding His Son, Who as
to the flesh (His human
nature)...
And [as to His divine
nature] according to the
Spirit of holiness
was openly designated the
Son of God in power [in a
striking,
triumphant and miraculous
manner] by His
resurrection from the
dead,...
1
John 5:7 (AMP) So
there are three witnesses
in heaven:
the Father, the Word and
the Holy Spirit, and these
three are one;
Hebrews 9:14 (AMP)
How much more shall the
blood of Christ,
who through the eternal
Spirit offered himself
without spot to God,
purge your conscience from
dead works to serve the
living God?
THE
FATHER
The
Father is the source of
all things seen and
unseen.
What is He like?
His nature is to be a
source and to
reproduce.
Fatherhood is more than
one of His attributes;
it is who He is and what
He does.
He is the Eternal Father
of the Eternal
Son.
There never was a time
that He was not Father.
He was
Father before He ever
created, judged,
redeemed,
or answered a prayer.
His creation, love,
care, and provision
came out of His
Father-heart.
The
Spirit with which
anoints and manifests
His presence
is sent from "Our
Heavenly Father.
When we pray it is not
just to God.
Jesus, Son of God,
instructed to pray: "to
Father."
Matthew
6:6 (AMP)
But when you pray, go
into your [most]
private room,
and, closing the door,
pray to your Father,
Who is in secret; and
your Father, Who sees
in secret,
will reward you in the
open.
Matthew 6:9 (AMP)
Pray, therefore, like
this: Our Father Who
is in heaven,
hallowed (kept holy)
be Your name.
● He is
Father of His Kingdom
(Matthew 6:9-10)
● He is the Father of
our Lord Jesus
Christ (John 1:14)
● He is Father of our
spirits (Hebrews 12:9)
● He is Father of Israel
(Exodus 12:9)
● He is the Father of
family (Ephesians
3:14-15)
● He is Father of
lights (James
1:17)
● He is Father of all
born of the Spirit
(Romans 8:15-17)
● He is Father to the
fatherless (Psalm 68:5)
● He is the Father to
whom the Son has been
given all power and
authority
to reign over the
Kingdom of life
eternal. (1
Corinthians 15:27)
● He is the Father of
His family, Who presents
a perfected kingdom
making the Way for
'redeemed" mankind to
abide in the Law of the
Spirit.
(Romans Chapter 8)
[Note: The divine
numeral 8 in scripture
reveals "resurrection
power," "new beginnings"
and new relationships."
In that the Kingdom of
God is a family Kingdom,
we are "sons"
(non-gender).
We
are also "persons" with
transformed realities
and relationships:
fathers, mothers,
brothers and sisters in
Christ, the Anointed
One.
Father God gives the
Revelation of the Light
of God to us
and we give are "sent"
to declare and proclaim
that Jesus Christ
is the Light to the
world!
Father God gives us
(source &
substance/provision)
abundant life
and eternal life in His
Son!
We become the "Father's
house" while on
earth.
While we live, it is
Father's plan, purpose
and act that we become
one
in Faith as the Father,
Son and Holy Ghost are
One.
John 10:30 (AMP)
I
and the Father are One [in
essence and nature].”
John 10:38 (AMP)
But if I am doing them,
even if you do not believe
Me or have faith in Me,
[at least] believe the
works [that I do—admit
that they are the works of
God],
so that you may know and
keep on knowing
[clearly—without any
doubt]
that the Father is in Me,
and I am in the Father
[that is, I am One with
Him].”
John 17:21 (AMP)
that they all may be one;
just as You, Father, are
in Me and I in You,
that they also may be one
in Us, so that the world
may believe
[without any doubt] that
You sent Me.
John
10:10 (AMP)
The
thief comes only in order
to steal and kill and
destroy.
I
came that they may have
and enjoy life, and have
it in abundance
[to the full, till it
overflows].
John
14:6-7 (AMP)
6 Jesus
said to him, “I am the
[only] Way [to God] and
the [real] Truth
and the
[real] Life; no one comes
to the Father but through
Me.
Jesus’
Oneness with the Father
7 If
you had [really] known Me,
you would also have known
My Father.
From
now on you know Him, and
have seen Him.”
THE SON
How do we know the
Father?
It is through the Son,
Jesus Christ, who came
to reveal the Father.
Jesus reveals Father
God:
● He is the manifest
Living Word of the
Father
John
1:1 (AMP)
In the beginning
[before all time] was
the Word (Christ),
and the Word was with
God, and the Word was
God Himself.
● He is the manifest
Will of the Father
John
4:34 (AMP)
Jesus said to them, My
food (nourishment) is
to do the will
(pleasure)
of Him Who sent Me and
to accomplish and
completely finish His
work.
● He is the manifest Work
of the Father.
John
5:17-19 (AMP)
17 But Jesus answered
them, My Father has
worked [even] until
now,
[He has never ceased
working; He is still
working] and I, too,
must be at [divine]
work.
18 This made the Jews
more determined than
ever to kill Him
[to do away with Him];
because He not only
was breaking
(weakening,
violating) the
Sabbath,
but He
actually was speaking
of God as being [in a
special sense]
His own Father,
making Himself equal
[putting Himself on a
level] with God.
19 So Jesus answered
them by saying, I
assure you, most
solemnly I tell you,
the Son is able to do
nothing of Himself (of
His own accord);
but He is able
to do only what He
sees the Father doing,
for whatever
the Father does is
what the Son does in
the same way [in His
turn].
● He is the manifest
Life of the Father.
John
5:26 (AMP)
For even as the Father
has life in Himself
and is self-existent,
so He has given to the
Son to have life in
Himself and be
self-existent.
● He has the Authority
of the Father.
John
5:27 (AMP)
And He has given Him
authority to execute
judgment,
because He is a Son of
Man [sinless humanity,
qualifying Him to sit
in judgment over
mankind].
● He is the Righteous
Judge of the Father.
John
5:30 (AMP)
“I can do nothing on
my own initiative or
authority.
Just as I hear, I
judge; and My judgment
is just (fair,
righteous, unbiased),
because I do not seek
My own will, but only
the will of Him who
sent Me.
● He is the
Representative of the
Father.
John
5:43 (AMP)
I have come in My
Father’s name and with
His power,
and you do not receive
Me [because your minds
are closed];
but if another comes
in his own name and
with no authority
or power except his
own, you will receive
him and
give your approval to
an imposter.
● He is the Pleasure of
the Father.
John
8:29 (AMP)
And He who sent Me is
[always] with Me; He
has not left Me alone,
because I always do
what pleases Him.”
● He is the Path to the
Father.
John
14:6 (AMP)
Jesus said to him, “I
am the [only] Way [to
God] and the [real]
Truth
and the [real] Life;
no one comes to the
Father but through Me.
► Jesus knew and
revealed the Father
uniquely.
►Jesus' desire was not
primarily that we know
him,
but that we know the
Father.
► We know the Father
because we know the Son.
►The Father is Spirit
and truth.
►The Son demonstrated
the Father's nature
through His birth, life,
crucifixion, burial,
descent into hell
resurrection, ascension
and fulfillment of the
promised Holy Spirit.
THE HOLY SPIRIT
Luke
11:13 (AMP)
[Jesus said,] If you,
then, being evil [that
is, sinful by nature],
know how to give good
gifts to your
children, how much
more
will your heavenly
Father give the Holy
Spirit
to those who ask and
continue to ask Him!”
►
The Father wants us to
know truth.
►
The Father wants to give
us the Holy
Spirit.
► It is the Holy Spirit
that guides, teaches and
motivates us.
John
14:26 (AMP) [Jesus
speaking to His chosen
12 forerunners]:
But the Helper
(Comforter, Advocate,
Intercessor—
Counselor,
Strengthener,
Standby), the Holy
Spirit,
whom the Father will
send in My name [in My
place,
to represent Me
and act on My behalf],
He will teach you all
things.
And He will help you
remember everything
that I have told you.
► It is the Holy Spirit
that draws us to the
Father in reconciliation
through
the work of His Son and
empowers the desire to
commune
(fellowship) with Him.
(Romans 8:15-16)
►It is the Holy Spirit
from the Father that
draws us to seek
spiritual "parenting."
►The Holy Spirit's
desire is that we give
life to others as our
Father
in Heaven gives life to
us as He continues to
reveal the Works of His
Son.
The will, plan and
purposes of the Father,
Son and Holy Ghost are
"one.”
When Jesus was baptized,
the Father sent the Holy
Spirit upon Him:
[Note: Luke
24:44b (AMP)
...everything which
has been written about
Me in the Law of Moses
and the [writings of
the] Prophets and the
Psalms must be
fulfilled.”]
Mark
1:9-12 (AMP)
9 In those days
Jesus came from
Nazareth of
Galilee and was
baptized by John
in the
Jordan. 10
Immediately coming
up out of the
water, he (John)
saw
the heavens torn
open, and the
Spirit like a dove
descending on Him
(Jesus);
11 and a voice
came out of heaven
saying: “You are
My beloved Son,
in You I am
well-pleased and
delighted!”
12 Immediately the
[Holy] Spirit
forced Him out
into the
wilderness.
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[Note: In the
"wilderness of testing"
by the devil,
Satan's temptations were
all directed at
"self-serving."
Jesus rejected them in
favor of
"Father-serving" because
the Holy Spirit
was upon and within Him!
Luke
4:1-2 (AMP)
Then Jesus, full of
and controlled by the
Holy Spirit,
returned from the
Jordan and was led in
[by] the [Holy] Spirit
2 For (during) forty
days in the wilderness
(desert), where He was
tempted
(tried, tested
exceedingly) by the
devil. And He ate
nothing during those
days,
and when they were
completed, He was
hungry.
Then Jesus, being led by
the Holy Spirit and in the
power of the Holy Spirit
went about destroying the
works of the devil,
healing (serving) others
and bringing sons to
glory.
2
Corinthians 5:19 (AMP)
19 It was God [personally
present] in Christ,
reconciling and restoring
the
world to favor with
Himself, not counting up
and holding against [men]
their trespasses [but
canceling them], and
committing to us the
message
of reconciliation (of the
restoration to favor).
In
these verses, we "see"
two distinctive “Divine
Persons”
working as one in
harmony.
Can we refuse to
acknowledge the Son of
God was born of flesh
and spirit?
Can we refuse to
acknowledge God in Him?
Was He Not conceived of
the Spirit? Yes! He was!
► It is the work of the
Holy Spirit from the
Father and the Son that
we are
motivated towards
service and
reproduction.
►The Spirit of
fatherhood and sonship
calls us to spiritual
parenting.
Somebody is assigned to
your life!
Somewhere...somebody...
feels protective toward
you.
They are willing to take
on your battles.
They want to be a Source
of nourishment and
motivation for your
life.
The "pattern of the Son
of God" reveals you
cannot succeed alone
Jesus said,
Mark 12:30 (AMP)
and you shall love the
Lord your God with all
your heart,
and with all your soul
(life), and with all
your mind (thought,
understanding),
and with all your
strength.’
2
Corinthians 13:13-14
(AMP)
13 All God’s people
greet you.
14 The grace of the
Lord Jesus Christ and
the love of God,
and the fellowship of
the Holy Spirit be
with you all.
Mentors
are assigned to
impart to you. This
divine action is
only possible
by building
relationship within
the scope of your
divine appointments.
Some motivate you.
Some educate you.
Some correct you.
"Proteges' are
assigned to learn
from you.
They will Not Find
anywhere else what
God has placed
within you for them.
They know it!
►The
Holy Spirit has the same
spirit "essence" of the
Father.
►We worship God the
Father in both spirit
and truth.
►Spirit is the
“Personage Holy Spirit”
and Truth the” Personage
Son”
who was and is and shall
always be made manifest
in the "Redeemed"
to obtain knowledge and
understanding of the
Kingdom of Heaven
and the Blessed Trinity.
Trinity
Recognized at the River
Jordan:
Luke 3:21, 22
Now when all the people
were baptized, and when
Jesus
also had been baptized,
and [while He was
still] praying,
the [visible] heaven was
opened And the Holy Spirit
descended upon Him
in bodily form like a
dove, and a voice came
from heaven, saying,
You are My Son, My
Beloved! In You I am well
pleased and find delight!
[See
also Ps 2:7; Isa 42:1.]
Psalm
2:7 (AMP)
I will declare the
decree of the Lord:
He said to Me, You are
My Son; this day [I
declare]
I have begotten You.
Isaiah 42:1 (AMP)
Behold my [a]Servant,
Whom I uphold, My
elect in Whom My soul
delights!
I have put My Spirit
upon Him; He will
bring forth justice
and right
and reveal truth to
the nations.
The
witnesses of this holy
scene [Luke 3:21-22],
and the readers
of the four Gospel
accounts, were conscious
of three distinct
"Persons":
the One who stood before
them, the One who
descended from heaven,
and the One who spoke
from heaven. If
such were not the actual
event,
it must be regarded as
an event which was
calculated to deceive
all
who saw it and those who
recorded it and those
who later heard about it
or read about it.
Any attempt to present
an alternative
interpretation,
attempts to remove from
this baptismal scene the
divine plurality
(so obviously present),
and is an evasion of
God's inspired record.
There is no record that
Jesus the Incarnate Son,
ever departed
from His incarnation
(with the brief three
day exception of
departure
from the physical aspect
of His manhood in His
death and resurrection).
He could not be the
voice from heaven, the
"symbolic dove" from
heaven ,
and the one being
baptized by another
human even tough all
things
are possible with
God. Also, every
record of Father, Son
and Holy Ghost
in the bible would be a
deception as well!
Matthew 28:19 (AMP)
[Jesus
speaks to His 12 chosen
forerunners]
19 Go
then and make disciples of
all the nations, baptizing
them
into
the name of the Father and
of the Son and of the Holy
Spirit,
Jesus
was never seen two
places at one time in
His incarnate life,
before or after the
resurrection. This
is a testimony to the
restraining
operation of His
omnipresence during His
life on the earth.
Omnipresence is an
attribute of the "spirit
essence" of the Godhead.
For this attribute of
God to be operational
would have made His
incarnate,
(flesh manhood) a drama
and a deception for the
redemption.
The Prayers of Christ:
John 17:1-5 (AMP)
WHEN JESUS had spoken
these things, He lifted up
His eyes to heaven
and said, Father, the hour
has come. Glorify and
exalt and honor and
magnify
Your Son, so that Your Son
may glorify and extol and
honor and magnify You.
2 [Just as] You have
granted Him power and
authority over all flesh
(all humankind), [now
glorify Him] so that He
may give eternal life to
all
whom You have given Him.
3
And this is eternal life:
[it means] to know (to
perceive, recognize,
become acquainted with,
and understand) You, the
only true and real God,
and [likewise] to know
Him, Jesus [as the] Christ
(the Anointed one,
the Messiah), Whom You
have sent.
4
I have glorified You down
here on the earth by
completing the work
that You gave Me to do.
5
And now, Father, glorify
Me along with Yourself and
restore Me
to such majesty and honor
in Your presence as I had
with You
before the world existed.
If Jesus were not only
man but also a
one-person God,
it was cruelly deceptive
of Him to "lift up His
eyes to heaven"
as if He were praying to
the Father.
If He Himself were the
Father,
then, He who was "the
Truth" would not have
given Himself
to such a false
pretense.
It is not proper to
suppose He was
accommodating Himself
to the understanding of
God that was held by his
disciples
for He always lifted the
thoughts of the
earth-bound souls
to whom He ministered...
up to the heights of
truth.
John 4:20-24 (AMP)
20 Our forefathers
worshiped on this
mountain, but you [Jews]
say that Jerusalem is the
place where it is
necessary and proper to
worship.
21 Jesus said to her,
Woman, believe Me, a time
is coming when you will
worship the Father neither
[merely] in this mountain
nor [merely] in Jerusalem.
22 You [Samaritans] do not
know what you are
worshiping
[you worship what you do
not comprehend].
We do know what we are
worshiping [we worship
what we have knowledge
of and understand], for
[after all] salvation
comes from [among] the
Jews.
23 A time will come,
however, indeed it is
already here, when the
true (genuine)
worshipers will worship
the Father in spirit and
in truth (reality); for
the Father
is seeking just such
people as these as His
worshipers.
24 God is a Spirit (a
spiritual Being) and those
who worship Him must
worship
Him in spirit and in truth
(reality).
The prayers of Jesus
justify the belief and
acceptance of a
plurality
of Persons in the
Godhead.
Direct
References by Jesus to a
Plurality of Persons:
Not
Alone... NOT
"Jesus Only!"
John 8:16
Yet even if I do judge, My
judgment is true [My
decision is right];
for I am not alone [in
making it], but [there are
two of Us] I and the
Father,
Who sent Me.
John 8:29 And He Who
sent Me is ever with Me;
My Father has not left Me
alone, for I always do
what pleases Him.
John 16:32 But take
notice, the hour is
coming, and it has
arrived,
when you will all be
dispersed and scattered,
every man to his own home,
leaving Me alone. Yet I am
not alone, because the
Father is with Me.
[THE
HOLY GHOST IS IN US…He
represents the Godhead
“bodily.” (Trinity)
Isaiah 44:24 (AMP)
Thus says the Lord, your
Redeemer, and He Who
formed you
from the womb: I am the
Lord, Who made all things,
Who alone stretched out
the heavens, Who spread
out the earth by Myself
[who was with Me]?--
This
verse as line by line,
pretext by pretext with
other Scriptures
demonstrates
that the Lord did not
stretch out the heavens
alone... nor to mean
there is no
distinctions among the
persons in the
Godhead.
As speaking of mankind
(the created man) The
context of Isaiah 44:24
reveals
that the comparison is
between the one true God
and idols
("gods made by hands of
men"
or some cultural or
invented universal god
of the structures of the
sun, moon, planets or
stars as a ruler in
earthly affairs.)
(see
Isaiah chapters 41 thru
49 included in the
.pdf
document
of this web page
accessible in the
Inner
Chambers).
In comparison, Numbers
23:9 tells us that "the
people shall dwell alone,"
but we do not infer from
this that every Israelite
dwelt in absolute
solitariness;
but rather, as a
collective unit, Israel
dwelt alone, and was not
"reckoned
among the nations."
Another...
John 14:16 (AMP)
And I will ask the Father,
and He will give you another
Comforter
(Counselor, Helper,
Intercessor, Advocate,
Strengthener, and
Standby),
that He may remain with
you forever--
"ANOTHER" can only
mean "ONE
MORE, NOT THE
SAME!"
Two...
John 8:17-18
In your [own] Law it is
written that the testimony
(evidence) of two persons
is reliable and valid.
Deuteronomy 19:15 (AMP)
One witness shall not
prevail against a man for
any crime or any wrong
in connection with any sin
he commits; only on the
testimony of two or three
witnesses shall a charge
be established.
Two...
John 8:18 (AMP)
I
am One [of the Two]
bearing testimony
concerning Myself;
and My Father, Who sent
Me, He also testifies
about Me.
Two...
John 15:24 If I had
not done (accomplished)
among them the works
which no one else ever
did, they would not be
guilty of sin.
But [the fact is] now they
have both seen [these
works] and have hated
both Me and My Father.
What
other inference can be
drawn from this
application by Jesus
of this legal
requirement of two
to Himself and the
Father?
His meaning is made
plain: "I and the Father
make two."
Not two Gods, but two
distinct persons within
One Godhead.
Examine
any exhaustive
concordance and it will
be plain to you
that "both" signifies
"more than one,"
with the words "seen and
hated."
The words "seen and
hated" are not identical
terms, they are
distinct.
In the context of the
verse and the
consistency of word
"meaning" recognition,
the
word "both" indicates
plurality and
distinction between "Me
and My Father"
in this passage.
Both...We... Our...
John 14:23 (AMP) Jesus
answered, If a person
[really] loves Me,
he will keep My word [obey
My teaching]; and My
Father will love him,
and We will come to him
and make Our home
(abode, special dwelling
place) with him.
The
evidence that a
plurality exists in the
Godhead is too strongly
stated
by the Scriptures to be
successfully
denied.
No honest discussion of
the divine nature can
ignore the revelation
of the Word
concerning this
plurality.
===========================================
Monotheism...
Now let us seek how we
can understand this
truth (reality) of
plurality
and reconcile it with
the revelation of "one
God."
Without understanding
the plurality of the
Godhead we are left
exposed
to doctrines that
purpose to distort our
belief in One God, true
monotheism.
Monotheism is
represented by many
movements or belief
systems.
Not only the "Jesus
Only" movement, but also
Judaism, Mohammedanism,
Russellism, and Moderism
are proponents of
monotheism.
However, divergent their
views may be on many
subjects,
these groups are firmly
united in their
anti-Trinitarian stand.
In order that we have a
clear understanding of
true monotheism (one
God),
we need to let the
Scriptures by the entire
Word of God reveal this
truth.
In order to define our
faith and Trinitarian
belief it is necessary
that we have
emphasized what the
Scriptures tell us of
the plurality of the
Godhead
in order to combat
unscriptural belief of
anti-Trinitarians.
We believe in One God...
Unfortunately there are
those who are not
thoroughly acquainted
with what the Scriptures
define as true
monotheism in plurality
of persons.
Consequently, they
assume the "Three
God" doctrine
is the Trinitarian
doctrine. So let's
dive into the Word of
God
and let the Light of
Truth be enlightened to
our hearts and minds!
A belief of the
infallibility of the
Holy Scriptures compels
the Church
to state that there is
one God… [one "subject"
of reference.]
As the Bible reveals the
Trinity it does not
conclude a mathematical
equation
that one God is three
Gods or that one person
is three persons.
What we need to
understand is that "one"
is not always a
reference
to a mathematical (1)
"one.”
Let the universal law of
mathematics demonstrate
for us what is difficult
to grasp through
words...
One (1) raised to the
3rd power
(1st power: 1x1= 1 2nd
power: 1x1= 1 3rd power:
1x1= 1) is still
one!
God being “one” thus, is
demonstrated as a
"multiple" in numeric
analysis.
However, "One" God is
Not a reference to a
single unit
in an exact mathematical
sense,
but "One" is the
"essence" of a compound
unity, or a unity of
more than one,
a unity which involves
plurality: a unity in
will, plan and purpose .
The Bible demonstrates
this physical and
spiritual principle.
Genesis 2:24 (AMP)
Therefore a man shall
leave his father and his
mother and shall become
united and cleave to his
wife, and they shall
become one flesh.
Matthew 19:4-6 (AMP)
4
He replied, Have you never
read that He Who made them
from the beginning
made them male and female,
5
And said, For this reason
a man shall leave his
father and mother
and shall be united firmly
(joined inseparably) to
his wife,
and the two shall become
one flesh?
6
So they are no longer two,
but one flesh.
What therefore God has
joined together, let not
man put asunder
(separate).
1
Corinthians 6:16 (AMP)
Or do you not know and
realize that when a man
joins himself to a
prostitute,
he becomes one body with
her?
The two, it is written,
shall become one flesh.
Ephesians 5:31-33 (AMP)
31 For this reason a man
shall leave his father and
his mother
and shall be joined to his
wife, and the two shall
become one flesh.
32 This mystery is very
great, but I speak
concerning [the relation
of] Christ
and the church.
33 However, let each man
of you [without exception]
love his wife
as [being in a sense] his
very own self; and let the
wife see that she respects
and reverences her husband
[that she notices him,
regards him, honors him,
prefers him, venerates,
and esteems him; and that
she defers to him,
praises him, and loves and
admires him exceedingly].
1
Kings 22:13
KJV
And the messenger that was
gone to call Micaiah spake
unto him,
saying, Behold now, the words
of the prophets declare
good unto the king
with one mouth:
John 17:22
(AMP) I have given to them
the glory and honor which
You
have given Me, that they
may be one [even] as We
are one:
Acts 4:32 KJV
And the multitude of them
that believed were of one
heart
and of one soul: neither
said any of them that
ought of the things
which he possessed was his
own; but they had all
things common.
1
Corinthians
3:88 (AMP) He who
plants and he who waters
are equal
(one in aim, of the same
importance and esteem),
yet each shall
receive his own reward
(wages), according to his
own labor.
Ephesians 2:14
(AMP) For He is
[Himself] our peace
(our bond of unity and
harmony).
He has made us both [Jew
and Gentile] one [body],
and has broken down
(destroyed, abolished)
the hostile dividing wall
between us,
1
John 5:7 KJV
For there are three that
bear record in heaven, the
Father,
the Word, and the Holy
Ghost: and these three are
one.
Now to
review the principle of
plurality in the unit of
"one"...
● Two people (husband
and wife) "shall become
one flesh."
● Paul the planter
and Apollos the waterer
are "one" in purpose.
● God has made both Jew
and Gentile "one" in
Redemption in Christ.
● The multitude of
believers are described
as of "one heart and one
soul."
It is easy
to see that the Bible
frequently expresses a
unity
which involves a
plurality, a compound
unity.
There is a much deeper
study of this topic in
which the Hebrew
language
reveals the word "achid"
which means “a united
one.”
The verse of Deuteronomy
6:4 uses
this Hebrew word for
ONE.
Hear, O Israel: The
LORD our God is one
LORD:
Again, we find plurality
as the Hebrews recognize
the “unit of one”
in “Jehovah.”
There are those who hold
to the ‘doctrine’ that
GOD IS ONE NOT THREE
DISTINCTIVE…Never-the-less,
here are many other
references to "achid"
which denotes the
plurality of one in a
“united one.”
This “one’ thing we
know: Israelites
recognition that…
JEHOVAH is LORD
or GOD.
The meaning of the word
"Jehovah appears from
Exodus 3:14
to be "the unchanging,
eternal, self-existent
God,"
the "I am that I am," a
convenant-keeping God.
(Compare Malachi 3:6 ;
Hosea 12:5 ; Revelation
1:4 Revelation 1:8 .)
The Hebrews gave
extensive definition to
the attributes of God.
The Hebrew word is
translated "Jehovah" in
Exodus 6:3 ;
Psalms 83:18 ; Isaiah
12:2 ; 26:4 , and in the
compound names mentioned
below.
They worshiped "Jehovah"
as "Adonai"... LORD."
Exodus 6:3 (KJV)
And I appeared unto
Abraham, unto Isaac, and
unto Jacob,
by the name of God
Almighty, but by my name
Jehovah was I not known
to them.
Exodus 3:15 (AMP)
God said also to Moses,
This shall you say to
the Israelites:
The LORD, the God
of your fathers, of
Abraham, of Isaac, and
of Jacob,
has sent me to you! This
is My name forever, and
by this name
I am to be remembered to
all generations.
[Note in this verse,
"Lord" has been
capitalized to "LORD"
for emphasis
in our study!]
[Note: To know the name
of God is to witness the
manifestation
of those attributes and
apprehend that character
which the name denotes:
(Exod. 6:3; I Kings
8:33ff.; Ps. 91:14; Isa.
52:6; 64:2; Jer. 16:21)
God’s name is His
self-revelation.
The name signifies the
active presence of the
person in the fullness
of the revealed
character.]
When used of the true
God of Israel, El is
almost always qualified
by additional words that
further define the
meaning that distinguish
Him
from false gods. (El was
the supreme god of the
Canaanite pagans.
He was the creator
deity, the father of
gods and men, and the
highest judge
and authority in all
divine matters and human
affairs).
In the Old Testament of
the Bible, the
creator deity is
referred to as El,.
El points to the power
of God Himself.
Elohim is a form of El),
or Yahweh.
Elohim exhibits God
displayed in his power
as the creator and
governor
of the physical
universe, the name
Jehovah designates his
nature
as he stands in relation
to man, as the only
almighty, true,
personal,
holy Being, a spirit and
"the father of spirits,"
Numbers
16:22 (AMP)
And they fell upon
their faces, and said,
O God,
the God of the
spirits of all flesh,
shall one man sin
and will You be angry
with all the
congregation?
El-Shaddai means God
Almighty.
Shaddai is derived from
another word meaning
breast,
which implies that
Shaddai signifies one
who nourishes, supplies,
and satisfies. It is God
as El who helps, but it
is God as Shaddai
who abundantly blesses
with all manner of
blessings.
[Jehovah... Sovereign
"One God," yet in 10
distinctives]
1. JEHOVAH-JIREH =
Jehovah will see, or
provide.
Genesis
22:14 (AMP)
So Abraham called the
name of that place The
Lord Will Provide.
And it is said to this
day, On the mount of
the Lord it will be
provided.
2. JEHOVAH-ROPHEKA
= Jehovah that healeth
thee.
Exodus
15:26 (AMP)
Saying, If you will
diligently hearken to
the voice of the Lord
your God
and will do what is
right in His sight,
and will listen to and
obey
His commandments and
keep all His statutes,
I will put none of the
diseases upon you
which I brought upon
the Egyptians, for I
am the Lord Who heals
you.
3. JEHOVAH-NISSI =
Jehovah my banner.
Exodus
17:15 (AMP)
And Moses built an
altar and called the
name of it,
The Lord is my Banner;
4.
JEHOVAH-MeKADDISHKEM =
Jehovah that doth
sanctify you.
Observe the WORD of GOD
contextually 'one" in
will, plan and purpose.
Exodus 31:13 (AMP)
Say to the Israelites,
Truly you shall keep My
Sabbaths,
for it is a sign between
Me and you throughout your
generations,
that you may know that I,
the Lord, sanctify you
[set you apart for
Myself].
Leviticus 20:8 (AMP)
And you shall keep My
statutes and do them.
I am the Lord Who
sanctifies you.
Leviticus 21:8 (AMP)
You shall consecrate him
therefore, for he offers
the bread of your God;
he shall be holy to you,
for I the Lord Who
sanctifies you am holy.
Leviticus 22:32 (AMP)
Neither shall you profane
My holy name [applying it
to an idol,
or treating it with
irreverence or contempt or
as a byword];
but I will be hallowed
among the Israelites.
I am the Lord, Who
consecrates and makes you
holy,
Ezekiel 20:1 (AMP)
Moreover, also I gave them
My Sabbaths to be a sign
between Me and them,
that they might understand
and realize that I am the
Lord Who sanctifies
them [separates and sets
them apart].
1 Peter 1:15-16 (AMP)
15 But as the One Who
called you is holy, you
yourselves also be holy
in all your conduct and
manner of living.
16 For it is written, You
shall be holy, for I am
holy.
5.
JEHOVAH-SHALOM = Jehovah
[send] peace.
Judges
6:24 (AMP)
Then Gideon built an
altar there to the
Lord and called it,
The Lord is Peace.
To this day it still
stands in Ophrah,
which belongs to the
Abiezrites.
Philippians 4:7 (AMP)
And God’s peace [shall
be yours, that
tranquil state of a
soul assured
of its salvation
through Christ, and so
fearing nothing from
God
and being content with
its earthly lot of
whatever sort that is,
that peace]
which transcends all
understanding shall
garrison and mount
guard
over your hearts and
minds in Christ Jesus.
6.
JEHOVAH-ZeBA'OTH =
Jehovah of hosts.
1
Samuel 1:3 (AMP)
This man went from his
city year by year to
worship and sacrifice
to the Lord of
hosts at Shiloh, where
Hophni and Phinehas,
the two sons of
Eli, were the Lord’s
priests.
2 Kings 19:31 (AMP)
For out of Jerusalem
shall go forth a
remnant, and a band of
survivors
out of Mount
Zion. The zeal of the
Lord of hosts shall
perform this.
James 5:4 (AMP)
[But] look!
[Here are] the wages
that you have withheld
by fraud
from
the laborers who have
reaped your fields,
crying out [for
vengeance];
and the cries of the
harvesters have come
to the ears of the
Lord of hosts.
7. JEHOVAH-ZIDKENU
= Jehovah our
righteousness.
Jeremiah 23:6 (AMP)
In His days Judah
shall be saved and
Israel shall dwell
safely:
and this is His name
by which He shall be
called:
The Lord Our
Righteousness.
Jeremiah 33:16 (AMP)
16 In those days Judah
shall be saved and
Jerusalem shall dwell
safely.
And this is the name
by which it will be
called,
The Lord is Our
Righteousness (our
Rightness, our
Justice).
Hebrews 1:8 (AMP)
But as to the Son, He
says to Him, Your
throne, O God,
is forever and ever
(to the ages of the
ages),
and the scepter of
Your kingdom is a
scepter of absolute
righteousness
(of justice and
straightforwardness).
8. JEHOVAH-SHAMMAH
= Jehovah is there.
Ezekiel
48:35 (AMP)
The distance around
the city shall be
18,000 (4 x 4,500)
cubits;
and the name of the
city from that day
[and ever after] shall
be,
‘The Lord is There.’”
9. JEHOVAH-ELYON =
Jehovah most high.
Psalm 7:17 (AMP)
I will give thanks to
the Lord according to
His righteousness and
justice,
And I will sing praise
to the name of the
Lord Most High.
Psalm 47:2 (AMP)
For the Lord Most High
is to be feared [and
worshiped with
awe-inspired
reverence and
obedience]; He is a
great King over all
the earth.
Psalm 97:9 (AMP)
For You are the Lord
Most High over all the
earth;
You are exalted far
above all gods.
10. JEHOVAH-RO'I
= Jehovah my Shepherd.
Psalm 23:1 (AMP)
The Lord is my
Shepherd [to feed, to
guide and to shield me],
I shall not want.
Plurality
of distinctive, (Not Old
Testament titles):
Jehovah:
(1) "Lord,"
(2) "God,"
(3) "the Great,"
(4)
"the Good"
(5) "the Chief Shepard"
Each of these are
engaged as “ perfection
of His attributes,
on behalf of His
sheep:-- Each as God are
Lord for they are One
God!
Old Testament:
Jehovah, the "Good,"
"Great," and "Chief
Shepherd
New Testament:
a. Lord God the Father:
God is Good! ("goodness,
mercy, love")
b. Lord God the Son:
Head of "the house of
the Lord.. the BODY."
(Jesus is the High
Priest (the Great) over
the "house, the
church.")
c. Lord God the Holy
Spirit: "The
Keeping Shepard"
of the sheep...
"shall be my dwelling
place": <Divine
Nature of God: Tend,
Guard, Keep>
(Holy Ghost Presence in
the redeemed:
comforting, guiding,
protecting)
{Note;
one (1) is the number
for God; six (6) is the
number for man;
Observe the unity in
relationship as man
becomes ‘one’ in God the
Father
and God the Son as they
fulfill the promise to
“send” God the Holy
Spirit
to dwell in the midst of
His people, the 3rd
person "REFERENCE" of
God
represented in the full
Godhead “bodily!”
Jesus instructs His
chosen forerunners about
the coming of the Holy
Spirit
before His
Ascension. This is
an event of the
PAST!
Holy Ghost has been
SENT! ... On the Day of
Pentecost 50 days after
the Resurrection of the
Lord Jesus Christ!
He was sent (He has
COMEand
Keeps on Coming in
active service
in the redeemed! Today!
John
16:13-15 AMP
13
But when He, the
Spirit of Truth (the
Truth-giving Spirit)
comes,
He will guide you into
all the Truth (the
whole, full Truth).
For He will not speak
His own message [on
His own authority];
but He will tell
whatever He hears
[from the Father;
He will give the
message that has been
given to Him], and He
will announce
and declare to you the
things that are to
come [that will happen
in the future].
14 He will honor and
glorify Me, because He
will take of (receive,
draw upon)
what is Mine and will
reveal (declare,
disclose, transmit) it
to you.
15 Everything that the
Father has is Mine.
That is what I meant
when I said
that He [the
Spirit] will
take the things that
are Mine and will
reveal
(declare, disclose,
transmit) it to you.
New
Testament:
Luke 24:49 (AMP)
Listen carefully: I am
sending the Promise of My
Father [the Holy Spirit]
upon you; but you are to
remain in the city [of
Jerusalem] until you are
clothed
(fully equipped) with
power from on high.”
The
purpose of the Ascension
Gift functions given to
the church which
work through servant
dedicated vessels of men
(non-gender) is to EQUIP
the Body for the WORK of
THE MINISTRY (of Jesus
Christ) in the earth
Today!
It is the Holy Ghost Who
empowers the
Equipping... with His
Manifest Presence.
Jesus Speaking:
John 16:14-15
14 He will honor
and glorify Me,
because He will
take of
(receive, draw
upon) what is
Mine and will
reveal
(declare,
disclose,
transmit) it to
you.
15 Everything
that the Father
has is Mine.
That is what I
meant when I
said that He
[the
Spirit]
will take the
things that are
Mine and will
reveal
(declare,
disclose,
transmit) it to
you.. Paul
writing about
Christ Jesus:
Colossians 3:9
(AMP) 9
For in Him the
whole fullness
of Deity (the
Godhead)
continues to
dwell in
bodily form
[giving
complete
expression of
the divine
nature].
Acts 2:33 (AMP)
Therefore having been
exalted to the right hand
of God,
and having received from
the Father the promise of
the Holy Spirit,
He has poured out this
[blessing] which you both
see and hear.
Acts 2:39 (AMP)
For the promise [of the
Holy Spirit] is for you
and your children
and for all who are far
away [including the
Gentiles],
as many as the Lord our
God calls to Himself.”}
Old
Testament:
{JEHOVAH-JIREH = Jehovah
will see, or provide}.
Psalms 23:1 THE LORD is my
Shepherd [to feed, guide,
and shield me],
I shall not lack.
{JEHOVAH-SHALOM
= Jehovah [send] peace}.
2 He makes me lie down in
[fresh, tender] green
pastures;
He leads me beside the
still and restful waters.
[Rev 7:17.]
{JEHOVAH-ROPHEKA
= Jehovah that healeth
thee.}
{JEHOVAH-ZIDKENU =
Jehovah our
righteousness.}
3
He refreshes and restores
my life (my self); He
leads me in the paths
of righteousness
[uprightness and right
standing with Him--
not for my earning it,
but] for His name's sake.
{JEHOVAH-SHAMMAH
= Jehovah is there.}
4 Yes, though I walk
through the [deep,
sunless] valley of the
shadow of death, I will
fear or dread no evil, for
You are with me;
Your rod [to protect] and
Your staff [to guide],
they comfort me.
{JEHOVAH-NISSI = Jehovah
my banner.}
5
You prepare a table before
me in the presence of my
enemies.
You anoint my head with
oil; my [brimming] cup
runs over.
{JEHOVAH-MeKADDISHKEM =
Jehovah that doth
sanctify you.}
6
Surely or only goodness,
mercy, and unfailing love
shall follow me
all the days of my life,
and through the length of
my days the house
of the Lord [and His
presence] shall be my
dwelling place.
As one
studies the Holy
Scripts, it is fully
imperative that they are
read
and meditated upon in
regard to
● historical
applications,
● who they were written
to,
● why they were written,
● whether they are
literal or symbolic
● in the placement and
intent of the context of
the verse
and the verses before
and after them.
Paul
writes to Timothy
2 Timothy 2:15 (AMP)
Study and be eager and
do your utmost to
present yourself to
God
approved (tested by
trial), a workman who
has no cause to be
ashamed,
correctly analyzing
and accurately
dividing [rightly
handling
and skillfully
teaching] the Word of
Truth.
Colossians 3:10-11
AMP
10 And have clothed
yourselves with the new
[spiritual self],
which is [ever in the
process of being] renewed
and remolded
into [fuller and more
perfect knowledge upon]
knowledge
after the image (the
likeness) of Him Who
created it. [Gen 1:26.]
11[In this new creation
all distinctions vanish.]
There is no room for and
there can be neither Greek
nor Jew,
circumcised nor
uncircumcised, [nor
difference between nations
whether alien] barbarians
or Scythians [who are the
most savage of all],
nor slave or free man; but
Christ is all and in all
[everything and
everywhere,
to all men, without
distinction of person].
{Note: The very last
expansion of the Greek
meaning of "all in all.
to all men, without
distinction to person"
relates to distinctions
among men
and not to the
distinction of the
Persons of the Trinity.}
Full understanding is
obtainable through
Colossians
2:7-13 AMP:
7
Have the roots [of your
being] firmly and deeply
planted
[in Him, fixed and founded
in Him], being continually
built up in Him,
becoming increasingly more
confirmed and established
in the faith,
just as you were taught,
and abounding and
overflowing in it
with thanksgiving.
8
See to it that no one
carries you off as spoil
or makes you yourselves
captive by his so-called
philosophy and
intellectualism and vain
deceit
(idle fancies and plain
nonsense), following human
tradition
(men's ideas of the
material rather than the
spiritual world),
just crude notions
following the rudimentary
and elemental teachings
of the universe and
disregarding [the
teachings of] Christ (the
Messiah).
9
For in Him the whole
fullness of Deity (the
Godhead) continues to
dwell
in bodily form [giving
complete expression of the
divine nature].
God's
Divine Nature is
Personified in the Lord
Jesus Christ!
Revelation 19:10 (AMP)
10 Then I fell prostrate
at his feet to worship (to
pay divine honors) to him,
but he [restrained me] and
said, Refrain! [You must
not do that!]
I
am [only] another servant
with you and your brethren
who have
[accepted and hold] the
testimony borne by Jesus.
Worship God!
For the substance
(essence) of the truth
revealed by Jesus
is the spirit of all
prophecy [the vital
breath, the inspiration of
all inspired
preaching and
interpretation of the
divine will and purpose,
including both mine and
yours].
Ephesians 4:21 (AMP)
Assuming that you have
really heard Him and been
taught by Him,
as [all] Truth is in Jesus
[embodied and personified
in Him],
Colossians 2:9 (AMP)
9
For in Him the whole
fullness of Deity (the
Godhead) continues to
dwell
in bodily form [giving
complete expression of the
divine nature].
Let’s
fully appreciate the
next verse as it applies
to our study of
distinctive:
10 And you are in
Him, made full and having
come to fullness of life
[in Christ you too are
filled with the
Godhead--Father, Son and
Holy Spirit--
and reach full spiritual
stature]. And He is the
Head of all rule and
authority
[of every angelic
principality and power].
Colossians 2:11 (AMP)
11 In Him also you were
circumcised with a
circumcision
not made with hands, but
in a [spiritual]
circumcision [performed
by]
Christ by stripping off
the body of the flesh (the
whole corrupt,
carnal nature with its
passions and lusts).
{note;
Christ Jesus, was a
“Person of flesh"
(His human nature)
and is a Divine Person”
(as to His divine
nature))…
Son of
Man and Son of God was
sinless and without
guile.
He resisted and
conquered the corrupt
carnal nature
with its passions and
lusts!}
12[Thus you were
circumcised when] you were
buried with Him
in [your] baptism, in
which you were also raised
with Him
[to a new life] through
[your] faith in the
working of God [as
displayed]
when He raised Him up from
the dead.
{note: circumcised
of a hard rebellious
heart and ‘united as
one’
with the Father through
Christ)
13 And you who were
dead in trespasses and in
the uncircumcision
of your flesh (your
sensuality, your sinful
carnal nature),
[God] brought to life
together with [Christ],
having [freely] forgiven
us
all our transgressions,
===============================================
It is wonderfully
scriptural and
satisfying to our
understanding
that several Bible
versions demonstrate the
use of plural pronouns
whereby there are
conversations among the
three
Persons in the Godhead,
each of whom have a will
and each of Whom
were active in the
Creation as recorded.
Genesis 1:2-3
KJV And the
earth was without form,
and void;
and darkness was upon the
face of the deep. And the
Spirit of God
moved upon the face of the
waters.
3
And God said, Let there be
light: and there was
light.
Hebrews 10:7 (AMP)
Then I said, Behold, here
I am, coming to do Your
will,
O
God--[to fulfill] what is
written of Me in the
volume of the Book.
John 12:28 (AMP) [Rather,
I will say,] Father,
glorify (honor and extol)
Your [own] name! Then
there came a voice out of
heaven saying,
I have already glorified
it, and I will glorify it
again.
Psalm 2:7 (AMP) I
will declare the decree of
the Lord: He said to Me,
You are My Son; this day
[I declare]
I have begotten You. [Heb
1:5; 3:5,6; 2 Peter
1:17,18.]
Psalm 110:1 (AMP)
THE LORD (God) says to my
Lord (the Messiah),
Sit at My right hand,
until I make Your
adversaries Your
footstool.
[Matt 26:64; Acts 2:34; 1
Cor 15:25; Col 3:1; Heb
12:2.]
The Father, the Son, and
the Holy Ghost are
distinct...
● The Father and the Holy
Spirit are never spoken of
as manifestations
in the Scriptures.
● Jesus Christ , the Son
of God, the brightness of
His glory
and the express image of
His Person, alone is
described
as the manifestation of
the Godhead.
1
Timothy 3:16
And great and important
and weighty, we confess,
is the hidden truth (the
mystic secret) of
godliness.
He [God] was made visible
in human flesh, justified
and vindicated
in the [Holy] Spirit, was
seen by angels, preached
among the nations,
believed on in the world,
[and] taken up in glory.
● It
was not the Father nor
the Holy Spirit , but
the Son who was
incarnated,
and was "received up
into heaven, and sat on
the right hand of God."
Spiritually, the
"right-hand is the
position and aptitude of
Power
and Authority.
Luke 1:32 KJV
He shall be great, and
shall be called the Son of
the Highest:
and the Lord God shall
give unto him the throne
of his father David:
Luke 1:35 KJV
And the angel answered and
said unto her,
The Holy Ghost shall come
upon thee, and the power
of the Highest
shall overshadow thee:
therefore also that holy
thing which shall be born
of thee shall be called
the Son of God.
Mark 16:19 So then
the Lord Jesus, after He
had spoken to them,
was taken up into heaven
and He sat down at the
right hand of God.
●
Let us also note that
the Father nor the Holy
Spirit are said to be
manifestations of each
other or to be
manifestations of the
Son.
If language teaches
anything, the New
Testament teaches that
the
Son of God and the Holy
Spirit were far more
than agencies,
or impersonal powers.
● The
Son of God and the Holy
Ghost are revealed as
personal Agents.
It is imperative that we
understand the essence
of the Divine Persons...
● If the Father, the Son
and the Holy Ghost were
mere manifestations,
why is there such detail
given to them and their
Divine natures
to distinguish one from
the other?
● Can a manifestation
really be said to love
another manifestation?
● If only a
manifestation, when the
purpose of the
manifestation is
fulfilled,
would not the
manifestations
themselves cease to
exist?
Another
aspect of the Trinity is
the Perfect Mutual
Knowledge
each have of one
another.
Father and the Son...
Matthew 11:27 AMP
All things have been
entrusted and delivered to
Me by My Father;
and no one fully knows and
accurately understands the
Son
except the Father...
Son and
the Father...
Matthew 11:27 AMP
...and no one fully knows
and accurately
understands the Father
except
the Son and anyone to whom
the Son deliberately wills
to make Him known.
Father and the Holy
Spirit...
Romans 8:27
AMP
And He Who searches the
hearts of men knows what
is in the
mind
of the [Holy] Spirit [what
His intent is]...
Holy
Spirit and the Father...
Romans 8:27 AMP
...because the Spirit
intercedes and pleads
[before God]
in behalf of the saints
according to and in
harmony with God's will.
1
Corinthians 2:10-11
AMP
10 Yet to us God has
unveiled and revealed them
by and through
His Spirit, for the [Holy]
Spirit searches
diligently, exploring and
examining everything, even
sounding the profound and
bottomless
things of God [the divine
counsels and things hidden
and beyond
man's scrutiny].
11 For what person
perceives (knows and
understands) what passes
through a man's thoughts
except the man's own
spirit within
him?
Just so no one discerns
(comes to know and
comprehend) the thoughts
of God except the Spirit
of God.
Son and
the Holy Spirit...
John 14:26 AMP
26 But the Comforter
(Counselor, Helper,
Intercessor, Advocate,
Strengthener, Standby),
the Holy Spirit,
Whom the Father will send
in My name [in My place,
to represent Me and act on
My behalf],
He will teach you all
things. And He will cause
you to recall
(will remind you of,bring
to your remembrance)
everything I have told
you.
John 16:7-8 AMP
7
However, I am telling you
nothing but the truth when
I say it is profitable
(good, expedient,
advantageous) for you that
I go away.
Because if I do not go
away, the Comforter
(Counselor, Helper,
Advocate,
Intercessor, Strengthener,
Standby) will not come to
you [into close
fellowship with you]; but
if I go away, I will send
Him to you [to be in close
fellowship with you].
8
And when He comes, He will
convict and convince the
world
and bring demonstration to
it about sin and about
righteousness
(uprightness of heart and
right standing with God)
and about judgment:
Holy
Spirit, the Son and the
Father...
John
16:13-15 AMP
13 But
when He, the Spirit of
Truth (the Truth-giving
Spirit) comes,
He will guide you into all
the Truth (the whole, full
Truth).
For He will not speak His
own message [on His own
authority];
but He will tell whatever
He hears [from the Father;
He will give the message
that has been given to
Him], and He will announce
and declare to you the
things that are to come
[that will happen in the
future].
14 He will honor and
glorify Me, because He
will take of (receive,
draw upon)
what is Mine and will
reveal (declare, disclose,
transmit) it to you.
15 Everything that the
Father has is Mine. That
is what I meant when I
said
that He [the Spirit]
will take the things that
are Mine and will reveal
(declare, disclose,
transmit) it to you.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
STATEMENTS of
REVIEW<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
The
Father, the Son, and the
Holy Ghost are
distinct...
They are One God in
Will, Plan and purpose.
● The
Father and the Holy
Spirit are never spoken
of as manifestations
in the Scriptures.
Their existence is
attributable to their
ESSENCE!
● Jesus Christ, the Son
of God, the brightness
of His glory and
the express image of His
Person, is described as
the manifestation
of the Godhead Bodily.
He alone was "seen" in
physical form on earth,
visible as human flesh.
1
Timothy 3:16 And
great and important and
weighty, we confess,
is the hidden truth (the
mystic secret) of
godliness.
He [God] was made visible
in human flesh, justified
and
vindicated in the [Holy]
Spirit, was seen by
angels,
preached among the
nations, believed on in
the world,
[and] taken up in glory.
● It was
not the Father nor the
Holy Spirit , but the
Son who was incarnated,
and was "received up
into heaven, and sat on
the right hand of God."
The Right Hand of God is
the placement of ALL
Authority and Power!
Luke 1:32 KJV
He shall be great, and
shall be called the Son of
the Highest:
and the Lord God shall
give unto him the throne
of his father David:
● That
throne is the Promised
Eternal Throne of David!
Luke 1:35 KJV
And the angel answered and
said unto her,
The Holy Ghost shall come
upon thee, and the power
of the Highest
shall overshadow thee:
therefore also that holy
thing which
shall be born of thee
shall be called the Son of
God.
● The
same action is receive
by those who profess
Jesus Christ as
the Son of God and
commit to be His
follower, believing His
incarnation.
The mystery of being
"born-again" of the
Spirit is accomplished
by the
infilling of the Holy
Spirit! We become a New
Creature (transformed
in our immortal souls
and spirit into Christ's
marvelous Light!
The power and authority
of Christ is welcomed
and and as such is made
active in our daily
lives maturing us on
earth for our eventual
transfiguration.)
Matthew 28:18 (AMP)
Jesus approached and,
breaking the silence, said
to them,
All authority (all power
of rule) in heaven and on
earth
has been given to Me.
Mark 16:19 So then
the Lord Jesus, after He
had spoken to them,
was taken up into heaven
and He sat down at the
right hand of God.
● Let us
also note that not the
Father nor the Holy
Spirit are said
to be manifestations of
each other or to be
manifestations of the
Son.
If language teaches
anything, the New
Testament teaches
that the Son of God and
the Holy Spirit were far
more than agencies,
impersonal powers.
● The
Son of God and the Holy
Ghost are revealed as
personal Agents.
John
16:13-16 (AMP)
13 But
when He, the Spirit of
Truth (the Truth-giving
Spirit) comes,
He will
guide you into all the
Truth (the whole, full
Truth).
For He
will not speak His own
message [on His own
authority];
but He
will tell whatever He
hears [from the Father; He
will give the message
that
has been given to Him],
and He will announce and
declare to you
the
things that are to come
[that will happen in the
future].
14 He
will honor and glorify Me,
because He will take of
(receive, draw upon)
what is
Mine and will reveal
(declare, disclose,
transmit) it to you.
15
Everything that the Father
has is Mine.
That is
what I meant when I said
that He [the Spirit] will
take the things
that
are Mine and will reveal
(declare, disclose,
transmit) it to you..
It is
imperative that we
understand the ESSENCE of
the Divine Persons...
● If the
Father, the Son and the
Holy Ghost were mere
manifestations,
why is there such detail
given to them and their
Divine natures
to distinguish one from
the other?
● Can
a manifestation really
be said to love another
manifestation?
● If
only a manifestation,
when the purpose of the
manifestation is
fulfilled,
would not the
manifestations
themselves cease to
exist?
Another aspect of the
Trinity is the Perfect
Mutual Knowledge
each
have of one another!
●The
Godhead is equally
divine in nature and
shares other aspects
of the divine
relationship as well.
Father
and the Son...
Matthew
11:27 AMP
All
things have been entrusted
and delivered to Me by My
Father;
and no
one fully knows and
accurately understands the
Son
except
the Father...
Son and
the Father...
Matthew
11:27 AMP
...and
no one fully knows
and accurately
understands the Father
except
the Son and anyone to whom
the Son deliberately wills
to make
Him known.
Father
and the Holy Spirit...
Romans
8:27 AMP
27 And
He Who searches the hearts
of men knows
what is
in the mind of the [Holy]
Spirit [what His intent
is]....
Holy
Spirit and the Father...
Romans
8:27 AMP
...because the Spirit
intercedes and pleads
[before God] in behalf
of the
saints according to and in
harmony with God's will.
1
Corinthians 2:10-11
AMP
10 Yet
to us God has unveiled and
revealed them by and
through His Spirit,
for the
[Holy] Spirit searches
diligently, exploring and
examining everything,
even
sounding the profound and
bottomless things of God
[the divine counsels
and
things hidden and beyond
man's scrutiny].
11 For
what person perceives
(knows and understands)
what passes
through
a man's thoughts except
the man's own spirit
within him?
Just so
no one discerns (comes to
know and comprehend) the
thoughts
of God
except the Spirit of God.
Son and the Holy
Spirit...
John 14:26 AMP
26 But the Comforter
(Counselor, Helper,
Intercessor, Advocate,
Strengthener,
Standby), the Holy
Spirit, Whom the Father
will send in My name [in
My place,
to represent Me and act on
My behalf], He will teach
you all things.
And He will cause you to
recall (will remind you
of, bring to your
remembrance)
everything I have told
you.
John
16:7-8 AMP
7
However, I am telling you
nothing but the truth when
I say it is profitable
(good,
expedient, advantageous)
for you that I go away.
Because
if I do not go away, the
Comforter (Counselor,
Helper, Advocate,
Intercessor, Strengthener,
Standby) will not come to
you
[into
close fellowship
with you]; but if I go
away, I will send Him to
you
[to be
in close fellowship with
you].
8 And
when He comes, He will
convict and convince the
world
and
bring demonstration to it
about sin and about
righteousness
(uprightness of heart and
right standing with God)
and about judgment:
● The
Scriptures are very
clear to specify each
member of the Godhead
as a
(spirit) Person who
lives forever
(eternally).
We,
too, are spirit persons
in Christ destined to
live eternally in His
Light
or
(based upon one's
choosing and actions)
are
eternally destined to
live in darkness and
fire...
void
of the Presence of God!
Luke
16:24 (AMP)
And he
cried out, ‘Father
Abraham, have mercy on me,
and
send Lazarus so that he
may dip the tip of his
finger in water
and
cool my tongue, because I
am in severe agony in this
flame.’
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Distinctions of the
Godhead:
1
John 5:7 (AMP) So
there are three witnesses
in heaven:
the Father, the Word and
the Holy Spirit, and these
three are
one;
The
Father... (Jesus
teaching His disciples
to pray follows:)
Matthew
6:9
Our
Father Who is in heaven,
Matthew
6:13
For
Yours is the kingdom and
the power
and the
glory forever. Amen.
John
17:1
WHEN
JESUS had spoken these
things,
He
lifted up His eyes to
heaven and said,
Father,
the hour has come. Glorify
and exalt and honor and
magnify Your Son,
so that
Your Son may glorify and
extol and honor and
magnify You.
John
17:3-5
3 And
this is eternal life: [it
means] to know (to
perceive,
recognize, become
acquainted with, and
understand) You,
the
only true and real God,
and [likewise] to know
Him, Jesus [as the]
Christ
(the Anointed one, the
Messiah), Whom You have
sent.
4 I
have glorified You down
here on the earth by
completing the work
that
You gave Me to do.
5 And
now, Father, glorify Me
along with Yourself and
restore Me to such
majesty
and honor in Your presence
as I had with You before
the world existed.
The
Son...
John
12:34 At this the
people answered Him, We
have learned from the Law
that
the Christ is to remain
forever; how then can You
say, The Son of Man
must be
lifted up [on the cross]?
Who is
this Son of Man? [see Ps
110:4.]
Matthew
17:5 (AMP)
While
he was still speaking,
behold, a shining cloud
[composed of light]
overshadowed them, and a
voice from the cloud said,
This is
My Son, My Beloved, with
Whom I am [and have always
been]
delighted. Listen to Him!
Mark
1:11 (AMP)
And
there came a voice out
from within heaven,
You are
My Beloved Son; in You I
am well pleased.
Mark
9:7 (AMP)
And a
cloud threw a shadow upon
them, and a voice came out
of the cloud,
saying,
This is My Son, the [most
dearworthy] Beloved One.
Be
constantly listening to
and obeying Him!
Hebrews
7:24 (AMP)
24 But
He holds His priesthood
unchangeably, because He
lives on forever.
Hebrews
13:8 (AMP) Jesus Christ
(the Messiah) is [always]
the same,
yesterday, today, [yes]
and forever (to the ages).
Holy
Ghost...
Hebrews
9:14 KJV How
much more shall the blood
of Christ,
who
through the eternal Spirit
offered himself without
spot to God,
purge
your conscience from dead
works to serve the living
God?
We have
built precept upon
precept to share the
divine truth
of
the Blessed Trinity.
●Truth is a pearl of
great price.
●The
supreme test of our love
for truth is to be
willing to humble
ourselves to it and to
receive the Word and the
written record
of
the Holy Spirit.
When
we set aside our voice
of opinions for the
truth itself,
then
we can be said to love
truth.
Your
Future is decided by
whose voice you choose
to believe...
Question: Who have I
chosen to
believe?
John
3:5 (AMP)
Jesus
answered, I assure you,
most solemnly I tell you,
unless
a man is born of water and
[even] the Spirit,
he
cannot [ever] enter the
kingdom of God
We have built precept
upon precept to share
the divine truth
of the Blessed Trinity.
● Truth is a pearl of
great price.
● The
supreme test of our love
for truth is to be
willing to humble
ourselves
to it and to receive the
Word and the written
record of the Holy
Spirit.
● When we set aside our
voice of opinions for
the truth itself,
then we can be
said to love truth.
● Your Future is decided
by whose voice you
choose to believe...
Question: Who have you
chosen to believe?
May God Bless and Keep
You In His service that
Your Fruit Shall Remain.
