tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-248098962024-03-23T10:46:02.359-07:00Godhead StudyThis blog is dedicated to the study of the Godhead. This page has the Bible evidence. The other pages in the MENU have the Early Christian Church beliefs, and for Seventh day Adventists, what Ellen White had to say on the subject. Our challenge to you is,
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B.Try find anywhere near this much evidence to show your point of view.
This project is a joint venture of Gary Sheidler and Gordon SheidlerUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24809896.post-1143444651373711202006-03-26T23:29:00.000-08:002011-10-28T20:34:59.650-07:00<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size:180%;"><b>This page discusses the following topics:</b></span><br /><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><b>Is there a, "God the Father, God the Son & God the Holy Spirit"?<u1:p></u1:p></b><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><b>How many divine beings?<u1:p></u1:p></b><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><b>Are they equal?<u1:p></u1:p></b><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><b>How many Holy Spirits are there?<u1:p></u1:p></b><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><b>Is Jesus the son of the Father, or the Holy Spirit?<u1:p></u1:p></b><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><b>Who is our intercessor? How many ?<u1:p></u1:p></b><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><b>Who is our mediator? How many <u1:p></u1:p></b><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><b>Is the Holy Spirit "He", or "It" <u1:p></u1:p></b><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><b>Reasons the Holy Spirit is not a being:<u1:p></u1:p></b><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><b>Baptize in whose name?<u1:p></u1:p></b><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style=""><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><b>_____________________________________________________________<br /></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><b><br /></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style=""><b><br /></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style=""><b>Is there: God the Father, God the Son & God the Holy Spirit?</b></p><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style=""><b>God the Father:</b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style=""></p><p class="MsoNormal" style=""><b><i>There are many references with this. Below are a few</i></b><i>. </i></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">John 6.27</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="color:red;">Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath <u>God the Father</u> sealed.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">1 Corinthians 8.6</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">But to us there is but one <u>God, the Father</u>, of whom are all things, and we in him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">Galatians 1.1</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">Paul, an apostle, (not of men, neither by man, but by Jesus Christ, and <u>God the Father</u>, who raised him from the dead;) </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><b>God the Son</b>:</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><b><i>No such references found in the Bible, but many were found referring to the Son of God:</i></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">Daniel 3.25</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">He answered and said, Lo, I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire, and they have no hurt; and the form of the fourth is like the <u>Son of God</u>. </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">Matthew 16.16</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the <u>Son of the living God</u>.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">Matthew 27.54</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">Now when the centurion, and they that were with him, watching Jesus, saw the earthquake, and those things that were done, they feared greatly, saying, Truly this was the<u> Son of God.</u></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">Mark 1.1</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the <u>Son of God</u>;</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">Luke 1.35</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">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 <u>Son of God</u>.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">John 20.31</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the <u>Son of God</u>; and that believing ye might have life through his name.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><b>God the Spirit: </b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><b><i><u>Not</u> a single reference to “God the Spirit” could be found, but there are many to the Spirit of God, God’s Spirit etc.</i></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">Genesis 1.2</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the <u>Spirit of God</u> moved upon the face of the waters.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">Numbers 11.29</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">And Moses said unto him, Enviest thou for my sake? would God that all the LORD'S people were prophets, and that the LORD would put <u>His spirit</u> upon them!</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">2Chronicles 15.1</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">And the <u>Spirit of God</u> came upon Azariah the son of Oded:</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">Micah 2.7</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">O thou that art named the house of Jacob, is the <u>spirit of the LORD</u> straitened? are these his doings? do not my words do good to him that walketh uprightly?</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">Matthew 12.28</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="color:red;">But if I cast out devils by the <u>Spirit of God</u>, then the kingdom of God is come unto you.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">Romans 8.14</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">For as many as are led by the <u>Spirit of God</u>, they are the sons of God.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">1 Thessalonians 4.8</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">He therefore that despiseth, despiseth not man, but God, who hath also given unto us <u>his holy Spirit.</u></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><b>How many divine beings?</b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">Proverbs 30.4</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">Who hath ascended up into heaven, or descended? who hath gathered the wind in his fists? who hath bound the waters in a garment? who hath established all the ends of the earth? <u>what is his name, and what is his son's name</u>, if thou canst tell?</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">Zechariah 6.13 </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">Even he shall build the temple of the LORD; and he shall bear the glory, and shall sit and rule upon his throne; and he shall be a priest upon his throne: and the counsel of peace shall be between them <u>both</u>.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">Matthew 11.27</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="color:red;">All things are delivered unto me of my Father: and no man knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal him.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">John 8.16<br /><span style="color:red;">And yet if I judge, my judgment is true: for I am not alone, but I and the Father that sent me.</span> 8.17 <span style="color:red;">It is also written in your law, that the testimony of two men is true. </span>8.18 <span style="color:red;">I am one that bear witness of myself, and the Father that sent me beareth witness of me.</span> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><b><i>Now here is the law that Jesus is making reference to:</i></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">Deuteronomy 19.15<br />... at the mouth of two witnesses, or at the mouth of three witnesses, shall the matter be established. </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><b><i>If there were three witnesses would He not have strengthened His case to have made reference to the three instead of just the two? </i></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">John 10.30</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="color:red;">I and my Father are one</span>.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">John 15.23</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="color:red;">He that hateth <u>me</u> hateth my <u>Father</u> also. </span>15.24<span style="color:red;"> If I had not done among them the works which none other man did, they had not had sin: but now have they both seen and hated <u>both me and my Father</u>.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">John16.3</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="color:red;">And these things will they do unto you, because they have not known the <u>Father, nor me</u>.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">John 17.3</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="color:red;">And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">1 Corinthians 1.3</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">1 Corinthians 8.6</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">But to us there is but <u>one God, the Father</u>, of whom are all things, and we in him; and <u>one Lord Jesus Christ</u>, by whom are all things, and we by him.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">1Timothy 2.5</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">For there is <u>one God</u>, and <u>one mediator</u> between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">2 John 1:3</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">Grace be with you, mercy, and peace, from God the Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth and love.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">2 John 1.9</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not God. He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath <u>both</u> the Father and the Son.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><b><i>John 17:3 summarizes it well, <span style="color:red;">“And this is <u>life eternal</u>, that they might know thee the <u>only true</u> <u>God, and Jesus Christ</u>, whom thou hast sent. </span></i></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><b><i>If there were three divine beings, don’t you think that instead of saying “God and Jesus” and “both”, that it would have mentioned THREE beings?</i></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><b>What is the relationship between God the Father & the Son?</b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><b>Are they equal?</b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">John 3.16</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="color:red;">For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life</span>. 3.17 <span style="color:red;">For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">John 3.35</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="color:red;">The Father loveth the Son, and hath <u>given</u> all things into his hand.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">John 5.19</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="color:red;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Then answered Jesus and said unto them,</span> Verily, verily, I say unto you, <u>The Son can do nothing of himself</u>, but what he seeth the Father do: for what things soever he doeth, these also doeth the Son likewise. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">John 5.20</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="color:red;">For the Father loveth the Son, and <u>showeth him</u> all things that himself doeth: and he will show him greater works than these, that ye may marvel. </span>5.21<span style="color:red;"> For as the Father raiseth up the dead, and quickeneth them; even so the Son quickeneth whom he will. </span>5.22<span style="color:red;"> For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment unto the Son: </span>5.23<span style="color:red;"> That all men should honour the Son, even as they honour the Father. He that honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father which hath <u>sent him.</u> </span>5.24<span style="color:red;"> Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that <u>sent me</u>, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">John 5.26</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="color:red;">For as the<b> Father hath life in himself; </b>so hath he<b> <u>given to the Son</u> to have life in himself</b></span><span style="color:red;">; </span>5.27<span style="color:red;"> And hath <b style=""><u>given him authority</u></b> to execute judgment also, because he is the Son of man.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">John 5.30</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="color:red;">I can of mine own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is just; because I seek not mine own will, but the <u>will of the Father which hath</u> <u>sent me</u>.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">John 8.28</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="color:red;">Then said Jesus unto them, When ye have lifted up the Son of man, then shall ye know that I am he, and that I do <u>nothing of myself</u>; but as my <u>Father hath taught me</u>, I speak these things. </span>8.29 <span style="color:red;">And he that <u>sent</u> me is with me: the Father hath not left me alone; for <u>I do always those things that please him</u>.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">John 8.42</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="color:red;">Jesus said unto them, If God were your Father, ye would love me: for <u>I proceeded forth and came from God</u>; neither came I of myself, but he <u>sent me</u></span>.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">John 12.49</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="color:red;">For I have not spoken of myself; but the Father which <u>sent</u> me, <u>he gave me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak</u></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">John 14.28</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="color:red;">Ye have heard how I said unto you, I go away, and come again unto you. If ye loved me, ye would rejoice, because I said, I go unto the Father: <u>for my Father is greater than I</u>.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">1 Corinthians 15.28</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">And when all things shall be subdued unto him, then shall the Son also himself be subject unto him that put all things under him, that God may be all in all.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">For a much larger list on this subject click here: <a href="http://godsent.blogspot.com/">http://godsent.blogspot.com/</a> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><b><i>In summary: Jesus said, <span style="color:red;">“my Father is Greater than I”, given life to the Son, has “taught me”, and “Sent Me”</span></i></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><b>God of Jesus:</b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">John 20.17</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">Jesus saith unto her, <span style="color:red;">Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father: but go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and to <b style=""><u>my God</u></b><u>,</u> and your God.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">2 Corinthians 11.31</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">The <u>God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ</u>, which is blessed for evermore, knoweth that I lie not.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">Ephesians 1.3</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">Blessed be the <u>God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ</u>, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ:</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">Ephesians 1.17</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">That the <u>God of our Lord Jesus Christ</u>, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him:</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">1 Peter 1.3</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">Blessed be the <u>God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ</u>, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">Hebrews 1.9</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="color:purple;">Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; therefore <u>God, even <b>thy</b> God, hath anointed thee with the oil </u>of gladness above thy fellows</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><b>Jesus Begotten:</b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">Psalms 2.7</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">I will declare the decree: the LORD hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">Proverbs 8.22</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">The LORD <u>possessed me</u> in the beginning of his way, before his works of old. 8.23 <u>I was set up</u> from everlasting, from the beginning, or ever the earth was. 8.24 When there were no depths, <u>I was brought forth</u>; when there were no fountains abounding with water.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">John 1.14</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">John 1.18</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">John 3.16</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="color:red;">For God so loved the world, that he gave his <u>only begotten Son</u>, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life</span>. 3.17 <span style="color:red;">For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. </span>3.18 <span style="color:red;">He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the <u>only begotten Son </u>of God.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">Acts 13.33</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">God hath fulfilled the same unto us their children, in that he hath raised up Jesus again; as it is also written in the second psalm, Thou art my Son, this day have <u>I begotten thee</u>.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">Hebrews 1.5</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">For unto which of the angels said he at any time, Thou art my Son, this day have <u>I begotten thee</u>? And again, I will be to him a Father, and he shall be to me a Son?</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">Hebrews 5.5</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">So also Christ glorified not himself to be made an high priest; but he that said unto him, Thou art my Son, to day have <u>I begotten thee</u>.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">1John 4.9</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his <u>only begotten Son</u> into the world, that we might live through him.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><b>Right hand of God</b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">Mark 16.19</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">So then after the Lord had spoken unto them, he was received up into heaven, and sat on the <u>right hand of God</u>.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">Luke 22.69</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="color:red;">Hereafter shall the Son of man sit on the <u>right hand</u> of the power of God.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">Acts 2.33</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">Therefore being by the <u>right hand of God</u> exalted, and having received of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, he hath shed forth this, which ye now see and hear.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">Acts 5.31</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">Him hath God exalted with his <u>right hand</u> to be a Prince and a Saviour, for to give repentance to <st1:country-region><st1:place>Israel</st1:place></st1:country-region>, and forgiveness of sins.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">Acts 7.55</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">But he, being full of the Holy Ghost, looked up stedfastly into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the <u>right hand of God</u>, 7.56 And said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing on the <u>right hand of God.</u></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">Acts 8.34</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the <u>right hand of God</u>, who also maketh intercession for us.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">Colossians 3.1</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the <u>right hand of God</u>.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">Hebrews 8.1</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">Now of the things which we have spoken this is the sum: We have such an high priest, who is set on the <u>right hand of the throne</u> of the Majesty in the heavens;</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">Hebrews 10.12</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the <u>right hand of God;</u></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">Hebrews 12.2</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the <u>right hand of the throne of God</u>.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">1 Peter 3.22</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">Who is gone into heaven, and is on the <u>right hand of God</u>; angels and authorities and powers being made subject unto him.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><b><i>This may not be so profound, but this shows relationship as well as the number of members of the Godhead</i></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><b>Who is the Holy Spirit?</b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><b>Spirit of God </b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">Exodus31.3</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">And I have filled him with the <u>spirit of God</u>, in wisdom, and in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship,</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">Judges 6.34</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">But the spirit of the LORD came upon Gideon, and he blew a trumpet; and Abiezer was gathered after him.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">Ephesians 4.30</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><b>Spirit of Jesus:</b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">1Cor 15.45</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the <u>last Adam</u> was made a quickening <u>spirit</u></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">Galatians 4.6</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the <u>Spirit of his Son</u> into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">Philippians 1.19</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">For I know that this shall turn to my salvation through your prayer, and the supply of the <u>Spirit of Jesus </u>Christ,</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">1Peter 1.11</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">Searching what, or what manner of time the <u>Spirit of Christ</u> which was in them did signify, when it testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ, and the glory that should follow.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><b>How many Holy Spirits are there?</b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">1 Corinthians 12.4</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit. </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">1 Corinthians 12.13</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">Ephesians 2.18</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">For through him we both have access by one Spirit unto the Father.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">Ephesians 4.4</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling;</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">Romans 8.9</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the <u>Spirit of God</u> dwell in you. Now if any man have not the <u>Spirit of Christ</u>, he is none of his.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><b><i>The <u>one</u> Holy Spirit is the Spirit of God and of Jesus</i></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><b>Is Jesus the son of the Father, or the Holy Spirit?</b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">Luke1.35</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">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.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><b><i>If we are to believe that the Holy Spirit is a being, then Jesus was lying when he said that God the Father is his father, since Mary got pregnant by the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit is the Spirit of God, so the Father, by his Spirit impregnated Mary </i></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><b>Who is our intercessor? How many intercessors?</b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">Isaiah 53.12</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he hath poured out his soul unto death: and he was numbered with the transgressors; and he <u>bare the sin</u> of many, and made <u>intercession</u> for the transgressors.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">Romans 8.26</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit <u>itself</u> maketh <u>intercession</u> for us with groanings which cannot be uttered. 8.27 And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit, because he maketh <u>intercession</u> for the saints according to the will of God.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">Romans 8.34</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh <u>intercession</u> for us.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">Hebrews 7.25</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make <u>intercession</u> for them.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><b>Who is our mediator? How many mediators?</b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">1 Timothy 2.5</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">For there is one God, and <u>one mediator</u> between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">Hebrews 8.6</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">But now hath he obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much also he is the <u>mediator</u> of a better covenant, which was established upon better promises.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">Hebrews 9.14</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">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? </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">9.15 And for this cause he is the <u>mediator</u> of the new testament, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first testament, they which are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">Hebrews 12.24</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">And to Jesus the <u>mediator</u> of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than that of Abel.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><b>What are the definitions of intercessor & mediator?</b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><b>Notice their synonyms </b></p> <p><b>Mediator</b></p> <p>n : a negotiator who acts as a link between parties [syn: <a href="http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=go-between">go-between</a>, <a href="http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=intermediator">intermediator</a>, <a href="http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=intermediary">intermediary</a>, <span style="background: yellow none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><a href="http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=intercessor">intercessor</a></span>]</p> <table class="MsoNormalTable" style="" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr style=""> <td style="padding: 0in;"> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><a href="http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=00-database-info&db=wn" title="Click for more information about this dictionary">Source</a>: <cite>WordNet ® 2.0, © 2003 Princeton University</cite></p> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> <p><b>intercessor</b></p> <p>n : a negotiator who acts as a link between parties [syn: <span style="background: yellow none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><a href="http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=mediator">mediator</a></span>, <a href="http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=go-between">go-between</a>, <a href="http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=intermediator">intermediator</a>, <a href="http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=intermediary">intermediary</a>]</p> <table class="MsoNormalTable" style="" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr style=""> <td style="padding: 0in;"> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><a href="http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=00-database-info&db=wn" title="Click for more information about this dictionary">Source</a>: <cite>WordNet ® 2.0, © 2003 Princeton University</cite></p> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><b><i>Our Intercessor and Mediator are one and the same, Jesus! </i></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><b>Reasons the Holy Spirit is not a being:</b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><b>Spirit poured</b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">Proverbs 1.23</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will <u>pour</u> out my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">Isaiah 32.15</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">Until the spirit be <u>poured</u> upon us from on high, and the wilderness be a fruitful field, and the fruitful field be counted for a forest.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">Isaiah 44.3</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground: I will <u>pour</u> my spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring:</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">Ezekiel 39.29</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">Neither will I hide my face any more from them: for I have <u>poured</u> out my spirit upon the house of <st1:country-region><st1:place>Israel</st1:place></st1:country-region>, saith the Lord GOD.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">Joel 2.28</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will <u>pour </u>out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions: 2.29 And also upon the servants and upon the handmaids in those days will I <u>pour</u> out my spirit.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">Acts 2.17</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will <u>pour</u> out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams: 2.18 And on my servants and on my handmaidens I will <u>pour</u> out in those days of my Spirit; and they shall prophesy:</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">Titus 3.5</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost; 3.6 Which he <u>shed</u> (<i>poured</i> in some translations) on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Saviour;</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><b><i>A being, especially an equal being would not be poured out by another. Jesus and the Father don’t get poured out</i></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><b>Spirit: it & He</b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><b>He:</b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">John 14.17</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="color:red;">Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">John 16.13</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="color:red;">Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will show you things to come.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><b>It:</b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">Numbers 11.17</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">And I will come down and talk with thee there: and I will take of the spirit which is upon thee, and will put <u>it</u> upon them; and they shall bear the burden of the people with thee, that thou bear it not thyself alone.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">Numbers 11.25</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">And the LORD came down in a cloud, and spake unto him, and took of the spirit that was upon him, and gave <u>it</u> unto the seventy elders: and it came to pass, that, when the spirit rested upon them, they prophesied, and did not cease.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">John 1.32</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">And John bare record, saying, I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and <u>it</u> abode upon him.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">Romans 8.16</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">The Spirit <u>itself</u> beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God:</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">1Peter1.11</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">Searching what, or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them did signify, when <u>it</u> testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ, and the glory that should follow.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><b><i>The way one can rectify sometimes using He and sometimes using it, is that you can refer to a part of someone, like a hand and say “It” referring to the hand, or you say “he” referring to the person to whom it belongs. </i></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><b><i>Notice in the text below that wisdom is referred to as a female. Is Wisdom a being , or creature of some kind? </i></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">Proverbs 3.13-18</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding. .14 For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold. .15</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><b><u>She</u></b> is more precious than rubies: and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her. 16 Length of days is in <b><u>her</u></b> right hand; and in <b><u>her</u></b> left hand riches and honour. 17<b><u>Her</u></b> ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace. 18 <b><u>She</u></b> is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon <b><u>her</u></b>: and happy is every one that retaineth <b><u>her</u></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><b>Spirit likened to wind or breath</b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Job 27.3</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">All the while my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils;</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Job 34.14</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">If he set his heart upon man, if he gather unto himself his spirit and his breath;</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Isaiah 42.5</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Thus saith God the LORD, he that created the heavens, and stretched them out; he that spread forth the earth, and that which cometh out of it; he that giveth breath unto the people upon it, and spirit to them that walk therein:</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">John 3.8</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color:red;">The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">John 20.22</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and saith unto them, <span style="color:red;">Receive ye the Holy Ghost:</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><b><i>The Holy Spirit is the breath of Jesus</i></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><b>Spirit = Mind</b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">1 Corinthians 2.16</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">Philippians 2.5</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><b>Spirit of God & spirit of man likened</b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">1 Corinthians 2.10</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God. 2.11 <u>For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him</u>? <u>even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God</u>. </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">2.12 Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><b><i>Another example of how we are made in God’s image. Our spirit/mind is likened to God’s Spirit/mind, only much inferior to His </i></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><b>God is Spirit</b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">John 4.24</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><u>God is a Spirit</u>: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><b>Baptize in whose name</b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">Matthew 28.19</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="color:red;">Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the <u>Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost</u></span><u>:</u></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">Acts 2.38</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the <u>name of Jesus Christ</u> for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">Acts 8.12</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">But when they believed Philip preaching the things concerning the <st1:place><st1:placetype>kingdom</st1:placetype> of <st1:placename>God</st1:placename></st1:place>, and the <u>name of</u> <u>Jesus Christ</u>, they were baptized, both men and women. </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">Acts 8.16</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">(For as yet he was fallen upon none of them: only they were baptized in the <u>name of the Lord Jesus.)</u></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">Acts10.48</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">And he commanded them to be <u>baptized in the name of the Lord</u>. Then prayed they him to tarry certain days.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">Acts 19.5</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">When they heard this, they were baptized in the <u>name of the Lord Jesus</u>.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">See <a href="http://apostolic-voice.org/tracts/formula.htm">http://apostolic-voice.org/tracts/formula.htm</a></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">and </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><a href="http://www.spiritandtruthministry.com/BaptismalFormula.html">http://www.spiritandtruthministry.com/BaptismalFormula.html</a></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><br /><!--[if !supportLineBreakNewLine]--><br /><!--[endif]--></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><b><i>Matthew 28:19 is the ONLY place I can find in the Bible telling us to use the threefold name. There is NO evidence that anyone in the Bible ever baptized in the threefold name. Every example of baptizing in a name is Jesus’ name only.</i></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><b><i>We are told to pray/ask in Jesus’ name, do miracles, heal, give a cup of water, speak, command people as well as evil spirits, and be justified, all in the name of Jesus <u>only.</u> </i></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><b>“But what about…”</b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><b><i>Matthew 28:19, verses referring to the Spirit as He, and Mary being conceived of the Holy Spirit have already been covered</i></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><b>Genesis 1.2</b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="">And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the<b> Spirit of God </b>moved upon the face of the waters<b>.</b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><b><i>There is nothing here that suggests that the Spirit is a separate being. It says, “Spirit of God”</i></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><b>Genesis 1.26</b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="">And God said,<b> Let <u>us</u> make man in our image</b>, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth<b>.</b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><b><i>The word “us” is plural, but plural does no necessarily mean more than two.</i></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><b>Matthew 3.16</b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="">And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the<b> Spirit of God </b>descending like a dove, and lighting upon him: 3.17 And lo a voice from heaven, saying,<b> <span style="color:purple;">This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.</span> </b>4.1 Then was Jesus led up <b>of the Spirit </b>into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil.</span><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><b><i><u>The Spirit of God</u> descending like a dove and leading Jesus into the wilderness does not make it a separate being </i></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><b>John 14.16</b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="color:red;">And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you<b> another Comforter, </b>that he may abide with you for ever;</span><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><b><i>Keep reading! The Spirit of Truth and the Comforter is JESUS</i> </b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">14.17 <span style="color:red;">Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for <u>he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you</u>. </span>14.18 <b><u><span style="color:red;">I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you</span></u></b>.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">1 John 5.7</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><b><i><span style="font-family:Arial;">If this were true it could be proof that there is a trinity. Erasmus added this verse to the Bible in the 16<sup>th</sup> century. It is not in earlier manuscripts. Look in any Bible commentary.</span></i></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><a href="http://www.bibletexts.com/versecom/1jo05v07.htm">http://www.bibletexts.com/versecom/1jo05v07.htm</a></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><b><i>In summary:</i></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><b><i>There are only two divine beings: God the Father and the only begotten Son of God</i></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><b><i>Jesus said, <span style="color:red;">“my Father is Greater than I”, has given life to the Son, has “taught me”, and “Sent Me”</span></i></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><b><i>The Father is the God of Jesus:</i></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><b><i>The <u>one</u> Holy Spirit is the Spirit of God and of Jesus</i></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><b><i>Our one Intercessor and Mediator is Jesus </i></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><b><i>The Spirit, the Mind of God is poured out and breathed on us</i></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><b><i>We are told to pray, do miracles, cast out demons, and be baptized in the name of Jesus. 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