GOD'S MINISTRY
THROUGH JESUS
CHRIST OF NAZARETH
BY THE POWER OF
THE HOLY SPIRIT
Revs. Mr. and Mrs. H. Dean Daniels Sui Juris
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GOD IS IMMUTABLE, OMNIPOTENT, OMNIPRESENT &
OMNISCIENT - PART I
John 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. [2] The same was in the beginning with God. [3] All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made. [4] In him was life; and the life was the light of men. [5] And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.
Before All
things is God (was, is and always will be)!
Greek: arche (GSN-746), beginning, origin, first. The dateless past (Genesis 1:1; Proverbs 8:23).
Greek: logos (GSN-3056). The Word refers to The Almighty God Himself AND His Son Christ [The Bright and Morning Star], (Gen. 1:26-5:3; Isaiah 43:7; Col. 1:12-15, 3:10; Rev. 1:1, 22:16) whereas, (John 1:14, 17:5; Rev. 19:13) which proves the pre-existence of Christ with God The Heavenly Father, (Micah 5:1-2; Rev. 1:8,11; Rev. 2:8; Rev. 22:13-16). He is an eternal Being as are also the Father and the Holy Spirit (Psalm 90:1-2; Hebrews 9:14). They make The Divine Three (1 John 5:7-13).
Not only was and is The Word with God, but He was God and always will be as much Divine as the other two members of the Family of God (Psalm 45:6-7; Isaiah 9:6-7; John 1:1; Hebrews 1:8-12; Rev. 1:8,11; Rev. 22:13-16).
Pertaining to The
Holy Divine Three (Trinity)
Eighteen Fallacies, (18 untruths)
1. That there is only one Person or one Being called "God."
2. That there is a difference in meaning of three human Persons and three Divine persons.
3. That the terms Father, Son, and Holy Spirit refer to three manifestations of one Person or one Being.
4. That The Father is the only Person who is Divine; the Son was created by the Father; and the Holy Spirit was created by the Son (Arianism).
5. That God consists of three Persons in one Person or three Beings in one Being.
6. That the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are essential parts of one Being, just as man is made up of body, soul, and spirit.
7. That God is a complex Person and so it is folly to seek to explain Divine Three (Trinity).
8. That The Divine Three (Trinity) is beyond human comprehension and bewilders the most learned.
9. That The Divine Three (Trinity) is not an Old Testament revelation.
10. That God has no body, physical parts, or passions like human beings - nothing of a bodily nature.
11. That God is invisible reality and cannot be seen by natural eyes.
12. That God is a universal mind, conscience, love, goodness, and power filling all space and matter.
13. That there is nothing on earth to resemble Him.
14. That God cannot be comprehended by the senses but by the soul, for He is above sense perceptions.
15. The image of God consists only of moral and spiritual likeness.
16. That all statements of God having a body with physical parts are mere figures of speech conveying some idea of God to man (see Anthropomorphism).
17. That Jesus Christ is the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
18. That Jesus is the one God and Jehovah of the Old Testament.
All such statements are unscriptural in the extreme and are contradicted by thousands of plain passages about God. Why would God tell us that all invisible things are clearly seen by visible things on earth, even to His eternal power and Godhead (Romans 1:20), if He is incomprehensible; if there is nothing on earth to resemble Him; if He is a bodiless being; if He is three beings in one being; if His image is only moral and spiritual; if descriptions of His body and physical parts are not true and real; and if He is an invisible nothingness floating in nowhere? If this is what God is, why did He not say this instead of what He did say? Is it possible that He does not speak to us in plain human language? Or, is it more reasonable that the church and false religions are in error and that God does mean what He says about Himself? Who gave man the right to change the Bible from a literal to an imaginative meaning? If statements about God are mere figures of speech trying to convey some idea of Him, what ideas do they convey? That He does not have a body with physical parts, or that He does? That He is less real than His creations, or that He is as real?
It would be
unlike God to say over 20,000 things about Himself if He did not have a
personal body, soul and spirit as He
stated.
Eighty-nine Proofs of The Divine Three
(Trinity):
What we mean by Divine Trinity (Three) is that there are three separate and distinct persons in the Godhead, each one having His own personal spirit body, personal soul, and personal spirit in the same sense each human being, angel, or any other being has his own body, soul, and spirit. We mean by body, whether a spirit body or a flesh body, the house for the indwelling of the personal soul and spirit. The soul is that which feels and the spirit is that which knows. The doctrine of The Divine Three (Trinity) can be clearly seen, being understood by the visible things that are made, even to His eternal power and Godhead (Romans 1:20).
What on earth was created in the image and likeness of God? Man (Genesis 1:26-28). Does God's image and likeness consist only of moral and spiritual powers? If so, it can be concluded that man is only a moral and spiritual being. Is God bodiless? If so, we can conclude that man is also bodiless.
Is God only one being made up of several persons or beings in the one being? If so, we can conclude that man is one person or being made up of many. Does God need a fleshly body in order to have a body? No! There are such things as spirit and heavenly bodies.
1 Cor. 15:35-38.---From this passage we learn that all things in creation - grain, fish, birds, beasts, man, angels, and even the planets - have bodies, sizes, shapes, and forms. The Bible declares that God has a body, shape, image, likeness, physical parts, a personal soul and spirit, and all other things that constitute a being or a person with a body, soul, and spirit see also (John 4:24; 5:37), The Doctrine of Man. Angels, cherubim, seraphim, and all other spirit beings have spirit bodies and personal souls and spirits. They have been seen with the natural eyes of men over 100 times in Scripture (see Appearances of Angels to Men). If all other spirit beings have spirit bodies, could not the members of the Divine Three (Trinity), also have spirit bodies?
The 284 passages on spirits in Scripture prove that spirit bodies are just as real and capable of operation in the material worlds as are flesh bodies. There is no such thing as a world of creations made up of invisible substance. The so-called spirit world must be understood simply as spirit beings inhabiting material worlds created by God. Heaven itself is a material planet (Genesis 1:1; Hebrews 11:10-16), having cities, mansions, furniture, inhabitants, living conditions, etc.
Heaven.
God has been seen physically by
human eyes many times (Genesis 18:1-33; Genesis 19:24; Genesis 32:24-30; Exodus
24:11; Exodus 33:11-33; Joshua 5:13-15; Judges 6:11-23; Judges 13:3-25; 1
Chron. 21:16-17; Job 42:5; Isaiah 6; Ezekiel 1:26-28; Ezekiel 10:1,20; Ezekiel
40:3; Daniel 7:9-14; Daniel 10:5-10; Acts 7:56-59; Rev. 4:2-5; Rev.
5:1,5-7,11-14; Rev. 6:16; Rev. 7:9-17; Rev. 19:4; Rev. 21:3-5; Rev. 22:4).
In over 20,000
references about God in Scripture we get to know all we need to know about the
subject. If we will take the Bible literally as to what it says about Him, as
we do with other things the subject will be very clear; but if we make God a mystery, ignoring the plain statements of
Scripture about Him, and refusing to believe the many descriptions of God given
by those who have seen one, two, and three separate persons called
"God," then we will remain in ignorance.
It is true there
are a few figurative statements about God in Scripture, as there are about man
and other things, but shall we do away with the reality of man and these other
things because of a few figures of speech?
Let us make man mere salt and lights (Matthew 5:13-14), if we are going
to do away with God because of a few figures of speech.
We submit the following
facts in Scripture to prove The Divine Three (Trinity) of separate persons in
the Godhead:
1. The word "one" means one in unity as well as one in number. It means unity in 1 John 5:7, as it does in John 17:11, 21-23, and yet these Three Persons, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit, are spoken of as one each in number and individuality in Scripture.
There is one God the Father, one Lord Jesus Christ, and one Holy Spirit (1 Cor. 8:6; Ephes. 4:3-6). Thus, there are three separate Persons in Divine individuality and Divine plurality. The Father is called God (1 Cor. 8:6), the Son is called God (Isaiah 9:6, 7; Hebrews 1:8; John 1:1-2; John 20:28), and the Holy Spirit is called God (Acts 5:3-4). As individual persons each can be called God and collectively they can be spoken of as one God because of their perfect unity. The word "God" is used either as a singular or a plural word, like sheep. Everything that could be spoken of God collectively applies equally to each member of the Godhead as an individual, but there are some things that are said of each person of the Deity as to position, office, and work that could not be spoken as of the other members of the Godhead. The Father is the head of Christ (1 Cor. 11:3); the Son is the only begotten of the Father (2 John 1:3), and the Holy Spirit proceeds from both the Father and the Son (John 14:16, 26; John 15:26; John 16:7-15; Acts 2:34).
2. Names of God prove plurality of persons. The Hebrew: Elohiym (HSN-430) is the word for God in Genesis 1:1 and in over 2,700 other places in the Old Testament It is a plural noun used of God and is so translated 239 times (Genesis 3:5; Exodus 22:28; 1 Samuel 4:8; Daniel 2:11; Daniel 4:6-9; Daniel 5:11,14; etc.). Sometimes 'Elohiym is used with plural verbs and pronouns, "God caused me to wander" (Genesis 20:13) “God appeared unto him" (Genesis 35:7).
3. Plural pronouns are used of God, proving plurality of persons
(Genesis 1:26; Genesis 3:22; Genesis 11:7; Isaiah 6:8; John 14:23; John 17:11,
22-23).
4. First, second and third personal pronouns are
used hundreds of times in Scripture, referring to one, two, and three persons
of the Godhead in the same
sense they are used of men. Sometimes
the different members of the Deity use them to and of one another in the same
sense man uses them. In John 17 alone
Jesus uses them 162 times in speaking to and of His Father (cp. John 14:16-17,
26; John 15:26; John 16:7-15). Sometimes
singular pronouns are used of the whole Godhead of three members as a unity
(Exodus 20:3; Isaiah 44:6,8; Isaiah 45:5,21; Isaiah 46:9; Hosea 13:4), just
like the whole church as a unit is spoken of as a man and "he"
(Ephes. 2:14-15; Ephes. 4:13; Ephes. 5:25-27; 2 Thes. 2:7-8).
5. "Man
is become as one of us" proves plurality of persons (Genesis 3:22).
6. Two and
three Persons called God have been seen by the same men at the same time
and places as being separate persons (Daniel 7:9-14; Matthew 3:16-17; John
1:31-34; Acts 7:54-60; Rev. 6:16; Rev. 7:9-17; Rev. 21:22; Rev. 22:3).
7. Two Lords are mentioned in Genesis 19:24; one
on earth and one in heaven.
8. Two Persons are referred to in the Old
Testament See Psalm 8:5-6 with Hebrews
2:5-18; Psalm 16:8-10 with Acts 2:25-36; Psalm 22:1-22 with Matthew
27:35,39-43,45-46; Hebrews 9:14; Hebrews 10:5-12; Psalm 40:6-10 with Hebrews
10:5-7; and Psalm 45:6-7 with Hebrews 1:8-9.
9. Two Lords are mentioned sitting side by side
(Psalm 110:1,5; Matthew 22:44; Matthew 26:64; Acts 2:33-34; Acts 7:54-56;
Romans 8:34; Ephes. 1:20; Col. 3:1; Hebrews 1:3,13; Hebrews 8:1; Hebrews 10:12;
Hebrews 12:2; 1 Peter 3:22; Rev. 22:3).
10. Two
Persons are mentioned and required in order to understand the plain language of
Psalm 2; Psalm 9:19; Psalm 132:17; Proverbs 30:4; Isaiah 4:2; Isaiah 10:16-17;
Isaiah 28:16; Isaiah 49:1-10; Isaiah 50:4-11; Isaiah 52:13-53:12; Isaiah 62:11;
Micah 5:1-5; Jeremiah 23:4-8; Jeremiah 33:14-26; Zech. 3:8-10; Zech. 6:12-13.
In these passages one is anointed, becomes
the son of, is sent by, is taught by, and becomes the servant of the other; and
both are called Lord.
11. Three self-acting Persons - the Lord God, the Messiah, and the Holy Spirit - are referred to as blessing, anointing, sending, and doing things for one another in Isaiah 11:2; Isaiah 42:1-7; Isaiah 48:16; Isaiah 59:21; Isaiah 61:1-2; Isaiah 63:1-14; Zech. 12:10-13:2.
12. In Zech.
1:7-21 the Lord of Hosts and the angel of the Lord (also called Lord, Zech. 1:19-20; Zech. 2:1-13) are talking
together. One Lord says of the other
Lord that He has sent Him to Israel (Zech. 2:8-13). One
Lord refers to Himself as "Me" and to the Lord of Hosts as
"His" and "He" (Zech. 2:8-11). The conference continues throughout Zechariah
until Zech. 13:6-7 where both Lords are called fellows or associate.
13. Jesus
Christ is called the son of Abraham, David, Mary, and of God (Matthew 1:1; Mark
1:1; Mark 6:3). He is just as much a separate person from God as He is of
these other persons.
14. Two
Persons are referred to many times in the New Testament (Matthew 11:27; Luke
23:46; John 1:1-2,18; John 5:19-20; John 14:1-9; John 16:15; John 17:3,10; Acts
2:38-39; Acts 3:13-26; Phil. 2:5-11; Ephes. 3:5; Col. 1:5; 2 Thes. 2:16-17;
Titus 2:13; Hebrews 1:1-3; Rev. 20:6; Rev. 22:3).
15. Two and
three Persons are mentioned in the introductions to New Testament books (Romans
1:1-4,7; 1 Cor. 1:3; James 1:1; 1 Peter 1:1-3; 2 John 1:3; Rev. 1:1-6; etc.).
16. God is
the head of Christ and thus greater
than He in position (1 Cor. 3:23; 1 Cor. 11:3; 1 Chron. 29:11; John
14:28).
17. Christ is the mediator between
God and man, not between Himself and man (1 Tim. 2:5).
18. Two and three Persons are referred to in every New Testament book (Matthew 3:16-17; Matthew 12:31-32; Matthew 17:5; Matthew 22:43-45; Matthew 28:19; Mark 1:1-2,10; Mark 13:32; Luke 1:32-35; Luke 2:40,52; Luke 3:22; Luke 4:1; Luke 4:18; Luke 9:35; Luke 23:46; Luke 24:39 with John 4:24; John 1:1-3,14,18; John 5:17-25,31-38; John 6:37,44-46,57; John 7:16-18,28,37-39; John 8:13-19,26-38,42,54; John 10:15-18,24,29,36; John 12:26-31,44,49-50; John 14:1-26,28-30; John 15:1-26; John 16:1-33; John 17:1-26; John 18:11; John 20:17,21; John 18:11; John 20:17,21; Acts 1:7-8; Acts 2:24-36; Acts 3:13-26; Acts 4:10,26-31; Acts 5:29-33; Acts 7:37,55-56; Acts 8:12-17; Acts 9:17; Acts 10:38-48; Acts 17:31; Romans 1:3,7,9; Romans 5:1-11; Romans 8:1-13,26-39; 1 Cor. 1:3-9; 1 Cor. 2:10; 1 Cor. 3:23; 1 Cor. 8:6; 1 Cor. 11:3; 1 Cor. 12:3; 1 Cor. 15:57; 2 Cor. 1:2-3; 2 Cor. 5:17-21; 2 Cor. 13:14; Galatians 1:1-3; Ephes. 1:2-3; Ephes. 3:14; Ephes. 4:3-6; Ephes. 6:23; Phil. 1:2; Phil. 2:5-11; Col. 1:2-3,13-19; Col. 3:1; 1 Thes. 1:1-10; 1 Thes. 3:13; 2 Thes. 1:1-2; 2 Thes. 2:16; 1 Tim. 1:2; 1 Tim. 2:5; 1 Tim. 5:21; 1 Tim. 6:14-16; 2 Tim. 1:2; 2 Tim. 4:1; Titus 1:4; Titus 2:13; Philemon 1:3; see note, §Rev. 5:13 for 30 last New Testament references).
In no conceivable way can we force a meaning of three
persons in one person; three beings in one being; or three manifestations of
only one person in any of these or
any other scripture.
19. There are
three distinct and separate witnesses that bear witness of Christ (1 John
5:5-11, 13, 20). Both God and man
require this many personal and separate witnesses to confirm any point (Matthew
18:16; 2 Cor. 13:1). The water and blood of 1 John 5:8 could not be accepted as accredited
personal witnesses to confirm any point (Matthew 18:16; 2 Cor. 13:1). The
water and blood of 1 John 5:8 could not be accepted as accredited
personal witness in themselves. The
Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit are the only personal witnesses of this
passage. If we consider these to be only
one person, then there are not the required number of witnesses to
establish the truth of the Sonship of Jesus Christ. We
are forced by facts to admit all of 1 John 5:7-8 as inspired Scripture and
therefore, the fact that the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost are three
separate and personal witnesses instead of being only one person or witness. Indeed, many scriptures confirm these three
witnesses:
(1) The Father (Jeremiah 29:23; Malachi 3:5; §John
5:31-37, notes; Romans 1:9; Hebrews 1:1-2; Hebrews 2:3- 4)
(2) The Son (Isaiah 55:4; John 18:37; 1 Tim. 6:13; Rev.
1:5)
(3) The Holy Spirit (Romans 8:16; John 15:26; Hebrews
10:15; 1 John 3:6)
If all
three are witnesses, then they must be separate Persons. The water and
the blood simply confirm the intelligent testimonies of the three Persons of
the Godhead and give additional weight to the Sonship of Jesus.
20. The words
through and by, used of Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit, but not once of the Father, prove that God to be a
separate Person and the Head and Director of all things done by and through
them (1 Cor. 3:23; 1 Cor. 11:3; John 10:29; John 14:28; John 14:16-17,26;
John 15:26; John 16:7-15; Acts 2:33-34):
(1) Through Jesus Christ (Acts 4:2; Romans 1:8;
Romans 5:1,9,11; Romans 6:23; Romans 7:25; Romans 15:17; Romans 16:27; 1 Cor.
15:57; 2 Cor. 3:4; Galatians 3:14; Galatians 4:7; Galatians 5:10; Ephes.
2:7,18; Phil. 4:7,13; Titus 3:6; Hebrews 13:21; 1 Peter 1:22; 1 Peter 4:11; 1
John 4:9)
(2) By Jesus Christ (John 1:3,10,17; John 10:9;
Acts 4:10; Acts 10:36; Romans 2:16; Romans 3:22; Romans 5:17,21; Galatians 1:1;
Ephes. 1:5; Ephes. 3:9; Col. 1:15-20; Col. 3:17; Hebrews 1:1-3; 1 Peter 2:5; 1
Peter 5:10)
(3) Through the Holy Spirit (Acts 1:2; Acts 21:4;
Romans 8:13; Romans 15:13,19; Galatians 5:5; Ephes. 2:22; Hebrews 9:14)
(4) By the Holy Spirit (Ezekiel 11:24; Micah 3:8;
Zech. 4:6; Matthew 12:28; Luke 2:27; Luke 4:1; Acts 11:28; Romans 5:5; Romans
15:19; 1 Cor. 2:10; 1 Cor. 6:11; 1 Cor. 12:3, 13)
Proofs that
Jesus Is Not the Father:
21. The
Father was in heaven all the time that Jesus was on earth (Matthew 5:16, 48).
22. Christ
now sits at the right hand of the
Father (see note 9, above).
23. Jesus
said He would confess men "before My Father," proving He is not the Father
(Matthew 10:32; Rev. 3:5).
24. Jesus always prayed to the Father as a
separate Person (Matthew 11:25; John 17).
25. The Father existed outside the body of
Jesus, so He could not be Jesus (Matthew 2:12; Matthew 3:17;
Matthew 17:5; John 12:27-30).
26. Both Jesus and Satan refer to a God
separate from Jesus (Matthew 4:6-10).
27. God was the Father of Jesus, not Jesus Himself (Ephes.
1:3, 17; Ephes. 3:14).
28. In parables Jesus illustrates His
relationship to the Father as that of separate persons (Matthew
21:33-46; John 15:1-8).
29. People are taught to go directly to the
Father and not to pray to Jesus (John 14:12-15; John 15:16; John
16:23-26).
30. The Father knew things that Jesus did
not know (Mark 13:32; Acts 1:7).
31. Others saw Jesus as a separate Person from
the Father (Daniel 7:9-14; Acts 7:56).
32. Jesus committed His own spirit to the
Father, not to Himself (Luke 23:46).
33. Jesus claimed that He came from God and was going back to God (John 8:42; John
16:5; John 10:36; John 17:8).
34. God is a Spirit, not flesh and blood like
Jesus was (John 4:24; John 19:34; Matthew 16:17; Luke 24:39).
35. People on earth with Jesus heard God
speak as a separate person from heaven (Matthew 3:17; Matthew 17:5; 2
Peter 1:16-18).
36. Jesus claimed to be the Son of God, not
the Father Himself (John 5:17-35).
37. Jesus called the Father "My God," even after the
resurrection (John 20:17; Rev. 3:12).
38. Jesus called God "My Father" 57 times (John
15:1; Rev. 2:27). How could He be His own God and Father and beget Himself?
39. When Jesus
was born on earth angels and people still recognized God in heaven (Luke
2:7-16). Were they mistaken about God?
Was the child all of God on earth and in heaven also?
40. Mary and Joseph
acted with utmost ignorance if the baby Jesus was all of God, for they
presented Him to the Lord Who was someone other than Jesus (Luke 2:22).
41. Simeon had
a revelation and guidance from the Holy Spirit that Jesus was not the only
member of the Godhead (Luke 2:26-33).
42. John the
Baptist knew the Father, but he did not know the Son (John 1:31-34).
43. The Son
died, not the Father (1 Cor. 15:3; 1 Peter 2:24).
44. Jesus was
the only begotten Son of the Father, so could not be the Father or the begetter
of Himself (John 1:14).
45. Jesus
claimed that He could not and did not do anything of Himself, but that the
Father worked through Him (John 5:19, 30; John 6:38; John 8:28; John 12:49-50).
46. He did not
come to do His own will, but that of the Father who sent Him (John 5:30; John
6:38).
47. His
doctrine was not His, but the Father's (John 7:16-17; John 8:26).
48. He did not
speak of Himself, but of the Father who had sent Him (John 7:16-18; John
8:26-40).
49. He did not
please Himself, but the Father (John 8:29).
50. He was a
Son, not a Father over the house of God (John 8:35-36; Hebrews 3:6).
51. He had the
same relation to His Father that men have with Satan (John 8:16,35-44; John
9:4).
52. He honored
the Father as all people should (John 8:49).
53. He did not
seek His own glory, but that of the Father (John 8:50-54; John 17:4).
54. He knew
the Father, but was not the Father (John 8:55; John 10:15).
55. He was
loved by the Father as a separate person (John 10:17-18).
56. He kept the Father's commandments and
they were not His own (John 12:49-50; John 15:10).
57. His
disciples were given to Him by the Father (John 10:29; John 17:1-25).
58. He was
equal with the Father in some things, but not in others (Mark 13:32; John
5:17-39; John 8:13-19,29-42; John 19:18-29; Acts 1:7; 1 Cor. 11:3; Rev. 1:1).
59. He and the
Father were in unity and in each other in the same sense believers are to be in
unity and in God (John 10:38; John 14:10-11,23; John 17:11,21-23).
60. He was the
only way to the Father (John 6:37; John 14:6).
61. He said, I
am not alone or the only witness of My Sonship.
The Father is another witness (John 5:36-38; John 8:13-19, 54; John
12:49-50; John 14:10-11).
62. Over 80
times Jesus affirmed that He was not
the Father and not the only person in the Godhead. Christ was the speaker, but not the one
spoken of or to (Matthew 7:21; Matthew 11:27; Matthew 18:10, 35; Luke 2:49;
John 5:17-43; John 8:19-49; John 10:17-37; John 14:7-28; John 15:1-26; Rev.
1:1; etc.). Is it any wonder that the
Godhead, the Divine Three (Trinity) and the unity of God are so mysterious when
we force separate persons to become only one person, all because we do not want
to recognize the true meaning of the word one as referring to unity rather than individuality
in some scriptures? People would be just
as great a mystery if we forced the meaning of all men to refer to one person.
63. He was not
as great as His Father (John 10:29; John 14:28; cp. 1 Cor. 11:3).
64. The Father
(Matthew 3:17), Jesus (John 10:36), angels (Luke 1:32-35), demons (Mark 3:11;
Mark 5:7), and apostles (Matthew 16:16; John 1:14; Romans 8:32; 2 John 1:3),
all declare the Sonship of Jesus, but
not once do they declare a Christ-fatherhood.
65. The Father
and the Son spoke to each other in audible voices at the same time and place,
being heard by many witnesses (Matthew 3:16-17; Matthew 7:5; John 12:27-30; 2
Peter 1:17). In no single instance could such speaking be explained as the
voice of one individual or be used to prove one Person in the Deity.
66. The word
"both" is used of the Father and the Son, proving two Persons (John
15:24; 2 John 1:9).
67. The word
"also" is used of the Father and the Son, proving two Persons (John 5:19,27;
John 8:19; John 13:32; John 14:1).
68. The
statement, "They have not known the Father nor Me," proves two
Persons (John 16:3,5).
69. Christ
received all power in heaven and in earth (Matthew 28:18). The Father had to be
greater than Jesus to give Him that power (John 14:28).
70. Jesus was
resurrected and exalted by the Father, so He could not be the Father (Ephes.
1:20-23; Phil. 2:9-11; Hebrews 12:2; 1 Peter 3:22).
71. God made
Jesus both Lord and Christ (Acts 2:33-36).
72. Six times in John 14:1-9 Jesus made it
clear that He was not the Father.
Holy Spirit Is Not Jesus Or the Father:
73. The Holy
Spirit is another Person, distinct from both the Father and the Son (John 5:32;
John 14:16-17,26; John 15:26; John 16:7-15).
74. It was
necessary that Jesus go away so that the Holy Spirit could come (John 16:5-15).
75. He has
been seen with the natural eyes as a separate Person from the Father and the
Son (Matthew 3:16-17; John 1:31-34; Rev. 4:5; Rev. 5:6).
76. He is
symbolized as a separate Person with Christ, both of them before God who sits
on a throne (Rev. 1:4-5; Rev. 3:1; Rev. 4:5; Rev. 5:6).
77. He could
not be sent from God until Christ was glorified, but would then be sent from
both the Father and the Son (John 7:37-39; Acts 2:33-34).
78. He was
sent from the Father to endow Jesus with power. This required three
Persons: the One who sent Him, the One
being sent, and the One who received Him (Acts 10:38; Isaiah 11:2; Isaiah
42:1-7; Isaiah 61:1-2).
79. A clear distinction
is made of the names of all three Persons (Matthew 28:19; 2 Cor. 13:14; 1 John
5:7).
80. A clear
distinction is made between the Son who prays, the Father to whom He prays, and
the Holy Spirit for whom He prays (John 14:16).
81. A clear
distinction is made between the Son on the right hand of the Father, the Father
on the left hand of the Son, and the Holy Spirit who is sent from the Father
and the Son (Acts 2:33-36; Acts 7:56; John 14:16-17,26; John 15:26; John
16:7-15).
82. The Son
was already given (John 3:16), when the Spirit was not yet given (John 7:39).
83. The Son
can be blasphemed with forgiveness possible; but if the Spirit is blasphemed,
no forgiveness is possible. This proves two distinct Persons (Matthew 12:31-32;
Mark 3:29-30; Luke 12:10).
84. The
Samaritans received Jesus, but had not yet received the Holy Spirit (Acts
8:5-25).
85. Jesus
could do no miracle by Himself (John 5:19), but by the Holy Spirit He did many
miracles (John 2:11; Acts 10:38).
86. The Holy
Spirit came not to speak of or glorify Himself, but to speak of and glorify
Jesus (John 16:7-15).
87. The
descent of the Holy Spirit proved the arrival of Jesus in heaven to sit at the
right hand of God, thus proving three Persons (Acts 2:33-34; John 7:39).
88. Jesus claimed even after the
resurrection that He was not a spirit being, so He could not be the Father or
the Holy Spirit who are spirit beings (Luke 24:39; John 4:24; John
14:16-17,26; John 15:26; John 16:7-15).
89. In the last book of the Bible the Three is seen as working together in all things (Rev. 1:4-6; Rev. 3:1; Rev. 4:5; Rev. 5:6; Rev. 21:10; Rev. 22:17).
Jesus Christ
Hebrews 1:4 Being made so much better than the angels,
as he hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they
Hebrews 1:1 God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets, [2] Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds; [3] Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high; [4] Being made so much better than the angels, as he hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they. [5] For unto which of the angels said he at any time, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee? And again, I will be to him a Father, and he shall be to me a Son? [6] And again, when he bringeth in the firstbegotten into the world, he saith, And let all the angels of God worship him. [7] And of the angels he saith, Who maketh his angels spirits, and his ministers a flame of fire. [8] But unto the Son he saith, Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: a sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre of thy kingdom. [9] Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; therefore God, even thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows. [10] And, Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the works of thine hands:
Who is the Holy One of Israel, the Lord who?
Who made who?
Who is his maker?
Who is to command who?
Isaiah 45:11 Thus saith the Lord, the Holy One of Israel, and his Maker, Ask me of things to come concerning my sons, and concerning the work of my hands command ye me.
Who is standing at the door In these scriptures presented below?
How many thrones are referred to and who’s thrones are they?
Who is the I that is standing at
the door, and
Who is The Father?
Who created Who?
Who formed Him and Who is the “Him” in Isaiah 43:7?
Rev. 3:20 Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me. [21] To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne.
In the verse of scripture shown below
Isaiah 43:7 Even every one that is called by my name: for I have created him for my glory, I have formed him; yea, I have made him.
Revs. Mr. and Mrs. H.
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