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Further Understanding the TrinityThe personhood of the Holy Spirit! Holy Sprit is a person and God not an active force or a thing, He has emotions, thoughts distinctly His own, He has joy, He can be grieved, lied to, groans, intercedes, testifies, helps. convinces, convicts, teaches, guides, speaks, etc... Scripture uses the masculine tense to describe the Holy Spirit i.e. "when he comes He will lead you into all truth." (Matt 28:19; Luke 3:22; Acts 5:3,4; 13:2; Rom 8:26,27; John 16:13,8-11; 15:26; 2 Cor 3:17; 13:14). Thats seems like a person to me. Understaning The Deity of Jesus According to scripture Jesus is fully God, co-eternal with God, the incarnation of the fullness of God - everything that God is Jesus is. (Jer 23:5,6; Isa 9:6/Rev 1:7-8/Zech 12:8; Isa 7:14/Matt 1:23; John 1:1-3,18; 20:28; Phil 2:6-11/Isa 45:23-24; Heb 1:3,6,8,10; 13:8). The Bible says the "God was manifest in the flesh" (I Tim 3:16) and that "in Him [Jesus] dwells all the fullness of the Godhead bodily" (Col 2:9). As God incarnate, He identified Himself with the Father: "I and my Father are one" "I in Him and Him in me" (John 10:30-33, 38; 14:6-9) Father called Him "God" and "Lord" (Heb 1:8,10; Psa 45:6-7; 102:25-27) Thomas called Him "The God and The Lord" and Jesus said "Blessed are you because you have seen and believe more blessed are those that have not seen and have yet believed." (John 20:28-29) Therefore, Jesus is fully God and fully man, fully deity clothed in full humanity. Jesus was manifest in the flesh to deny this is to deny The Father. (1 Cor 12:3; 1 John 4:2; 2 John 1:9). Biblically The used of the term Trinity as related to the Godhead, while not found in the Scriptures, is in harmony with Scripture, whereby we may convey to others a scriptural understanding respecting the Godhead. We must make this distinction in an effort to distinguish the trinity from "gods many and lords many," from satan "god of this system of things,” and man called "gods" by some. According to scripture there is Only One True God, satan is not the true God he is only a figurative "god of this system of things," in that he is given dominion and power by the feeble minds of people. The word of God refutes all of this and says there is One True God. The lie that satan planted in the garden was that we will be like God knowing good and bad today He is still the same deceiver trying to tell men they can become gods of their own planets, etc... The word of God calls, The Father, The Son and The Holy Ghost, God they are not three Gods but One True God, they are not one person but three persons. This is not hard to understand. There is ONE GOD WHO EXIST IN THREE PERSONS. As one to the third power equals one so ONE GOD IN THREE PERSONS EQUAL ONE GOD. As God is what he is, the I AM THAT I AM. Numbers does not make one not God. This is no a pantheism there are not many Gods or three Gods. This is not a three headed monster. Godhead simply means deity, meaning the persons of God. The trinity is one God of three persons for all eternity all co-eternal, co-existent, co-equal, all three are God and not one without the other equal united not divided. The Father is called God, The Son is called God, and The Holy Spirit is called God. The Son is God, The Father is God, and The Holy spirit is God. God is Father, God is Son and God is Spirit. Who can change God and dictate to Him who He is or how He shall exist. We therefore may speak with propriety of the Lord our God who is One God, One Lord, and One Spirit as a trinity or as one Being of three persons, and still be absolutely scriptural. (Matt 28:19; 1 Cor 12:4-6; 2 Cor 13:14; Eph 4:4-6; John 14:16-17: Is 9:6; 10: 20-21; Zech 12:10; rev 1:7-8). Distinction in The Godhead! There is a distinction of Persons in the Godhead which the bible expresses in specific terms of relationship, as Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, but that this distinction and relationship, as to its mode is inscrutable and incomprehensible, because unexplained. Gods ways are high above our ways. (Pro 3:5-6; Luke 1:35; 1 Cor 1:24; Matt 11:25-27; Matt 28:19; 2 Cor 13:14; 1 John 1:3-4) There is One God in Trinity and Trinity in Unity, neither confounding the Persons nor dividing the substance. There is One God, the Father almighty. maker of heaven and earth, of all that is, seen and unseen, and One Lord, Jesus Christ, only begotten Son of God, begotten of the Father outside of time for all eternity before the creation of the universe, God from God, Light from Light, true God from true God, begotten not made, of one being with the Father, through whom all things were made, and One Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life, who proceeds from the Father and the Son. With the Father and the Son The Holy Spirit is worshipped and glorified. The Uniqueness of the members of the Godhead The Godhead of the Father, of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, is One of co-equal Glory, and co-eternal Majesty. Such as the Father is, such is the Son, and such is the Holy Spirit; the Father uncreated, the Son uncreated, and the Holy Spirit uncreated; the father infinite, the Son infinite, and the Holy Spirit infinite; the Father eternal, the Son eternal, and the Holy Spirit eternal. And yet not three eternals but one eternal, as also not three infinites, nor three uncreated, but one uncreated, and one infinite. So, likewise, the Father is almighty, the Son almighty, and the Holy Spirit Almighty; and yet not three Almighty's but one Almighty. So the Father is God, the Son God, and the Holy Spirit God; and yet not three Gods but one God. So the Father is Lord, the Son Lord, and the Holy Spirit Lord; and yet not three Lords but one Lord. For like as we are compelled by Christian truth to acknowledge every Person by Himself to be both God and Lord; so are we forbidden by the universal faith to say, there are three Gods or three Lords. The Father is neither created nor begotten. The Son is begotten of the Father alone, nod made nor created but begotten. The Holy Spirit is proceeding of the Father and the Son, not made nor created nor begotten but proceeding. So there is one Father not three Fathers, one Son not three Sons, and one Holy Spirit not three Holy Spirits. In this Godhead there is neither one before nor after, neither greater nor lesser, but the whole three Persons are co-eternal together and co-equal in glory, power, majesty, and honor forever. In all things, as is aforesaid, the trinity in Unity and the Unity in Trinity is to be worshipped. Unique but united constitutions There is that in the Son which constitutes Him the Son and not the Father; and there is that in the Holy Ghost which constitutes Him the Holy Ghost and not either the Father or the Son. Wherefore the Father is the Begetter, the Son is the Begotten, and the Holy Ghost is the one proceeding from the Father and the Son. Therefore, because these three persons in the Godhead are in a state of unity, there is but one Lord God Almighty and His name one. (John 1:18; 10:30-38; 14:6-9; 15:26; 17:11,21; Zech 14:9) The Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost are never identical as to Person; nor confused as to relation; nor divided in respect to the Godhead; nor opposed as to cooperation, they are in full unity and cooperation. The Son is in the Father and the Father is in the Son as to relationship. The Son is with the Father and the Father is with the Son, as to fellowship. The Father is not from the Son, but the Son is from the Father, as to authority. The Holy Ghost proceeds from the Father and the Son, as to nature, relationship, cooperation and authority. Neither Person in the Godhead either exists or works separately or independently of the others. (John 5:17-30, 32, 37; 8:17,18). To Deny The Son is God is to deny The father is God! If you except Jesus to be God you will inadvertently receive the Father however is you deny Jesus Deity and Divinity you are denying the Fathers Deity and Divinity. It is a transgression of proper scriptural doctrine to say that Jesus Christ derived the title, Son of God, solely from the incarnation, or because of His relation to the economy of redemption, and that He was some sort of angel before the redemption. If you deny that the Father is a real and eternal Father, and that the Son is a real and eternal Son, You are then indeed denying the distinction and relationship in the Being of God; a denial of the Father, and the Son; and a displacement of the truth that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh. (2 John 1:9; John 1:1,2,14,18,29,49; 1 John 2:22,23; 4:1-5; Hebrews 12:2; 13:8) Jesus return to full Glory! The exaltation/glorification of Jesus is not a change in Deity but a public acknowledgement of His prior office, duty, position, and glory. (Heb 2:7; John 17:5) It is the express duty of all in heaven and on earth to bow the knee to Jesus. The Holy Ghost ascribes unto the Son all the attributes of Deity, and gives Him all the honor and the glory contained in all the names and titles of the Godhead thus we are to honor the Son even as we honor the Father in that we honor the Father through honoring the Son. (John 5:22,23; Acts 4:12; Rom 10:9-13; 1 Peter 1:8; Phil 2:8,9; Rev 7:9-10; 5:6-14; 4:8-11). The Incarnation of Jesus The Incarnation of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God, is fully God and fully Man. He is God of the substance of the Father begotten before the worlds, eternally outside of time, and He is man of the substance of His mother born in the world; perfect God, perfect man subsisting of a reasoning soul and human flesh; equal to the Father as touching His Godhead, inferior to the Father as touching His Manhood. While He was on earth He was leaser than The Father because He was a man and had to submit to God being fully God Himself by choice being equal with God, He choose to submit to God, Phil 2:6-11. Jesus is Fully God and fully Man yet He is not two but one Christ; one however not by conversion of the Godhead in the flesh, but by taking of the Manhood in God; one altogether not by confusion of substance but by unity of Person. Jesus is God with us; God manifest in the flesh Isaiah 9:6 calls Jesus, who is Immanuel (Which means 'God with us' or 'God is with us' more appropriately and grammatically correct 'God with us') "The Mighty God, The Eternal father." Establishing Jesus as being Eternal with no beginning end and God. Their is One and Only One True God and in fact Their bible in Isaiah 9:6 is calling Jesus Mighty God! Is Jesus a true God or false God? If you say He is false you are calling God a liar because "All Scripture is inspired of God," 2 Tim 3:15-17; 2 Pet 1:19-21. If you say Jesus is God He can not be created because God created all things, Gen 1:1. SO is The True God One person as Jesus or Jehovah or Holy Spirit or are the three persons The Father, The Son and The Holy Ghost all The One True God. If scripture calls Jesus God He is God otherwise you call God all liar and His inspired word fallible. Mathematics teach us that one to the third power equals one so any number of persons can be one group. As an egg is not an egg without the shell, the yoke and the white. All three make up one egg and all are not an egg separately as Jesus, Yahweh, and Holy Spirit are all part of God distinct separate but unified. If you add or take away from there persons they are no longer God separately they are only God corporately. Is Jesus God or not? John 1:1 calls Jesus "God," however the New World Translation calls Him "a god." Jehovah's Witnesses says because the definitive article O is not used for God hear it can not mean "God" it must be "a god," however if we take this with the whole of scripture this runs contrary to the word of God. The word of God definitely calls Jesus fully God. (Isa 9:6/Rev 1:7-8/Zech12:10; Heb 1:3,5,6,8,10;13:8; John 17:5; 1:1,18; 8:12,24,28,58/Ex 3:14; 10:30-34,38; 14:6-9; 2 Cor 13:14; Matt 28:19; Phil 2:6-11; Rom 9:5; Col 2:9; 1 Tim 3:16). This presupposition however is incorrect this is not Grammatically correct if you look at Mark 12:28 in the NWT were Jesus quotes Duet 6:4 Jesus uses the same term theos for Yahweh without the definitive article O and JWs' translate it "GOD" not "a god," they do this out of a anti-Trinitarian bias. If you read the latest book on the formation of the JW society you will see that Charles Russel could not except the trinity of God, eternal hell, and predestination so he started his own religion which he repented of on his death bed. JWs go further in mis-translation claiming that no where in the New Testament does the word of God use the definitive article O which means The for Jesus however if you look at John 20:28 in the NWT "Kingdom Interlinear" translation of the NT Timothy calls Jesus "The LORD of me and The God of me." Look in the Interlinear part and in the notes on THE and see what it says. You see God inspired the writer of John to write this in response to the original account were Thomas spoke to Jesus and Jesus blessed Him for the revelation of His Deity. Using the definitive article O denotes that there is none greater or higher than THE. Timothy called Him THE GOD and THE LORD none greater than THE JESUS. If He was saying this as an exaggeration and if this was an un-truth Jesus would have rebuked Him on the spot. Instead Jesus said in vs. 29 "blessed are you Timothy for you have seen and believed but more blessed is He that does not see and believe." The Trinitarian Benedictions Matt 28:19 tells us to "Baptize them in THE NAME, of The FATHER, of The SON and of The HOLY SPIRIT." The Greek word here for The name is one name it is not in the plural sense it means name not names and cannot be construed as names plus it has the definitive article O before is making it THE NAME a definite one name. What is contradictory here is the fact that three entities that are all three called GOD by scripture but there is Only One True God how can this be. Does this mean there are three Gods no this means that One God has three persons functions or operations. All three are called God by scripture so does that make three Gods no there is Only One True God and all three make up One GOD. One is not God without the other as a egg yoke is no an egg without the egg white or the shell. The Trinity is not God without the father, the son and the Holy Ghost but all three are God. 2 Cor 13:14 says "The Grace of The Lord Jesus, and The Love of God, and The Communion of The Holy Spirit be with you all, Amen." Here in 2 Cor we see all three are again used in a blessing equal in honor and glory. John 5:23 Jesus says "That all should honor The Son just as they Honor The Father. He who does not honor The Son does not Honor The Father who sent Him." Here we see Jesus calling Himself equal with God with no remorse or reluctance. Jesus new He was God if He was Gods just a created being He could not be a full son. We are created and adopted in by the blood of Jesus but to be a true son we must have a part of our parents in us to make us there's as man was created from dust Jesus was begotten of the Father, He is One with The Father, Phil 2:6-11; Col 1:9; 1 Tim 3:16. Jesus is to be worshiped, the angels worship Jesus in song. (Heb 1:6; Rev 5:6-14; 7:9-10,11-17). The Trinity in scripture Many say that Trinitarian theologian is a 3rd century invention of man but if you read the word of God it is pretty Trinitarian if you look at the truth of scripture in an unbiased manner only looking for truth, praying and studying for yourself you will see God has many natures however there are three that stand out, God in heaven, God in flesh, and God in spirit. 2 Cor 13:14 is a pre-3rd century Trinitarian benediction. The idea of a Trinity did not start in the 3rd century AC. It started in the bible starting with the book of Genesis (Gen 1:1-3,26; 3:22; 11:6-9; 18:1-3; Ex 3:14/John 8:23,24,58; Duet 6:4; Isa 6:8; 9:6; 43:10-13; Jer 23:5-6; Matt 28:18-20; John 1:1-3,18/14:6-9/10:30-34; 8:24,28,58; 10:30-34,38; 14:6-9; 17:5; 20:28-29; Rom 9:5; 1 Cor 12:4-6; 2 Cor 13:14; Eph 4:4-6; Tit 2:13; Heb 1:3,6,8,10; 13:8; 1 John 5:6-10; 2 John 1:9; Jude 1:4; Rev 1:7-8/Zech 12:10). There is a definite Trinitarian theology presented in these few verses and there are more by those who walked with and talked with Jesus even during His life and ministry not just after as many suppose. More apologetics to Jehovah's Witnesses
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