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I won't post every passage, as there are many, but you should be able to get my point with these few...
WHO and What is God?
"Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is ONE LORD..." (Deu 6:4)
"Thou shalt have NO other gods before Me." (Deu 5:7)
"... I am the first and I am the last; and beside ME there is NO God." (Isa 44:6)
"Is there a God beside ME? yea, there IS NO God; I know NOT ANY." (Isa 44:8)
"... there is NO God else beside ME; a just God AND a Savior; there is NONE beside Me." (Isa 45:21)
"... for I am God, and there is NONE else; I am God and there is NONE like ME" (Isa 46:9)
"... there is NONE other God but ONE." (1 Cor 8:4)
"There is ONE GOD, The FATHER, out of Whom ALL is..." (1 Cor 8:6)
"For there is ONE God" (1 Tim 2:5)
"You are My witnesses whether there is any god, any Power, any besides ME" (Isa 44:8 Moffatt Translation)
"The ONE Who is operating ALL in accord with the counsel of HIS will..."(Eph 1:11)
"Out of Him and through Him and for Him is ALL: to HIM be the glory for the eons! Amen!" (Rom 11:36)
"God IS LOVE" (1 Jn 4:8)
He, God "is NOT A MAN..." (1 Sam 15:29)
"...the INVISIBLE GOD" (2 Cor 4:4)
Jesus Himself said of His Father:
"The FIRST of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord OUR God is ONE Lord:" (Mar 12:29)
"Now it is eonian life that they may know Thee, the ONLY TRUE GOD, AND Him Whom Thou dost commission [sent out], Jesus Christ" (Joh 17:3)
"...your Heavenly Father IS PERFECT" (Mat 5:48)
"...the ONLY TRUE GOD" (Joh 17:3)
"God IS SPIRIT" (Joh 4:24)
God, The Father is the SOURCE and OBJECT of ALL... Jesus in the CHANNEL of ALL.
Joh 1:18 No man hath seen God at any time; the only Begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, He hath declared Him.
How does Jesus declare The Father?
He is the Visible Image of His Invisible Father... no man can see the Father, but by Jesus - Jesus is the physical representation of The Father that we may know The Father... know Jesus, you know The Father.
WHO and What is Jesus Christ?
"For there is ONE GOD, AND ONE MEDIATOR OF God and mankind, A MAN, Christ Jesus..." (1 Tim 2:5)
"But every MAN in his own order: Christ the Firstfruits..." (1 Cor 15:23)
"Thou art the Christ, THE SON OF the Living God" (Mat 16:16)
"Christ, Who is the IMAGE OF the invisible God" (2 Cor 4:4)
"The Lord Jesus Christ, the SON OF THE FATHER" (2 Jn 1:3)
"The BEGINNING of the creation OF God" (KJV Rev 3:14)
"God's CREATIVE ORIGINAL" (CLV Rev 3:14)
"... the FIRSTBORN among MANY brethren." (Rom 8:29)
"If God were your Father, you would have loved Me. For OUT OF GOD I CAME FORTH and am arriving" (Joh 8:42)
"... God HAS MADE that same Jesus, whom ye have crucified, both Lord and Christ." (Act 2:36)
"And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good? There is NONE good but ONE, that is, God." (Mar 10:18)
"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was toward God, and God was the Word" (Joh 1:1) [This is the proper order of the Greek words. Jesus is the Logos or Spokesman of God.]
I think most can see the fundamental differences above between The Father and The Son.
Yeah, but...
Isn't Jesus also God?
Isn't Jesus also worthy of our worship?
Is Jesus our God?
YES!
But... He is NOT God The Father.
Heb 1:8 But unto the Son [Jesus] He [God, The Father] says, Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever [aion of the aion]: a sceptre [G4464 - rhabdos, rod] of righteousness is the sceptre of Thy Kingdom.
Php 2:6 Who [Jesus], being inherently in the form of God, deems it not pillaging [snatching, or robbery] to be equal with God [The Father],
Don't you find it curious that equality with God The Father is expressed as "pillaging" in this verse?
Doesn't that imply that one of the two distinct parties mentioned has something that the other lacks?
Jesus, being in the form (The Visible Image) of The Invisible God, assumes equality with The Father, and in doing so does not deprive The Father of anything. Jesus appears to those who beheld Him - as God would appear if He were visible.
Jesus could take nothing from The Father without, at the same time investing Him with it.
That's exactly what we're told in the opening statements of Hebrews. Jesus is the "Effulgence" of The Father... "Emblem" of His assumption.
Heb 1:3 Who being the brightness [effulgence, brightness] - of His glory, and the express Image [emblem] of His person [G5287 - hupostasis, essence, assurance, confidence] ...
In other words, the essences of Deity are made known to us through The Son, Who likewise assumes the character in which the Invisible God is presented to us.
Jesus is our "Mediator" through Whom God could come into contact with His creatures.
If Jesus does not assume equality with the Deity, then He fails to accurately represent The Father.
Col 2:9 For in Him [Jesus] all the fullness of Deity dwells in bodily form
Thomas is recorded as witnessing that bodily form and calling Jesus his God:
Joh 20:28 And Thomas answered and said unto Him, My Lord and my God.
Jesus is the visible, tangible embodiment of Deity. Only in Him can we see God The Father.
One thing is for sure... when Jesus "emptied Himself" and came to earth in the form of man - He left equality behind intentionally. Beforehand, when He was in the form of God, no such inequality could be perceived.
When the Jews accused Jesus of claiming to be equal with God (Joh 5:17) how did Jesus answer?
Did Jesus correct them and say "You bet'cha I'm equal with The Father"
No - Jesus points out His inequality...
Joh 5:19 Then answered Jesus and said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son can do NOTHING of Himself, but what He sees the Father do: for what things soever He does, these also does the Son likewise.
The fact that Jesus, The Form (Image) of God, could even possibly lay aside equality is sufficient to show the distinction between The Invisible, Immutable Deity (The Father), and His Image (The Son - Jesus).
God never deals with us except through Jesus. Creation began in the Son of God and was carried out through Him. Creation is also going to return to God through Jesus at the consummation, and then Jesus, Himself will be subjected to The Father when God becomes ALL in ALL.
He has the same place in redemption. There is no conflict, for, while the Son, as the Image of the Father, is entitled to be called God and to receive the same honor as the Father, yet He Himself insists that His Father is greater than all (Joh 10:29), and is "the only true God" (Joh 17:3).
Metaphorically, since "God no one has ever seen", and since Christ "unfolds Him" (Joh 1:18), the One "Who is in the bosom of the Father" may be termed "the true God" even as He "is" "life eonian" (Joh 5:20).
While it is true that the One Who is the Expression, Image, Unfolder, Effulgence and Emblem of God is out of the Father, on the other hand, He is the only way to the Father, the only means through Whom we may know God.
Hence, while all is sourced in God, "the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ", all is channeled through the Son.
Is Jesus worthy of our worship?
YES!
Mat 8:2 And lo! a leper, coming to Him, worshiped Him...
Mat 9:18 As He is speaking of these things to them, lo! one approaching Him, a chief, worshiped Him
Mat 14:33 Now those in the ship worship Him, saying, "Truly, God's Son art Thou!"
Mat 15:25 Yet she, coming, worships Him, saying, "Lord, help me!"
Jesus is called "God" and thought it not "pillaging" to be equal with God and was worshiped often.
Why?
Joh 16:15 All things that the Father has are Mine...
Because:
Joh 13:3 Jesus knowing that The Father had GIVEN ALL things into His hands...
Mat 11:27 ALL THINGS are DELIVERED unto Me of my Father
Mat 28:18 ALL power is GIVEN unto Me in Heaven and in earth
1 Cor 15:27 For He [The Father] HAS PUT all things under His [Jesus] feet.
Joh 5:22-23 For the Father judges no man, but has committed [given] all judgment unto the Son: That ALL men should honor the Son, EVEN as they honor the Father. He that honors not the Son honors not the Father which hath sent him.
So... after saying all of this - surely then, Jesus is at least the "second" person of a duet (versus trinity).
NO.
Jesus is God, but this does NOT make Him The Father.
The Father raised His "creative original", the "Firstborn of many brethren", the "Firstfruits" of every man, from the dead and placed Jesus at His right hand:
Eph 1:20 Which He [The Father] wrought in Christ, when He [The Father] raised Him [Jesus] from the dead, and SET Him [Jesus] at His [The Father] own right hand in the heavenly places,
The English word "God" is translated from the Greek word "Theos" which means PLACER or DISPOSER.
Anyone to whom The Father GIVES such an office of "placer or disposer" is a God.
Psa 82:6 I have said, Ye are gods [H430 - elohim]; and all of you are children of the Most High.
Jesus Himself mentions this verse:
Joh 10:34-36 Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law [Psa 82:6 above], I said, ye are gods [G2316 - theos]? If He called them gods, unto whom the Word of God came, and the Scripture CANNOT be broken; Say ye of Him, Whom the Father hath sanctified, and sent into the world, Thou blasphemest; because I said, I am the Son of God?
Jesus has NEVER said "I AM GOD".
He ALWAYS called Himself "The Son of God". He doesn't need to steal (pillage) The Father's "office title" because The Father gave ALL things to Jesus FREELY.
Everything that made Jesus "God" (like His Father) was GIVEN to Him from The Father.
Nobody gave anything to God, The Father.
Multiple times, throughout Scripture, Jesus Himself, acknowledges His subjection TO His Father!
Joh 13:3 Jesus knowing that the Father had given ALL things into His hands, and that He was come from God, and went to God;
Joh 14:10 Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? The words that I [Jesus] speak unto you I speak NOT of Myself [it is NOT me doing the speaking]: but the Father that dwells in Me, He does the works.
Joh 14:28 You have heard how I [Jesus] said unto you, I [Jesus] go away, and come again unto you. If you loved me, you would rejoice, because I said, I go unto the Father: for MY FATHER IS GREATER THAN I.
Paul echoes this same sentiment... in the end, EVEN Jesus will be subjected TO The Father!
1 Cor 15:27-28 For He [The Father] has put all things under His [Jesus] feet. But when He [The Father] says all things are put under Him [Jesus], it is manifest that He [The Father] is excepted, which did put all things under Him [Jesus]. And when all things shall be subdued unto Him, THEN shall the Son also Himself be SUBJECT [G5293 - hupotasso] UNTO Him [The Father] that put all things under Him, that God may be all in all.
What does "subjection" [G5293 - hupotasso] mean?
[G5293 - hupotasso] to subordinate; reflexively to obey: - be under obedience (obedient), put under, subdue unto, (be, make) subject (to, unto), be (put) in subjection (to, under), submit self unto.
There are many more Scriptures which speak to this very same principle.
One of which is a beautiful metaphor:
Joh 15:1 & Joh 15:5 I am the True Vine, and My Father is the Husbandman [Farmer]... I am the vine, ye are the branches:
Where's the third person of the trinity? Don't you think Jesus would have included him?
Nope... no "third person" mentioned as having any part in dozens of these types of Scriptures.
Well, then...
WHO and What is the Holy Spirit?
God's Holy Spirit is NOT a distinct individual, with a will, a mind, and an independent existence apart from God.
It IS God, Himself, at work - the localization of Himself, the means of His activities, the medium of His operations. He does ALL things by His Spirit through His Christ. His Spirit is His mouthpiece.
The spirit NEVER speaks anything but God's Words - NEVER thinks separately, or differently than God's Thoughts.
Parakletos
Jesus IS our parakletos.
Joh 16:7 Nevertheless I tell you the Truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter [G3875 - parakletos] will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send Him unto you.
Has anyone asked themselves why the parakletos could not come until after Jesus departs to The Father?
It's because Jesus IS the parakletos returning in the form of Spirit, Holy Spirit, to us from The Father!
Joh 16:13-15 Howbeit when He, the Spirit of truth [Jesus is the Truth - Joh 14:6], 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. He shall glorify Me: for He shall receive of Mine, and shall show it unto you. All things that the Father has are Mine: therefore said I, that He shall take of Mine, and shall show it unto you.
Notice above that Jesus, Himself says - this supposed "third co-equal person" shall NOT speak on his own initiative [doesn't sound like "co-equal" to me], whatever he shall hear [hear from The Father] THAT will he speak.
This is not hard to understand until "Doctors of Theology" get involved with their "concepts", "theories", and "hypothesis" trying to explain something they will never understand because Jesus teaches us ONLY Truth... not fables.
The Spirit of Truth IS Christ.
The Comforter IS Christ.
The Spirit will be speaking TO the disciples THROUGH Christ's Spirit which is His because the Father GAVE His spirit TO Jesus!
There's no trinity here.
Joh 14:18 I [Jesus] will not leave you comfortless: I [Jesus] will come to you.
Joh 14:20 In that day [the day when the comforter comes] you shall know that I am in My Father, and you in Me, and I [Jesus] IN YOU.
Joh 14:28 I [Jesus] am going, and I [Jesus] AM COMING TO YOU.
Joh 14:26 Now the Consoler [G3875 - parakletos; Comforter], which IS THE HOLY SPIRIT, which the Father will be sending IN MY NAME, that will be teaching you all, and reminding you of all that I [Jesus] said to you.
Jesus just told us that the parakletos and the Holy Spirit are one and the same!
Still don't believe that Jesus IS the parakletos?
1 Jn 2:1 My little children, these things write I unto you, that you sin not. And if any man sin, we have an ADVOCATE [G3875 - parakletos] with the Father, Jesus Christ The Righteous:
John just told us EXACTLY Who the parakletos IS... no need to guess any longer! The parakletos is "Jesus Christ The Righteous".
God is not a trinity but He is an expanding family. We are to be His sons... with Christ... joint-heirs!
Do you believe there is ONE God?
Or, do you believe their are three gods in one?
One god + one god + one god = three... NOT ONE.
You don't need to "understand the theory that is embodied in the terminology", or "look to examples in nature" Dr. DeVries...
Scripture is absolutely crystal clear on this subject!
You can't have it both ways, and I'll take Scripture over any man's hypothesis EVERY SINGLE DAY.
Why is this important?
Which God do you believe in?
God, The Father... the ONLY ONE in which ALL will be subjected (including Jesus).
Or,
The fabled triune, three-in-one god of the hypothesized trinity?
You don't owe me answer, but you will answer to Him one day.
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I won't post every passage, as there are many, but you should be able to get my point with these few...
WHO and What is God?
"Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is ONE LORD..." (Deu 6:4)
"Thou shalt have NO other gods before Me." (Deu 5:7)
"... I am the first and I am the last; and beside ME there is NO God." (Isa 44:6)
"Is there a God beside ME? yea, there IS NO God; I know NOT ANY." (Isa 44:8)
"... there is NO God else beside ME; a just God AND a Savior; there is NONE beside Me." (Isa 45:21)
"... for I am God, and there is NONE else; I am God and there is NONE like ME" (Isa 46:9)
"... there is NONE other God but ONE." (1 Cor 8:4)
"There is ONE GOD, The FATHER, out of Whom ALL is..." (1 Cor 8:6)
"For there is ONE God" (1 Tim 2:5)
"You are My witnesses whether there is any god, any Power, any besides ME" (Isa 44:8 Moffatt Translation)
"The ONE Who is operating ALL in accord with the counsel of HIS will..."(Eph 1:11)
"Out of Him and through Him and for Him is ALL: to HIM be the glory for the eons! Amen!" (Rom 11:36)
"God IS LOVE" (1 Jn 4:8)
He, God "is NOT A MAN..." (1 Sam 15:29)
"...the INVISIBLE GOD" (2 Cor 4:4)
Jesus Himself said of His Father:
"The FIRST of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord OUR God is ONE Lord:" (Mar 12:29)
"Now it is eonian life that they may know Thee, the ONLY TRUE GOD, AND Him Whom Thou dost commission [sent out], Jesus Christ" (Joh 17:3)
"...your Heavenly Father IS PERFECT" (Mat 5:48)
"...the ONLY TRUE GOD" (Joh 17:3)
"God IS SPIRIT" (Joh 4:24)
God, The Father is the SOURCE and OBJECT of ALL... Jesus in the CHANNEL of ALL.
Joh 1:18 No man hath seen God at any time; the only Begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, He hath declared Him.
How does Jesus declare The Father?
He is the Visible Image of His Invisible Father... no man can see the Father, but by Jesus - Jesus is the physical representation of The Father that we may know The Father... know Jesus, you know The Father.
WHO and What is Jesus Christ?
"For there is ONE GOD, AND ONE MEDIATOR OF God and mankind, A MAN, Christ Jesus..." (1 Tim 2:5)
"But every MAN in his own order: Christ the Firstfruits..." (1 Cor 15:23)
"Thou art the Christ, THE SON OF the Living God" (Mat 16:16)
"Christ, Who is the IMAGE OF the invisible God" (2 Cor 4:4)
"The Lord Jesus Christ, the SON OF THE FATHER" (2 Jn 1:3)
"The BEGINNING of the creation OF God" (KJV Rev 3:14)
"God's CREATIVE ORIGINAL" (CLV Rev 3:14)
"... the FIRSTBORN among MANY brethren." (Rom 8:29)
"If God were your Father, you would have loved Me. For OUT OF GOD I CAME FORTH and am arriving" (Joh 8:42)
"... God HAS MADE that same Jesus, whom ye have crucified, both Lord and Christ." (Act 2:36)
"And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good? There is NONE good but ONE, that is, God." (Mar 10:18)
"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was toward God, and God was the Word" (Joh 1:1) [This is the proper order of the Greek words. Jesus is the Logos or Spokesman of God.]
I think most can see the fundamental differences above between The Father and The Son.
Yeah, but...
Isn't Jesus also God?
Isn't Jesus also worthy of our worship?
Is Jesus our God?
YES!
But... He is NOT God The Father.
Heb 1:8 But unto the Son [Jesus] He [God, The Father] says, Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever [aion of the aion]: a sceptre [G4464 - rhabdos, rod] of righteousness is the sceptre of Thy Kingdom.
Php 2:6 Who [Jesus], being inherently in the form of God, deems it not pillaging [snatching, or robbery] to be equal with God [The Father],
Don't you find it curious that equality with God The Father is expressed as "pillaging" in this verse?
Doesn't that imply that one of the two distinct parties mentioned has something that the other lacks?
Jesus, being in the form (The Visible Image) of The Invisible God, assumes equality with The Father, and in doing so does not deprive The Father of anything. Jesus appears to those who beheld Him - as God would appear if He were visible.
Jesus could take nothing from The Father without, at the same time investing Him with it.
That's exactly what we're told in the opening statements of Hebrews. Jesus is the "Effulgence" of The Father... "Emblem" of His assumption.
Heb 1:3 Who being the brightness [effulgence, brightness] - of His glory, and the express Image [emblem] of His person [G5287 - hupostasis, essence, assurance, confidence] ...
In other words, the essences of Deity are made known to us through The Son, Who likewise assumes the character in which the Invisible God is presented to us.
Jesus is our "Mediator" through Whom God could come into contact with His creatures.
If Jesus does not assume equality with the Deity, then He fails to accurately represent The Father.
Col 2:9 For in Him [Jesus] all the fullness of Deity dwells in bodily form
Thomas is recorded as witnessing that bodily form and calling Jesus his God:
Joh 20:28 And Thomas answered and said unto Him, My Lord and my God.
Jesus is the visible, tangible embodiment of Deity. Only in Him can we see God The Father.
One thing is for sure... when Jesus "emptied Himself" and came to earth in the form of man - He left equality behind intentionally. Beforehand, when He was in the form of God, no such inequality could be perceived.
When the Jews accused Jesus of claiming to be equal with God (Joh 5:17) how did Jesus answer?
Did Jesus correct them and say "You bet'cha I'm equal with The Father"
No - Jesus points out His inequality...
Joh 5:19 Then answered Jesus and said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son can do NOTHING of Himself, but what He sees the Father do: for what things soever He does, these also does the Son likewise.
The fact that Jesus, The Form (Image) of God, could even possibly lay aside equality is sufficient to show the distinction between The Invisible, Immutable Deity (The Father), and His Image (The Son - Jesus).
God never deals with us except through Jesus. Creation began in the Son of God and was carried out through Him. Creation is also going to return to God through Jesus at the consummation, and then Jesus, Himself will be subjected to The Father when God becomes ALL in ALL.
He has the same place in redemption. There is no conflict, for, while the Son, as the Image of the Father, is entitled to be called God and to receive the same honor as the Father, yet He Himself insists that His Father is greater than all (Joh 10:29), and is "the only true God" (Joh 17:3).
Metaphorically, since "God no one has ever seen", and since Christ "unfolds Him" (Joh 1:18), the One "Who is in the bosom of the Father" may be termed "the true God" even as He "is" "life eonian" (Joh 5:20).
While it is true that the One Who is the Expression, Image, Unfolder, Effulgence and Emblem of God is out of the Father, on the other hand, He is the only way to the Father, the only means through Whom we may know God.
Hence, while all is sourced in God, "the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ", all is channeled through the Son.
Is Jesus worthy of our worship?
YES!
Mat 8:2 And lo! a leper, coming to Him, worshiped Him...
Mat 9:18 As He is speaking of these things to them, lo! one approaching Him, a chief, worshiped Him
Mat 14:33 Now those in the ship worship Him, saying, "Truly, God's Son art Thou!"
Mat 15:25 Yet she, coming, worships Him, saying, "Lord, help me!"
Jesus is called "God" and thought it not "pillaging" to be equal with God and was worshiped often.
Why?
Joh 16:15 All things that the Father has are Mine...
Because:
Joh 13:3 Jesus knowing that The Father had GIVEN ALL things into His hands...
Mat 11:27 ALL THINGS are DELIVERED unto Me of my Father
Mat 28:18 ALL power is GIVEN unto Me in Heaven and in earth
1 Cor 15:27 For He [The Father] HAS PUT all things under His [Jesus] feet.
Joh 5:22-23 For the Father judges no man, but has committed [given] all judgment unto the Son: That ALL men should honor the Son, EVEN as they honor the Father. He that honors not the Son honors not the Father which hath sent him.
So... after saying all of this - surely then, Jesus is at least the "second" person of a duet (versus trinity).
NO.
Jesus is God, but this does NOT make Him The Father.
The Father raised His "creative original", the "Firstborn of many brethren", the "Firstfruits" of every man, from the dead and placed Jesus at His right hand:
Eph 1:20 Which He [The Father] wrought in Christ, when He [The Father] raised Him [Jesus] from the dead, and SET Him [Jesus] at His [The Father] own right hand in the heavenly places,
The English word "God" is translated from the Greek word "Theos" which means PLACER or DISPOSER.
Anyone to whom The Father GIVES such an office of "placer or disposer" is a God.
Psa 82:6 I have said, Ye are gods [H430 - elohim]; and all of you are children of the Most High.
Jesus Himself mentions this verse:
Joh 10:34-36 Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law [Psa 82:6 above], I said, ye are gods [G2316 - theos]? If He called them gods, unto whom the Word of God came, and the Scripture CANNOT be broken; Say ye of Him, Whom the Father hath sanctified, and sent into the world, Thou blasphemest; because I said, I am the Son of God?
Jesus has NEVER said "I AM GOD".
He ALWAYS called Himself "The Son of God". He doesn't need to steal (pillage) The Father's "office title" because The Father gave ALL things to Jesus FREELY.
Everything that made Jesus "God" (like His Father) was GIVEN to Him from The Father.
Nobody gave anything to God, The Father.
Multiple times, throughout Scripture, Jesus Himself, acknowledges His subjection TO His Father!
Joh 13:3 Jesus knowing that the Father had given ALL things into His hands, and that He was come from God, and went to God;
Joh 14:10 Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? The words that I [Jesus] speak unto you I speak NOT of Myself [it is NOT me doing the speaking]: but the Father that dwells in Me, He does the works.
Joh 14:28 You have heard how I [Jesus] said unto you, I [Jesus] go away, and come again unto you. If you loved me, you would rejoice, because I said, I go unto the Father: for MY FATHER IS GREATER THAN I.
Paul echoes this same sentiment... in the end, EVEN Jesus will be subjected TO The Father!
1 Cor 15:27-28 For He [The Father] has put all things under His [Jesus] feet. But when He [The Father] says all things are put under Him [Jesus], it is manifest that He [The Father] is excepted, which did put all things under Him [Jesus]. And when all things shall be subdued unto Him, THEN shall the Son also Himself be SUBJECT [G5293 - hupotasso] UNTO Him [The Father] that put all things under Him, that God may be all in all.
What does "subjection" [G5293 - hupotasso] mean?
[G5293 - hupotasso] to subordinate; reflexively to obey: - be under obedience (obedient), put under, subdue unto, (be, make) subject (to, unto), be (put) in subjection (to, under), submit self unto.
There are many more Scriptures which speak to this very same principle.
One of which is a beautiful metaphor:
Joh 15:1 & Joh 15:5 I am the True Vine, and My Father is the Husbandman [Farmer]... I am the vine, ye are the branches:
Where's the third person of the trinity? Don't you think Jesus would have included him?
Nope... no "third person" mentioned as having any part in dozens of these types of Scriptures.
Well, then...
WHO and What is the Holy Spirit?
God's Holy Spirit is NOT a distinct individual, with a will, a mind, and an independent existence apart from God.
It IS God, Himself, at work - the localization of Himself, the means of His activities, the medium of His operations. He does ALL things by His Spirit through His Christ. His Spirit is His mouthpiece.
The spirit NEVER speaks anything but God's Words - NEVER thinks separately, or differently than God's Thoughts.
Parakletos
Jesus IS our parakletos.
Joh 16:7 Nevertheless I tell you the Truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter [G3875 - parakletos] will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send Him unto you.
Has anyone asked themselves why the parakletos could not come until after Jesus departs to The Father?
It's because Jesus IS the parakletos returning in the form of Spirit, Holy Spirit, to us from The Father!
Joh 16:13-15 Howbeit when He, the Spirit of truth [Jesus is the Truth - Joh 14:6], 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. He shall glorify Me: for He shall receive of Mine, and shall show it unto you. All things that the Father has are Mine: therefore said I, that He shall take of Mine, and shall show it unto you.
Notice above that Jesus, Himself says - this supposed "third co-equal person" shall NOT speak on his own initiative [doesn't sound like "co-equal" to me], whatever he shall hear [hear from The Father] THAT will he speak.
This is not hard to understand until "Doctors of Theology" get involved with their "concepts", "theories", and "hypothesis" trying to explain something they will never understand because Jesus teaches us ONLY Truth... not fables.
The Spirit of Truth IS Christ.
The Comforter IS Christ.
The Spirit will be speaking TO the disciples THROUGH Christ's Spirit which is His because the Father GAVE His spirit TO Jesus!
There's no trinity here.
Joh 14:18 I [Jesus] will not leave you comfortless: I [Jesus] will come to you.
Joh 14:20 In that day [the day when the comforter comes] you shall know that I am in My Father, and you in Me, and I [Jesus] IN YOU.
Joh 14:28 I [Jesus] am going, and I [Jesus] AM COMING TO YOU.
Joh 14:26 Now the Consoler [G3875 - parakletos; Comforter], which IS THE HOLY SPIRIT, which the Father will be sending IN MY NAME, that will be teaching you all, and reminding you of all that I [Jesus] said to you.
Jesus just told us that the parakletos and the Holy Spirit are one and the same!
Still don't believe that Jesus IS the parakletos?
1 Jn 2:1 My little children, these things write I unto you, that you sin not. And if any man sin, we have an ADVOCATE [G3875 - parakletos] with the Father, Jesus Christ The Righteous:
John just told us EXACTLY Who the parakletos IS... no need to guess any longer! The parakletos is "Jesus Christ The Righteous".
God is not a trinity but He is an expanding family. We are to be His sons... with Christ... joint-heirs!
Do you believe there is ONE God?
Or, do you believe their are three gods in one?
One god + one god + one god = three... NOT ONE.
You don't need to "understand the theory that is embodied in the terminology", or "look to examples in nature" Dr. DeVries...
Scripture is absolutely crystal clear on this subject!
You can't have it both ways, and I'll take Scripture over any man's hypothesis EVERY SINGLE DAY.
Why is this important?
Which God do you believe in?
God, The Father... the ONLY ONE in which ALL will be subjected (including Jesus).
Or,
The fabled triune, three-in-one god of the hypothesized trinity?
You don't owe me answer, but you will answer to Him one day.
Some of these excerpts are from my personal notes copied from 30+ years of studying... some of these notes are direct copies of various sources - I do not claim to have authored every word of this... it's just a mass collection I've tucked away over the years for my own personal studies... I didn't consider a bibliography at the time I directly copied small excerpts from various authors. Also, any emphasis (underlines, bold text, all CAPS, etc.) noted above was only meant to capture my personal attention as I studied...
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