2 Corinthians 13:
14 The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, be with you all. Amen.
JESUS OUR LORD GOD AND SAVIOR SENT BY GOD OUR FATHER FULL OF GOD THE HOLY SPIRIT
THE WORD
Jesus is The Word. He was in the beginning (always was from everlasting time before to everlasting time ahead)
John 1:
1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
Jesus had no beginning! HE WAS. He was already there IN THE BEGINNING!
And the scriptures state: AND THE WORD WAS WITH GOD. This anyone who can read must conclude that " and the Word was with God" means just what it says!
Jesus is separate and distinct from God the Father. We cannot... CANNOT identify Him as God The Father because he WAS WITH GOD!
Then some yahoo will say:
"If he is with God then HE is not God" !!! And that yahoo will sputter and protest when they get this truth next:
"AND THE WORD WAS GOD" !!! A clear declaration that the Lord Jesus Christ IS God!
No true Christian can get rid of the deity of Jesus Christ.
So the WORD was Jesus Christ and He is God!
Furthermore
John 1:
14 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.
He pitched His tent among us! And they that saw Him and touched Him BEHELD HIS GLORY! Jesus brought all the deity with Him! FULL OF GRACE AND TRUTH.
Heb.1:
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:
John 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.
JESUS IS God in the flesh. He revealed something of GOD as God the Son. (and do NOT forget God the Holy Spirit!) He came to reveal GOD from the heart of GOD. From the bosom OF GOD He came
John 14:
6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man comes unto the Father, but by me.
7 If ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also: and from henceforth ye know him, and have seen him.
8 Philip saith unto him, Lord, show us the Father, and it suffices us.
9 Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou then, Show us the Father?
10 Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? the words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself: but the Father that dwells in me, he does the works.
John 4:
24 God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.
John 6:
38 For I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me.
How can we KNOW anything about GOD? By knowing Jesus Christ, God The Son! IN THE FLESH BY HIS WORD because HE IS GOD.
SUPPLEMENTAL TRUTHS
I John 5:7
For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.
Matt. 3:16-17 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 Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him: And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
Matt. 28:
19 Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.
2 Cor. 13:14 The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, be with you all. Amen.
GOD THE HOLY SPIRIT
John 15:
26 But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceeds from the Father, He shall testify of me.
Gal. 4:
6 And Because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father.
THREE MAKES ONE GOD
That there are distinctions among the three Persons of the Trinity is clear from Scripture.
For example, each Person has a slightly different role in the salvation of mankind:
OUR SALVATION IS BASED ON THE FATHER'S POWER & LOVE
John 3:
16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believes in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
John 10:
29 My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand.
THE SON'S DEATH, BURIAL AND RESURRECTION
1 John 2:
2 And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.
Eph. 2:
6 And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus:
AND THE HOLY SPIRIT'S REGENERATION IN US AND PERMANENT SEAL MAKING US GOD'S PROPERTY FOREVER!
Eph.4:
30 And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.
Titus 3:
5 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;
The different tasks the Father, Son, and Spirit perform help inform our understanding of the Trinity.
There is also a voluntary subordination among the Trinity, in that the Father “sent” the Son
John 6:
57 As the living Father hath sent me, and I live by the Father: so he that eats (believes in) me, even he shall live by me.
The Father and the Son “send” the Spirit.
John 15:
26 But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceeds from the Father, he shall testify of me:
And the Spirit will “speak only what he hears”.
John 16:
13 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 shew you things to come.
CO-EQUAL IN EXISTENCE : DIFFERING MINISTRATIONS
The Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are, in existence, equal, but they are economically distinct. That is, they have different roles. But each member of the Trinity is God.
The Father is God
John 6:
27 Labor not for the meat which perishes, but for that meat which endures unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed.
Rom.1:
7 To all that be in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.
1 Pet.1
2 Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied.
The Son is God
John 1:
1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
14 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.
Col.2:
9 For in him dwells all the fullness of the Godhead bodily.
Heb.1:
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.
God the Holy Spirit
1 Cor.3:
16 Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwells in you?
1 Cor.6:
19 Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own;
Rom.8:
10 And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the Spirit is life because of righteousness.
11 But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwells in you.
12 Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh.
13 For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.
THE TRINITY IS PERFECT AS ONE
The perfect relationships within the Trinity are difficult to understand, yet they are what all humanity is drawn toward. Perfect love and perfect fellowship exist within the economic Trinity. In His love God draws us into fellowship with Himself. Praise Him for “the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit”
2 Corinthians 13:
14 The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, be with you all. Amen.
CONCLUSION
The Father is God, the Son is God, and the Holy Spirit is God—but there is only one God. That is the biblical doctrine of the Trinity. Beyond that, the issues are, to a certain extent, debatable and non-essential. Rather than attempting to fully define the Trinity with our finite human minds, we would be better served by focusing on the fact of God's greatness and His infinitely higher nature.
Romans 11:
33 O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out! 34 For who hath known the mind of the Lord? or who hath been his counselor?
Chaim, least
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