Saturday, February 18, 2006

Heavenly Father, Jesus Christ, and the Holy Ghost are Separate Beings

What does the Holy Bible say about the trinity, trine, or triunity? First, let's define these terms. We'll say that the trinity is the idea that God (the Father), Jesus Christ and the Holy Ghost are one being in form and purpose. If that is the definition of trinity, then it is only partly correct.

To summarize, the Three are separate in form and one in purpose.Let me start my argument with this scripture:

1 Cor. 14: 33 For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace, as in all churches of the saints.
This idea where God is like water and he changes form is confusing. This idea where Jesus prays to himself is confusing. Christ taught:

Matt. 6: 9 After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.
Clearly, the Father is in heaven. Christ was born on this Earth. Christ prayed so much while on this Earth, but is he praying to himself? Of course not. It would be extremely confusing if Christ were to pray to Himself-- He constantly spoke of the Father as a third Person. Even on the cross, He spoke to the Father.

Satan is the Author of confusion and has tried to keep men in the dark about the true nature of God. The scriptures are clear that the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost are separate in form and location:

Mark 1: 9 And it came to pass in those days, that Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, and was baptized of John in Jordan.

10 And straightway coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens opened, and the Spirit like a dove descending upon him:

11 And there came a voice from heaven, saying, Thou art my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
Is Christ being a ventriloquist to confuse us here? The Word is very precise in Mark: Jesus came from Nazareth, the Spirit descendeded on Him, and the Father's voice came from heaven. Three Beings, three actions, three different people. They have been separate from the beginning:

Gen. 3: 22 And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever...
"us..." "us?" Yes, "us." "us" is plural, meaning more than one. Even Satan can't get rid of all the evidence about the true nature of God and His Son and the Holy Ghost.

The ten commandments teach us to worship one God. Christ taught us to worship the Father in His name. There is no conflict or confusion in God's Word:

1 Cor. 8: 6 But to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him.
...But, the Lord does speak symbolically at times. Here's what a selection of various scriptures says:

Matt. 19: 6 Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.

Rom. 12: 5 So we, being many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another.

Rom. 15: 6 That ye may with one mind and one mouth glorify God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.

1 Cor. 12: 12 For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body: so also is Christ.

Gal. 3: 28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus

Philip. 1: 27 Only let your conversation be as it becometh the gospel of Christ: that whether I come and see you, or else be absent, I may hear of your affairs, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with bone cmind striving together for the faith of the gospel
As married partners, we are not literally one flesh. As Christians, we are not one person. God, Jesus, and the Holy Ghost are not one person. We are one in spirit, in purpose, and in motivation-- to bring glory to God. It's that simple. We don't have to try to get our minds around this abstract idea that God prays to Himself.

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