Does this answer the question once and for all about our Creator being only one person?
I am sure the trinitarians out there say no. Why? Because of tradition. We have been taught for centuries that God is 3 in 1 or 1 in 3 (sorry, I get confused).
Why do they persist in denying what our Creator said about Himself?
Following are verses that supposedly support trinitarianism. They are from the Jesus Bible Version which condenses the multiple names used to reference the Creator into those which reflect His duality as Word And Spirit. The comments are extremely helpful in grasping the fact that Christ Jesus our Lord is Spirit Soul And Body.
I and my Father are one. |
Go you therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the One who begets, even the One begotten, who is the Holy Spirit Father  In the preceding verse Jesus categorically states that He is God by assuming all power in the universe. In this verse He identifies the eternal, omniscient, omnipotent, omnipresent Creator God who is Spirit by His name, Jesus. ➛ Jesus is Lord. ➛ Jesus is the Express Image of the Holy Spirit Father ➛ Jesus is the One and Only True And Living God. We are to teach all nations. What do we teach? The Gospel of Jesus Christ - the Gospel of the Truth about God. What is the key component of the Gospel? That Jesus is the Truth about our Creator. What is the Truth? That Jesus is the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Note that name is singular - there is only one name and that is Jesus. But how can Jesus be the Father and the Son? To understand this we must know who the Father is. He is the Holy Spirit. Jesus said `I and my Father are One`. This means that the Holy Spirit Father is the Spirit Of Christ Jesus. Jesus spoke through the prophets about Himself by His Holy Spirit. He then became the person He prophesied about - Jesus. Jesus fathered Himself by His Holy Spirit, just as He raised Himself from the dead by His Holy Spirit. So, rather than talking about some confusing trinitarian circular logic involving a three-in-one godhead, we aught to recognize ➛ that Jesus is the Name Of The Father, ➛ that Jesus is the Name Of The Son and ➛ that Jesus is the Name Of The Holy Spirit. The name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit is Jesus. Jesus instructed us to use His name when speaking to His Holy Spirit Father in us. He said `ask the Father in my name`. Referring to a person by name adds precision and honor to the address. Our Creator is Spirit Soul And Body just as we are who were created in His image. Jesus is Lord! Be Baptized In The Name Of Jesus Christ |
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 Holy Spirit descending like a dove, and lighting upon him: |
And I will pray the Holy Spirit Father, and he shall give you a different Comforter, that He Himself may abide in you for ever; Jesus did not have to literally `pray the Father` as His Holy Spirit is the One who expressed Himself In Christ Jesus. The purpose for Jesus coming was so that we could receive His Holy Spirit in us. Jesus had to perfectly fulfil the Word and will of the Holy Spirit in order for His purpose to be accomplished. When Jesus spoke these words He had not yet died for our sins, so He was speaking of a possibility that was still conditional - He had to die for our sins. Once He died, His purpose was achieved, fulfilling the requirement for us to receive His Holy Spirit.
Our Creator is a Spirit. He is the Holy Spirit. Jesus came to redeem us so that we can be born of His Spirit and be filled with His Spirit. In other words, Jesus came that we may receive the Father into us and that we may be in the Father . For there to be a different, or another, Comforter implies that there was one previously. Jesus was the first Comforter. His Holy Spirit is the new Comforter. He is a better Comforter because He can be in each of us by virtue of His omnipresence. Christ Jesus, the image of the Holy Spirit, can only be in one place at one time. We have Eternal Life in the Holy Spirit. We experience Abundant Life in this physical life as we are transformed by the Holy Spirit and the Word to the Mind Of Christ. If you are not in perfect peace, if you have any fear, you need the comforter - the Holy Spirit. Ask the Father for His Holy Spirit and He will give Himself to you. |
And the Holy Spirit descended in a bodily shape like a dove upon him, and a voice came from heaven, which said, You are my beloved Son; in you I am well pleased. |
Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the strangers scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia,  Apparently Peter had never traveled to the churches he referenced and so had not met the believers there calling them `strangers`. This is quite different from how John and Paul referred to the believers that they wrote to. They called them `dearly beloved`, `saints`, etc. |
Now he which establishes us with you in Christ, and has anointed us, is the Holy Spirit; |
And there are differences of administrations, but the same Lord. |
One Holy Spirit who is Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all. |
And he is before all things, and by him all things consist. |
But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men [as the Body Of God ]: |
I and my Father are one. |
Then the Jews took up stones again to stone him.  As it approached the time for Him to be taken, Jesus released those aspects of Truth which would precipitate His arrest and crucifixion. |
The Jews answered him, saying, For a good work we stone you not; but for blasphemy; and because that you, being a man, make yourself the Lord. |
Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law, I said, You are gods? |
But he that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit. |
Jesus is the incarnation of the Holy Spirit Father who is the eternal, omniscient, omnipresent, omnipotent Creator God. Jesus is the Spirit Soul And Body of God and we were made in the image of Jesus .
The term 'son' speaks to the fact that the Holy Spirit begat the body of Jesus.
The term 'father' speaks to the fact that the Holy Spirit begat the body of Jesus.
The Holy Spirit is the Spirit Of Christ Jesus.
When you receive Christ, you receive His Holy Spirit by recognizing the Holy Spirit manifestation in the Body, Words, Sacrifice and Resurrected Life of Christ Jesus.
"If you have seen me you have seen the Father."
"All power in heaven and earth is given to me."
This by the Holy Spirit. |
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