DeMystifying the Trinity

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clarkthompson

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I don't know if anyone can truly understand everything behind the teaching of thr Trinity
 

clarkthompson

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What I am sure is Jesus is as much God as the Father and the Holy Spirit
 

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That God Is the Son and Is His Spirit is of course correct. The part where God is Not the Son Nor his own spirit is hogwash.

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what it is rightly denying is that the FATHER is the SON, and the FATHER is the Holy Spirit.
 
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(Acts 2:38) "REPENT, BE BAPTIZED EVERYONE OF YOU IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST" and...."AND...YOU SHALL RECEIVE THE GIFT OF THE HOLY GHOST" and...AND He shall lead you into TRUTH ......

Do you not yet know that The Father, Son and Spirit have the same singular name...?

Observe...


Mat 28.19-20
Then having gone, disciple all nations, baptizing them into the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all things, whatever I commanded you. And, behold, I am with you all the days until the completion of the age. Amen.


If you take the time to study scripture, then you will quickly see that a TRIUNE baptism is what Jesus, Himself, spoke of...
 
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Tintin

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In the Name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. Amen.
 
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Eagleridge

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Hey Elin - I love that you're inquiring and not challenging.....or are you?...lol.....the term US can easily and I say easily mean.....that God was talking to, making reference to.......His entourage...He's not up there ALONE...He has the HOST OF ANGELS in His court....we also know that KINGS and QUEENS always refer to themselves in the PLURAL OF MAJESTY ...You'll hear them make reference to themselves as "Let US consider the matter"...referring to the ROYALTY as a total entity .....also, it has been said, is making reference to PROPHETIC ANTICIPATION of who He would become as a human...thus...IN THE IMAGE OF GOD...the IMAGE that he projected of HIMSELF in human form down the time line...any and or all of the above explains the use of US throughout the Bible....and in John 10:30 (my argument exactly) .....Jesus is stating that He in the form of a man (the temple or tabernacle housing the fullness of the Godhead) is declaring that the MAN you see is a MANIFESTATION of God in the flesh and to accomodate our human understanding uses the term Father to DISTINGUISH between Himself, the MAN and the Deity within the MAN ...He was both God and Man....as a man he hungered and slept...as God He walked on water and raised the dead.....and that's why people CANNOT and never will be able to rationalize much less explain the TRINITY....ONE IS ONE ...not THREE..."Hear O Israel the Lord our God is ONE" - try showing a child one finger and telling him that it means three .. absurd.....and yet .....the natural mind wrestles with what it desperately hungers for...THE REVELATION ...that can ONLY come if you WANT IT TO...ASK FOR IT...and that's why Jesus said to Peter...in (Math 16:17)"Flesh and blood (or your natural mind) hath not revealed it to thee" the question of who He was....but....."my Father"...it was revealed by God that Peter realized he was standing in front of Jehovah in the flesh.....there was not talk or thinking about the Trinity at the time of Christ - that's why you never hear the disciple arguing about it - they understood what Isaiah had prophesied .....the TRINITY only came 300 years after Christ by MEN (not Holy Men) in a council - Jesus looked into Peter's heart and knew that when he called Him THE SON OF GOD he really meant THAT ONE THAT WAS BEGOTTEN 30 YEARS AGO from a virgin, as prophesied.....EMMANUEL...GOD WITH US....like I said...this will be your Epiphany if you have the heart of Peter and WANT TO SEE IT or go back to your NATURAL RATIONAL THINKING on the matter - PRAY it's not the latter - and thank you for your inquiry even if it was CHALLENGING me - never take offence to it - love sharing my REVELATIONS with hungry hearts - Lord bless - Sincerely - Paul
 
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we also know that KINGS and QUEENS always refer to themselves in the PLURAL OF MAJESTY ...You'll hear them make reference to themselves as "Let US consider the matter"...referring to the ROYALTY as a total entity .....


'Plural of Majesty' never existed in Biblical Hebrew...or anywhere in the Ancient near East (ANE).



try showing a child one finger and telling him that it means three .. absurd.....
That's not the Trinity.

No wonder you are so confused...you have been fighting a straw-man of your own creation.
 
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Eagleridge

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YES TIN TIN - READ IT CAREFULLY - IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER, THE SON AND THE HOLY SPIRIT - Now read Acts 4:12 and Colossians 3:17 - What is the NAME of GOD ...JESUS CHRIST.....andJesus said: "Before Abraham was I AM" referring to what He (Jehovah) said to Moses...He was the GREAT I AM .... try this.....if you send someone to a bank with a cheque with FATHER, SON, HOLY GHOST on it...the clerk will say...these are titles...but what is the NAME of this person with these TITLES?...unless I have the NAME you can't hope to cash the cheque.....that's why EVERY baptism in the Book of Acts was "IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST"...nowhere...IN THE TITLES ....ALWAYS IN THE NAME...Baptizing infants in the TITLES was instituted by MAN hundreds of years after Christ ...how old was Jesus when He was baptized? He was 30 years old...a man...infants can't repent...Jesus didn't have to but what did He say to John? Math 3:15 "Suffer it to be so"...in other words.....baptize me anyway John...WHY?...read it...."to fulfill all righteousness"....in other words....as a MAN, I must be baptized, and Jesus gave us the example of how to be baptized and why ALL men need to be...HOW? ..read it...(Math 3:16)...He CAME UP OUT OF THE WATER...IMMERSION is the only form of baptism....you won't find sprinkling n infant anywhere......just one more thing that MAN changed hundreds of years AFTER Christ.....and you wonder why there's so much controversy over this subject matter - people need THE REVELATION and everything else will fall into place....let this be your EPIPHANY...thank you for your challenge...Lord bless
 
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Eagleridge

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Bowman - I perceive that you're a determined man - to defend the traditions of mankind down through the Centuries - your CHOICE - Choose you this day - you can fight me and slander me - you can rebuke me and reject the TRUTH of the matter - but I stand on the Word of God as it was REVEALED to me over the past 30 years - and I will not be drawn into a debate with you - said it already - the natural mind CANNOT contend with THE REVELATION of God - love you in Jesus Name - Lord bless
 
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Eagleridge

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READ WHAT I SAID TO ERIN ABOUT ALL THIS - YOU JUST MIGHT GET A REVELATION - AN EPIPHANY EVEN -
 
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that's why EVERY baptism in the Book of Acts was "IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST"...nowhere...IN THE TITLES ....ALWAYS IN THE NAME...B
Jesus, Himself, tells us to go out into the world an baptize in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

As already shown you, the name is the same....

Study up...
 
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Bowman - I perceive that you're a determined man - to defend the traditions of mankind down through the Centuries - your CHOICE - Choose you this day - you can fight me and slander me - you can rebuke me and reject the TRUTH of the matter - but I stand on the Word of God as it was REVEALED to me over the past 30 years - and I will not be drawn into a debate with you - said it already - the natural mind CANNOT contend with THE REVELATION of God - love you in Jesus Name - Lord bless

Your 'arguments' are very weak, brother.

Even in English your arguments fold like a wet deck of cards.
 
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RachelBibleStudent

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deuteronomy 6:4..."Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one."

notice that the verse names God -three- times...
 

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IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT IT THROUGH THE NATURAL MIND "EYES" (AGAIN I COR 2:14) .. OF COURSE YOU'LL SEE THREE EVERYWHERE ..I WAS RAISED A CATHOLIC...TRINITARIAN..ONE DAY I DECIDED TO INVESTIGATE THE (QUOTE) "RELIGION" OR THE TRADITION OF MY PARENTS I WAS BORN INTO....WHAT AN AWAKENING.....ASKED GOD (PRAYED) TO LEAD ME WHERE "THE TRUTH" THAT HE DIED FOR, WAS BEING PREACHED....HE DID....LED ME TO PENTECOST ....THAT'S WHERE I WAS BORN AGAIN, 30 YEARS AGO...WHAT A JOURNEY OF DISCOVERY....YOU SEE...DIDN'T WANT TO SETTLE FOR MY PARENTS' RELIGION...IT WAS AND IS THE MOST POPULAR...SO WAS JUDAISM...UNTIL JESUS CAME ON THE SCENE AND DECLARED "I AND MY FATHER ARE ONE...IF YOU'VE SEEN ME..YOU'VE SEEN THE FATHER".....:BEFORE ABRAHAM WAS...I AM" .....THEY WANTED TO STONE HIM FOR THE SAME REASON EVERYONE IN THIS FORUM WANTS TO PROVE ME WRONG......HE WAS DECLARING A TRUTH THAT WAS CONTRARY (OR SO IT SEEMED) TO THEIR NATURAL THINKING... TO THEIR TRADITION......"FATHER" AND "SON" ARE TERMS USED TO DISTINGUISH BETWEEN "THE MAN" AND THE "DEITY" THAT WAS JESUS CHRIST....BUT THAT CAN ONLY BE DISCERNED BY REVELATION NOT "RATIONAL THINKING' ..... ANOTHER QUESTION...IF THE FATHER, SON AND HOLY SPIRIT ARE CO-EQUAL PARTS OF ONE WHY IS IT THAT PAUL NEVER ONCE MENTIONS THE HOLY GHOST IN HIS SALUTATIONS IN THE EPISTLES?... WHENEVER YOU ATTEND A GALA , THEY ALWAYS ADDRESS ALL OF THE DIGNITARIES ... BE RUDE TO LEAVE ONE OF THEM OUT ....HOW DISRESPECTFUL OF PAUL NEVER...NEVER TO MENTION THE HOLY GHOST UNLESS....UNLESS...WAIT FOR IT....HE HAD THE REVELATION THAT THE HOLY SPIRIT IS THE SPIRIT OF GOD THE DEITY AND THE MAN AND NOT A THIRD PART OF HIM...... YOU CAN LET THIS BE AN EPIPHANY AND ALLOW GOD TO LEAD INTO THE FULLNESS OF THE TRUTH OR HANG ON TO YOUR TRADITION AND DEBATE ME UNTIL THE COWS COME HOME...THAT'S WHAT'S GREAT ABOUT OUR FREE WILL.....YOU GET TO CHOOSE WHAT YOU WANT TOBELIEVE.
Well the thing is I am not trying to prove anyone wrong, i am just stating what i believe- same as you. But like you said you posted this knowing full well its a sensitive subject. Some christians seek the truth, others seek to serve and then there are ppl like me who are just happy to love such a god. I think arguing with each other is pointless, if no one will listen to your statement dust off you feet and move on. We are all the body of christ, now think about this for moment what if one of our vital organs begins to fail? the body in responce begins do undergo painful things and doesnt work well if not treated quickly. the same goes for us as christians, when we waste time arguing because ppl don't agree with us we become this vital organ that is not working right, then just like a virus other parts of the body begin to have problems like a virus, this is us as the church arguing when what we should be doing is to follow gods way. Do you think jesus kept arguing with ppl when they were not willing to listen? You see we christians strive to become christlike but what we mess up on is waiting for him to change us to be more like him. The key to becomeing christlike and to develope a powerful bond with him is to ask in every situation wwjd. literally imagine in head what jesus would do in any situation and he will tell you by showing you. You may think it was just you thinking what he would do as you suddenly know exactly what he would do but this is one of the ways he speaks to us. I also need to work on this so i am going to pray and try hard to do this, who wants to join me?
 
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nathan3

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My mind is natural ,spiritual enough, to accept what is written .Trinity is just another word . God does hold these offices .One of The only begotten Son. The Father, and the Holy Spirit. That is not a hard concept when taking in the whole of scriptures However they rendered the Bible. The manuscripts are too many to not have a true report. They all agree on all major points. And so, its easy to document ;That God holds these different offices; for lack of a better term.

This is easy to document from the Bible with many scriptures :


What do you think these scriptures mean to you ? These scriptures are said in plain language .

Colossians 2: ( Just something to consider )

8 Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.



9 For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily.

10 And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power:


Philippians 2:6-8

King James Version

6 Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God:

7 But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men:

8 And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.


If you find it strange that God would do this for us, Then read the living Word's own teachings :


Matthew 20 :

27 And whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant:

28 Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.



2 Corinthians 8:9

9 For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich.



If those scripture are to vague for you ; then just continue reading :



John 1:

1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

2 The same was in the beginning with God.

10 He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not.

13 Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of 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.


So what was just stated about the Word ? The Word was with God in the beginning ,and the Word was God.

and what happened next ? He was in the world, and the world was made by Him, and the world knew Him not.

Seems pretty simple ./




Those scripture alone is enough for me .
But there are more scriptures :

Matthew 1:23

King James Version (KJV)

23 Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.

God with us ? well, its plainly stated .


More ?

John 14:

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 sufficeth 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?

We can go a little farther with it into more scriptures :

Genesis 1: ( This is the Word ,that was with God in the beginning written in John 1:1-2 )

26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness:

God includes Himself in that statement, the Our. There would be people in the image of the angles ;to look just like them.
& there would be some one in the image of God; John 1: In the beginning was the Word , and the Word was God. And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us.



Hebrews 1:

2 Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds;

worlds -( all the times; in Hebrew)

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:

Christ was the express image of God, by whom he made the worlds ?


Hebrews 2 :

14 Forasmuch -( in view of the fact )then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, He also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil;

15 And deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage.

16 For verily he took not on him the nature of angels; but he took on him the seed of Abraham.

(So we see; He also Himself likewise too part of the same, as He asked His children to do.)


Hebrews 1:6

6 And again, when he bringeth in the firstbegotten into the world, he saith, And let all the angels of God worship him.

Did not Christ say, worship God? You know why the angels worship him in light of the scripture posted: He is the only one to be worshiped.







Now just a few comparisons with the Old TESTAMENT & THE NEW:

Speaking of God:::
Genesis 2:3
3 And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.


Speaking of Christ:::

Matthew 12:8

8 For the Son of man is Lord even of the sabbath day.



Of God:
Exodus 3:14

14 And God said unto Moses, I Am That I Am: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I Am hath sent me unto you.

Of Christ:
John 8:58-59
58 Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am.





Of God:::
Isaiah 43:11

11 I, even I, am the Lord; and beside me there is no saviour.

Of Christ:::
Acts 4:10

10 Be it known unto you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom ye crucified, whom God raised from the dead, even by him doth this man stand here before you whole.
12 Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.


( & There are many many many scriptures we can compare to add multiple witnesses more to these facts. )( Some more scriptures to consider:

Isaiah 9:6-7
6 For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.

7 Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will perform this.

Of God:::
Isaiah 44:6

6 Thus saith the Lord the King of Israel, and his redeemer the Lord of hosts; I am the first, and I am the last; and beside me there is no God.



Of Christ:::
Revelation 1:17 King James Version (KJV)

17 And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not; I am the first and the last:

To conclude :

Colossians 2:

8 Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.

9 For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily.
10 And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power:


There are much more scriptures I did not have room to write.







There should be no doubt, God came to this earth as The redeemer to the World.
 
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nathan3

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To add: Some scriptures for The Holy Spirit :::

John 14:

16 And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever;

17 Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.


John 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 will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you.

8 And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment:

9 Of sin, because they believe not on me;

10 Of righteousness, because I go to my Father, and ye see me no more;

11 Of judgment, because the prince of this world is judged.

12 I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now.

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.

14 He shall glorify me: for he shall receive of mine, and shall shew it unto you.


Acts 2:
 
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OH WOW - RACHEL - WITH ALL DUE RESPECT - REALLY? - YES AND FATHER, SON AND HOLY GHOST ARE THREE BUT THESE ARE TITLES - I'M A DAD, A BROTHER, A SON.....BUT MY NAME IS PAUL AND I AM STILL ONLY ONE PERSON .....I AM MADE UP OF MIND BODY AND SOUL BUT MY NAME IS PAUL AND I AM ONLY ONE PERSON - GOD IS A SPIRIT....AND HE MANIFESTED HIMSELF TO MAN IN SO MANY WAYS - BURNING BUSH - BIRD - ANGEL- PILLAR OF FIRE - ETC. AND......AS A MAN (THE CHRIST) SO THAT HE COULD SHED BLOOD...BUT HE'S STILL ONE ....THE TERMS FATHER AND SON ARE USED TO HELP US DISTINGUISH BETWEEN THE MANIFESTATIONS...IF THE FATHER IS JEHOVAH AND THE SON IS JESUS....WHY DOESN'T THE HOLY GHOST HAVE A NAME?.........UH.....BECAUSE HE'S THE SPIRIT OF THE ALMIGHTY GOD THAT WAS POURED OUT ON THE 120 BELIEVERS ON THE DAY OF PENTECOST (ACTS 20) - ANOTHER MANIFESTATION OF THE SAME DEITY.......LET THIS BE A REVELATION TO YOU....AN EPIPHANY...DON'T LET IT OFFEND YOU.....YOU SEE IT OR YOU DON'T.......PRAY AND ASK THE LORD IF THIS IS FROM HIM .....SINCERELY...PAUL
 
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NATHAN - LOVE YOUR ENTHUSIASM OF THE WORD HERE - BUT READ THE OTHER BLOGS I SHARED ON THE MATTER - ABOUT THE MANIFESTATIONS OF GOD AND THE TERMS TO HELP DISTINGUISH BETWEEN THEM - THEN....THEN...IF YOU READ THOSE SCRIPTURES AGAIN...YOU'LL SEE THEM IN A DIFFERENT LIGHT...DO YOU THINK I HAVEN'T STUDIED THESE INSIDE OUT OVER 30 YEARS?.....BUT YOU NEED THE REVELATION......YOU SEE IT OR YOU DON'T.......I THOUGHT THE SAME WAY YOU DO....THE WAY YOU ALL DO........BUT ONE DAY I OPENED MY HEART TO GOD AND ASKED HIM TO REVEAL HIMSELF TO ME..........HE DID......AND THE FLOODGATES OF UNDERSTANDING DELIVERED ME FROM MAN'S DOCTRINE.... TO THE APOSTLES' DOCTRINE......YOU SEE...THEY NEVER HAD A PROBLEM WITH THIS TRINITARIAN DOCTRINE - DIDN'T EXIST BACK THEN...YOU DON'T READ WHERE THEY QUARRELLED ABOUT IT...THEY HAD THE REVELATION....THAT ALMIGHTY GOD HAD ROBED HIMSELF IN FLESH (ISAIAH) AND COME TO EARTH IN THE PERSON OF JESUS CHRIST .....READ ALL MY OTHER COMMENTS ON THIS TOPIC IN THIS THREAD - LORD BLESS - PAUL
 
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BOWMAN - IF YOU CAN READ EVERYTHING I PUT OUT THERE TO HELP YOU SEE WHY THE TRINITY IS NOT THE APOTLES' DOCTRINE AND STILL CHARGE ME WITH HERESY....YOU'VE MADE YOUR CHOICE...TAKEN YOUR STAND.....IN FACT....YOU MAY HAVE HARDENED YOUR HEART .......I SINCERELY PRAY NOT.......GOD BLESS YOU SIR......
 
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I don't need a revelation . That is not necessary for me ,God has my number. And I have His. I have His letter He sent us. I can read with understanding .

I don't see what you are in disagreement about the scriptures I posted ? ? ? I do not know what your really hinting at based on your choice of words. Just speak plainly . What I posted from the Bible seems very plain and clear to me. I don't have any thoughts about it. It's just not an issue for me. I see there is one God. And He holds three different offices . He come to this earth in the form and exact image of God. He was the only begotten Son of God also. To give His life a ransom for who so-ever-will believe .

The Holy spirit is God's spirit also. This topic has never been an issue for me. I'm very comfortable with it.