Who is GOD.......?
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Three persons, one God. If three believers gather together, can we not be one, in the words of the Jesus, "as I and my Father are one"? You see numbers are abstract. I am one person. I am over two hundred pounds. I am over fifty years. You look at the Godhead in one way, you see three, in others ways one. Three omnipotent persons must be one in will and purpose, for if one opposes the other then someone wins and omnipotency is gone. Numbers are adjectives, not noun. If you say something is one, the question is one what? The Godhead has an essential unity and uniqueness that is not challanged by the existence of the three persons.
Acts 2:32-34 show the interaction between the Father, Son and Holy Ghost in heaven.. there is clearly THREE in heaven, not one. And that this would be impossible of the Father, Son and Holy Ghost were all one person.
Act 2:32 This Jesus hath God raised up, whereof we all are witnesses.
Act 2:33 Therefore being by the right hand of God exalted, and having received of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, he hath shed forth this, which ye now see and hear.
Act 2:34 For David is not ascended into the heavens: but he saith himself, The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand,
Act 2:35 Until I make thy foes thy footstool.
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Rom 8:34 Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us.
Eph 1:20 Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places,
1Pe 3:22 Who is gone into heaven, and is on the right hand of God; angels and authorities and powers being made subject unto him.
Heb 12:2 Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.
Heb 10:12 But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins forever, sat down on the right hand of God;
Heb 1:13 But to which of the angels said he at any time, Sit on my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool?
Heb 8:1 Now of the things which we have spoken this is the sum: We have such a high priest, who is set on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens;
Col 3:1 If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.
Act 2:32 This Jesus hath God raised up, whereof we all are witnesses.
Act 2:33 Therefore being by the right hand of God exalted, and having received of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, he hath shed forth this, which ye now see and hear.
Act 2:34 For David is not ascended into the heavens: but he saith himself, The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand,
Act 2:35 Until I make thy foes thy footstool.
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Rom 8:34 Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us.
Eph 1:20 Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places,
1Pe 3:22 Who is gone into heaven, and is on the right hand of God; angels and authorities and powers being made subject unto him.
Heb 12:2 Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.
Heb 10:12 But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins forever, sat down on the right hand of God;
Heb 1:13 But to which of the angels said he at any time, Sit on my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool?
Heb 8:1 Now of the things which we have spoken this is the sum: We have such a high priest, who is set on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens;
Col 3:1 If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.
C
He didn't see anybody but the Lord Jesus Christ, you cannopt be on the right hand on something that is not there, He didn't say He saw TWO, he said He only saw ONE and that was Jesus, in Hebrew and Greek and Latin and our own tongue English, being on the right hand means that is the position of power and authority.
"And Jesus said 'I am (E.W. Bullinger Note - 'I am He', see John 4:26, 8:28,58, see Gr. opsomai the future of horao, and as regard to the object being presented to the eye, and to the subject that percieves, at the same time, the condition of the one to whose eye the object is presented, hence, to truly comprehend by sight.) and ye shall see the Son of man (Title) sitting on (at,Gr. ek) the right hand of power (dunamis = inherent power; the power reproducing itself, see Acts 1:8) and coming in the clouds of hevean." Mark 14:62
Of course after Jesus claimed the inherent power and dynamic of God Himself to execute all power and judgement, the high preist 'rent his cloths' and said "What need we any futher witnesses? Ye have heard the blasphemy"
As a high priest he was well aware that there was only one God, the Israelites certainly were not told there was two or three god's, Jesus clearly claims and literally presents Himself as God, "I am" the Greek means 'it's Me, I am He, its God, Me, presenting Myself, I;m here, you will see Me from now on because I am, I have the power of the right hand, you will see Me coming in the midst of Heaven, you will see Me on the throne, I, Myself, there is no other beside Me, I alone am God, this is what he is saying and the audience of the high preists of Israel knew exactly what he was saying, because there is no other way of interpreting it.
"And Jesus said 'I am (E.W. Bullinger Note - 'I am He', see John 4:26, 8:28,58, see Gr. opsomai the future of horao, and as regard to the object being presented to the eye, and to the subject that percieves, at the same time, the condition of the one to whose eye the object is presented, hence, to truly comprehend by sight.) and ye shall see the Son of man (Title) sitting on (at,Gr. ek) the right hand of power (dunamis = inherent power; the power reproducing itself, see Acts 1:8) and coming in the clouds of hevean." Mark 14:62
Of course after Jesus claimed the inherent power and dynamic of God Himself to execute all power and judgement, the high preist 'rent his cloths' and said "What need we any futher witnesses? Ye have heard the blasphemy"
As a high priest he was well aware that there was only one God, the Israelites certainly were not told there was two or three god's, Jesus clearly claims and literally presents Himself as God, "I am" the Greek means 'it's Me, I am He, its God, Me, presenting Myself, I;m here, you will see Me from now on because I am, I have the power of the right hand, you will see Me coming in the midst of Heaven, you will see Me on the throne, I, Myself, there is no other beside Me, I alone am God, this is what he is saying and the audience of the high preists of Israel knew exactly what he was saying, because there is no other way of interpreting it.
He saw Jesus at the right hand of God..so obviously he must have seen God. And note that he doesn't say Jesus was God..he says Jesus was at the right hand of God...
If you see one apple standing at the right hand of another apple, how many apples can you see? Answer = two.
There are too many scriptures to count which I posted above that say Jesus is at the right hand of God. That's where Jesus went after his ascension to sit beside the Father on the throne.
There are also the scriptures where it says God raised him up... he didn't raise Himself up!. Some who have said that the Father is like Jesus' sSpirit, and Jesus is like the flesh... it is impossible and makes no sense for Jesus's spirit to raise up his flesh, or for a person's flesh to be seated at the right hand of their spirit.
You are dead WRONG. I'm not the one denying that scripture plainly says Jesus is at God's right hand.
If you see one apple standing at the right hand of another apple, how many apples can you see? Answer = two.
There are too many scriptures to count which I posted above that say Jesus is at the right hand of God. That's where Jesus went after his ascension to sit beside the Father on the throne.
There are also the scriptures where it says God raised him up... he didn't raise Himself up!. Some who have said that the Father is like Jesus' sSpirit, and Jesus is like the flesh... it is impossible and makes no sense for Jesus's spirit to raise up his flesh, or for a person's flesh to be seated at the right hand of their spirit.
You are dead WRONG. I'm not the one denying that scripture plainly says Jesus is at God's right hand.
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Even if we interpret it to say "Jesus sits at the correct side of God".. it still means the same thing. There are two in heaven, Jesus and God (the Father). The Father.. raised Jesus up and sat him at his right hand. Scripture says the Father did that. Jesus did not do that himself.
Do you deny the scriptures I posted above which says that the Father (God) did these things to Jesus ? and Jesus did not do them Himself?
You cannot find one verse where it says Christ raised Himself up from the dead. Jesus said when he died on the cross
Luk 23:46 And when Jesus had cried with a loud voice, he said, Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit: and having said thus, he gave up the ghost.
So Jesus delivered his own spirit to the Father.. So it makes no sense to say that Jesus commended his own spirit into his own spirit in heaven. Nor does it make sense to say that Jesus commended himself into his own hands.
Do you deny the scriptures I posted above which says that the Father (God) did these things to Jesus ? and Jesus did not do them Himself?
You cannot find one verse where it says Christ raised Himself up from the dead. Jesus said when he died on the cross
Luk 23:46 And when Jesus had cried with a loud voice, he said, Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit: and having said thus, he gave up the ghost.
So Jesus delivered his own spirit to the Father.. So it makes no sense to say that Jesus commended his own spirit into his own spirit in heaven. Nor does it make sense to say that Jesus commended himself into his own hands.
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Its just the one that takes hold, bind, you see there is no 'hand', its just dexios, thats what Im explaining to you, look it up in your study aids, go to blue letter bible, you will see that no direction is implied and 'right hand' is translated from the Greek dexios, and a proper etymological study will reveal that it is derived from a sense of embracing, to take hold of and greet favourably, grant access, embracing the clear vision of or comprehension of Him - Jesus Christ, it means it's Him!
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In Revelation we have the picture of the throne room of God, the one who sits on the throne is God the Father, and here we see Christ (the Lamb) actually come and take a scroll from the one who is on the throne:
Rev 5:6 And I looked, and lo, in the midst of the throne and of the four living creatures, amidst the elders, a Lamb stood, as if it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth.
Rev 5:7 And He came and took the book out of the right hand of Him sitting on the throne.
So again, TWO In heaven, not one.
Rev 5:6 And I looked, and lo, in the midst of the throne and of the four living creatures, amidst the elders, a Lamb stood, as if it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth.
Rev 5:7 And He came and took the book out of the right hand of Him sitting on the throne.
So again, TWO In heaven, not one.
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When is the last time you preached about grace? When is the last time you taught the grace of God? When is the last time you ministered the grace of God to others? No one can be saved without it, not even all those scum bags that you refer to and that includes you and me brother! No one can grow in Christ without grace. No one can be restored or recover from episodes of sin without grace. If you are one of those guys that's big on repentance, you can't even repent unless God grants repentance to you through grace. The first thing that every believer should and have their hearts established in, is the grace of God. You want them to know Jesus Christ, well, He came here by grace and truth. If you don't preach and teach the grace of God or minister grace to guilty people, then you are not preaching Christ or being a good minister of the gospel of grace.
This is what the Bible says about what grace teaches us.
Titus 2:11-15
11 For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men,
12 Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world;
13 Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;
14 Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.
15 These things speak, and exhort, and rebuke with all authority. Let no man despise thee.
I don't see anything wimpy or sluggish about God's grace. Grace is not legalistic either. Whatever the grace of God demands of us, it supplies what we need to fulfill those demands and if we fail it does not leave us stranded but picks us up and restores us so that we can continue on. God's grace is the complete package no matter what kind of sinner we are or have been. BTW - the grace of God does not fall short of saving our wretched soul forever, because if grace fell short we would all be in serious trouble.
Who is God? He is the God of all grace!
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Further PROOF that there are TWO THRONES in heaven, one for Christ and one for the Father:
Rev 3:21 To him who overcomes I will grant to sit with Me in My throne, even as I also overcame and have sat down with My Father in His throne.
Jesus talks about His throne, then talks about His Father's throne. 1+1 = 2.
Likewise "throne of God AND of the Lamb"..there are two, God (Father) and the Lamb (Christ)
Rev 22:1 And he showed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb.
Here we see that the Father will give Him a throne: Jesus does not give Himself a throne! Again, there are two not one.
Luk 1:32 He shall be great and shall be called the Son of the Highest. And the Lord God shall give Him the throne of His father David.
Which is true that Joh 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
Only the Trinity, can explain how Christ can be both WITH God, and God at the same time.
Joh 1:2 The same was in the beginning with God.
It does not say, "The same was in the beginning as God".
Rev 3:21 To him who overcomes I will grant to sit with Me in My throne, even as I also overcame and have sat down with My Father in His throne.
Jesus talks about His throne, then talks about His Father's throne. 1+1 = 2.
Likewise "throne of God AND of the Lamb"..there are two, God (Father) and the Lamb (Christ)
Rev 22:1 And he showed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb.
Here we see that the Father will give Him a throne: Jesus does not give Himself a throne! Again, there are two not one.
Luk 1:32 He shall be great and shall be called the Son of the Highest. And the Lord God shall give Him the throne of His father David.
Which is true that Joh 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
Only the Trinity, can explain how Christ can be both WITH God, and God at the same time.
Joh 1:2 The same was in the beginning with God.
It does not say, "The same was in the beginning as God".
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In which case it can be explained as:
Joh 1:1 In the beginning was the Word (the pre-incarnate Jesus Christ), and the Word (the pre-incarnate Jesus Christ) was with God (the Father), and the Word was God (the Son).
The Trinity says there are three Persons in the one God, each Divine. The Son is as Divine and as much God as the Father.. but there are three, not One.
Your Oneness view, must deny that Christ was WITH God, as part of John 1:1 says, and so it is false.
Joh 1:1 In the beginning was the Word (the pre-incarnate Jesus Christ), and the Word (the pre-incarnate Jesus Christ) was with God (the Father), and the Word was God (the Son).
The Trinity says there are three Persons in the one God, each Divine. The Son is as Divine and as much God as the Father.. but there are three, not One.
Your Oneness view, must deny that Christ was WITH God, as part of John 1:1 says, and so it is false.