How many spirits in godhead?
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A person is a being with specific attributes, and in the case of the Godhead there are three divine Persons, yet one God.
The Father is a Spirit (John 4:24), yet He is depicted as being visible on His throne (Dan 7).
The Son is now in a glorious and glorified body (Rev 1).
The Holy Spirit is Spirit, and is also depicted as the Seven Spirits of God (Rev 4:5).
The Bible also says regarding Christ, that "For in Him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily" (Col 2:9). Furthermore when Christ was on earth, He said that He was also in Heaven at the same time (John 3:13). These things cannot be grasped or explained with the human mind, since they are spiritual realities.
Christians need to be careful by understanding that all of this is the Mystery of God, and the Mystery of Godliness.
The Father is a Spirit (John 4:24), yet He is depicted as being visible on His throne (Dan 7).
The Son is now in a glorious and glorified body (Rev 1).
The Holy Spirit is Spirit, and is also depicted as the Seven Spirits of God (Rev 4:5).
The Bible also says regarding Christ, that "For in Him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily" (Col 2:9). Furthermore when Christ was on earth, He said that He was also in Heaven at the same time (John 3:13). These things cannot be grasped or explained with the human mind, since they are spiritual realities.
Christians need to be careful by understanding that all of this is the Mystery of God, and the Mystery of Godliness.
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God is one, but He is expressed in 3 ways.
The father, creator, ruler, the Son, His word, His creative ability that which brought everything into being,
His Spirit, the essence of who God is, His heart, His direction, His thoughts and desires.
All three aspects are expressed separately and yet together.
Because all three are eternal they are God, yet equally they are not the same.
How this mystery is tied together we could speculate, except it is driven by what we know not what
we understand. As they are not 3 gods, but 1, there is only 1 Spirit, the Holy Spirit.
In this analogy, in a sense Jesus always had the Holy Spirit, because the Holy Spirit is His Spirit.
In this case the anointing by the Holy Spirit on Jesus at His baptism was an anointing of ministry
and not a new in dwelling of the Holy Spirit because that is always present in Him.
Equally Jesus sent the Holy Spirit at Pentecost as as anointing, because the disciples had been
already been filled with the Spirit when Jesus appeared to them in the upper room.
22 And with that he breathed on them and said, "Receive the Holy Spirit."
John 20
So Pentecost was a sign of anointing and not the first receiving of the Holy Spirit.
The father, creator, ruler, the Son, His word, His creative ability that which brought everything into being,
His Spirit, the essence of who God is, His heart, His direction, His thoughts and desires.
All three aspects are expressed separately and yet together.
Because all three are eternal they are God, yet equally they are not the same.
How this mystery is tied together we could speculate, except it is driven by what we know not what
we understand. As they are not 3 gods, but 1, there is only 1 Spirit, the Holy Spirit.
In this analogy, in a sense Jesus always had the Holy Spirit, because the Holy Spirit is His Spirit.
In this case the anointing by the Holy Spirit on Jesus at His baptism was an anointing of ministry
and not a new in dwelling of the Holy Spirit because that is always present in Him.
Equally Jesus sent the Holy Spirit at Pentecost as as anointing, because the disciples had been
already been filled with the Spirit when Jesus appeared to them in the upper room.
22 And with that he breathed on them and said, "Receive the Holy Spirit."
John 20
So Pentecost was a sign of anointing and not the first receiving of the Holy Spirit.
J
i dont think we are anything like that. Jesus is a stand alone being, the Father is a stand alone being, they both act independently of one another. i dont know of any person here in this world that can go to work while at the same time his other self goes to the store and his third self works in the back yard.
I see the Father and the Son as manifestations of God..
The Father is God manifested in Heaven
The Son is God manifested in the flesh
The Holy Spirit to me is God..
In the following verse we see Jesus described as God..
1 Timothy 3: KJV
16 "And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory."
I see all three existing at the same time and being One..
The Father is God manifested in Heaven
The Son is God manifested in the flesh
The Holy Spirit to me is God..
In the following verse we see Jesus described as God..
1 Timothy 3: KJV
16 "And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory."
I see all three existing at the same time and being One..
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