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The Holy Spirit is not God's power in action. The Holy Spirit is the spirit of God, one of the three members of God.
At Jesus baptism you see all three present. God the Father, Jesus the Son, and the Holy Spirit, who proceeds from them. The Father speaking and the Spirit descending and Jesus walking ashore from the river. It is the Holy Spirit who works in is walks along side us, and powers us. He is sent from the Father and from Jesus to do so.
Gen 1:1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
Gen 1:2 And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.

Mat 1:20 But while he thought on these things, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife: for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost.

Rom 8:14 For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.

1Co 8:6 But to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in him.

Eph 4:6 One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.

The Bible only attributes the Father as God, and the Son shall be called the everlasting Father, and Jesus said if you have seen Him then you have seen the Father, and the works that He does is not His own but the Father that dwells in Him, He does the works, and there is only one throne in heaven, and one who sits on the throne, which is the throne of God and the Lamb, God in the glorified body of the man Christ Jesus.

When the Bible says there is one God it means one God.

Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are the 3 relationships God has with His people.

Father- Creator, and parent of the saints.

Son- God's visible relationship with the saints.

Holy Spirit- God's invisible relationship with the saints.

Let us make man in our image.

Adam made in the image of God.

In the New Testament Adam made in the image of Christ.

The image of God is the image of Christ which He created Adam in the image that He would show up in the future.

So the let us make man in our image has to include the man Christ Jesus for He is part of that image.

It is not a trinity but a prophetic statement to the coming Son of God, the Father, and the man Christ Jesus which the Son was made according to the flesh, made of a woman, made under the law.

Baptize in the name of Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

Those are not names but titles, and the name is Jesus.

Jesus came in the Father's name.

The Son inherited the name from the Father.

The Holy Spirit comes in the name of Jesus.

Jews, Gentiles, and Samaritans, were all baptized in the name of Jesus.

All that we do in word and deed do all in the name of Jesus.

Jesus at the right hand of God.

There is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus.

There is only one throne in heaven which is the throne of God and the Lamb, God in the glorified body of the man Christ Jesus.

Jesus said all power is given unto me in heaven and earth.

God's right hand represents power, wisdom, and salvation.

David said the LORD said unto my Lord sit at my right hand until I make your enemies your footstool.

For the Son must reign until His enemies are conquered, and then the Son shall submit to the Father that God may be all in all.

God exalted the man Christ Jesus to exercise the throne of power, be at His right hand, until His enemies are conquered, and then the Son shall submit to the Father, stop being at the right hand, that God may be all in all.

The Son being at the right hand is a temporary role, and the only person we will see in heaven is Jesus, which He told Philip if you have seen me then you have seen the Father.

When the Bible says there is one God it means one God so why do people make a trinity out of the titles.

The Father speaking, and the dove landing on Jesus, and Jesus there does not mean there is a trinity for God can manifest Himself in different ways to a million people if He wants for He is an omnipresent Spirit.
 

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"Many there are that forever continue with the way of the world as their
master of deception and great falseness that brings no hope of a spiritual commitment
in any age."
 

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'In this passage, Jesus warns about false prophets who are dangerous, destructive people who use
and abuse others in pursuit of their own gain. Some Christians interpret this passage as referring to
any false teachers within the Christian church who preach against the Gospel. The metaphor
of "a wolf in sheep's clothing" has become a common English expression.'

'In the Bible, wolves are repeatedly mentioned as an enemy of flocks. They are also a metaphor for evil men
with a lust for power and dishonest gain, as well as a metaphor for Satan preying on innocent God-fearing Christians.'
 

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"As disturbing as it is, there will unlikely be a decline in the erroneous language put forth by
those that simply have no inclination of truth from a delusional disorder. Delusional disorder is a type
of mental health condition where a person can’t distinguish between what’s real and what’s imagined.
The main symptom is the presence of one or more delusions, which are unshakable beliefs in something that isn’t true."


'And this disorder surely has presence in the political atmosphere, as well as in the Christian atmosphere.
Amazing how human nature has ventured this far. So bizarre, that conceivably, AI will one day replace the
human race as it is known today. AI conceivably, could well bring about a near perfect species, more in line
that of which God so intended.'


* "The Metaphorical Theory of hell and heaven is the belief that these two concepts are not literal places,
but are instead used to describe the experience of being separated from God. The mind is its own place,
and in itself can make a heaven of Hell, a hell of Heaven."

*(compiled from various public domain sources.
Intended solely as informative and subjects to reflect on )
 

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"Warnings appear subtle, yet of profound significance, bringing cause of being
completely ignored, and this being a grave error. Arranging historical history has been
passed down by humans, and human minds often in fear of the unknown, tend to put
forth pretentious authority, and this bringing cause of inventing worldly intellectual safety
features to pacify their own fear of truth, often more terrifying than falsehood.

~You shall not bear a false report; do not join your hand with a wicked man to be a malicious witness. Guard what has been entrusted to you, avoiding worldly and empty chatter and the opposing arguments of what is falsely called “knowledge”— Therefore I hate every false way. ~
~Spiritually Inspired~

"By no means is this to judge nor offend. Obviously there are reasons of the events being witnessed,
and has it not been told of a great falling away from God! Each can come to their own conclusion."


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The “falling away” that is talked about in 2 Thess. 2:3, can be somewhat identified by scripture. The verses after that describe a man that EXALTS himself as GOD! He allows himself to be worshipped as God. He sits as God in the temple of God and shows himself to be God. ANYONE come to mind?? While this could be symbolic for any man in any age who does these things, I believe He is describing the “POPE”. The Pope claims to be God on earth; he claims to be divine; he claims to be infallible. He lets people bow down and worship him. John bowed down to an ANGEL from heaven and the angel told him not to do that. Rev. 22:8 He said I am also a man—-you worship God. Did you get that? We are not to bow down in worship to any man —even an angel. We are only to bow down and worship God.

Another reason, I believe this is describing the Catholic Church is because for 600 years after Christ established His church in Matt. 16:18, His church was the only one in existence. Romans 16:16 says they were called churches of Christ. There were no denominations—just one church. Then in 606 AD Greggory became the first “Pope.” The Catholic Church became the first “denomination” to leave the church of Christ and become a “different” church. It was a “falling away” from the first and original church that Jesus built.

The warning given in Rev. 22:18-19 was first given in Deuteronomy 4:2, 12:32, then Proverbs 30:6 and finally, Rev. 22:18-19. In the “beginning” of the Bible, in the “middle” of the Bible, and at the “end” of the Bible. I think God considers that pretty important, don’t you?
 

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"Many there are that know not to choose words wisely.
Words may be forgiven, but not forgotten."
 

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The Holy Spirit is an active force?

Are you Jehovah's Witness by chance?
Read John 14-16, those three chapters, and notice that Jesus' language assumes that the Holy Spirit is a Person, the third Person of the Trinity with the Father and Jesus as the ONE true God. In seminary, I was doing research in the library about the Gospel of John. One of the commentaries was written by a liberal scholar who admitted that he didn't believe that God inspired the Bible. His conclusion, after commenting on the Gospel of John, was that John believed in the Trinity, that is, that God is mysteriously three Persons in one God. We need to humble ourselves to accept the fact that we can't figure God out completely. He is God; we are not.
 

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**('Deconstruction often starts when someone experiences an “anomaly” in their experience of faith.
It could be a traumatic experience of harm in the church, a self-contradictory church teaching, or
inconsistent practices from churches and church leaders.')


**(Intended solely as informative and subjects to reflect on)
 

Bingo

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**Studied Christian Theology and Philosophy

For the classic Protestant, though the individual believer has the right to the private interpretation of Scripture, they are capable of misinterpreting the Bible. But while they can misinterpret Scripture, they do not have the right to do it! In other words, with the right of private interpretation comes the responsibility of making an accurate interpretation. Not one shall have the right to distort the teaching of Scripture.

**( 'Articles in this thread are compiled from various
public domain sources.' Intended solely as informative
and subjects to reflect on )

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