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THE TRINITY
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The word TRINITY is not found in the BIBLE. There is no religious
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significance or value in the word, alone. What is special is the
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understanding of the TRIUNE nature of the ONE GOD. We can best explain
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this by stating that we, ourselves, exist as a triune entity.
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We have a BODY (flesh) that we walk and talk and touch with.
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We have a MIND (soul) that is our will and our intellect.
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We have a SPIRIT that controls our very nature - this can be the old
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or "worldly" spirit or the NEW spirit received by being "born again".
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If you could take away your mind, you no longer are you. If you
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take away your spirit, you cease to behave like yourself. If you take
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away your body - well, that doesn't need to be expressed, does it?
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Only when all THREE of you are "together" are you really the ONE
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person that we all know and love (?).
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Within the NATURE of ONE GOD, there are THREE eternal MINISTERS
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or persons: God the FATHER, God the SON and GOD the HOLY SPIRIT. One
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GOD by essence, eternally complete and immutable (meaning without
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possibility of change - or unchanging). Many "cults" today attempt to
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deal with these MINISTERS as separate GODS; However, the BIBLE clearly
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states that there is but ONE GOD.
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Deuteronomy 6:4 and 32:39 - Isaiah 43:10 to 11 and 44:6 to 8
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Psalm 86:10 - Mark 12:29 - Galatians 3:20 - I Corinthians 8:4,6
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While ONE GOD is expressed, THREE MINISTERING ENTITIES are shown
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throughout the Bible. EACH entity is shown to have the same attributes
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and authority that is given to the other entity. At no time is one
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entity shown to be greater or lesser than the other. It may be best to
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express this by stating that each ENTITY ministers to us in a SPECIFIC
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and clearly designed manner as needed by each of us. These attributes
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are:
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CREATOR
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FATHER JESUS HOLY SPIRIT
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Isaiah 64:8 & 44:24 John 1:3 Job 26:13 & 33:4
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Genesis 1:1 Hebrews 1:2
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Revelation 4:8,11 Colossians 1:15-17
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INDWELL US
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FATHER JESUS HOLY SPIRIT
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2 Corinthians 6:16 Colossians 1:27 John 14:17
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Romans 8:10 Romans 8:9
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Galatians 2:20 I Cor 3:16
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FIRST AND LAST
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FATHER JESUS
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Isaiah 43:10 Revelation 1:17
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Revelation 21:6 Revelation 2:8 and 22:13
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ALPHA AND OMEGA
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FATHER JESUS
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Revelation 1:8 Revelation 22:13,16
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Revelation 21:6
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I AM
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FATHER JESUS
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Exodus 3:14,15 John 8:58
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IMMANUEL
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FATHER JESUS
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Isaiah 8:8 Isaiah 7:14
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Matthew 1:23
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RESURRECTION
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FATHER JESUS HOLY SPIRIT
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I Thessalonians 1:10 John 2:19 Romans 8:11
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Acts 2:32 17:30,31
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DRAWS AND CONVICTS
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FATHER JESUS HOLY SPIRIT
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John 6:44 John 12:32 I Cor 12:3
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John 12:32 John 16:13-15
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LIFE GIVER
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FATHER JESUS HOLY SPIRIT
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Genesis 2:7 John 1:3,4 17:2 2 Cor 3:6,17
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SAVIOR
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FATHER JESUS
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Isaiah 43:3 John 4:42
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Psalm 106:21 1 John 4:14
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Isaiah 45:21-23 Acts 4:12 20:28
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TO BE WORSHIPPED:
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"EVERY KNEE SHALL BOW, EVERY TONGUE CONFESS.."
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FATHER JESUS
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Isaiah 45:22,23 Philippians 2:10
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Romans 14:10,11 Matthew 28:18
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JUDGE
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FATHER JESUS HOLY SPIRIT
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Joel 3:12 2 Cor 5:10 John 16:8
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Genesis 18:25 2 Timothy 4:1
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IS GOD
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FATHER JESUS HOLY SPIRIT
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John 5:18 John 1:1,14 Acts 5:3,4
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I Cor 1:3 John 20:28
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THREE PERSONS
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I John 5:7 | Matthew 28:19 | Romans 8:9 | Titus 3:4-6
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Jude 20,21 | Matthew 3:16,17
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THE REAL HOLY SPIRIT
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In Mormonism the "Holy Ghost" is a personage, or a god, but the "Holy
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Spirit" is an impersonal force. The Mormons refer to verses that the
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Holy Spirit is symbolized by oil, fire and water and show that these
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are "impersonal". The Bible referes to the Father and the Son as
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"bread of life", "living water" and other "impersonal" terms. Again,
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we must look at the context. In John 16:7, our Lord is placing His
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emphasis on His going away and the Holy Spirit's being sent by the
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Father to replace our Lord himself. This change (or replacement),
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Jesus says, would be beneficial for His disciples. AN IMPERSONAL FORCE
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COULD HARDLY IMPROVE ON THE PERSONAL PRESENCE OF OUR LORD, JESUS
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CHRIST! The word in Hebrew and the word in Greek for SPIRIT and
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GHOST both mean the same, "breath or wind" and the "translators" of
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the King James Bible noted that the Greek word denoted a neuter gender
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and mistranslated to be an "IT", but they did utilize the word Ghost
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and Spirit and interchanged them on many occassions. The words as
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translated are from only ONE word in Hebrew and ONE word in Greek -
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therefore there is NOT two words for SPIRIT and GHOST - only ONE. Now,
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let's look at this ONE entity called the HOLY SPIRIT. In John 16:13
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and 14 we see our Lord, Jesus telling us this about the Holy Spirit,
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"HE shall not speak of HIMSELF ... HE shall glorify me ... HE shall
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receive of mine ....". NOTE that our LORD gives PERSONALITY to the
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Spirit. Otherwise our Lord would have used the term that Mormons use
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"IT".
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Jesus repeatedly (John 16:7-15) uses the MASCULINE PERSONAL
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pronoun "He" when referring to the Spirit. Jesus used the term clearly
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to tell us that the Spirit had personality and intimacy.
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Ananias was struck dead for lying to the HOLY SPIRIT (Acts 5:3).
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You cannot lie to an impersonal force! It would be like walking up to
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a window box fan, turning it on and facing its "force" and then
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telling lie after lie to it - IT WOULD NOT CARE THE SLIGHEST, WOULD
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IT? Now, you look at Ananias and, if you are not a complete idiot, you
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would not repeat his behavior, now would you? The Holy Spirit and the
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Holy Ghost are not two different items mentioned in the Bible. There
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is only one entity referred to as both HOLY GHOST and HOLY SPIRIT.
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The Holy Spirit is a person. The Spirit may be "grieved"
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(Ephesians 4:30) and "sinned against" by UNFORGIVABLE blasphemy (Mark
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3:29). None of these things are possible for an "impersonal force".
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The Holy Ghost does things which only a person COULD do.
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He SPEAKS:
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"The Spirit said unto Philip, 'Go near'" (Acts 8:29)
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He STRIVES:
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"My Spirit shall not strive with man forever" (Genesis 6:3)
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- "The Spirit also helpeth our infirmity ... [and] MAKETH INTERCESSION
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for us." (Romans 8:26)
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He REVEALS, SEARCHES, and KNOWS:
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"But God hath revealed them unto us by His Spirit; for the Spirit
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searcheth all things ... the things of God knoweth no man but the
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Spirit of God" (I Corinthians 2:10,11). Other verses can be shown that
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the Spirit IDENTIFIES with believers (Acts 15:28), The Spirit is
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ETERNAL (Hebrews 9:14), OMNIPRESENT (Psalm 139:7-10), DOES GOD'S WORK
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(Genesis 1:2), INVOLVED IN REGENERATION (John 3:8), participates in
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the RESURRECTION (Romans 8:11).
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Paul identifies the Spirit as the speaker to Isaiah. Acts
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28:25-26 and Isaiah 6:8,9. An impersonal force does not counsel,
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speak, feel, or anything resembling personality. The HOLY SPIRIT is a
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person - one of the THREE ENTITIES of the ONE TRUE GOD.
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There is but ONE GOD. Yet the THREE PERSONS or MINISTERS - the
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FATHER, the SON and the HOLY SPIRIT (GHOST) - are eternally linked and
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spoken of as ONE in their existance, authority and power. You cannot
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separate them into three separate gods.
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If A=D and B=D and C=D, then A=B=C=D!
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If the Father if God
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If the Son is God
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If the Holy Sprit is God
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then
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The Father equals the Son equals the Spirit equals TRUE GOD
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Computers For Christ - San Jose, CA
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