True Christians are the disciples of Jesus-the Word of God.
True Christians are the disciples of Jesus-the Word of God.
King James Bible
God is a Spirit.
(The Jews call Him Elohim, the one God of all.)
Only God is holy, Holy, HOLY (Isaiah 6:3 and Revelation 4:8), and the entire concept of holiness is only associated with God, because true holiness is only of and from God.
Knowing only God is Holy by nature and God is a Spirit (John 4:24), we know God is not only a holy Spirit, He is THE Holy Spirit.
Never forget, ALL of God IS the one and only Holy Spirit, because no other Spirit is Holy. Thus, each and every aspect of God is also the Holy Spirit.
God is almighty and supreme, and everything was created by God as THE Father of everything; otherwise, He is not God.
As a loving Father, God is THE Father to all who want to be His children. His children call Him Father.
As explained in the next sections, according to the Bible not all people are His children, despite what you may think or have been taught previously. That said, all who believe in Him are given the power to become the children of God.
Thus, God is also love.
(Please note that the God-kind of love is clearly different from mankind's love. Love of/from God is holy because the source is naturally holy. Mankind's brand of love cannot be holy because the source is not naturally holy.)
Unlike God, who is a Spirit-THE Holy Spirit, man is carnal and made of flesh from the elements of the earth.
Yes. We must understand and remember that the will of God is the supreme law of the universe and all of creation because He made it and everything possible. Therefore, He reveals Himself to us according to His will, as He decides. Thus, all aspects of God's persona that He chooses to use as a revelation of Himself are God, and each is part of the one and only Holy Spirit (the "Spirit") throughout time and the universe forever.
In the most literal sense, God the Father gives of Himself in love because He is literally the best of everything conceivable. Otherwise, He is not God. Therefore, the best gifts are of God and from Himself-the one and only Holy Spirit.
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Per His will, like a true loving Father, God reveals Himself to us in three ways. The Bible tells us the three revelations of God, the Holy Spirit, as personas and presentations, so that we may come to know Him, from both:
When we compare the two perspectives, we find the great revelation of Himself that He intended, according to His will (i.e., in the manner He decides).
The Father chose certain presentations of His own persona so that we could know Him on earth if we chose to learn of Him, so let's do that!
We start with His Word. Of course, the Word of God is God-the Holy Spirit.
Thus, how does He present Himself according to His Word; How did He describe Himself?
From the perspective of heaven, the Spirit realm (the personas of "God in heaven"), the scriptures say:
The Holy Spirit (God) is individually and collectively the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost. Each of the three personas are God-THE Holy Spirit because He is one Spirit, (see Ephesians 4:4, above). Think of an apple pie divided into three large pieces. The whole pie is the apple pie, and each piece is apple pie.
From the perspective of earth, the physical realm (the presentations of "God with us on earth"), the Father said:
The Father said He has a servant, a soul, and a spirit (lowercase "s" intended) by which we can know Him on earth. For now, think of spirit as truth.
When we hold Him at His Word and match the three personas of God in the Spirit realm where heaven is His home, to the three presentations of God here on earth in the physical human realm of our home, we discover the pathway to Him and heaven just as He planned.
"God in heaven" (i.e., the personas of God in the Spirit):
matched with
"God on earth" (i.e., the presentations of God in the physical earth):
gives us this result:
He is THE almighty and great "I am". To us, He exists according to His will because He is God. Thus, we come to know the Father as the soul of God as the Father's will (according to His will) because He is God and the Father (creator/originator) of everything.
Whatever the Father says is a statement of His will and is or shall become proving His Word is part of Him, God. The bible says, "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God...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." John 1:1 and 14.
As discussed below in the context of His only begotten son, Jesus, there are then two contexts we MUST embrace. The only begotten son of the Father, is both:
(Jesus is collectively and individually God in heaven and His servant on earth, as explained in detail below. See also, Isaiah 42:1 and Matthew 12:18 above.)
Not surprisingly, the Father's truth is also called the "Spirit of Truth" because He is absolute truth. The Spirit of Truth (Holy Ghost) bears witness to the Father's Word and evidences the Father's will in power because God is absolutely, prophetically, truthful. The Spirit of Truth (the Holy Ghost) teaches us all things, reminds us of what Jesus said, quickens our mortal bodies, and much more. See John 14:17, 15:26, 16:13, 1 John 4:6, and Romans 8:8, for starters.
King James Bible
Yes.
The plural reference to "us" acknowledges the fact He regards Himself as a trinity of personas: the Father Himself, His Word (whatever He says), and His Truth. God is also a trinity of presentations (servant/body, soul, and spirit) for man's recognition of his likeness to Him as explained in detail below.
Of course, God is eternal. The Father is eternal, His Word is eternal, and His Spirit of Truth (the Holy Ghost) is eternal. Therefore, mankind must also be eternal in some way in order for us to be created in His image and likeness.
In the image of God, mankind has a body (his servant), a soul (life in him), and a spirit (truth in him). All people have a spirit contained within a living soul and housed within a servant-their body.
In the likeness of God the Father, the soul of God, man's soul is eternal even though our earthly body is perishable like a piece of fruit.
The soul of every person is the life that is given to them as a possession.
Thus, each of us is our own god because we are given control over our own eternal destiny.
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