True Christians are disciples of Jesus.
True Christians are disciples of Jesus.
God is love.
God is a Spirit.
(Note: The King James New Testament of the Bible uses both the capital "S" and lowercase "s" when referring to the Spirit of God as God. Understanding the context is important, and it's easy if we understand who and what God is.)
In the Bible, God is called the "Spirit" or "Spirit of God" because He is a Spirit (John 4:24, above).
Of course, all of God is holy, Holy, HOLY. (Isaiah 6:3 and Revelation 4:8).
Therefore, God is the one and only holy Spirit, the "Holy Spirit". The Holy Spirit is God.
Also, God is the Father to His children, and His children call Him Father.
(Note: The Bible must be timeless, meaning the scriptures must consistently present God's identity throughout, covering the past, present, and future of human history even though He reveals Himself differently as history progresses. This is where the context of the scriptures is important. Again, it's easy to follow with the proper foundations presented here.)
God reveals Himself to us in three ways. Of course, each of the three individual presentations of God is God. All three of those presentations are, by definition, the one Holy Spirit or simply the Spirit of God.
The Bible tells us of the three presentations of the Spirit (God) from both (i) the perspective of heaven and (ii) the perspective of earth.
From the perspective of heaven ("God in heaven"),
Therefore, the Father is God, the Word is God, and the Holy Ghost is God, and each (individually or any combination) is the Holy Spirit of God or simply the Spirit.
From the perspective of earth ("God with us on earth"),
Therefore, the Father (God) said He has a servant, a soul, and a spirit (lowercase "s" intended). (For now, think of the Father's spirit as His will/truth because both are absolute and connected.)
We understand the three presentations of God, also called a "trinity" meaning "three," by matching the three pieces of God in heaven to the three presentations of God with us here on earth.
God in heaven plus God with us on earth:
"God in heaven":
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"God with us on earth":
means
God is one Holy Spirit (Ephesians 4:4-6) comprising:
The Holy Ghost is also called the "Spirit of Truth." The Spirit of Truth (Holy Ghost) bears witness to the Father's will, reminds us of what His Word says, and teaches us all things; see John 14:17, 15:26, 16:13, and 1 John 4:6.
Reproofs:
The books of the New Testament written by Matthew and Mark recount the same event, referring to the spirit (will/truth) of the Father as "the Spirit of your Father" (Matthew) and "the Holy Ghost" (Mark). Thus, the original disciples understood the meaning, significance, and identity of the Holy Ghost in the context of God, the Father, as well as the distinction between the term Holy Spirit partially comprised of the Holy Ghost and the Word.
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Unlike God who is Spirit, man is made of flesh from the elements of the earth.
As to structure, God said He made man in His image and likeness.
In the image of God, there are three presentations (aspects) of every person.
In the likeness of God, all people have a spirit contained within a living soul and housed within a servant-their body.
Man's soul is eternal because the Father is the soul of God and He is eternal.
Example: Compare a person to a peach pictured below. The peach has skin covering the flesh (the body) like we do. The body of the peach is peach. The flesh (body and mind) of man is man. The life center of the peach that the flesh grows around is the pit. The pit of a peach is peach. Our flesh grows around our soul (life). The soul of man is man. The seed within the pit can grow a peach tree and bear much fruit. The seed of a peach is peach. The spirit (will/truth) of man is man. The spirit of man can be renewed by His Spirit enabling us to do many mighty works.
The Father is all-sufficient and we know Him according to His will, i.e., as He decides.
He speaks to everyone through His Word and to His children individually through His spirit, the Holy Ghost. The Word and the Holy Ghost always agree.
For clarity, the Holy Ghost is how humans communicate directly with the Father when we become His children. The Father made it possible, according to His will, when He placed His Word (Spirit) inside a human at conception. Of course, That human is named Jesus. The Word in Him made Him the Son of God, the savior of man as a son of man. Jesus proved the Word by living it and He showed us the way in doing so.
Yes. We need not understand why God is the almighty one or how He came to be, so long as we accept He is capable of doing anything and everything, otherwise He is not God. From the perspective of an almighty existence, therefore, the Father's purposes are according to His desires (i.e., His will), and He reveals Himself to us on His terms. We pray for God's will to be done. Jesus said:
In other words, He is sovereign. He is authority, and His ways (will) are always supreme. The certainty of His will is what makes Him the Almighty.
In order for anyone to receive "salvation" and live forever as a child of His, the pathway must be according to God’s will, by His design, and we must be able to engage Him as our loving Father. Therefore, if we are His children, we shall know Him as our Father individually and serve Him directly, but not all are His children.
God is just (Romans 3:26). If all have sinned and come short of the glory of God (Romans 3:23), only He can save us from our sins.
Yes, absolutely and no doubt about it!
Based on what we know from the Bible, God is a trinity, and each piece is part of the Spirit when we refer to God as the Spirit. However, the Bible also speaks of "seven spirits of God", see Revelation 3:1, 4:5, and 5:6. When we get to heaven, He will reveal Himself to us in total forever.
Thus, even science (physics, chemistry, math,..., and all other intellectual pursuits), is called foolishness to God, considering there are potentially four other realms of His existence that mankind knows nothing about. So, how smart can "smart" people be when they rebuke the existence of God based on their science? That's the point. God is almighty, and mankind gets puffed up in his own mind and overlooks creation seeking an explanation for his own existence. Because science has an error factor in everything, we also know science cannot be God as it is to some.
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