True Christians are disciples of Jesus.
True Christians are disciples of Jesus.
King James Bible, the New Testament
God is a Spirit.
God is almighty and supreme. Everything was created by God as THE Father of everything; otherwise, He is not God.
Only God is holy, Holy, HOLY (Isaiah 6:3 and Revelation 4:8). In truth, the entire concept of holiness is of and from God as the Father.
Knowing only God is Holy 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, period.
God is also love. Love from God is clearly different from mankind's, because only God is holy.
Love from God is holy because the source is holy. Mankind's brand of love cannot be holy because the source is not holy.
God gives Himself as His love in the most literal sense because He is literally the best of everything conceivable. Otherwise, He is not God. Therefore, the best gifts from God ARE of Himself, the Holy Spirit.
He does this in three ways: first and foremost, as a loving Father, as explained in the next sections titled "Who is God?." For now, God is THE Father to all who want to be His children, and His children call Him Father.
Unlike God, who is a Spirit-THE Holy Spirit, man is carnal and made of flesh from the elements of the earth.
King James Bible, the New Testament
We know God is THE Holy Spirit, but WHO is He?
First, we must understand and remember that God reveals Himself to us according to His will, as He decides. His will is the supreme law of existence, including the universe, because He made it. Therefore, ALL of God, His persona in all aspects, are God and each is part of the one and only Holy Spirit throughout time and the universe forever. Ephesians 4:4.
The Holy Spirit is the general term for God, but who is He specifically?
Per His will, God the Father has revealed Himself to us in three ways. Again, each of them is, by definition, a Holy Spirit and THE Holy Spirit because God is one Spirit, and each of the three individual presentations (personas) of God is God. Think of an apple pie divided into three large pieces. The whole pie is apple pie, and each piece is apple pie.
The Bible tells us the three revelations of God, the Holy Spirit, as personas and presentations of God so that we may come to know Him, from both:
From the perspective of heaven, the Spirit realm ("God in heaven"),
While God is the Holy Spirit and is individually and collectively the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost, the Father said has a servant, a soul, and a spirit (lowercase "s" intended) by which we can know Him on earth.
From the perspective of earth, the physical realm ("God with us on earth"), the Father said:
For now, think of the Father's spirit as truth. You will learn that every man (person) has a spirit of truth too.
(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 and the spirit (truth) in a persona (e.g., a person), respectively. Understanding the context is important, and it's easy if we understand who and what God and man are.)
King James Bible, the New Testament
Yes!
God (the Father) said He made man in His image and likeness.
(The plural reference to "us" acknowledges He regards Himself as a trinity of personas (the Father, His Word, and His Truth) for man's edification about Him and a trinity of presentations (servant/body, soul, and spirit) for man's recognition of Him.)
In the image of God, there are three personas of every person. All people have a spirit contained within a living soul and housed within a servant-their body.
Mankind has a body (his servant), a soul (life in him), and a spirit (truth in him). Therefore, if God created man in his image, God the Father must present Himself on earth, in the physical realm, as having a servant body, a soul, and a spirit like His Word says mankind has for us to know Him. He does!
(Please note, the "likeness of God" and mankind is discussed below.)
King James Bible, the New Testament
First of all, God the Father wants us to know Him! We do that through His Word by matching the three personas of God in heaven (in the Spirit realm) to the three presentations of God here on earth (in the physical human realm). Of course, He chose the personas and presentations according to His will in order for us to know Him if we choose to learn of Him, so let's do that.
"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:
Please remember: the Father is God and all aspects of His persona are of Himself as the Father, one God, one Spirit, the very life existence of the THE Holy Spirit!
(In the scriptures of the New Testament of the Bible, God is referred to simply as the "Spirit." The context of the scripture is very important because the Spirit is the Word, the Holy Ghost, and/or the Father whom we know by His will, and EACH of them is a Holy Spirit (i.e., part of the Spirit) because each is God. Any modern version of the Bible that changed "Holy Ghost" to "Holy Spirit" hides the Spirit of Truth and causes confusion. That is not a good idea under any circumstance.)
Yes. More specifically, the question is: are there scriptures that say the spirit (lower case "s" intended") of the Father is the Spirit of Truth (the Holy Ghost)? Yes.
Reproofs: The books of the New Testament written by Matthew and Mark recount the same event, referring to the spirit (will) of the Father (revealed to us as His wills) 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 as the Spirit of Truth 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 which agree together and bear witness to the Father's will!
Compare:
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See also, the discussions of Romans chapter 8 and 1 Corinthians chapter 2 in a later section.
King James Bible, the New Testament
Of course, God is eternal. Thus, 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 the likeness of God, man is eternal. Even though his body on earth is perishable like a piece of fruit. Man's soul is eternal. If a person is not "born again" (saved) of the Spirit, they will suffer a second death in hell when their body dies.
The soul of man is his life that is given to him as a possession, and each of us is our own god to choose eternal life in the luxury of heaven or eternal death in the torments of hell as the second death.
Jesus is the way for us to live forever in heaven, so let's learn of Him!
Human history and the New Testament of the King James Bible.
Jesus is a child of God (of the Spirit) and a child of mankind (of the flesh). He said,
...the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.
John 6:63.
To appreciate who and what Jesus is as the first and only begotten child of the Father (God), we must know the "nature" of the parents always determines the nature of their offspring. For example, zebras (animals) are born from zebras as animals, sparrows (birds) from sparrows as birds, perch (fish) from perch as fish, and people (humans) from people as humans. Being born of God means being born of the Spirit. Jesus was born a human child (mankind) and the Father's son (Spirit)!
Recall that man is body, soul, and spirit.
The Father placed Himself, as His Word, inside a human as the spirit (truth) of that human named Jesus.
Think of the phrase "the Word was made flesh" (John 1:14) as the Word (Spirit) being given a flesh suit to dwell within because that which is born of the flesh is flesh and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit, see John 3:6.)
Using the peach as an example of man, the nut is the Word of God in the man Jesus (and all who believe and follow Him). Believing in Jesus as the savior gives the believer the power to become a son of God according to the Word like the power inside a seed that grows a great tree.
Human history and the King James Bible.
Jesus is a child of God (of the Spirit) and a child of mankind (of the flesh). He said,
...the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.
John 6:63.
No. There can be no faith in something that has already happened because it is a fact. Whatever happens, are facts to be believed.
For example, the death of Jesus on the cross and His resurrection unto life thereafter are well-documented events of human history! In fact, most of the original disciples, more than five hundred (500) miscellaneous people who knew Jesus, and Paul (the guy who authored almost 2/3 of the New Testament) all saw Him alive days after His lifeless body was taken off the cross He was nailed to and buried in a tomb.
The events of Jesus' death and resurrection are facts to be believed.
When we believe them and the promise of salvation Jesus gave us, we have the “power to become” God's sons (children) by faith. Faith is belief put into action, i.e., conduct (action) in reliance on the belief. Confessing (admitting) sin and repentance from sin are the first actions (conduct) of faith to be saved. Confession and repentance are required to be born again of the Spirit (saved).
Thomas saith unto him, Lord, we know not whither thou goest;
and how can we know the way?
Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life:
no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
John 14:5-6.
The spirit (truth) of Jesus is the Word of God the Father. Thus, Jesus IS the Lord!
Yes. From the beginning of time and forever thereafter, the Word of God is God that created all things. All creatures (humans too) were crafted by the Word of God.
As humans, our first introduction to God is by the Word of God. The Word is in the Bible. The Word says:
When Jesus offered Himself (His body, soul, and spirit) on the cross; and shed His blood and died, He did so in love to give us the power to become sons of God. Therefore, Jesus and the cross is the physical door to the Spirit. As the Spirit, the Word of God is the doorway of the Spirit. The Holy Ghost lets us go in and out of the Spirit to commune with the Father and know His will personally and individually so we can do it!
The Hubble Space Telescope provides a detailed look at the core of the giant spiral galaxy Messier51 (M51). These images, taken at different wavelengths of light, reveal complex structure and detail in the galaxy's core, which is thought to hide a massive black hole.
Metaphor? Coincidence?
The core of the whirlpool galaxy. Most sources agree that M51 is located around 25 million light-years away. A "light year" is about six trillion miles!
But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men. 2 Peter 3:7.
But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night;...the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up. 2 Peter 3:10.
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