SPELLING EDITED

M-5. WHY the HOLY SPIRIT is the FATHER?

            According to the doctrine of the Trinity, there are THREE separate distinct persons in ONE God.

The doctrine of the Trinity states that these THREE divine beings are the THREE persons of the Godhead. They are called God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit, but yet they are NOT three separate God's. Rather, there is only ONE God in THREE separate distinct persons or three separate divine eternal beings.

The doctrine of the Trinity goes on to state that all THREE persons of the Trinity, also called the triune God, are CO-EQUAL in every way where none is less than nor greater than the other. The Son of God is equal to the Father. The Son is God and is equal to the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit is equal to the Father. No person of the one Godhead Trinity God is less than or greater than another person of the triune God. All three are equal to each other.

The doctrine of the Trinity also states that all THREE persons of the Trinity are CO-ETERNAL meaning that ALL THREE persons of the triune God have always existed as having divine IMMORTALITY within themselves being self-existing WITHOUT every having a BEGINNING or ENDING. The Father had no beginning. The Son had no beginning. And the Holy Spirit had no beginning.

In other words, according to the doctrine of the Trinity, ALL THREE persons of the Trinity have ALWAYS self-existed as IMMORTAL ETERNAL divine distinctly different and separate beings from each other WITHOUT ever having a BEGINNING or end. And what the Trinity doctrine means by self-existing having life within themselves is that no other eternal being gave them eternal life. But rather, ALL THREE persons of the Trinity have ALWAYS had life in themselves, in that, each distinct person of the Trinity has always been a separate distinct IMMORTAL divine being from each other but at the same time the ONE Eternal God.

ACCORDING TO the doctrine or the teaching of the TRINITY:

Almighty God the Father is NOT the Son!

Almighty God the Father is NOT the Holy Spirit!

Jesus, the Son of Almighty God the Father is NOT the Father!

Jesus, the Son of Almighty God the Father is NOT the Holy Spirit!

The Holy Spirit is NOT Almighty God the FATHER!

The Holy Spirit is NOT Jesus, the SON OF Almighty God!

Here is a diagram drawing illustrating the doctrine of the Trinity:

            So then, ACCORDING to the DOCTRINE or the teaching of the TRINITY, it is made perfectly clear that Almighty God the Father is NOT the Holy Spirit and that the Holy Spirit is NOT Almighty God the Father.

But what does the word of TRUTH, 

the HOLY BIBLE itself teach us?

From the title of this study in God's word, you the reader, and seeker of the TRUTH may already know MY OPINION. But please know and understand that it is NOT my own OPINION that you should be seeking. Rather, you should be seeking the TRUTH based upon the WHOLE word of Almighty God.

Now, in my own opinion, I myself, have concluded that the Bible itself clearly and plainly teaches us that Almighty God the Father IS the Holy Spirit and that the Holy Spirit IS Almighty God the Father. But just merely telling you this truth will not GROUND and ROOT you in the WORD of TRUTH. You the reader and seeker of the TRUTH must SEE the truth directly from God's word for YOURSELF in order for you never to be deceived and moved away from God's WORD ever again on this subject of the trinity. The Holy Spirit must bear witness with your Spirit that what you read in the Bible studies here at AMatterOfTruth.com are SOUND Biblical studies.

So then, with that being said let us begin this study in God's word using LOGIC along with the clear SIMPLE word of Almighty God. What I mean by this is we will take a closer look at what God's word clearly and plainly states with NO INTERPRETATION needed. And then, we will also use LOGIC or common sense reasoning to compare what the doctrine of the Trinity states to that which the word of TRUTH, the Holy Bible itself clearly and plainly states as FACT with no interpretation needed. We must always INTERPRET the unclear verses that NEED interpretation to understand their true meaning in the LIGHT of the clear, plain, and simple verses that do NOT need ANY interpretation whatsoever to understand what they mean.

POINT #1:

The birth or the CONCEPTION of Jesus in the womb of Mary. 

HOW does the BIBLE, the WORD of God, say that Jesus was CONCEIVED in the womb of the Virgin Mary? In other words, WHO FATHERED Jesus? Did Jesus have ONE heavenly Father or TWO heavenly Father's? 

#1. Did Almighty God Himself ALONE Father Jesus?

#2. Did the Holy Spirit Himself ALONE Father Jesus?

#3. Did BOTH Almighty God the Father AND the Holy Spirit TOGETHER Father Jesus? 

WHO does the BIBLE itself say is the FATHER OF Jesus? 

Please read Matthew 1:18-25.

“Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this WISE: (Or this is EXACTLY HOW the birth of Jesus ACTUALLY happened ACCORDING to the WORD of Almighty God himself) When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph before they came together, she was found with child OF the Holy Ghost.

19. Then Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not willing to make her a public example, was minded to put her away privily. (Or privately)

20. But while he thought on these things, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, you son of David, fear not to take unto you Mary your wife: for that which is CONCEIVED in her IS OF the Holy Ghost.

21. And she shall bring forth a son, and you shall call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins.

22. Now all this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, (In other words, Jesus was conceived or FATHERED in the womb of the Virgin Mary as a result of the spoken word or saying of Almighty God Himself that was given to his prophet to prophesy or foretell what would be coming to pass)

23. Behold, a virgin shall be with child and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us. (For a deeper understanding of what this verse is truly saying in the light of the whole word of Almighty God, please read the study “Matthew 1:23-GOD WITH US!” But for now, the focus of this study in God's word is for you, the reader and seeker of the TRUTH, to see for YOURSELF that Almighty God the Father IS the Holy Spirit, as in, the one true and only Almighty God the Father and His Holy Spirit are ONE and the SELF-SAME divine eternal invisible being that ALONE has always been IMMORTAL without beginning or end. In other words, the Son of God had a beginning at his virgin birth to become the human Son of God void of any divine nature power of his own. And thus, the one true God is one God in ONE person who alone is the Father that IS the ONE Eternal Spirit. in my own opinion of course. But as you will see, I arrived at this opinion by reading and studying what the Bible ITSELF actually teaches us in the LIGHT of the WHOLE word of Almighty God)

24. Then Joseph being raised from sleep did as the angel of the Lord had bidden him, and took unto him his wife:

25. And knew her not till she had brought forth her firstborn son: and he called his name JESUS.”

So then, the word of God, as recorded in the gospel of Matthew, clearly and plainly teaches us that Jesus was conceived or FATHERED in the womb of Mary BY the HOLY SPIRIT of Almighty God the Father. Now let us read the account of the conception of Jesus in the womb of Mary according to the gospel of Luke. Please read Luke 1:30-35 which teaches us that the power of the HIGHEST conceived Jesus in the womb of Mary.

Luke 1:30-35.

“And the angel said unto her, Fear not, Mary: for you have found favor with God.

31. And, behold, you shall CONCEIVE in your womb, and bring forth a son, and shall call his name JESUS.

32. He shall be great, and SHALL be called the Son OF the HIGHEST:(Now throughout the entire word of God the HIGHEST or the MOST-HIGH God always speaks of YAHWEH HIMSELF, the ONE TRUE and ONLY ALMIGHTY God and FATHER of ALL. So then, here in the gospel of Luke Jesus is said to be the SON OF the HIGHEST or the MOST-HIGH God which is speaking of Almighty God the FATHER alone) and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David:

33. And he shall reign over the house of Jacob forever; and of his kingdom, there shall be no end.

34. Then said Mary unto the angel, HOW shall this be, seeing I know not a man?

35. And the angel answered and said unto her, The HOLY GHOST shall come upon you, AND the POWER OF the HIGHEST shall overshadow you: THEREFORE (Or for this very REASON) also that holy thing which shall be born of you shall be called the Son OF GOD.”

Now, for many Christians it does not make any sense whatsoever to try and force Almighty God the Father, who ALONE is the HIGHEST and MOST-HIGH God over ALL, including being OVER his Son Jesus, to be a DIFFERENT and distinctly SEPARATE person from the Holy Spirit. In other words, to many Christians like myself, it makes absolutely no logical sense to have a SEPARATE person of a so-called triune Trinity Godhead CONCEIVE Jesus in the womb of Mary. To Biblical Unitarian Christians it makes no sense the child Jesus to be conceived or “FATHERED” BY the Holy Spirit and then have ANOTHER so-called distinctly SEPARATE divine eternal named God the Father to be his FATHER.

What I mean by this is that the Father is clearly identified several times in the Bible as being the Father AND God OF Jesus but the Father is never called the Father and God OF the Holy Spirit. So to me, the Holy Spirit’s NAME is the FATHER.

And that is WHY many Christians like myself, say NO to the doctrine of the Trinity! Many thousands of times NO! There are NOT TWO separate persons who FATHERED Jesus. Jesus does NOT have Almighty God as his Father AND a so-called THIRD person of the so-called “TRIUNE” or “TRINITY” God called by the doctrine of the Trinity as God the Holy Spirit to be ANOTHER separate Father of Jesus. The only LOGICAL solution for Biblical Unitarian Christians is to have the Father and the Holy Spirit to be ONE and the SELF-SAME Eternal Spirit.

For you see, the word of TRUTH, the Holy Bible itself, speaks of only ONE FATHER of Jesus and ONE God OVER His Son Jesus. I mean, think this through for YOURSELF! It is absolutely absurd to say that Jesus was conceived by TWO FATHERS. Now I know that the doctrine of the Trinity does NOT specifically come right out and teach that Jesus has TWO Fathers. But, according to the doctrine of the Trinity, the Holy Spirit is NOT the FATHER. YET the word of TRUTH plainly states that Jesus was CONCEIVED of or “CONCEIVED BY” the Holy Spirit.

So then, HOW can this doctrine of the Trinity AGREE with God's very own WORD that clearly and plainly teaches us that Jesus was CONCEIVED in the womb of Mary BY the HOLY SPIRIT and at the same time Jesus speaks of Almighty God being “NAMED” or called his FATHER who is the God OF Jesus? I do not know about you but common logic says to ME that whosoever CONCEIVES a child in the womb of a woman IS the FATHER OF that child. Therefore, to ME, the Holy Spirit OF Almighty God the FATHER IS ONE and the SELF-SAME DIVINE ETERNAL BEING as the ONE TRUE and ONLY ALMIGHTY God the FATHER, the HIGHEST or the MOST-HIGH God and FATHER of ALL. Plain and SIMPLE, the Holy Spirit IS the FATHER and NOT a so-called THIRD distinct separate person of a so-called triune Trinity Godhead as the doctrine of the Trinity teaches.

Now some Christians who also do NOT believe in the doctrine of the Trinity argue that the Holy Spirit is NOT a PERSON at all. But rather, to THEM, that the Holy Spirit is just a POWER or some IMPERSONAL force that is USED by Almighty God the FATHER. For a deeper understanding that the Holy Spirit IS INDEED a person, please read the study “WHY THE HOLY SPIRIT IS A PERSON?” But for now, the FOCUS of this particular study is to show you the reader and seeker of the TRUTH that Almighty God the Father IS one and the self-same divine eternal being the Bible calls the Holy Spirit of God. For you see, the Bible teaches us that there is but ONE Spirit and that the FATHER is a Spirit.

If you yourself were a “spirit” being, would you call your very own self-same spirit to be a SEPARATE DISTINCT person from yourself? So WHY then do some Christians dogmatically demand that the Holy Spirit is NOT the FATHER of Jesus when the word of TRUTH, the Holy Bible, clearly and plainly states that Jesus was CONCEIVED in the womb of Mary BY the Holy Spirit? Can you not see my dear brothers and sisters in our Lord Jesus Christ, that the doctrine of the Trinity CONTRADICTS the clear plain simple TRUTH of the very word of Almighty God?

Is it not much easier to say ONLY what the word of God itself plainly states as FACT with no interpretation needed? In other words, since the word of TRUTH clearly states that Jesus was CONCEIVED BY the HOLY SPIRIT, then would it not be EASY for ALL to understand that Almighty God the FATHER OF our Lord Jesus the Christ be the ONE and the SAME divine eternal being as the HOLY SPIRIT seeing that Jesus himself calls his God and Father a SPIRIT. For you see, the Bible plainly teaches us that there is but ONE SPIRIT and only ONE who has always been immortal or eternal?

Now some Christians, who are called Oneness Pentecostal Christians, do indeed clearly see that the Father IS the Holy Spirit. But Oneness Christians go BEYOND the word of God to ALSO teach that Jesus, the Son OF God, IS ALMIGHTY God the FATHER Himself as well. However, the Oneness doctrine is NOT what the word of TRUTH teaches us. Those who teach that Jesus, the SON OF Almighty God the Father, IS the FATHER are again called “ONENESS” believers or Oneness Pentecostal Christians. Another name for this belief that Jesus IS the FATHER is called Modalism. To fully understand WHY the Oneness Christians are in error in what they teach please read all the studies under the heading >>>IS THE ONENESS DOCTRINE BIBLICAL?<<<

Also, some Christians still yet believe that they ONLY have TWO choices that are made available to them to believe by the mainstream churches. In other words, some Christians have been DECEIVED into incorrectly believing that they have to choose one or the other of these TWO options, the doctrine of the trinity OR Modalism that is also called ONENESS. To say this another way, some Christians are MISLED to think that they must EITHER believe the doctrine of the TRINITY that states that there are THREE persons in ONE God, OR that they must believe the doctrine of ONENESS that states that Jesus IS the Father. And it also states that the Father IS his Son, Jesus and that there are NO other options for them to believe. 

So the purpose of this study in God’s word is to clearly show my readers and seekers of the truth that there is a THIRD option that I personally believe is the only SOUND Biblical option that agrees with every verse in the Bible. 

And that third sound Biblical option is called Biblical Unitarianism. Not simply what some call Unitarianism, but rather, “BIBLICAL” Unitarianism with the emphasis on the word “BIBLICAL”. For you see, there are many different Unitarian groups of Christians. For example, the Jehovah’s Witnesses are Unitarian Christians who believe that the one true God is one God in ONE person who alone is the Father BUT they are NOT Biblical in what they teach about the Holy Spirit or the Son of God as being the creator of all things.

So what I am saying is that there are many different groups of Christians that reject BOTH the Oneness Pentecostal doctrine and the doctrine of the Trinity. BUT all these different groups of Christians teach the same things about who is the Holy Spirit and who is the Son of God. Rather, they only agree on the one point that the true God is one God in ONE person and that one person is the Father ALONE and NOT the Son of God. 

So you see dear children of God, the two mainstream church doctrines called Modalism and Trinitarianism are NOT the ONLY two options for a Christian to believe. So trust me when I tell you that there is a THIRD option out there for you to BELIEVE. But that third sound Biblical option does NOT have a “DENOMINATIONAL” name placed upon itself. They call themselves Biblical Unitarian Christians to distinguish themselves from Unitarian Christians. Please read the study “WHAT IS BIBLICAL UNITARIANISM?”

I myself believe that Biblical Unitarianism is sound Biblical teaching because almost every Biblical Unitarian Christian understands that the WORD of God clearly and plainly teaches in SIMPLICITY that Jesus is the SON OF Almighty God the Father and that Jesus is most definitely a SEPARATE DISTINCT person or being from his God and Father, the one true and ONLY ALMIGHTY God and Father of ALL.

And I myself see that the WORD of God clearly and plainly teaches in SIMPLICITY that the Holy Spirit IS the FATHER OF Jesus and that Almighty God the Father IS one and the self-same divine eternal being as the Holy Spirit. In other words, I myself see that the WORD of God clearly and plainly teaches in SIMPLICITY that the Holy Spirit is most definitely NOT a SEPARATE and distinctly DIFFERENT divine eternal being from Almighty God the Father.

So please allow me to explain WHY I believe this to be the TRUTH of the WHOLE word of Almighty God Himself. We have already seen POINT #1 where we learned that Jesus did NOT have two separate persons of a so-called Trinity Godhead CONCEIVE him in the womb of the Virgin Mary. So now let us take a look at POINT #2.

POINT #2.

Almighty God the Father IS SPIRIT.

And, obviously, it should go without saying that the Holy Spirit is also SPIRIT. And since the WORD of God clearly and plainly teaches us in SIMPLICITY with NO interpretation needed that there is just ONE SPIRIT. Then there is no need to COMPLICATE the word of God by claiming that there are TWO separate co-eternal and co-equal Spirit persons called God the Father and God the Holy Spirit and say that it is a “MYSTERY” beyond human comprehension.

Please read Ephesians 4:3-6.

“Endeavoring to keep the UNITY of the Spirit in the bond of peace. (Which is what my own heart is crying out to all Christians)

4. There is one body, and ONE Spirit, even as you are called in one hope of your calling;

5. One Lord, one faith, one baptism,

6. One God and Father of all, WHO is above all, and through all, and IN you all.”

Now it may appear or SEEM that there are THREE, but in truth, in the LIGHT of the WHOLE word of God we can clearly see that there is ONLY the one Lord Jesus Christ and the ONE TRUE and only ALMIGHTY God the FATHER of ALL, who DWELLS IN us, as in, Himself being the ONE eternal Holy Spirit Himself. We do not have TWO separate distinct divine eternal beings DWELLING IN us as Christians, but rather we are the temple of God. It is the self-same Holy Spirit of Almighty God the FATHER who dwells IN us as believers. God is ONE. God is SPIRIT. Spirit is ONE. The ONE God is the FATHER, who is DWELLING IN us. So, therefore, to ME, the Holy Spirit IS the ONE God and FATHER of ALL.

In verse 6, we can clearly see that the Bible teaches us that the ONE God IS the FATHER who dwells IN US as believers in Jesus as our Lord and Savoir. Therefore, the ONE SPIRIT IS the ONE God and Father because nowhere in the Bible are we taught that BOTH Almighty God the Father AND His Holy Spirit as a separate person from the Father dwells IN us. There is only ONE SPIRIT who dwells in us and that ONE Spirit is clearly identified in the word of TRUTH as being the ONE God who alone is the FATHER. The Bible itself always clearly identifies God as being the FATHER. Please read the study “IS JESUS ALMIGHTY GOD?” The Bible also says that God IS SPIRIT. So again, to me, the ONE SPIRIT is ONE Almighty God the FATHER HIMSELF, the HIGHEST, the MOST-HIGH God.

Also, consider 1 Corinthians 12:1-14.

“Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I would not have you ignorant.

2. You know that you were Gentiles, carried away unto these dumb idols, even as you were led. (In other words, the pagan unsaved Gentiles had a SEPARATE God for everything and Paul does NOT want the gentile Christians to be IGNORANT about the ONE true and only Almighty God who is ONE God as ONE SPIRIT)

3. Wherefore, (Or for this very reason that you Gentile Christians used to believe in a “TRINITY” god) I give you to understand, that no man speaking BY the Spirit of God calls Jesus accursed: and that no man can say that Jesus is the Lord but BY the Holy Ghost.

4. Now there are diversities of gifts, but the SAME Spirit.

5. And there are differences of administrations, but the same Lord.

6. And there are diversities of operations, but IT (Speaking of the Holy Spirit dwelling in Christians, IT, or HE) is the SAME God that works all in all. (Or it is BY the SAME God who works all the works IN all believers)

7. But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit withal.

8. For to one is given BY the Spirit the word of wisdom; to another the word of knowledge BY the SAME Spirit;

9. To another faith BY the SAME Spirit; to another the gifts of healing BY the SAME Spirit;

10. To another the working of miracles; to another prophecy; to another discerning of spirits; to another, diverse kinds of tongues; to another the interpretation of tongues:

11. But all these WORKS (Are being done BY) that ONE and the SELFSAME Spirit, dividing to every man severally as He will. (Now, when we compare this verse with verse 6 where the SAME God which WORKS ALL in all, then we can see that the SAME God and the SAME Spirit are ONE and the SELF-SAME BEING who IS the FATHER. Keep in mind that Paul is addressing former Gentiles who had many separate gods that did different things and Paul is teaching them about the ONE TRUE God who is ONE Spirit in ONE person who alone is the FATHER. And that the ONE Spirit can DIVIDE Himself to be in every Christian at the same time and still be up in heaven as well)

12. For as the body is one, and has many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body: so also is Christ. (Speaking of the ANOINTING, or the INDWELLING of Almighty God the Father IN his SON Jesus who is called the CHRIST, the ANOINTED ONE and NOT speaking of Jesus the SON OF God himself actually being that one and selfsame eternal SPIRIT himself. I will explain this in greater detail further on in this study when I explain that God is present everywhere. Yes, the church is also called one body of Christ as well but the Greek word translated as “Christ” also means anointing, as in, the anointing of the Holy Spirit who dwells in every believer at the same time. And that is what the context is talking about)

13. For by ONE Spirit are we all baptized into one body. (Teaching us that we are baptized or submerged into the ONE and the SELF-SAME ANOINTING as our Lord Jesus, THE CHRIST, or the ANOINTED ONE of God to become one body in UNITY speaking the same things. So then) whether we be Jews or Gentiles, (Or whether we be Jewish Christians who have always believed in ONE God in ONE person or whether we be Gentile Christians who used to believe in a “TRINITY” god) whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into ONE Spirit. (And that ONE SPIRIT is Almighty God the FATHER Himself who is a SPIRIT and the Father of ALL)

14. For the body is not one member, but many.” 

What Paul is teaching us here is that there are not many different Spirits in the ONE God. And Paul uses that body of Jesus Christ in comparison to the ONE Spirit. The church is ONE body but the ONE body has many different members and each member has a different JOB or a different work that the ONE SPIRIT leads and guides each individual Christian to do. And in the same way, there is the ONE and the SELFSAME Spirit who IS the ONE God who dwells in every Christian at the same time DIVIDING as He wills the gift that He chooses to give to each believer. Paul explains HOW this can be in his next letter to the Corinthian church by teaching us that God has given every Christian an EARNEST of God’s Spirit. 

When we are not 100% completely sure that we want to buy a house but we want to HOLD that house as being our home until we checkout that house to see if it meets our standards then we will give an EARNEST deposit to hold that house for a period of time. And that “earnest” money is only a “TINY” portion of the cost of the house. And in the same way, the “earnest” of the Spirit is only a small portion of the whole eternal Spirit.

Please read 2 Corinthians 1:21,22.

“Now He which establishes us with you IN Christ, and has anointed us, IS God; 

22.  Who has also sealed us, and given the EARNEST of the Spirit in our hearts.” 

The earnest of the Holy Spirit dwelling in us is God’s way of witnessing to us with tangible evidence that He has purchased us to be His OWN. In other words, the Holy Spirit bears witness with our spirit that God has reconciled us back to Himself. And the Holy Spirit IN us lets Satan know that we belong to God now. God is Spirit and the earnest of the Spirit is a PORTION of God dwelling in us. Let us go back to 1 Corinthians 12:1-14 and do a quick review. Please notice how Paul, the writer of 1 Corinthians and 2 Corinthians, INTERCHANGES the words and phrases to speak of the SAME God is ONE Spirit in ONE person who alone is the Father.

Spirit OF God in verse 3.

SAME Spirit in verse 4.

SAME God in verse 6.

BY the Spirit in verse 8.

SAME Spirit in verses 8 and 9.

ONE and the SELFSAME Spirit in verse 11.

ONE Spirit in verse 13.

All these phrases in 1 Corinthians 12:1-4 are speaking of the ONE and SELFSAME Almighty God the FATHER of ALL who is SPIRIT. I mean either there is but ONE SPIRIT or there is NOT but ONE Spirit. To ME, there simply cannot be TWO separate distinctly different Spirits when the Bible itself clearly states that there is but ONE Spirit. Jesus said that the Father IS a SPIRIT. And the Apostle Paul said in 1 Corinthians 8:6 that to us, as Christians, there is but ONE God, EVEN the FATHER, which clearly and plainly IDENTIFIES the ONE, God, as being the FATHER of all who Jesus says IS SPIRIT.

Please read 1 Corinthians 8:6.

“But to us, there is but ONE God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in him; AND one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, (The English word “things” is not in the original Greek text. This verse is speaking of the all of whosoever believes in Jesus, are for Jesus and because of what Jesus did at the cross) and we by him.”

Now, please read John 4:23-26 where Almighty God the Father, as being a Spirit, is made near to us by his Son Jesus, and that Jesus is the CHRIST or the ANOINTED ONE who God appointed and empowered to be the MESSIAH by his God and Father, the ONE Eternal Spirit.

John 4:23-26.

“But the hour comes, and now is, when the true worshipers shall worship the Father in SPIRIT and in truth: for the Father seeks such to worship HIM.

24. God is a SPIRIT: and they that worship him must worship Him in SPIRIT and in truth. (The LITERAL translation of John 4:23,24 says, “...for the Father seeks such to worship HIM SPIRIT THE GOD…”, which clearly shows us that Almighty God the Father is the SPIRIT and not just “A” Spirit. Again, the Bible teaches us that there is but ONE Spirit and that Almighty God the Father IS that ONE Spirit. If you would like to read the LITERAL translation for yourself please click on the above blue link. This is the free online LITERAL word for word translation that I use in my studies along with many other sources as well)

25. The woman said unto him, I know that Messiah comes, which is called CHRIST: when he has come, he will tell us all things.

26. Jesus said unto her, I that speak unto you am he.”

In other words, Jesus is saying that I am he, the CHRIST or the ANOINTED ONE, the Messiah that was prophesied to come. And God’s Messiah, Jesus, teaches us that the FATHER is SPIRIT, THE God, who seeks worshipers to worship the Father in Spirit and in truth. To say this another way, Jesus is saying of himself that he is the CHRIST, the ANOINTED ONE IN whom the ONE SPIRIT of the TRUE God is DWELLING IN to empower the SON OF God to do the mighty works of healing that his God and Father SENT him out into the world to do to SHOW us the true nature and the true character of the FATHER who is a SPIRIT.

So then, for ME, I see that the word of TRUTH teaches us that Almighty God the Father is a SPIRIT and that the Father DWELT IN his SON Jesus. Then I see that this ETERNAL SPIRIT who DWELT IN Jesus from his baptism by John the Baptist, empowered Jesus to OVERCOME sin in order to present himself to his God and Father as a sinless spotless lamb that was slain for our sins, and not only for our sins but also for the sins of the whole world. So that, whosoever of the all who believe that Jesus is the Christ, the SON OF Almighty God might be saved. And then, Almighty God the Father would DWELL IN them as well to empower them to OVERCOME sin.

In summary, point #1 is that Jesus did not have TWO Fathers which to me, proves that the Holy Spirit is NOT a separate Spirit person from the Father. And point #2 is that there is only just ONE Spirit, and there is only the ONE God that is a Spirit who is clearly identified as being the Father. This brings us to point number 3.

POINT #3.

ONLY Almighty God the Father is said to have always been IMMORTAL. 

God IS SPIRIT. God is eternal. And the Holy Spirit is called the Eternal Spirit. And there is but ONE Spirit. So, therefore, Almighty God the Father is the ETERNAL divine Spirit.

Please read Hebrews 9:14.

“How much more shall the blood of Christ, (Speaking of HUMAN Jesus, the SON OF Almighty God the Father whom Almighty God ANOINTED or EMPOWER by DWELLING IN the Son of MAN, Jesus) WHO THROUGH the eternal Spirit (Speaking of the eternal Holy Spirit who dwelt in Jesus which Jesus himself clearly identifies as being the Father in John 14:10) offered himself without spot TO God, (In other words, Jesus the Son of MAN, the HUMAN Jesus lived his life WITHOUT sin THROUGH the power and strength that he received by his God and Father who DWELT IN him. Plain and simple, Jesus lived without sin THROUGH the power of the Holy Spirit who dwelt in him who Jesus called the FATHER. And NOW this SAME Holy eternal SPIRIT who DWELLS IN YOU as a believer shall) purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?”

In this passage of Scripture that we just read we learned that the Holy Spirit of Almighty God the Father is the ETERNAL SPIRIT and that God is eternal. We also learned from John 14:10 that Jesus identified the eternal Spirit who dwelt in him as being the Father. 

Please read John 14:10.

“Believe you not that I am in the Father and the Father in me? The words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself: but the Father that DWELLS IN me, He does the works” 

Now let us read 1 Timothy 6:13-16 where we are clearly and plainly taught that Almighty God the Father ONLY has IMMORTALITY or is ETERNAL.

1 Timothy 6:13-16.

“I give you charge in the sight of God, (Speaking of Almighty God the Father. And to us, there is but ONE God even the FATHER) who quickens all things (Or who gives life to all things), AND before Christ Jesus, who before Pontius Pilate witnessed a good confession; (Again, we see ONLY TWO who are Almighty God the Father AND his SON CHRIST Jesus or the ANOINTED ONE Jesus. In other words, the vast majority of the New Testament ONLY speaks explicitly of TWO, the Father, AND his SON Jesus where we must believe in BOTH to receive eternal life in the world to come. For if we do NOT have the SON then we do NOT have the FATHER either. So then, we are being given CHARGE before BOTH Almighty God the Father AND his Son, Jesus, to do the following)

14. That you KEEP this commandment (The word translated as commandment here in this verse means principle or TEACHING. So then, we are to KEEP this following TEACHING) without spot,UNREBUKEABLE, until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ:

15. Which in his times he (Speaking of the first and second comings of Jesus the SON OF Almighty God the Father where God's SON, Jesus) shall SHOW, WHO is the blessed and ONLY Potentate, (In other words, Jesus the SON OF Almighty God the Father came to SHOW us the FATHER, who is the ONLY SOVEREIGN Almighty God, who reigns over ALL including reigning OVER his SON Jesus. To say this another way, Jesus came so that we might KNOW the FATHER as the ONE TRUE and ONLY ALMIGHTY God who is) the King of kings, and Lord of lords; (Now I know many of us have been taught that Jesus is the King of kings and the Lord of lords which is true. BUT it is NOT the WHOLE TRUTH of the WHOLE word of Almighty God. The TRUTH of the matter is that Almighty God the FATHER is THE most-high KING who is King over ALL kings including being King, Lord, and God OVER his SON Jesus who the Father has made his SON become a King of kings and a Lord of Lords. Please read the study “Revelation 17:14 WHO IS THE KING OF KINGS?” for all the Scriptures that teach what I just said. But for now, just know that the WHO that Jesus came to SHOW us is the FATHER and that Jesus is NOT the Father)

16. WHO ONLY has IMMORTALITY, dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto;WHOM no man has SEEN, NOR CAN SEE:(Here in this verse, we are CLEARLY and PLAINLY taught that the WHO that Jesus came to SHOW is the INVISIBLE ETERNAL SPIRIT whom Jesus calls the FATHER. Jesus came to show us the FATHER as being the ONLY SOVEREIGN ALMIGHTY God, who ALONE has always had IMMORTALITY within himself) to whom be honor and power everlasting. Amen.”

So then, since ONLY the INVISIBLE God whom NO man has ever seen, nor can see is the ONLY ONE who is ETERNAL or IMMORTAL and that this INVISIBLE God is ALSO the ONLY one who is SOVEREIGN, which means that he is OVER and above ALL, then this means that the FATHER is the one who is being spoken of in this passage of Scripture. Clearly, men have seen Jesus so this passage of Scripture is NOT referring to Jesus as being Almighty God Himself. Jesus came to show us the Father and NOT himself.

And since there is ONLY ONE who is IMMORTAL or ETERNAL who is the INVISIBLE SPIRIT seeing that God is SPIRIT, then we must conclude that Almighty God the FATHER IS the ETERNAL SPIRIT, as in, the Father and the Eternal Spirit are one and the SELFSAME eternal Spirit being called the ONE God who DWELT IN His SON Jesus. So then, ACCORDING to the word of TRUTH, the Holy Bible, we have ONLY TWO separate persons or beings and NOT THREE separate persons as those who teach the false doctrine of the “TRINITY” dogmatically demand. The doctrine of the Trinity teaches that there are THREE persons of the Godhead. But in truth, Almighty God the Father ALONE is THE GODHEAD who DWELT IN his Son Jesus according to Colossians 2:9.

Please read Colossians 2:9.

“For IN him DWELLS all the fullness of the Godhead bodily.”

This verse is saying that IN Jesus DWELLS ALL the FULLNESS of the Godhead in the body of Jesus. Now, I myself believe that this verse is actually speaking of the highly exalted glorified Son of man, Jesus AFTER the cross. And the reason that I say this is because in Colossians chapter 1, in verse 19, we read that it PLEASED the Father that in Jesus should dwell ALL the FULLNESS. And the CONTEXT is speaking of AFTER the cross when the Son of MAN, Jesus, became the FIRSTBORN of every creature, the firstborn from the dead, the firstborn among many brethren.

Colossians 1:19.

“For it pleased the Father that IN him should all fulness dwell;” 

For an in-depth study explaining Colossians 1:15-23 in its context, please read “WHAT DOES COLOSSIANS 1:15-17 TRULY MEAN?” But for now, let us continue this study on why the Holy Spirit IS the Father. 

Again, John 14:10 makes it quite clear to us that it was the FATHER who DWELT IN his Son Jesus who was the one actually doing the mighty works of healing.

John 14:10.

“Believe you not that I am in the Father and the FATHER IN me? the words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself: but the FATHER that DWELLS IN me, he does the works.” 

Also, the word of TRUTH clearly and plainly teaches us that Jesus, the SON OF Almighty God the Father, did NOT possess ETERNAL LIFE or IMMORTALITY UNTIL his God and Father GAVE the Son of MAN, Jesus, the same eternal or immortal LIFE that the Father HIMSELF has always possessed from all eternity. 

Please read John 5:15-32 which clearly teaches us that Jesus did NOT possess eternal life UNTIL his God and Father GAVE TO his Son Jesus the same eternal life that the Father himself possessed within himself.

John 5:15-32.

“The man departed and told the Jews that it was Jesus, which had made him whole.

16. And, therefore, did the Jews persecute Jesus, and sought to SLAY him, because he had done these things ON the Sabbath day. (Here again, we see the Jews wanted to KILL Jesus, but this time it was because to them, Jesus SUPPOSEDLY broke the Sabbath day, at least in the eyes of the Pharisees, when Jesus healed a man BY the Holy Spirit of Almighty God the Father ON the Sabbath day)

17. BUT Jesus answered them, My Father WORKS hitherto, and I work. (In other words, Jesus is saying BUT I am ONLY OBEYING what my Father is SHOWING me to DO. Further down in this study you will understand that this means that the Father through his very own self-same Holy Spirit was showing Jesus what to do and when to do it and Jesus simply OBEYED the leading of the Holy Spirit dwelling in him. In simple words, Jesus was saying I am only doing what Almighty God my Father told me to do)

18. Therefore (Or for this very REASON that Jesus told them that by the authority of God working in him he was told to heal this man on the Sabbath day) the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not only had broken the Sabbath but said ALSO that God was his Father, making himself equal with God. (In other words, the JEWS incorrectly interpreted the words of Jesus and FALSELY ACCUSED Jesus of making himself EQUAL to Almighty God by simply calling God his FATHER. All through the New Testament GOD is clearly identified as being the FATHER OF Jesus. But the Jews THOUGHT that Jesus was making himself EQUAL with his God and Father and they sought to kill him. However, as you will plainly see as you continue to read the CONTEXT, that Jesus ANSWERED the Jews false accusation of making himself equal to God in his DEFENSE)

19. Then answered Jesus and said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son can do NOTHING OF HIMSELF, but what he sees the Father do: for what things soever He does, these also does the Son likewise. (In other words, Jesus is saying, I am NOT making myself EQUAL with my God and Father because the SON can do NOTHING OF HIMSELF. But I must OBEY my God and Father to DO whatever my Father is DOING. That is to say, whatever Jesus the Son of MAN saw in a dream or in a vision or in the written word of God and whatever Jesus heard the Father say to do by the inward voice of the Holy Spirit, then Jesus simply OBEYED what he knew that the Father was telling him to do. This is what Jesus meant when he said his Father was WORKING on the Sabbath day, and so I also must work the same works that I see my Father doing. Now, to ME, this DEFENSE that Jesus makes right after the Jews FALSELY ACCUSE him of making himself EQUAL with God clearly teaches us that Jesus was in NO WAY claiming to be the great I AM in John 8:58. Nor was Jesus making himself to be EQUAL with Almighty God the Father, because Jesus HIMSELF clearly and plain said that the SON can do NOTHING OF HIMSELF. Further on you will learn that it was the Father DWELLING IN Jesus the SON who actually did the WORKS that the SON could NOT do OF HIMSELF)

20. For the Father loves the Son and shows him all things that himself does: and he will show him greater works than these, that you may marvel.

21. For as the Father raises up the dead, and quickens them; even so the Son quickens whom he will. (Because the Son of MAN, Jesus, was GIVEN all authority and power to give eternal life AFTER the cross. Simply read the CONTEXT)

22. FOR (Or BECAUSE) the Father judges no man, BUT has COMMITTED  all judgment unto the Son:

23. THAT (Or so that) all men should HONOR the Son, EVEN AS they HONOR the Father. He that honors NOT the Son honors NOT the Father which has SENT him. (In other words, the Bible teaches us that we must believe and have BOTH the Father AND the SON in order to have ETERNAL LIFE in the world to come. But yet the doctrine of the Trinity AND the doctrine of Oneness dogmatically demand that their followers MUST believe that Jesus IS the I AM, as in, Jesus is ONE and the self-SAME BEING as the GREAT I AM that I AM Himself named YAHWEH. Yes, there is absolutely no doubt that Jesus came OUT FROM the one true and only ALMIGHTY God. But this by no means says that Jesus IS the one true and ONLY ALMIGHTY God. You see, THE ALMIGHTY God has NO beginning and has NOT been BEGOTTEN, but Jesus, the SON OF Almighty God, was BEGOTTEN or brought into existence. Again, there is no doubt that Jesus came OUT FROM Almighty God. And to me, Jesus intended his word to mean that he came out from God by or through the spoken word of the prophecy of Almighty God. The Bible says that the word was made FLESH. Again, this does not mean that Jesus is Almighty God Yahweh himself. You see in Exodus 3:14, God said, “I AM THAT I AM”, which LITERALLY means that Almighty God said “I SHALL BECOME who I am BECOMING” which could very well be interpreted that Almighty God HIMSELF literally BECAME a HUMAN BEING. Please read the study  “WHAT DOES GOD INCARNATE MEAN?”  That study teaches, what the BIBLE ITSELF teaches, in clear easy to understand sound Biblical teaching. And sound Biblical teaching does NOT contradict any other part of God's simple word as the Trinity God incarnate doctrine does by wrongly teaching that a so-called eternal God the Son incarnated himself to become flesh but yet remain the fully Almighty God having TWO natures at the same time, one divine, and one human. But rather, in the light of the WHOLE word of God we understand that God alone by himself created all things by his very own spoken WORD. Please read the three-part study called “WHEN DID JESUS BECOME GOD’S ETERNAL SON1?”)

24. Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that hears my word, and believes on him that SENT me, has everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life. (All through the New Testament we see TWO in whom that we are clearly and plainly taught that we must believe in, Almighty God the Father AND the SON Jesus. Please read the study “DOES HEBREWS 1:10 PROVE THAT JESUS IS YAHWEH?” for a deeper understanding that the ETERNAL SPIRIT IS Almighty God the Father HIMSELF who is a SPIRIT and that Jesus is the SON OF Almighty God the Father, the eternal Holy Spirit)

25. Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and they that hear shall live. (Jesus has the POWER to raise the dead because the God OF Jesus GAVE his Son this authority, which you will clearly see in the context of this verse that follows)

26. FOR (Or BECAUSE) AS the Father has life IN himself; (Speaking of the divine nature of IMMORTALITY) SO has He GIVEN TO the Son to have life IN himself; (In other words, the SON did NOT always eternally exist with or by the side of his God and Father from all eternity past except in the mind and plan of Almighty God. The Bible says that Jesus was SLAIN from before the foundation of the world yet we KNOW that this was a PROPHECY of Jesus GOING to be slain in the future of when this prophecy was written. Jesus was not LITERAL SLAIN before the foundation of the world was ever created EXCEPT in the MIND and the PLAN of Almighty God. Everything that Jesus is or has was GIVEN TO him BY his God and Father the one true and only ALMIGHTY God. In other words, John 1:1 says that the WORD, the LOGOS, or the SAYING was with God in a beginning and NOT that Jesus or the Son was with God in a beginning. It is INTERPRETED only by Trinitarian Christians that the Word in John 1:1 is a separate pre-existing divine eternal person from Almighty God the Father. Please read the study “JOHN 1:1 THE WORD WAS GOD!” Also, I believe that it was AFTER the cross when the FULLNESS of the Godhead began to dwell in a bodily form because that is when Jesus BECAME God’s ETERNAL Son and Jesus was GIVEN all power and authority to rule FOR Yahweh in the world to come)

27. And has GIVEN him authority to execute judgment ALSO, BECAUSE he is the Son of MAN. (In other words, all that Jesus is or has was GIVEN TO him BY his God and Father was NOT because Jesus IS THE Almighty God, NOR was it because Jesus was the SON OF GOD, but rather the REASON that Jesus was HIGHLY EXALTED and GIVEN a NAME above all name is BECAUSE Jesus is the Son of MAN who OVERCAME the enemy of God to fulfill God's plan of redemption for mankind)

28. Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice, (Again, all that Jesus is and all that Jesus has INCLUDING IMMORTAL LIFE and the AUTHORITY to raise the dead and give to whom so ever Jesus wills eternal life was GIVEN TO him BY HIS God and Father the ONE TRUE and ONLY ALMIGHTY God. Remember that Almighty God said I AM THAT I AM, or I will BE what I will BE, or I shall BECOME what or who I am BECOMING. The spoken WORD or SAYING of God LITERALLY BECAME a HUMAN BEING so that Almighty God HIMSELF could DWELL IN this body of FLESH that he created for himself to dwell in, which was the SON OF Almighty God the Father. Jesus was GIVEN all POWER to raise the dead and JUDGMENT to give ETERNAL LIFE to whom so ever he wills, BECAUSE Jesus was the Son of MAN and NOT because Jesus was FULLY God, nor because Jesus was the SON of God, but rather BECAUSE that Jesus was the Son of MAN a HUMAN BEING that OVERCAME the enemy BY the Holy Spirit of Almighty God who DWELT IN Jesus and the Bible clearly identifies this ONE SPIRIT who dwelt in Jesus as being the FATHER. This is what the WHOLE word of God clearly teaches us. The only way that I myself see that there can be THREE distinct separate persons is for there to be MORE than just ONE SPIRIT, which CONTRADICTS the word of TRUTH)

29. And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation.

30. I can OF MY OWN SELF DO NOTHING: (Simply ask yourself the question HOW can the TRUE God do NOTHING in and of HIMSELF? I mean THINK this through for yourself. If so be that Jesus was truly fully Almighty God HIMSELF in the flesh, then HOW is it that THE Almighty God himself in the flesh can do NOTHING in and of himself? The TRUTH of the matter is that Jesus is NOT the ONE TRUE and ONLY ALMIGHTY God, who is the FATHER ALONE. And it was the Father who DWELT IN HIS SON Jesus. It was the TRUE God who ALONE is the FATHER that DWELT IN his SON as the EARNEST of the ONE Eternal SPIRIT who actually did the WORKS through the human hands of the ANOINTED Son of MAN, Jesus. Also, ask yourself the following questions. Did Jesus LIE to us here in this verse? If not, then why would Jesus INTEND his words in John 8:58 to mean that he is saying that he is Almighty God, Yahweh Himself the great I AM?) as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is just; because I seek NOT mine OWN will, BUT the will of the Father which has SENT me. (Now, in all honesty, does this sound like Jesus is saying that he himself is the great I AM or that Jesus is saying that he is EQUAL to Almighty God the Father? Absolutely NOT! Jesus himself clearly and plainly said with absolutely NO interpretation needed that he could do NOTHING in and of himself. Can you not see my dear brothers and sisters, in our Lord Jesus Christ, that IF Jesus were TRULY the Almighty God himself or even EQUAL with Almighty God, then Jesus would have never said that he could do NOTHING of HIMSELF. Jesus always gave all the glory TO his God and Father who DWELT IN him after his baptism in water by John the Baptist. This is when the Holy Spirit came to rest on Jesus and REMAIN. But the FULLNESS of the Godhead did not dwell BODILY in Jesus until AFTER the Son of MAN, Jesus, was GLORIFIED and GIVEN the divine nature of immortality)

31. If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true.

32. There is another that bears witness of me; I know that the witness which He witnesses of me is true.”

Jesus did not say that there were TWO other witnesses, but rather, he said ANOTHER bears witness of him. And the other separate being who bore witness of Jesus being the Christ, the SON OF the living God is the Father. The truth of the matter is that everything that Jesus is or has was GIVEN TO him BY his God and Father the ONE TRUE and ONLY ALMIGHTY God, the INVISIBLE ETERNAL SPIRIT who ONLY has always had IMMORTALITY. Jesus, the Son of God did NOT have immortality UNTIL the day that Almighty God the Father gave His HUMAN Son, Jesus, to be HAVING LIFE in himself EVEN AS the Father has always possessed LIFE in himself.

Now, at this PRESENT time, only these TWO, the Father, and His Son Jesus have IMMORTALITY in themselves UNTIL that great and notable day of the coming of Jesus and his Father with him, when Jesus will give eternal life to those faithful believers who have endured until the end. This is why it is prophesied that Jesus SHALL BE called the everlasting FATHER, which in truth should have been translated as, and he shall be called the father OF eternal life BECAUSE God GAVE his SON Jesus the power and the authority to execute JUDGMENT and to GIVE eternal life to whomsoever it pleases his Son to give immortality.

Again, the vast majority of the New Testament speaks of ONLY TWO “PERSONS” or ONLY TWO distinctly DIFFERENT and SEPARATE beings who are NOT ONE and the SELFSAME BEING. And these TWO different persons are Almighty God the Father YAHWEH himself AND the SON OF Almighty God the Father, Jesus or Yeshua. Throughout the ENTIRE New Testament, the writers made very clear distinctions between Almighty God the Father, and His Son Jesus. Also, in all the greetings to the church, we do NOT see any specific clear, plain, and simple mentioning of the Holy Spirit as being clearly identified to be a distinct and separate person or a divine being from Almighty God himself who is SPIRIT, which again would contradict the word of TRUTH that teaches us that there is but ONE SPIRIT. In other words, we ONLY see TWO who are distinctly being spoken of as two separate persons. 

And this is one of the reasons WHY some Christians believe in the doctrine of the trinity OVER the false teaching of Modalism or ONENESS who dogmatically demand and insist that Jesus is ONE and the SELF SAME DIVINE ETERNAL BEING as the ONE TRUE and ONLY ALMIGHTY God the FATHER, YAHWEH HIMSELF. Some Oneness believers call or define Jesus a MANIFESTATION or a MODE of God revealing himself in a different fashion of HIMSELF. And they wrongly and incorrectly teach that Jesus is NOT a SEPARATE person. 

Now, there is a LITTLE truth hidden in the Oneness teaching, which is that Almighty God did indeed manifest HIMSELF to literally become a HUMAN being, but as a whole, the Oneness doctrine is a FALSE teaching that simply does NOT agree with the WHOLE word of Almighty God. And one such contradiction is that they dogmatically demand that Jesus IS the FATHER basically transforming back and forth between being Father and Son.

But the word of TRUTH, the Holy Bible ALWAYS clearly and plainly DISTINGUISHES the TWO as being Father AND Son and never as being ONE and the SELF-SAME BEING. Oneness Pentecostal Christians call Jesus a MANIFESTATION or a MODE of God where Yahweh revealed Himself in a different fashion of HIMSELF in human form. And they wrongly and incorrectly teach that Jesus is NOT a LITERAL SEPARATE person from Almighty God the Father who is ONE God is ONE person.

Please consider the many greetings given to the church clearly and plainly DISTINGUISHING the TWO as being SEPARATE persons or two separate beings.