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That Jesus, the Son, is the everlasting Father in His Spirit is evident in such passages as Isaiah 9:6 and John 4:23-24 w/ John 14:7-11.

I would agree with you that the Trinity is not the essential doctrine. The essential doctrine is the Deity of Christ (John 8:24).

A few scriptures that come to mind within the same epistle are 1 John 3:17-18 and 1 John 4:17-18.

So did I. Very excellent. @Mantis.

Yes, the idea is found therein. All you have to do is look for it.

Those who are saved in Luke 8:13 are not saved from an eternal hell from eternity's perspective... However they are saved from sin from the perspective of time (Matthew 1:21, Titus 2:14); if only for a season.

It is very true that the Bible teaches the Deity of Christ. I have even set forth a preaching series in six posts that show forth this reality (I would suggest going and reading the posts; for I have dedicated one of them to even answering some of your objections). True Trinity.

The Bible actually teaches the opposite (John 14:7-11).

That's a good prayer for you (Luke 18:9-14).

I certainly have no motivation to reach the conclusion that Jesus is God except for the very fact that the Bible teaches this doctrine and I believe what the Bible says. I have seen in non-trinitarians, however, that there must be some kind of motivation to deny this fact of holy scripture (the...

The law has never had the power to impart life (Galatians 3:21).

It would seem that the Bible teaches such a thing. Consider. First, the context: Luk 8:12, Those by the way side are they that hear; then cometh the devil, and taketh away the word out of their hearts, lest they should believe and be saved. Here it seems to be saying that if you believe, you...

So now, are we going to resort to exchanges of "you're a false teacher..." "no, you're a false teacher...." "no, you..." "no, you...." ????

Jesus did indeed become a life-giving Spirit when His Spirit left His body in Luke 23:46. Because it should be clear that His body did not become a life-giving Spirit. In John 2:19-21 (read it), there is the doctrine that Jesus rose bodily from the dead. Actually, it does. Take it or leave...

Mat 7:15, Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. Mat 7:16, Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles? Mat 7:17, Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree...

Hey @Mantis... Don't think that because you are an introvert you can't be a preacher. The love of the Lord does something in a man where he is not as much of an introvert as he used to be. When I received Jesus into my life, I became an extravert when I had been a deep introvert beforehand...

Right... Salvation is not earned through being baptized in Jesus' Name... However it is a valid confession of Jesus before men... And I believe that if anyone submits to the ordinance, Jesus will confess them before His Father and before the angels (Matthew 10:32, Luke 12:8) in a more...

Right...they only show forth to mankind that your salvation is genuine (see Romans 4:2).

It should be clear that Jesus will confess you before His Father and the angels as the result of the fact that you received baptism in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins.

In James 2:14 James asks the rhetorical question of whether a dead faith can save a man. The rhetorical answer is "no."