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In Genesis it says..the Spirit of God hovered over the waters. The New Testament tells us that the Son created with the Father. The Elohim in Hebrew is a duality...not a trinity. The "im" always makes two. If there are more than two then the number is given. Other examples of two in the plural...

This is about language. Most languages use masculine and feminine determinates in their nouns. For instance in Hebrew...wisdom is a "she". In French a house and a table are feminine. As in..the house SHE is very pretty. Or...the table SHE is empty. A good translation eliminates the gender in...

There is One Spirit, one baptism...etc... God is One. (Father and Son) (it even rhymes) :)

Yes. God works by His Spirit. God is Spirit. Jesus also is referred to as a Spirit...a life giving Spirit. Whoever does not have the Spirit of Christ is not His. So how many spirits does that make? Answer: One. :)

The Spirit speaking is God speaking to us. Jesus is in the Father and the Father is in Jesus. They are One Spirit. We are invited into the fellowship of the Spirit. Jesus says...My Father and I will come live in him.. “Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words...

God's grace gives us the power over sin. I'll make a little analogy to show what I mean. Imagine you have driven a motorcycle all your life. Then someone gives you a car. Now you drive the car and never get back on the bike. Because you now have a car you can reckon yourself dead as a biker...

To rest in a position is a psychological construct that may indeed have some merit...but it has nothing to do with Christ. A fat person can "visualize" themselves as a thin person...and psychologically that can have some effect on losing weight. But to be dead to sin means we no longer...

If you exchange your "positional" argument with "make believe" you will see that salvation is conditional. Also, your scheme denies the power of the cross to neutralize the old man through the power of grace. There is no position to rest in. That is to rest in a make-believe religious ideology...

A New Testament church is a gathering of people who have God in their midst. Anything less than God moving among the brethren is a fellowship, not a church. Without the presence of God actively guiding the flock, we must be careful to not esteem ourselves as being more than we are. God builds...

This is a mystery...how both Father and Son share one Holy Spirit. God is One. But one what? God is One Holy Spirit. God IS Spirit. Does that mean that the Holy Spirit is a separate person? Of course not. There is no Trinity....there is a Godhead (Elohim) of both Father and Son. That's it...

From a curious question comes a curious answer... :) There is no difference. Is see a problem with your view of the Trinity. I see this is an older post but here goes anyway.. ;) There is an assumption among many that unless one holds to the Roman view of God being a trinity...then a person...

Old Testament holiness is NOT the same as New Testament holiness. To think so is a big error among the Messianics of our time. Look at this verse. "For they verily for a few days chastened us after their own pleasure; but he for our profit, that we might be partakers of his holiness." Heb...

This is one of the latest winds of doctrine...whereby we derive an ultimate value based on what God was willing to sacrifice for us. Instead of navel gazing, however, we should look at the depth of God's love...not any intrinsic value we might have. besides we are to be crucified in order to...

When we sin WE leave God's presence. The new nature within us is like a mold we are meant to be forged or stretched into until we resemble Christ in our character. We don't leave the mold...we just avoid it. We tend to fill the mold with excuses and religious beliefs rather than allow ourselves...

I'm not one to take offense from a fellow human. ;) The reason i piped in about the Is. 9 list of Jesus' qualities is that I am sensitive to how Jesus is portrayed to the Jews. Already they see us as being very pagan influenced. And they do have a point there. What I have found in the...

Nicely written. Thank you for the time you have taken. This subject is not that important to argue over since there is no other similar name to compare it to in the Bible. HOWEVER, "Everlasting Father" is definitely not in the text. A name is a composite of ideas in one word....like Daniel (God...

People tend to judge as they are...not accurately with what is being presented to them. I never said "devil's children." That is the kind of assumed black and white kind of judgment that the majority have accepted in the face of a more nuanced approach that takes into consideration the depth of...

Holding up God's standard will always elicit reactions from the flesh. It is assumed that anyone who agrees with the high standard of Christ as being righteous and true must be elitist and claim to be walking at that standard. What is for sure is the one who complains against the standard is...

I'm sorry if it sounds elitist to compare what is for the few as opposed to what is accepted by the many. But that distinction is borne out by both the words of Jesus and lived experience. Is it better to just stay silent and allow the majority to remain in the dark? What is the function of...

LOL Matt 28:19 is not the original wording....Even the Pope (the one that retired) admitted it. Early writings quote that verse as saying....baptizing them in My name. ...which fits in with the rest of the biblical narrative. Just read Acts....no other name under heaven by which men are saved...