Shalom Jayne, Sandra who writes for Jayne, Susan, and
all dear doves and friends and family,
re."Last days deception ... don't be suprised if BIG!"
http://www.fivedoves.com/letters/oct2005/dwz1031-4.htm
Firstly, may I point to two timely articles at '5
doves' (among so many other timely ones):http://www.fivedoves.com/letters/nov2005/gh111.htm
http://www.fivedoves.com/letters/nov2005/frankm111.htm
We must be in the last days ... since even the basics
are being contested again ...Even this ancient mystery (that Messiah would have us
understand ... at least in part),Gen 1:1 'In the beginning, Elohim ...'
and
Det 6:4 'Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is
one(echad) LORD.'
I was going (to cut into my sleep time ... I work the
night shift) to attempt to write a careful response to
Jayne ( and Sandra Jean who speaks on behalf of Jayne
) and Susan Fulton ... when Praise the Lord, this
sweet saint sent me:BACK TO GENESIS: The Wonderful Truth of the Trinity
For there are three that bear record in heaven, the
Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three
are one (I John 5:7).The above text is the clearest and most succinct
statement of the doctrine of the Trinity in the Bible,
but also probably the most controversial verse in the
Bible. Many authorities believe it was not in John's
original epistle, but was added by some ancient copy
ist. Consequently, although it is in the King James
Bible, most modern English translations omit it. There
are others (including this writer) who are convinced
it was in the original and should be retained.
http://www.icr.org/index.php?module=articles&action=view&ID=2494
The Wonderful Truth of the Trinity (#203)
by Henry Morris, Ph.D.Download The Wonderful Truth of the Trinity PDF
http://www.icr.org/pdf/btg/btg-203.pdfAbstract
For there are three that bear record in heaven, the
Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three
are one (I John 5:7).The above text is the clearest and most succinct
statement of the doctrine of the Trinity in the Bible,
but also probably the most controversial verse in the
Bible. Many authorities believe it was not in John's
original epistle, but was added by some ancient
copyist. Consequently, although it is in the King
James Bible, most modern English translations omit it.
There are others (including this writer) who are
convinced it was in the original and should be
retained.In any case, the truth of the Trinity is taught in
many other passages of the New Testament and does not
depend on this particular verse. It is undoubtedly the
most distinctive doctrine of the Christian faith. Most
religions are either pantheistic (e.g., Buddhism) or
polytheistic (e.g., Hinduism). Two other religions are
monotheistic (Judaism, Islam), but only Christianity
recognizes the one real God (the Triune God -- Father,
Son, Holy Spirit) -- one God in three Persons.The sacred book of the Muslims -- the Koran -- regards
Jesus as only a prophet, repeatedly denouncing as
infidels all those who believe in the Trinity. The
Jews often consider Jesus to have been a great
teacher, but no more than that. To the Christian,
however, the Lord Jesus Christ is a person yet God
incarnate, God's only begotten Son -- Creator, Savior,
King of kings and Lord of lords. Christians also
believe that the Holy Spirit is not just a spiritual
influence, but a real person, the third Person of the
Godhead.When an individual becomes a Christian, he
acknowledges it by being baptized in the "name [note,
just a single name] of the Father, and of the Son, and
of the Holy Ghost" (Matthew 28:19). He believes in one
God -- but not the unknowable, unapproachable "god" of
Islam called "Allah."Instead, he recognizes God as the infinite, invisible,
omnipresent Father, but also as the Son, the visible,
touchable, yet perfectly holy Word always revealing
and manifesting the Father, and as the Holy Spirit,
always present to guide, convict, and comfort. He is
very real -- eternal and invisible, omnipresent Father
of all, yet visible and approachable through the Son
and experienced and understood in the Holy Spirit.Majestic mystery, but wonderful reality! Christians
believe in the Trinity -- one God, not three gods, but
three divine Persons, each equally and totally God. We
cannot really comprehend this with our minds, but we
can believe it and rejoice with our hearts. It is
somewhat analagous to the "space" of God's created
universe. Space is comprised of three dimensions, each
of which permeates all space. This structure is
helpful to illustrate the nature of the tri-une God.
That is, God is one God, not three gods. Yet He is
revealed as three Persons, each of which is eternally
and completely God.This great truth appears again and again in the Bible
-- especially in the New Testament, of course. But one
can also discern it here and there in the Old
Testament.For example, note Isaiah 48:16: "Come ye near unto me,
hear ye this; I have not spoken in secret from the
beginning; from the time that it was, there am I: and
now the Lord God and His Spirit, hath sent me." Note
here that the Son, the divine Word who is speaking, is
being "sent" into the world by the Father and the
Spirit.But turning again to the New Testament, it is rather
remarkable to note how all three Persons of the
Godhead are significant in so many phases of the
Christian life. First, as noted, the believer is
baptized in the one Name but in every Person (Matthew
18:19) of the holy Trinity.Then, as he begins his Christian life, all three are
still actively involved. "How much more shall the
blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit
offered Himself without spot to God, purge your
conscience from dead works to serve the living God?"
(Hebrews 9:14).The actual event of salvation requires a miraculous
creation, with the believer undergoing "regeneration,"
and thus being "born again." This tremendous
miracle is indeed accomplished only by the working of
all three Persons of the Godhead. As Paul wrote, "God
sent forth His Son. . . . To redeem them that were
under the law, that we might receive the adoption of
sons. And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the
Spirit of His Son into your hearts, crying, Abba,
Father" (Galatians 4:4-6).The apostle Peter also noted the action of every
Person of the divine Godhead in the great work of
saving those who trust in Christ: "Elect according to
the foreknowledge of God the Father, through
sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and
sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ" (I Peter
1:2).An extremely important part of the Christian life from
its very beginning is that of prayer. That also is
accomplished daily with each person of the Trinity
participating. "For through Him [that is, through
Christ the Son] we both have access by one Spirit unto
the Father" (Ephesians 2:18). When we pray, we
normally pray to our heavenly Father (not to Jesus or
the Holy Ghost). God, of course, can hear a sincere
prayer, regardless of how addressed, but we should
know that we are really coming through the Lord Jesus
and in His good name by means of the indwelling Holy
Spirit. (Note Matthew 6:9 and John 14:13.)Once we have been born again by the regenerating
miracle of the Holy Spirit, our bodies become His
temple. But this also means that the tri-une God
Himself is there through the Spirit. We can be
"strengthened with might by His Spirit in the inner
man; That Christ may dwell in [our] hearts by faith; .
. . that ye might be filled with all the fullness of
God" (Ephesians 3:16-17,19).This was also implied in Christ's original promise
that He would send the Holy Spirit. "I will pray the
Father, andHe shall give you another Comforter, that He may abide
with you for ever; Even the Spirit of truth, . . . for
He dwelleth with you, and shall be in you. I will not
leave you comfortless: I will come to you. . . . At
that day ye shall know that I am in my Father, and ye
in me, and I in you. . . . If a man love me, he will
keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we
will come unto him, and make our abode with him" (John
14:16-18,20,23).At that time, Christ also promised that the Holy
Spirit would teach us, and that this also would
involve Himself as well as the Father. "But the
Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father
will send in my name, He shall teach you all things"
(v.26). The pervasive content of His teaching would,
of course, concern the Lord Jesus Himself, as directed
by the Father, "But when the Comforter is come, whom I
will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of
truth, which proceedeth from the Father, He shall
testify of me" (15:26).Thus, in a wonderful sense, the tri-une Godhead --
Father, Son, and Holy Spirit -- one and all live in
each Christian believer, teaching, strengthening,
convicting, comforting, and guiding him in answer to
his prayers. This is the marvelous truth of the
Trinity.Keep in mind that there are three real Persons in the
Godhead, not just three ways in which God reveals
Himself. The Son prays to the Father, for example, and
the Father sends the Holy Spirit when the Son returns
to heaven.Perhaps it is significant that the word "Godhead"
appears just three times in the New Testament, each
from a slightly different, though essentially
synonymous Greek word. The first occurrence of
"Godhead" is in Acts 17:29. ". . . we ought not to
think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver,
or stone, graven by art and man's device." That is, no
one can make a model of our three-in-one God --
neither any kind of graven image nor some kind of
philosophical construct.But it seems that God Himself has made such a model.
"For the invisible things of Him from the creation of
the world are clearly seen, being understood by the
things that are made, even His eternal power and
Godhead" (Romans 1:20). This is the second mention of
"Godhead."That is, the creation itself can be seen as a model of
the three-in-one Godhead. This remarkable fact cannot
be discussed in the limited space here, but will be
elaborated in more detail in the Back to Genesis
section of the December issue of Acts & Facts.The physical universe is, in a very real sense, a
trinity of trinities. Also, in a certain sense, human
life is a trinity of body, soul, and spirit.In fact, tri-unity in various ways is often seen in
the creation (but note that a "trinity" is not an
entity composed of three individual parts, like the
sides of a triangle, but rather an entity of three
parts, each of which is the whole).Thus, although no man could ever model the Godhead,
God has seemingly done this in His creation. But then
the third mention of the Godhead is given in
Colossians 2:9. "For in [Christ] dwelleth all the
fullness of the Godhead bodily." Thus, the Lord Jesus
can say to His disciples: ". . . he that hath seen me
hath seen the Father" (John 14:9), for He Himself is
"the image of the invisible God" (Colossians 1:15).We can close with one more Biblical mention of the
Trinity: "The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the
love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, be
with you all" (II Corinthians 13:14).* Dr. Henry M. Morris is Founder and President
Emeritus of ICR.
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BACK TO GENESIS: The Wonderful Truth of the TrinityThe above text is the clearest and most succinct
statement of the doctrine of the Trinity in the Bible,
but also probably the most controversial verse in the
Bible. Many authorities believe it was not in John's
original epistle, but was added by some ancient copy
ist. Consequently, although it is in the King James
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