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©Copyright 1998 Randall D. Hughes

A quick look through the Gospels.

Does it not seem logical that while Jesus was on earth he would have had many opportunities to reveal his "counterparts" in the Trinity (that is if God were a Trinity)? As one reads through the Gospels the question should be raised? If God is a Trinity then why are the three members not mentioned together more often? What are each of their roles? And there are countless places where they SHOULD be mentioned if God is a Trinity, but they are NOT!!! If God is a Trinity then…

Matthew
1:18, 20 Why is the Holy Ghost the father? Does Jesus have a surrogate Father?
The Father is NOT the Father!

1:23 "God with us." Is this the Trinity with us? What does "God" mean in a
Trinity? Is it the "three persons?" See John 1:1

3:3 Who is Jehovah? Isa. 40:3 Is it the Trinity? Or the Father?

3:11 Jesus is to baptize believers with the Holy Ghost?
Why can't the Holy Ghost baptize believers with "himself?"

3:16 Who is the "Spirit of God?" Isn't God a Spirit? John 4:24 Is this
the 3rd person? Or all three "persons?

3:17 A voice does not necessitate "another person." At least when we are talking
about God! What is spoken indicates that the Holy Ghost is speaking by
what is said, since the Holy Ghost is the Father, Matt. 1:18,20. Also, see Num.
22:28-30. Luke 19:40. Its not hard for God to speak or cause a bird to appear!
Also, consider John 5:37, no man has heard God's voice?

5:16 Why is the Father the only one to receive glory? What about the "others?"

5:45 Are we not children of the Son and Holy Ghost?

5:48 Is the Father "perfect" and not the Son or Holy Ghost?

6:1,4,6,18 Why is the Father the only one to reward?

6:8-13 Why are the Son and Holy Ghost not mentioned in the Lord's prayer?

6:14-15 Why is the Father the only one mentioned to forgive sin?
The Holy Ghost is never said to be able to forgive?

6:24 Can't serve two masters? What about three?

6:32 Why doesn't the Son or Holy Ghost know?

7:12 Why doesn’t the Son or Holy Ghost "give?"

7:21 What about the Son and Holy Ghost "will?"

9:6 What about the Holy Ghost?

10:20 Father speaks? Isn't this the Holy Ghost duty?

10:22 What about the Father's name? Holy Ghost name?

10:32-33 What about the Son? The Holy Ghost?

10:40 What about the Holy Ghost?

11:25-27 What about the Holy Ghost? Doesn't know the Father or Son?

12:18, 28 Which Spirit? Father's? Son's? Or Holy Ghost? There is ONLY One Spirit!

12:31-32 What about blasphemy against the Father?

12:50 Does the Holy Ghost not have a will?

13:43 Why don't the Son and Holy Ghost have a "kingdom?"

16:17 Is it the Holy Ghost duty to reveal, teach, and guide?
The Father is out of his role here!

16:27 Does the Holy Ghost not reward?

17:4 Did Peter know about the Trinity?
Why not build a tabernacle for the Father and Holy Ghost also?

17:5 Who spoke? Matt. 1:18, 20, John 5:37.
Why is the Holy Ghost not mentioned here?

18:10 Does the Son and Holy Ghost have a face also? What kind of monster is God?

18:14 Does the Holy Ghost not have a will?

18:19 What will the Holy Ghost do? Nothing?

18:35 Son and Holy Ghost have no say in our forgiveness?

19:17 One God!!

20:23 Son and Holy Ghost not prepare anything? Were the places not already taken?
What about Co-equal?

23:8-10 What role does the Holy Ghost play? Left out?

23:22 "Him" that sitteth on the throne? Only one?

24:36 Goes thru the list, and omits the Holy Ghost? No man, Angels, but the Father.

25:31 The son will sit on the Throne!

25:34 Son and Holy Ghost do not bless?

26:39, 42, 53 Why did Jesus NOT pray the Holy Ghost? He's the "helper!"

26:64 Where are the Father and Holy Ghost?

28:18 All power in one? Co-equal?

28:19 Single name that can refer to the Father, Son and Holy Ghost! That's JESUS!

Mark

1:2-3…………..Isa. 40:3. Jesus is Jehovah.

1:8…………….Why doesn't the Holy Ghost have any say?

1:10……………Spirit? Is this the Father?

1:11……………Who was the Father? Matt. 1:18, 20

2:7……………..What about the Holy Ghost? Can he forgive sins?

3:11……………Son of God or God the Son?

3:29……………Does this include blasphemy against the Father?

5:7……………..Did the devil know about the Holy Ghost?

8:38……………What about the glory of the Holy Ghost?

9:5……………..Did Peter know about the Trinity?
What about tabernacles to the Father and Holy Ghost?

9:7……………..Who spoke? Holy Ghost? Mtt. 1:18, 20 If not, why is he missing here?

9:37……………Did the Son and Holy Ghost not send him?

10:18…………..One God!

10:40………….Notice to sit on JESUS right hand and left!
I though Jesus was on the right hand!

11:9-10……….What is the name of the Lord?

11:25-26………Holy Ghost doesn't forgive sins?

12:29-31………Jesus believed in One God!

12:32………….One God! None but he!

12:35-37………Where is the Holy Ghost? Does this mean the Son was bumped from the
throne? See OT visions. No sign of the Son on right hand. Acts 7:55-56 is
the only place. See. Rev. 4:2-3

13:11………….Father and Son will not help us? What about Matt. 16:17
Did the Father act out of turn?

13:32………….Mark goes thru the list of possible candidates to know,
but omits the Holy Ghost!

14:36………….Why not pray the Holy Ghost?

14:62………….Where are the Father and Holy Ghost?

16:19………….How can God sit at God's right hand? Co-equal?

Luke

1:15, 41, 67…...Not filled with Father and Son?

1:19…………...Presence of God? Trinity?

1:35…………...Holy Ghost is the father, NOT the Father?

1:76…………...Prophet of the Highest, singular.

2:25-27……….Third person, not the Father and Son?

2:49…………..The Son and Holy Ghost don't have any business?

2:52…………..The Son grew in favor with the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost?

3:4……………Isa. 40:3. Who is Jehovah?

3:16…………..The Holy Ghost has no say? Co-equal

3:22…………..The only Gospel to say "Holy Ghost." Who spoke? Matt. 1:18, 20

3:38…………..Adam was the son of the Trinity?

4:1……………Not full of the Father and Son? Is the Holy Ghost separate from the Spirit?

4:8……………Him only. Them?

4:14…………..Is this the Father? Son? Or Holy Ghost?

4:18…………..Spirit of Jehovah anointed?

4:34…………..How can Jesus be the Holy one of God
If the Holy Ghost is a separate person?

5:21…………..God alone can forgive sins!

5:24…………..Can Holy Ghost forgive?

6:36…………..Are the Son and Holy Ghost not merciful?

7:27…………..Isa. 40:3. Jesus is Jehovah

9:1……………Son gave power! What about Father and Holy Ghost?

9:16…………..Why did Jesus look to heaven? If he was "God the Son?"

9:26…………..Goes through the list once again and omits the Holy Ghost?

9:33…………..Why not tabernacles to the Father and Holy Ghost?

9:35…………..The voice is the Holy Ghost, Matt. 1:18, 20

9:48…………..Who sent Jesus? Did the Holy Ghost have anything to do with it?

10:16…………Who sent Jesus? Did the Holy Ghost have anything to do with it?

10:18…………As Son, the Word, or the one eternal Spirit?

10:21…………Father reveals? That’s the Holy Ghost duties?

10:22…………Doesn't the Holy Ghost know the Father and Son?
Do they not know the Holy Ghost? Or has "he" not "proceeded" yet?

10:27…………This Jew did not understand the Trinity and Jesus did nothing to
correct him! When was the Trinity revealed? NOT in Bible times!

11:2-4………..Is it not critical that Jesus does not reveal the Trinity in the Lord's prayer?

11:13………...Father gives the Holy Ghost? What about the Son?
Co-equal? Chain of command?

12:8-10………What about speaking against the Father?

12:12…………What about the Father and the Son? Holy Ghost doesn't always teach?

12:32…………What about the Son and Holy Ghost?

18:19…………One God!

20:42-44……..Where is the Holy Ghost? Jesus on the right hand until Rev.3:21!

21:15-17……..The Son will give answers? What about the Holy Ghost? Isn't this his role?

22:29…………Father appointed? Co-equal? What about the Holy Ghost?

22:42…………Why not pray to the Holy Ghost?

22:69………….Can God sit on the right hand of God?
Where is the Father and Holy Ghost?

23:34………….What about the Son and Holy Ghost? Can they forgive?

23:46………….What about the Holy Ghost?

24:49………….Why the "promise of the Father?" Not Son? Or Holy Ghost?

John

1:1-2………….What does "God" mean here? Father? Or Trinity? If simply Father, why is
it so important to acknowledge just the "Word" and NOT the Holy Ghost
also? And if God means Trinity then you have two Sons! Why does it not
just say "Son?" That is, IF it would apply!

1:3, 10……….Is the "Word" Jehovah? Got to be one and the same! Isa. 44:24

1:6……………Who sent John? God and the Word? God? The Trinity?

1:14…………..Co-eternal? Begotten of the Father? But Matt. 1;18, 20, says that the Holy
Ghost was the Father? How can they be separate persons? Had to have
been a time before the Son begat!

1:18………….Did the Son declare the Holy Ghost also? Or just the Father?
Or all three persons?

1:23………….The way of Jehovah? Who is Jehovah? Father? All three? Or the Son?

1:32………….Spirit descended. John 4:24, God is a Spirit! No distinction of person?

1:33………….Co-equal? Why doesn't the Holy Ghost baptize with the Holy Ghost?

2:16………….Why the Father's house? Wasn't it equally the Son's?
And the Holy Ghost?

3:13………….Son in two places? Or two Sons?

3:15, 16……...Belief in the Son gives eternal life! Not in the Trinity!
We are NEVER told to believe the Trinity!

3:18………….It is the Son's name that is powerful!

3:34, 35……...Father sent the Son, gives him all things! Holy Ghost did nothing?
Why didn't "God the Son" send the flesh?

3:36………….Everlasting life is in the Son! Not the Trinity!

4:10, 14………Son gives living water ! What about the Father and Holy Ghost?

4:21…………..The Father is the only one worshipped!
What about the Son and Holy Ghost?

4:22………….Jesus confirms the Jew's worship of One God is correct!

4:23…………..Father is the only one seeking worship!
What about the Son and Holy Ghost?

4:24…………..How many Spirits? Eph. 4:4

4:34…………..Sent by the Father, not the Son or Holy Ghost?

4:42…………..One Savior! Isa. 43:11, Jehovah is Savior, Jesus is Jehovah!

5:17…………..Does the Holy Ghost not work?

5:18…………..Equal with God? Isa. 40:25

5:19-22……….Why did the Father do all the works? If Son was co-equal?
What about the Holy Ghost?

5:23…………..In not honoring the Son you have not honored the Father.
What about the Holy Ghost?



5:24…………..To believe the words of Jesus is to believe the Father!
What about the Holy Ghost?

5:25…………..Life is in hearing the Son. No mention of the Father or Holy Ghost?

5:26…………..Does the Holy Ghost not have life?

5:27…………..Has the Holy Ghost not given anything? Rev. 20:11-15
The "One" who judges has one face!

5:30…………..What about the will of the Son and Holy Ghost?
Did they have nothing to do with the sending?

5:36, 37………Why didn't the Son and Holy Ghost send?
Why didn't the Holy Ghost witness?

5:43…………..Why didn't the Son come in his own name? Or the Holy Ghost's?

5:45…………..Why not accuse to the Son or Holy Ghost?

6:27…………..The Father "sealed" the Son but not the Holy Ghost? Co-equal?

6:32…………..Why didn't the Holy Ghost give true bread (the Son)?

6:37, 39………The Father giveth? The Son and Holy Ghost do not?

6:38, 39, 40…..Does the Son not have a will? What about the Holy Ghost?

6:40, 47………Believing on the Son gives everlasting life! What about the Trinity?

6:44…………..Does the Spirit not draw? What about the Son?

6:45…………..Those taught about God were not taught about the Son or Holy Ghost?

6:46…………..Holy Ghost hasn't seen the Father? Has the Son seen the Holy Ghost?

6:57…………..Son and Holy Ghost had nothing to do with the sending of Jesus?

6:62…………..Where was "the Son of man before?" Notice this is not "the Son of God!"

6:65…………..Father draws men to Jesus? Holy Ghost has nothing to do with it?

7:16, 17………Son and Holy Ghost have no doctrine?

7:18…………..Jesus sought glory for the Father, not for the Son or Holy Ghost?

7:28, 29………Sent of the Father, not of Son or Holy Ghost?

7:33…………..Was the Holy Ghost not with the Father?

7:37-39……….Jesus the giver of the Holly Ghost! Co-equal?

8:16…………..Why wasn't the Holy Ghost with him?

8:18…………..Why didn't the Holy Ghost bear witness of Jesus?

8:24…………..Jesus is the I AM!

8:26…………..Jesus spoke the Father's words! Not Son or Holy Ghost's words?

8:27…………. Did Jesus just say that he was the Father? 8:24-27

8:28………….Son the I AM! Jesus did not operate by the power of the "Son of God!"
Spoke Father's words. Father taught? Not the Son or Holy Ghost?

8:29………….Father sent! Not Son or Holy Ghost? Holy Ghost not with him?

8:38………….Did the Son not see the Holy Ghost? Did Father's will!

8:42………….Co-equal? Did Son not come from the Holy Ghost? Sent from Father.

8:49………….Why didn't he honor the Holy Ghost?

8:50………….Who is the ONE? If it isn't the Son?

8:54………….Holy Ghost does not honor the Son?

8:55………….Did Father's will. Did he know the Holy Ghost with the Father?

8:58………….Jesus the IAM!

9:4…………...Did Jesus not do any works for the Holy Ghost? Co-equal?
Sent of the Father!

10:7, 9……….Jesus is the door, not the Father or Holy Ghost?

10:15………...Holy Ghost does not know the Father or Son?
Father & Son don't know the Holy Ghost?

10:17………...Holy Ghost does not love! The Bible NEVER say that "he" does!

10:18………...If co-equal, why did the Father give the commandment?
What about the Holy Ghost?

10:25………..What is the Father's name?

10:28………..Jesus giver of eternal life!

10:29………..Co-equal? Father greater than all?
Can they be plucked out of the Holy Ghost hand?

10:30………..Holy Ghost not in one with Father and Son? Not even in unity?

10:32, 37……Works were the Father's! What about the Son or Holy Ghost,
no works for them?

10:33………...Not equal with God? But maketh himself God! Not a third of God?

10:36………...Holy Ghost did not sanctify? Father sent.

10:38………...Was the Holy Ghost not in Jesus? Was Jesus not in the Holy Ghost?

11:25, 26…….What about believing in the Trinity? Or even the Father?

11:41…………Did the Holy Ghost not hear? Why not pray to the Holy Ghost?

11:42…………Sent of the Father. Not Son or Holy Ghost? Holy Ghost not hear?
Jesus prayed for the sake of the people. As a "man," he set the example.
Co-equal? Can God pray to God and still be God?

12:13…………What is the Name of the Lord? Jesus! Acts 9:5

12:26…………Will the Son and Holy Ghost not honor?

12:27…………Why not pray to the Holy Ghost to save him from this hour?

12:28…………What name was glorified? Jesus! Why didn't the Holy Ghost glorify it?

12:44…………Jesus is the Father! Believing on Jesus is really believing on the Father!
The Father sent!

12:45…………See Jesus, see the Father!

12:49…………Why didn't the Holy Ghost send? Speak? Command?

12:50…………Did the Holy Ghost NOT speak to Jesus? Jesus' words were the Father's!
Why not Holy Ghost words also?

13:1…………..Where was the Holy Ghost?

13:3…………..Did the Holy Ghost not give him anything?

13:16…………Co-equal? Sender greater than the one sent! Jesus was sent!
The Holy Ghost was sent! Thus inferior to the Father, in a trinity.

13:19…………Jesus the I AM!

13:20…………Receive Jesus, you've received the Father! What about the Holy Ghost?

14:2…………..Son and Holy Ghost do not have a house?
The Son the only one preparing a place?

14:6…………..Holy Ghost does not give access to the Father?
Jesus the ONLY way, truth, and life!

14:7…………..Know Jesus, know the Father, See Jesus, see the Father!
What about the Holy Ghost?

14:9…………..Know Jesus, know the Father, See Jesus, see the Father!
What about the Holy Ghost?

14:10…………Did the Son or Holy Ghost not have words to speak?

14:11…………Jesus is in the Father and the Father in the Son, why isn't the Holy Ghost?

14:12…………Why didn't Jesus go to the Son and Holy Ghost?

14:13…………Why wouldn't the Holy Ghost receive glory? Or the Son?

14:16…………Why not pray the Son or Holy Ghost? "Another" can mean a different
mode, or method of manifestation, not necessarily a "person!"

14:17…………Who dwelt with them? Who did they see? Jesus! Jesus was with them
and would be in them! Jesus equates himself to also be the Spirit of truth!

14:18…………Jesus would be their Father? Or the Holy Ghost? Both!

14:24…………Word's were the Father's! What about the Son or Holy Ghost?

14:26…………Here we have the three NT modes of God. Father is the eternal
omnipresent Spirit. The Son is the body that revealed the Father,
and the Comforter that would dwell in believers.

14:28…………Father is greater? Co-equal? Jesus coming back as the Holy Ghost?

14:31…………Father gave commandment? Co-equal? What about the will of the
Son and Holy Ghost?

15:1…………..What role does the Holy Ghost perform?

15:8…………...Are the Son and Holy Ghost not glorified?

15:9…………...The Holy Ghost is NEVER said to love!

15:10………….What about the Holy Ghost love? The Holy Ghost commandments?

15:15………….Did Jesus not hear anything from the Holy Ghost?

15:16………….Why not ask the Holy Ghost? Or ask in the Holy Ghost name?

15:21………….Sent by the Father? What about the Son or Holy Ghost?

15:23,24………In hating Jesus, you hate the Father! What about the Holy Ghost?

15:26………….Co-equal? Son will send the Comforter from the Father? Holy Ghost
proceeds from the Father? Isn't Jesus the Spirit of truth? John 14:17

16:3…………...Know Jesus know the Father? What about the Holy Ghost?

16:5……………Sent from the Father. Co-equal? What about the Son and Holy Ghost?

16:7……………Jesus sender of the Comforter. Co-equal?

16:10…………..Why not go to the Holy Ghost? Where is He?

16:13…………..Isn't Jesus the Spirit of truth? John 14:17. Holy Ghost the guide.
Will not speak of self, Co-equal? Who will hear from? Father or Son?

16:14…………..The Holy Ghost will glorify Jesus. What about the Father?
Or Holy Ghost?

16:15…………..Father gave all to the Son. What about the Holy Ghost?

16:16, 17………Where is the Holy Ghost? Is he not with the Father?

16:23…………..Why not ask the Holy Ghost?

16:25…………..What is there to show? And when will he show the Holy Ghost?

16:26…………..The day is coming when Jesus will not be our intercessor!
Where is the Holy Ghost?

16:27…………..Why doesn't the Holy Ghost love?

16:28…………..Where is the Holy Ghost? Is he not with the Father?

16:32…………..Jesus was not alone because the Father was with him.
Where is the Holy Ghost?

17:1……………Where is the Holy Ghost? Does the Holy Ghost not glorify
or receive glory?

17:2…………….Father gave the Son the power, and eternal life.
What about the Holy Ghost?

17:3…………….The Father is the ONLY TRUE God! And (kai) even Jesus Christ! The
Father sent Jesus. Why didn't the Holy Ghost send or the Son send?

17:4……………..Jesus glorified the Father by completing the work the Father had given
him! The Holy Ghost didn't have a part in this work? Or receiving glory?

17:5……………..Holy Ghost has no part in this? Give the Son the glory the Father
planned from the beginning for the Son to have at this point in
the Son's work!

17:6……………..What did the Holy Ghost give? Jesus was the visual, physical,
manifestation of the Father's name! Thus the Father's name is Jesus!

17:7……………..All things given Jesus were from the Father!
What about the Holy Ghost?

17:8……………..Jesus word's were the Father's. Jesus sent from the Father.
The Holy Ghost had no part in this?

17:9……………..The ones given to Jesus out of the world were the Father's!
What about the Holy Ghost, didn't He have any?

17:10……………The ones that were Jesus' were also the Father's!
What about the Holy Ghost?

17:11……………The Holy Ghost is not one with the Father and the Son?
What is the Father's name? Jesus!

17:12…………….Jesus kept the ones the Father gave to him in the Father's name!
Does the Holy Ghost not give or keep?

17:14…………….Jesus words were the Father's! Holy Ghost has nothing to say?

17:15…………….Why not pray the Holy Ghost?

17:17…………….The Father's word is Truth! But Jesus is the Truth! John 14:6
and the only way to the Father!

17:18…………….Father sent the Son. In the same manner the Son sent the disciples
into the world!

17:21, 22, 23…….The Holy Ghost is not one with the Father and Son? Father sent Son,
not Holy Ghost? Was the Holy Ghost not in Jesus?
Did the Holy Ghost not love?

17:24…………….Father gave the Son disciples, glory. Father loved the Son.
Did the Father loved the Holy Ghost? And why didn't the Holy
Ghost love the Son?

17:25…………….Jesus sent by the Father, not Holy Ghost?

17:26…………….Jesus declared the Father's name! Did the Holy Ghost not love the Son?
Jesus was to be in his disciples, what about the Holy Ghost?

18:5, 6……………I AM! Jehovah! Many scholars feel this is the reason the guards fell,
out of reverence to the reference.

18:11……………..The Holy Ghost didn't give cup? Son?

18:37……………..Jesus is truth!

19:30……………..Did 1/3 of God die? Was this the human part of his nature or the Spirit
part? Or both?

20:17……………..Would he not go to the Holy Ghost also? Jesus as a man had a God,
it was the Father! This is another instance where "and" means "even!"
Where was the Holy Ghost?

20:21……………...Jesus sending his disciples just as the Father sent him! Sender greater.

20:22……………...Receive the third person? Sender greater? Co-equal?

20:28……………...The Lord of me, the God of me! What about the Father and the
Holy Ghost? Shouldn't Jesus have rebuked him?

20:31……………...The Bible is not a complete history book. It does not give every little
detail about everything. But it does give enough to know that Jesus is
the Christ, and that by believing you can have life in His name! What
about the Father's name? The Holy Ghost? Does it give enough to
believe in a Trinity? The Bible NEVER instructs us to believe in a
Trinity!

In light of the many questions Jesus raises here, the reader should be left with one answer! Jesus was not the "second person" in a Trinity, but he was the manifestation of the One and Only True God! The One Eternal Spirit who spoke in different ways. In light of the Evidence, when you know Jesus you know the One True God!

©Copyright1998 Randall D. Hughes







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Comment by CHRISTOPHER TAYLOR on September 3, 2008 at 8:09pm

THE TRUTH ABOUT

ONE LORD
ONE FAITH
ONE BAPTISM

Ephesians 4:5

By Lewis E. Manuwal

Many Bible Proofs

The following scriptures, properly interpreted, give us positive proof that Christ and God are one. It will also, without a doubt, give us the only true plan of Bible salvation
ONE LORD Over seven hundred times in the Old Testament, the Jewish name of God was JEHOVAH THE LORD. When the word "LORD" was spelled with all capitals, it always meant "JEHOVAH."

The Greek word for "Lord" in the New Testament, when spelled with a capital "L" always means "JEHOVAH." It was used over six hundred times.
W.E Vine's Expository of New Testament Words says that "Jesus" is a transliteration of "Joshua," meaning "JEHOVAH is salvation."
Acts 2:36 - "Let all the house of Israel know assuredly that God hath made that same Jesus both Lord (JEHOVAH) and Christ (Messiah)."
Jesus was asked in Matt. 22:36-38 and in Mark 12:28-30, "What is the first and great commandment of them all?" In Mark, Jesus quoted Deut. 6:4, "Hear, O Israel. the LORD our God is one LORD."
NOTE: In the Encyclopedia Britannica under the word "trinity," it states that because of Deut. 6:4, it would be impossible for Jesus and HIS Jewish apostles to believe in a trinity.
ONE FAITH The world today recognizes many faiths: Methodist, Baptist, Lutheran, Catholic and others.
The true church, which started on the day of Pentecost, was Apostolic and preached the Apostolic doctrine.
Jude, in verse three, admonished all to "contend for the faith that was once delivered to the saints."
Who delivered this faith? Peter, having the keys to the kingdom of heaven (Matt. 16:19), delivered the saving message to the Jews and later to the Gentiles (Acts 10). The Jews, under great conviction, cried out to Peter and the rest of the apostles, "What shall we do?" Peter said. "Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. The promise is unto you and your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call" (Acts 2:38, 39)
Then they that gladly received his word were baptized: and the same day there were added unto them about three thousand souls. (Acts 2:41) This is the Apostolic faith and doctrine in action. Acts 2:42 - "And they continued steadfastly in the apostles' doctrine.
DARE WE, OR EVEN AN ANGEL PREACH ANY OTHER GOSPEL? Read the answer in Galatians 1:8

ONE BAPTISM All of the recorded baptisms in the Bible after the Day of Pentecost were done in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ. Apollos baptized the Ephesians wrong (Acts 18 and 19). Paul came to Ephesus and re-baptized them in the name of the Lord Jesus and they received the Holy Ghost and spake in tongues (Acts 19: 1-6).
Read on for proof of how to become a member in the Body of Christ (the Church).
ONE SPIRIT AND
ONE BODY Ephesians 4:4 -- "There is one body and one Spirit." I Cor. 12:27 -- The body of Christ is the church.
What is the Bible way to get into Hs body or the church? I Cor. 12:13 -- "for by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body" (church), whether we be Jews or Gentiles. The Jews received this experience on the Day of Pentecost. Acts 2:4 -- One hundred and twenty, including Mary the mother of Jesus, were "filled with the Holy Ghost and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit gave them utterance."
The Gentiles in Acts 10 were filled with the Holy Ghost while Peter was preaching unto them. "They likewise spake in tongues as the Jews did at Pentecost. Peter immediately commanded them to be baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus." (RV). Friend, God makes no exceptions. If you have received the Holy Ghost and spoke in tongues, then to have Bible salvation, you must be baptized in Jesus' name. Acts 4:12 -- "Neither is there salvation in any other name" (Jesus).
ONE GOD AND
FATHER Ephesians 4:6 -- "One God and Father of all."
Yes, there is only one God and one Father. Jesus is known as both God and Father. Isaiah 9:6 -- "Unto us a child is born, a son is given. His name shall be called the Mighty God and the everlasting Father, . . . You must consider the dual nature of Christ. For thirty-three years, He was both man and God. Further scripture should convince you that Christ and God are one and not two persons.
Genesis 17:1 The Lord told Abraham. "I am the Almighty God."
Exodus 6:3 And I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, by the name of God Almighty . . .
Rev 1:18 Jesus said, "I am the Almighty."
1 John 5:20 (in the Living New Testament) "God's son, Jesus Christ, is the only true God and eternal life."
Titus 2:13 Our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ" (NIV).
Jude 25 "To the only wise God our Saviour" (Jesus).
NO, NO! There cannot be two "Almighty Gods." Surely, God and Christ are one and only one.
ONE CREATOR Perhaps the most undeniable proof in the Bible that Christ and God are one is the story of creation.
Nehemiah 9:16 "Thou art the LORD alone, thou hast made the heaven and the earth and all things that are therein."
Isaiah 44:24 "Thus saith the LORD (JEHOVAH), I am the LORD that maketh all things, who stretcheth forth the heavens alone, that spreadeth abroad the earth by myself. (Alone" and "by myself" -- Quite plain!)
St John 1:3 and 10 "All things were made by Him and without Him nothing was made that was made." Vs. 10 -- "He (Jesus) was in the world, the world was made by Him and the world knew Him not."
Col 1:14-17 "We have redemption through His blood." He "is the image of the invisible God," (the part you can see of God). "For by Him (Jesus) were all things created, that are in heaven and earth."
Isaiah 44:24 God (JEHOVAH) said that He made all things alone and by Himself, Surely God and Christ are one.
HOW CAN YOU HELP BUT BELIEVE IT?


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Comment by CHRISTOPHER TAYLOR on September 3, 2008 at 8:03pm

Don't Believe It!

Five misleading teachings about speaking in tongues

Concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I would not have you ignorant.
1 Corinthians. 12:1

1

FALSE
Many Pentecostal & Charismatic Christians believe that the 120 on the Day of Pentecost received the gift of tongues. Therefore, since the gift of tongues is not mandatory, it is not required that all speak in tongues when receiving the Holy Ghost.

TRUE
Tongues is the initial evidence of the Holy Ghost Baptism, and all will speak in tongues the moment they receive this experience. The purpose of these tongues is entirely different from the gift of tongues as the following scriptures will prove.

THE HOLY GHOST FOR ALL
The Holy Ghost is for all who obey the plan of God for salvation. Acts 5:32, Acts 2:38, 39; John 3:5; For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body. (Church) 1 Cor. 12:13

GIFT OF TONGUES-NOT FOR ALL

The gifts of the Spirit are divided to every man severally as he will. 1 Cor. 12:11. This means you may receive several gifts, but not necessarily the gift of tongues.

ONE AT A TIME-DIVINE ORDER

The gift of tongues is scripturally governed. If any man speak in an unknown tongue, let it be by two, or the most, by three, and that by course (one at a time) and let one interpret. 1 Cor. 14:27.

GOD IS PERFECT

God being perfect, could not give us an imperfect example at Pentecost. The 120 received the Holy Ghost & all spoke in tongues at the same time as the Spirit gave them utterance. Acts 2:4. This was repeated in the tenth chapter of Acts. While Peter was yet preaching, a large group of Gentiles began speaking in tongues. Acts 10:24-27 & 44-48. In Acts 19:1-7, twelve Ephesians spoke in tongues when they received the Holy Ghost. These large groups, speaking in tongues at the same time, is proof enough that this speaking in tongues is different from the gift of tongues. Remember, the gift of tongues was to be exercised by one person at a time. 1 Cor 14:27

A LATTER RAIN

The baptism of the Holy Ghost is known as the latter rain. Rain does not fall one drop at a time, but is poured out on all at the same time. Acts 2:17. The Bible example is that we will speak in tongues when we receive the Holy Ghost. After receiving the Holy Ghost we are to covet earnestly the best gifts, one of which could be the gift of the tongues. 1 Cor. 12:21.

2.

FALSE
The gift of tongues was given on the Day of Pentecost to preach the gospel to men of other nationalities and tongues.

TRUE
It is true, the 120 spoke in many languages on the day of Pentecost. Acts 2:9-11. This was given as a sign of evidence to all that something great and supernatural was taking place. The truth is when Peter preached on the Day of Pentecost, he lifted up his own voice and began to speak. Acts 2:14. Most of the Jews visiting Jerusalem on this occasion were bilingual. They spoke the language of their home province and also spoke the common language of that day, which was Greek. When Peter finished preaching, 3000 understood and obeyed his command to be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ. Acts 2:38-41. The fact that Peter did not preach in tongues then or ever, should explode the false notion that tongues was given to preach in.

3.

FALSE
Paul forbids the church to speak in tongues 1 Cor. 14:39

TRUE
Just the opposite is true. 1 Cor. 14:5 Paul said, I would that ye all spake with tongues. When he said in 1 Cor 14:39, forbid not to speak in tongues, he wasn't forbidding tongues. I challenge any to misinterpret the following translations:

Revised standard Vers: Do not forbid speaking in tongues.

Living letters: Never say it is wrong to speak in tongues.

Phillips Mod. Eng: Not forbidding to speak in tongues.

Amplified Bible: Do not hinder speaking in tongues.

What further proof should we need that speaking in tongues is not forbidden, but rather encouraged?

4.

FALSE
Paul said, I speak in tongues more than ye all. 1 Cor. 14:18. This merely meant that because of His superior education he had mastered more foreign languages than others

TRUE
1 Cor. 14:18-19. I thank my God, I speak with tongues more than ye all. Yet in the church, I had rather speak five words with my understanding. That by my voice I might teach others also. than ten thousand words in an unknown tongue. It certainly makes sense that if Paul's "tongues" were languages he had learned, he would have no problem in understanding what he was saying. How foolish it is to fight against this simple and wonderful Bible truth.



5.

FALSE
Whether there be tongues, they shall cease. 1 Cor. 13:8. Many church leaders interpret this to mean that once the church is established, tongues will no longer be needed.

TRUE
Tongues shall cease, only when prophecy and and knowledge shall pass away. 1 Cor 13:8. These gifts are necessary for the edifying of the body of Christ. 1 Cor. 14:3, 26. These shall pass away only when that which is perfect is come. 1 Cor 13:10. The only perfect one is Christ, God manifest in the flesh. When he comes for his church, the gifts are no longer needed. If Paul meant in the 13th chapter tongues were to cease at that time, why did he bother to write the next chapter which deals specifically with the use of tongues?

1992 Rev. Lewis E. Manuwal, All rights reserved.

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Comment by CHRISTOPHER TAYLOR on August 31, 2008 at 6:49pm

Mystery

Of the

FATHER

and the

SON

Question:
Who is the
root and offspring
of David? Rev. 22:16

By: Lewis E. Manuwal
The 8th in a series of Godhead tracts

I Jesus, am the root and the offspring of David and the bright and morning star. Rev. 22:16
Here the dual nature of Jesus is revealed It is impossible to understand the Godhead unless you consider His dual nature. Through His divine nature, He was the origin or Father of David. By His human nature, he was the descendant or son of David. Adam Clark confirms this.

This amazing truth is also taught by Jesus in Matthew 22:42-45. Jesus quotes Psalms 110:1, where David said, "The LORD said unto my Lord, sit thou on my right hand till I make thin enemies thy footstool. Here Jesus admits that He is both LORD (Father) and Son of David.

LOVERS OF TRUTH

My tracts are known as the Lover of Truth tracts. The truth of who Christ really was and is has been hidden for centuries to many Bible scholars. They are willing to accept the Catholic theory of the Trinity that claims that Jesus is merely the second person in the Godhead.
You cannot possibly love Jesus with all your heart unless you have a deep love for the truth. St. John, the fourteenth chapter, tells us that Jesus is the Way, the Truth, and the Life. The truth sets us free from false doctrine and the traditions of men. If we worship Him in Spirit and in Truth (St. John 4:24). The more I seek after the truth, the greater my love for Him becomes. Remember, love is reciprocal. His love for us increases also.

Is it that important to know who Jesus is and to correctly identify Him with the Father?

Yes, It's a matter of life or death!

St. John 8:24 -- Jesus said, "If ye believe not that I AM (He), ye shall die in your sins." In most Bibles that word "He" is in italics, meaning that it was not in the original text. St. John 8:27 -- The understood not that He spake to them of His Father.
St. John 8:58, Jesus said, "before Abraham was, I AM" (not I was). Here Jesus claims to be Jehovah God of the Old Testament. Exodus 3:14,15. -- God told Moses to tell Israel that I AM hath sent you, and that this is my name forever. Adam Clark writes that I AM in the Hebrew means Jehovah Elohim.

What greater proof do we need that Jesus Christ of the New Testament is Jehovah God of the Old Testament. Remember when Lord is spelled with a capital L in the New Testament, it always means Jehovah.

Jesus did not want anyone to be ignorant of who He was. He said, "I and my Father are one." St. John 10:30.

MORE BIBLE PROOFS

The apostle John was a devout lover of Jesus and a lover of truth. He recognized Jesus for who He really was. EXAMPLE - St. John 14:8-11 -- Philip said, "Show us the Father." Jesus answered, "Have I been so long time with you and yet thou hast not known me? He that hath seen me hath seen the Father." Billy Graham in his question and answer column in major newspapers, used the above scriptures to prove that Christ was truly God. (Copies of his articles will be sent upon request.) John said in I John 2:23 that he that acknowledgeth the Son hath the Father also. You can't have one without the other.
St. John 1:1 & 14 -- "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God." Vs. 14 -- "And the Word was made flesh and dwelt among us."

Paul agrees with John in Col. 2:9 -- The fullness of the Godhead dwelleth bodily in Christ. The Living New Testament says, "in Christ there is all of God in a human body." Yes, He was the Almighty God. Rev. 1:8 -- JESUS SAID SO!

WAS JESUS HIS OWN FATHER?

We oneness people say YES. It is an amazing mystery, but true. It is quite shocking to our Trinity friends that believe in three separate persons in the Godhead.
Without believing i the dual nature of Christ, none of this would make sense. Jesus was both human and Devine. Being Divine, He was the Holy Ghost overshadowing Mary, who gave birth to His fleshly body.

St John 14:26 -- Jesus said, "The Comforter is the Holy Ghost." (Father) St. John 14:7 -- Jesus said, "If ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also; from henceforth ye know Him and hath seen Him."

St. John 14:17, 18 -- Jesus said, that the world does not know the Spirit of Truth (Holy Ghost), "but ye know Him for He dwelleth with you, but shall be in you." vs 18 -- Jesus said, "I will not leave you comfortless; I will come to you." Truly Jesus is the Comforter, the Holy Ghost, the Father and His own human body.

No wonder Isaiah prophesied that Jesus would be the Everlasting Father and the Mighty God. Isaiah 9:6.


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