The Writers' Circle

Misrepresenting who God is is probably the worst kind of lie. If the children of God do not know their God, there is from the start a great flaw in finding Gods way. Knowing God is fundamental to having a relationship with him. If there is no relationship with God, there is no salvation. Jesus himself said that people will come saying they cast out demons, prophesied and did wonderful things in his name and he will tell them that he never knew them. It is true that we can go through the acts of Christianity and not enter the kingdom of God. What is called for is for Christ to know you and for you to know Christ. This is relationship. 

Without relationship their can be no salvation, understanding or knowledge. For this reason, we will spend some time looking at the God we serve. We need to know God in order to Know Gods ways. Our first contact with God is Jesus the Christ. Now let us consider who Jesus is: 

In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins: Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature: For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him: And he is before all things, and by him all things consist. (Col 1:14-17 KJV)

The word of God is clear Jesus created everything, the things in heaven, and the things on earth. If we consider the book of Genesis for a moment, we read in verse one that in the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Jesus is the creator therefore; we could replace the words in genesis to say, in the beginning, Jesus created the heavens and the earth. If you need more proof that the word refers to Jesus as the creator you can find that in the gospel of John 1:3 or the book of Hebrews chapter 1:10. We can take this analogy further through the book of Genesis and see how the God that that created in verse one is the same God that is present throughout the book of Genesis. We will also note that he is the same God throughout the rest of the Old Testament. There is never a mention of two gods, or the son of god there is only Jehovah God. If we do not like this, we have to remove the above scriptures from the Bible or we have to conform to Gods way and accept that the God that is present throughout scripture is in fact Jesus the Christ. 

Considering this to be a mistake, we have to look at these words of Jesus:

Not that any man hath seen the Father, save he which is of God, he hath seen the Father.  (Joh 6:46 KJV)
And the Father himself, which hath sent me, hath borne witness of me. Ye have neither heard his voice at any time, nor seen his shape.  (Joh 5:37 KJV)


If no man has seen or heard the voice of the father God then Moses, Abraham and all the patriarchs that claim to have seen and heard the voice of God told a lie and worse, they wrote this lie in the word of God. There is of course another explanation and we find it in Colossians, the verse above.  The word says that Jesus is the image of the invisible God. Clearly, it tells us that God the Father is unseen and if we want to see God, we have to look at Jesus, because he is the image of God. Jesus said the same thing to the disciples when they asked him to show them the Father and they will believe. He answered them with a remarkable statement: '.if you have seen me, you have seen the Father.' (John 14:9 KJV)

This places Jesus in the heart of scripture right from the very beginning of the word of God. This should open our eyes to the sacrifice that Jesus made to come to earth in the form of a man and to die a sinner's death for our sins. The question that this raises is, what about the Father, where then does he fit into all this. To answer this we are going to have to enter into a very touchy subject, but enter into it we must. 

The trinity: Gods way or mans way.
The word trinity is not in the word of God. Surely if God wanted us to know Him as the trinity, he would have placed this in His Bible. Why do we insist on adding to the word of God? There is no word trinity there so let us not assume to place one there. We understand that the word trinity explains or refers to three deities one god figure we call God. All equal. All one, separated, yet one, how confusing is that.  The scholars tell us that it is so complex that the mind of man cannot understand it. How are we to build a relationship with our God if we cannot even know his very being? It is no wonder the Orthodox Jews have such a problem with the Christian doctrine. We claim to be monotheistic, yet we have three distinct godheads, yet to conform to the one God principle we gather them into an oneness we call the trinity and claim that we are monotheistic. The hard question to ask is this. Does the bible ever refer to two Gods, and give them different ranks? Does the Bible ever refer to one being greater than the other? The answer is yes it does. The scripture where Jesus says that he and the Father are one does not refer to greatness, (John 10:30 KJV). If this were so then Jesus contradicted himself twice, because in verse 29 of the same chapter he says that the Father is greater than all, and he says it this way further on:
Ye have heard how I said unto you, I go away, and come again unto you. If ye loved me, ye would rejoice, because I said, I go unto the Father: for my Father is greater than I. (emphasis added) (Joh 14:28 KJV) 
Still not satisfied, even though it is in plain English; then read this piece of scripture in Hebrews:
Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; therefore God, even thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.  (Heb 1:9 KJV)
We can of course assume that Jesus was referring to God being greater than he is, when he was on earth. This scripture in Hebrews dispels that notion. Here we read about two Gods. We have the story of a father praising his Son. The Father uses strange words here to give honor to his son. First, he calls his son God, and then he places himself in the right rank saying your God. Question: Does Jesus have a God. Answer: According to Hebrews1:9 He does. 
Still not so sure, let us look at this scripture for something astounding:
When all things are subjected to him, then the Son himself will also be subjected to him who put all things in subjection under him, that God may be all in all.  (1Co 15:28)

Here we can see that the son at the end of time, and take note that here Jesus is already on the Fathers right hand in glory, will be subjected to God the Father so that they can be one, or equal, or of the same rank. No, it is so that the Father may be all in all.
It is safe to assume that when Jesus is saying that he and the Father are one he is not assuming rank. If this were so then we can also claim equality with God. In John 17:21 Jesus is asking his Father to make us all one, as he is in His father and his Father is in him he asks that we may be one in them. If this oneness refers to equality then we are also equal to God, is that not an absurd notion.  
The trinity theory has tried to enforce equality between the Father and the son thereby negating Jesus' whole message. Read all Jesus' words and you will see a common theme there. His heart was to reveal his Father to the world. His mission is to bring his Father Glory. His hope is that through us his Father will receive the glory. He sacrificed himself for us in obedience to his Father. He paid for our sins because the Father loved us, what more do we need to realize that Jesus does not consider himself equal or greater than his Father why would man insist on this. 

The problem with taking away the word trinity was always the fear that Jesus would become another great human being, or just a chosen prophet. Rest assured that Jesus is none of that. He is God in all respects of the word. He is everything we read in the scriptures about God. Every knee will bow before the Lord. He is the creator for goodness sake this in itself gives him the right to be called God. Except for all this, the Bible calls Jesus God and that should settle the argument.

The next point to look at is the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit is the third person of the Godhead according to the trinity model of God. The Holy Spirit was present from the first verses Geneses and is present in the last book of revelation. What we have to determine is the person of the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit or the Spirit of God is from God the father.  We see this by the way Jesus refers to the Spirit of God. 

For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father which speaketh in you.  (Mat 10:20 KJV)

Here we see that Jesus is referring to the Holy Spirit as the Spirit of the Father. What does this tell us about the Holy Spirit? It shows us that the Holy Spirit is the Fathers' spirit. It shows the image and likeness we have with the creator. God made us with a body and a spirit. Just as God has a spirit, so we have a spirit. We can read the scripture and see how Jesus keeps referring to the spirit as from his father. Here is another example:
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:  (Joh 15:26 KJV)
Here again we see Jesus himself that he Holy Spirit comes from the Father. We have to understand that the Spirit of God is just that, he is the Spirit of God the Father. It is not Jesus' Spirit, It is not a separate spirit, it is the Fathers' spirit. If we have any doubts as to whom the spirit belongs to, this verse should finally settle the argument.
Behold my servant, whom I have chosen; my beloved, in whom my soul is well pleased: I will put my spirit upon him, and he shall shew judgment to the Gentiles.  (Mat 12:18 KJV) (Emphasis added)

This verse clearly shows us that the Father calls the Holy Spirit His spirit. Our father God is present on this earth and in our hearts through his Spirit. The spirit of the father gives us new life, teaches us, comforts us, gives us power from on high, and gives us prophecy and so the list goes on. It is through His Spirit that our Father is continually active and present on our lives.  The Holy Spirit is not some loose entity of the trinity, rather the Spirit is the Father, and the Father is the Spirit. As the above verse says, it is MY spirit. It is for this reason that the unpardonable sin is blasphemy against the Holy Spirit.  The apostles understood this concept all to well, Paul wrote in Romans 8:11 that the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead. We see that He also refers to the Holy Spirit as Gods Spirit. 

Now that we have established that the Holy Spirit is in fact the Father's Spirit what does it mean? The significance in this lies in the fact that we are not once told in the scriptures to pray, to praise or worship the Holy Spirit. There is no reference of someone praying to the Holy Spirit, praising the Holy Spirit, or worshiping the Holy Spirit in the whole Bible. This is significant, because if the Holy Spirit was part of the trinity then surely as a third person he should receive worship and praise from us. This however is not the case. All reference about the Holy Spirit coming to us is either by asking the Father and the Father will send his spirit. Look at these examples:
And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever; (Joh 14:16 KJV)
But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.  (Joh 14:26 KJV)
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:  (Joh 15:26 KJV)
Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you.  (Joh 16:7 KJV)

Even though in the last two verses Jesus is saying that, he will send the Holy Spirit we can safely deduce that he will ask his Father to send His Spirit. Even in the third example, we see that the Spirit proceeds from the Father, even though it states that Jesus would send the Spirit. 

The God that we serve is the Father and His son. Embodied in the Father is His Spirit. The Father is all in all. This is the wish of Jesus Christ, This is what he pointed us towards, and He does not set himself up as equal to the Father but shows us that his father is greater than he is. Jesus wants all Glory and honor to go to the Father. Even our daily prayer life Jesus taught us to ask the Father. The Glory that Jesus receives as he said himself is from God. How then are we to react to the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit? We come to salvation through the son; He is our creator and therefore our God. WE praise and worship him for this worship of him gives Glory to the Father. We pray to the Father as Jesus instructed. This means our daily prayer life is towards the Father. We praise and worship the Father. We receive the Holy Spirit and we honor him by obeying His guidance, knowing that it is Gods' Spirit.  We do not praise, worship, or pray to the Holy Spirit because this is not Biblical instruction and we cannot surmise that because the Holy Spirit is of the Father we might as well pray to him as well. This is mans way and not the way that God intended. For us to follow Gods' way we have to obey what our Lord and savior instructed us. This will be the discussion of our next chapter.