GOD MANIFESTED AS THE HOLY GHOST
 
IN EMANATION

God, the eternal Spirit, is "Omni-present"-everywhere at the same time; therefore, His Substance fills the universe. The only way God can manifest Himself in the hearts of people today is by the process of emanation. To emanate is to issue forth from a source. As the Holy Spirit, God is issuing forth from His Substance to fill the hearts of people today. The Holy Spirit cannot be separated from the Father, for it is a part of his Substance. That which was conceived in the virgin Mary was of the Holy Ghost. Matt. 1:20. The truth becomes evident that the Holy Spirit is the Father of the Son. To try to separate the Father and the Holy Spirit and form two Persons, would give the Son two Fathers, which is impossible. Definitely the Father and the Holy Spirit would have to be the same Spirit. There is only ONE SPIRIT. Eph 4:4. "For by ONE SPIRIT are we all baptized into one body..." 1Cor. 12:13.

The Bible proves that the ONE Spirit is the Holy Ghost. "This spake He (Jesus) of the SPIRIT, which they that believe on Him should receive: for the HOLY GHOST was not yet given; because that Jesus was not yet glorified." John 7:39. The Bible proves that the ONE Spirit is Jesus. There is ONE LORD JESUS CHRIST. 1Cor. 8:6. "Now the LORD (Jesus) is that SPIRIT..." John 4:24. "There are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost, and these three are ONE." 1John 5:7. By no means did Jesus teach that the Holy Ghost was another Person. Jesus said, "The Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, He shall teach you all things..." John 14:26. Again Jesus said, "...if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you." John 16:7. Also Jesus said, "I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you." John 14:18. Compare John 14:26 with John 16:7; Jesus spoke of the Father and Himself as ONE. Compare John 14:26 with John 14:18. Jesus spoke of the Holy Ghost and Himself as ONE. If the Father and Jesus are one, and Jesus and the Holy Ghost are one: then the Father, Jesus and Holy Ghost are ONE. (Also compare the following Scriptures which show that the Father, Jesus and the Holy Ghost are ONE: Matt. 10:20, Mark 13:11, Luke 21:15.)

A Trinitarian concept contends that the Father, Son and Holy Ghost are one in holiness, love, glory, wisdom and eternal power; but, three in Person. No Scripture can be found to support such a concept. Note the following:

His holiness (not their holiness) - Ps. 47:8
His love (not their love) - Rom. 5:8
My glory (not our glory) - Is. 42:8
The only wise God (not the wise three) - 1Tim.1:17
His eternal power (not their eternal power) - Rom 1:20

The term persons (plural) used in reference to God does violence to the oneness of God. "I am the Lord ...and my glory will I not give to another." Is. 42:8. The Bible proves that God is ONE IN PERSON. John declared, "...I was in the spirit: and, behold, a throne was set in heaven, and ONE sat on the throne." Rev. 4:2. When the Holy Ghost came on the day of Pentecost, 120 disciples were filled and began to speak with tongues as the SPIRIT gave them utterance. Acts 2:4. Peter preached that the Holy Ghost was the Spirit of God. As he used the prophecy of Joel 2:28, he said, "It shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of MY SPIRIT UPON ALL FLESH..." Acts 2:17. Paul used the terms "Spirit of God" and "Spirit of Christ" as synonymous terms in reference to the Holy Spirit. He said, "Ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the SPIRIT OF GOD dwell in you. Now if any man have not the SPIRIT OF CHRIST, he is none of His." Rom. 8:9. (Also see Col. 1:27, Gal. 4:6.) There is ONE GOD and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and IN YOU ALL. Eph. 4:6.

There is only ONE GOD manifested in the flesh and received in the hearts of believers today. History also proves that the truth about one God was universally preached by the New Testament Church for many years after Christ, until the development of the "Trinity" doctrine by the Roman Catholic Church:

Encyclopedia International, 1975 Edition, Vol. 18, p. 226- The doctrine of the "Trinity" did not form part of the apostles' preaching, as this is reported in the New Testament.

New Catholic Encyclopedia, 1967 Edition, Vol. 13, p. 1021- The first use of the Latin word "trinitas" (trinity) with reference to God, is found in Tertullian writings (about 213 A.D.) He was the first to use the term "persons" (plural) in a Trinitarian context.

Encyclopedia Americana, 1957 Edition, Vol. 27, p. 69- The word "Trinity" is not in Scripture. The term "persons" (plural) is not applied in Scripture to the Trinity.

World Book Encyclopedia, 1975 edition, Vol T, p. 363- Belief in Father, Son, and Holy Ghost was first defined by the earliest general council of churches. This was the First Council of Nicea in 325 A.D.

New International Encyclopedia, Vol. 22, p. 476- The Catholic faith is this: We worship one God in Trinity, but there is one Person of the Father another of the Son and another of the Holy Ghost. The Glory equal - the Majesty co-eternal.

The doctrine is not found in its fully developed form in the Scriptures. Modern theology does not seek to find it in the Old Testament. At the time of the Reformation the Protestant Church took over the doctrine of the Trinity without serious examination:

Life Magazine, October 30, 1950, Vol. 29, No. 19, p. 51- The Catholics made this statement concerning their doctrine of the Trinity, to defend the dogma of the assumption of Mary, in an article written by Graham Greene: "Our opponents sometimes claim that no belief should be held dogmatically which is not explicitly stated in Scripture...

But the PROTESTANT CHURCHES have themselves accepted such dogmas as THE TRINITY, for which there is NO SUCH PRECISE AUTHORITY in the Gospels." No record will you find that the New Testament Church ever believed or taught the doctrine of the Trinity. For the Scriptures prove that the Father, Son and Holy Ghost are only manifested as the Son (Spirit in body - Col. 1:13-15, 2:9); and in emanation God was and is being manifested as the Holy Ghost (Spirit in believers - Acts 2:4, 17, Rom. 8:9, Eph. 4:6).

Honest hearts, receive the truth! There is only ONE Supreme Being: the eternal and infinite Spirit, Creator and Sovereign of the universe, and Saviour of man. God said, "...Before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me. I, even I am the Lord; and beside me there is no Saviour." Is. 43:10-11. "Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God and there is NONE ELSE." Is. 45:22, "I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, THE ALMIGHTY." Rev. 1:8. "...In that day shall there be ONE LORD, and His NAME ONE." Zec. 14:9. And every tongue shall confess that JESUS CHRIST IS LORD. Phil. 2:11.

 
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