THE TRINITY: Genuine Christian's Believe in God's Triune Nature

Millions Leave Jehovah Witness Cult and Islam After Realizing God's Triune Nature I. THE UNITY OF GOD is Foundational to Christianity and those who don't believe in the Trinity of God are susceptible to demonic deception, demonic possession, and eternal damnation.  The One and only true and living God is The God Who is There.


The Unity of God means that there is but one God and that the divine nature Is undivided  and indivisible. That there is one God is the great truth of the Old testament (Deut. 4:35, 39; I Kings 8:60; Isa. 45:5f.). The same truth is frequently taught in the New Testament (Mark 12:29-32; John 17:3; 1 Cor. 8:4-6, 1 Tim. 2:5). But God is not merely one, he is the only God; as such, he is unique (Exod. 15:11; Zech. 14:9). There can be only one infinite and perfect being. To postulate two or more infinite beings is illogical and inconceivable the divine nature is undivided and indivisible, is intimated in Deut. 6:4


Hear, 0 Israel! The Lord is our God, the Lord is one!" (cf. Mark 12:29 James 2:19). God does not consist of parts nor can he be divided into parts. His being is simple, numerically one, free from composition; man's is compound, having both a material and an immaterial part. But God is spirit and is not susceptible of any such division. This unity is, however, not inconsistent tent with the conception of the trinity, for a unity is not the same as a. unit is marked by mere singleness. The unity of God allows for the existence of personal distinctions in the divine nature, while at the same time recognizing that the divine nature is numerically and eternally one. Unity does imply that the three persons of the trinity are not separate essences within divine essence. Many sects and cults have broken with the historical Christian faith at this point by failing to accept the doctrine of three Persons but one essence.


II. THE TRINITY OF GOD

The doctrine of the trinity is not a truth of natural theology, but of revelation may show us the unity of God, but the doctrine of the trinity comes from direct revelation. Though the term "trinity" does not occur in the Bible, it had very early usage in the church. Its Greek form, trias, seems to have been first used by Theophilus of Antioch (d. A.D. 181), and its Latin form, trinitas, by Tertullian (d. ca. A.D. 220). In Christian theology, the term "trinity" means that there are three eternal distinctions in the one divine essence, known respectively as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. These three distinctions are three persons, and one may speak of the tripersonality of God. We worship the triune God. The Athanasian Creed expresses the trinitarian belief thus, "We worship one God in the Trinity, and the Trinity in unity; we distinguish among the persons, but we do not divide the substance." It goes on to say, "The entire three persons are coeternal and coequal with one another, so that... we worship complete unity in Trinity and Trinity in unity."


The doctrine of the trinity must be distinguished from both Tritheism and Sabellianism. Tritheism denies the unity of the essence of God and holds to three distinct Gods. The only unity that it recognizes is the unity of purpose and endeavor. God is a unity of essence as well as of purpose and endeavor.


The three persons are consubstantial. Sabellianism held to a trinity of revelation, but not of nature. It taught that God, as Father, is the creator and lawgiver; as Son, is the same God incarnate who fulfills the office of redeemer; and as Holy Spirit, is the same God in the work of regeneration and sanctification. In other words, Sabellianism taught a modal trinity as distinguished from an ontological trinity. Modalism speaks of a threefold nature of God, in the same sense in which a man may be an artist, a teacher, and a friend, or as one may be a father, a son, and a brother. But this is in reality a denial of the doctrine of the trinity, for these are not three distinctions in the essence, but three qualities or relationships in one and the same person.

To be sure, the doctrine of the trinity is a great mystery. It may appear to some as an intellectual puzzle or a contradiction. The Christian doctrine of the trinity, mysterious as it may seem, is not an outgrowth of speculation, but of revelation. What has God revealed about this doctrine in his Word?







A. Intimations in the Old Testament

Although the great emphasis of the Old Testament is the unity of God, hints of plurality in the Godhead are not lacking, nor are suggestions that this plurality is a trinity. It is interesting that God used plural pronouns (Gen. 1:26; 3:22; 11:7; Isa. 6:8) and plural verbs (Gen. 1:26; 11:7) to refer to himself. The name for God (Elohim) is plural and may imply plurality, though this is dubious. The plural form is probably used for intensity, rather than for expressing plurality.

More definite indication that this plurality is a trinity are found in the following facts:


(1) The Lord is distinguished from the Lord Gen 19:24 states, “Then the Lord rained on Sodom and Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the Lord out of heaven," and Hosea 1:7 declares, "I will have compassion on the house of Judah and deliver them by the Lord their God" (cf. Zech. 3:2; 2 Tim. 1:18).


(2) The Son is distinguished from the Father. The Son speaking through Isaiah the prophet said, "The Lord God has sent Me, and His Spirit" (Isa. 48:16; cf. Ps. 45:6f.; Isa. 63:9f.). Ps. 2:7 reads, "Thou an My Son, today I have begotten Thee." Jesus is not only called the Son of God (Rom. 1:4), but also the only begotten Son (John 3:16, 18) and his first-born Son (Heb. 1:6). Christ did not become the eternal Son of God at the incarnation; he was the Son before he was given (Isa. 9:6). "His goings forth are from long ago, from the days of eternity" (Mic. 5:2).


(3) The Spirit is also distinguished from God. Gen. 1:1 reads, "In the beginning God, created the heavens and the earth." Then v. 2 states, "The Spirit of God was moving over the surface of the waters." Note also the quotation, "The Lord said, 'My Spirit shall not strive with man forever'" (Gen. 6:3; cf. Num. 27:18; Ps. 51:11; Isa. 40:13; Hag. 2:4f.).


(4) Other such matters as the triple use of "holy" in Isa. 6:3 may imply a trinity (cf. Rev. 4:8), as well as the triple benediction of Num. 6:24-26.  The oft-recurring phrase "the angel of the Lord," as found in the Old Testament, has special reference to the preincarnate second person of the trinity. His appearances in the Old Testament foreshadowed his coming in the flesh. The angel of the Lord is identified with the Lord and yet distinguished from him. He appeared to Hagar (Gen. 16:7-14), Abraham (Gen. 22:11-18), Jacob (Gen. 31:11-13), Moses (Exod. 3:2-5), Israel (Exod. 14:19), Balaam (Num. 22:22-35), Gideon (Judg. 6:11-23), Manoah (Judg. 13:2-25), Elijah (1 Kings 19:5-7), and David (1 Chron. 21:15-17). The angel of the Lord slew 185,000 Assyrians (2 Kings 19:35), stood among the myrtle trees in Zechariah's vision (Zech. 1:11), defended Joshua the high priest against Satan (Zech. 3: If.), and was one of the three men who appeared to Abraham (Gen. 18).


In light of the above intimations of the trinity in the Old Testament, we conclude with Berkhof, "The Old Testament contains a clear anticipation of the fuller revelation of the Trinity in the New Testament."


B.  The Teaching of the New Testament

The doctrine of the trinity is more clearly set forth in the New Testament than in the Old Testament. It can be proven along two lines: by means of general statements and allusions and by demonstrating that there are three that are recognized as God.


1. General Statements and allusions.  Several times the three persons of the trinity are shown together and seemingly are on par with one another. At the baptism of Jesus, the Spirit descended on him and a voice from God out of heaven identified Jesus as his beloved Son (Matt. 3:16f.). Jesus prayed that the Father would send another Comforter (John 14:16). The disciples were told to baptize in the name (sing.) of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit (Matt. 28:19). The three persons of the trinity are associated together in. their work (1 Cor. 12:4-6; Eph. 1:3-14; 1 Pet. 1:2; 3:18; Rev. l:4f.). In addition, the apostolic benediction unites the three together (2 Cor. 13:14).


2. The Father is Recognized as God.   A brief scanning of the New Testament reveals numerous times that the Father is identified as God (John 6:27; Rom. 1:7; Gal. 1:1).

                                         

3.  The Son is recognized as God.  The Doctrine of the Deity of Christ is crucial to the Christian faith. 'What think you of Christ?" is the paramount question of life (cf. Matt. 16:15; 22:42). Surely Jesus Christ is the greatest of all men, but he is infinitely more than mere man. It can be demonstrated that he is God in several ways.


The attributes of deity. Christ possesses the five attributes which are uniquely and distinctly divine: eternity, omnipresence, omniscience, omnipotence, and immutability.


- He is eternal. He was not only before John (John 1:15), before Abraham (John 8:58), and before the world came into being (John 17:5, 24), but he is "the firstborn of all creation" (Col. 1:15), being in existence "in the beginning" (John 1:1; cf. 1 John 1:1), and, in fact, "from the days of eternity" (Mic. 5:2). And as to the future, he continues forever (Isa. 9:6f.; Heb. l:llf.; 13:8). The Father's communication of life to him is an eternal process (John 5:26; cf. 1:4).


- He is omnipresent. He was in heaven while on earth (John 3:13) and is on earth while he is in heaven (Matt. 18:20; 28:20). He fills all (Eph. 1:23).


- He is omniscient. Jesus knows all things (John 16:30; 21:17). In fact, in him are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge" (Col. 2:3). Several examples of his omniscience are given in the Gospels. He knew what was in man (John 2:24f.), and he knew the history of the Samaritan woman (John 4:29), the thoughts of men (Luke 6:8; 11:17), the time and manner of his exit out of this world (Matt. 16:21; John 12:33; 13:1), the one who would betray him (John 6:70f.), and the character and termination of the present age (Matt. 24, 25). He knew the Father as no mortal could (Matt. 11:27).


Now it is true that there are certain statements which seem to indicate something less than omniscience. Jesus was ignorant of the date of his return (Mark 13:32), marveled at the people's unbelief (Mark 6:6), and went to the fig tree expecting perhaps to find figs (Mark 11:13). However, it must be recognized that in the days of his humiliation, Jesus surrendered the independent exercise of his divine attributes. The Father did not permit the use of his omniscience in these cases. Without doubt, Jesus now knows the time of His second coming.


- He is omnipotent (John 5:19). He is the mighty God (Isa. 9:6; cf. Rev. 1:8), he "upholds all things by the word of His power" (Heb. 1:3), and all authority is given to him (Matt. 28:18). He has power over demons (Mark 5:11-15), disease (Luke 4:38-41), death (Matt. 9:11-25; Luke 7:12-16;) John 11:38-44), the elements of nature (Matt. 21:19; John 2:3-11), indeed all things (Matt. 28:18). During Christ's ministry on earth, he subjected himself to the will of God, and, though done in the power of the Spirit, his miracles are cited as proofs of his deity (John 5:36; 10:25, 38; 20:30f.). Jesus himself declared, "The Son can do nothing of Himself, unless it is something He sees the Father doing; for whatever the Father does, these things the Son also does in like manner" (John 5:19).


- He is immutable (does not change) (Heb. 1:12; 13:8). This is true of his plans, promises, and person. But this does not preclude the possibility of a variety of manifestations on his part, nor of a restriction of some of his instructions and purposes to particular ages and persons.


C. The Offices of Deity.

He is the creator (John 1:3; Col. 1:16; Heb. 1:10) and the upholder of all things (Col. 1:17; Heb. 1:3). Neither accident nor mere natural law caused the universe to come into existence or keeps the universe in existence and everything in its proper place. This is the work of deity (2 Pet. 3:5-7).



D.  The Prerogatives of Deity.

Christ forgave sins (Matt. 9:2, 6; Luke 7:47f.). None of the disciples claimed to have this authority (cf. Matt. 16:19; 18:18; and John 20:23 with Acts 8:20-22 and 1 John 1:9). He will raise the dead in the resurrection (John 5:25-29; 6:39f., 54; 11:25). This resurrection will be different from the raising of the three when he was on earth (the widow's son, Luke 7:12-16; Jairus' daughter, Mark 5:35-43; Lazarus, John  11:38-44). In the future, all his saints will be raised; they will be raised from decomposition as well as from death; they will be raised never more to die; and they will be raised by Christ's inherent power rather than by the Spirit's power. And, finally, he_will_execute judgment (John 5:22), that of believers (Rom. 14:10; 2 Cor. 5:10)  of the beast and his followers (Rev. 19:15), of the nations (Matt. 25:31f.; Acts 17:31), of Satan (Gen. 3:15), and of the wicked dead (Acts 10:42; 2 Tim. 4:1; 1 Pet. 4:5).


E. His identification with the Old Testament Jehovah.

Things that are in the Old Testament said of Jehovah are in the New Testament said of Christ. He was the creator (Ps. 102:24-27; Heb. 1:10-12), was seen by Isaiah (Isa. 6:1-4; John 12:41), was to be preceded by a forerunner (Isa. 40:3; Matt. 3:3), disciplines his people (Num. 21:6f.; 1 Cor. 10:9), is to be regarded as holy (Isa. 8:13; 1 Pet. 3:15), is to lead captivity captive (Ps. 68:18; Eph. 4:8), and is to be the object of faith (Joel 2:32; Rom. 10:9, 13)



F. Names that imply deity.


    1) Jesus used certain metaphors of himself that imply supernatural character. For example, Jesus said, "I am the bread that came down out of heaven" (John 6:41; cf. v. 50); "I am the door to the sheepfold anyone enters through Me, he shall be saved" (John 10:9); "I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father, but through Me" (John 14:6); "I am the vine, you are the branches; he who abides in Me, and I in him, he bears much fruit; for apart from Me you can do nothing" (John  15:5). He also used certain designations of himself that imply deity, such as, "the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end" (Rev. 22:13), "the resurrection and the life" (John 11:25), and "the Amen, the faithful and true Witness, the Beginning of the creation of God" (Rev. 3:14). Further, he said, "Before Abraham was born, I AM" (John 8:58; cf. Exod. 3:14).    

  

2) He was called Immanuel meaning God with us. Matthew explicitly applies Isa. 7:14 to Jesus (Matt. l:22f.). He was born of a virgin and given the name Immanuel, meaning God with us. This name in the New Testament occurs only here in Matthew, though the concept occurs elsewhere (John 1:14; Rev. 21:3).  


3) The term "Word " (Logos) is used to emphasize his deity (John 1:1-14; Rev. 9:13). Although the term seems first to have been used by Heraclitus to mean reason, then to have been taken over from him by Plato and the Stoics, and finally to have been taken into Jewish theology by Philo, it seems clear that John derived it from none of these sources. He most definitely took it over from the Old Testament personification of Wisdom and the Hebrew term memra, but filled it with the Christian concept of deity.


4) Jesus' favorite name for himself was Son of Man.

In all but one instance (Acts 7:56), it is he who uses this term of himself in the New Testament. The term does not always clearly denote deity, as in Matt. 8:20; 11:18f.; 17:12; and Luke 9:44, but it very often does. For instance, it is as Son of Man that he has authority on earth to forgive sins (Matt. 9:6), to interpret the sabbath law (Matt. 12:8), and to execute judgment (John 5:27). It is as Son of Man that he gives his life a ransom for many (Matt. 20:28), will send his angels to gather out the tares (Matt. 13:41), will sit upon the throne of his glory (Matt. 19:28; 25:31), and will come again (Matt. 24:44; 26:64). When Jesus declared he was the Son of Man spoken of in Daniel, who was to come in great power, the high priest accused him of blasphemy (Matt. 26:63f.;cf. Dan. 7:13).


5) Christ is called Lord.

In the New Testament the Greek term is used in four ways. It is used of God the Father (Matt. 4:7; 11:25; Luke 2:29; Acts 17:24; Rom. 4:8; 2 Cor. 6:17f.; Rev. 4:8), as a title of courtesy (Matt. 13:27; 21:29; 27:63; Luke 13:8; John 12:21), as a name for a master or owner (Matt. 20:8; Luke 12:46; John 15:15; Col. 4:1), and as a title of address to, or as a name for, Christ (Matt. 7:22; 8:2; 14:28; Mark 7:28). It is doubtful whether all who called Jesus "Lord" thought of him as deity, but on numerous occasions there can be no question that they did (Matt. 7:21f.; Luke 1:43; 2:11; John 20:28; Acts 16:31; 1 Cor. 12:3; Phil. 2:11). The title "Lord," as it is often used of Jesus, is the translation of the Hebrew name Jehovah. Thus, Christ is identified with the Jehovah of the Old Testament cf. John 12:40f.; Rom. 10:9,13; and 1 Pet. 3:15 with Isa. 6:lff.; Joel 2:32; and Isa. 8:13 respectively).


6) Christ is called Son of God.


The full title is never applied by Jesus to himself in the Synoptic, but in John he once uses it of himself (John 10:36; cf. v. 33). It is, however, applied to him by others, and he accepts it in such a way as to assert his claims to it. Though the term is also applied to the angels (Job 2:1), Adam (Luke 3:38), the Hebrew nation (Exod. 4:22; Hos. 11:1), the king of Israel (2 Sam. 7:14), and all saints (Gal. 4:6), in John 5:18,10:33,  and 36 Jesus' claim to divine sonship is clearly intended to denote deity. This is implied in the designation of the phrase "only begotten Son" (John 3:16, 18). When he acknowledged himself to be the Son of God, he was accused of blasphemy (Matt. 26:63-65; cf. John 5:18; 10:36). As the Son of God, he is said to execute all judgment (John 5:22), to have life in himself and to quicken whom he will (John 5:21, 26), and to give eternal life (John 10:10). It is the Father's will that all should honor the Son, even as they do the Father (John 5:23). Jesus is also called Son in the sense of being the Messiah, the anointed of God (John 1:49; 11:27). Through the experience of the incarnation, he is also called Son (Luke 1:32, 35; John 1:14).

7) Jesus is called God several times in the New Testament.

John 1:1 is very emphatic in the original. It reads as follows, "And the Word was God." The absence of the article before theos indicates that "God" is in the predicate position. It is not a question as to who God is, but as to who the Logos is. He is not only the only begotten Son, but also the only begotten God (John 1:18). Thomas addressed Christ, "My Lord and my God" (John 20:28). Titus 2:13 refers to "our great God and Savior, Christ Jesus." God said to the Son, "Thy throne, O God, is forever and ever, and the righteous scepter is the scepter of His kingdom" (Heb. 1:8). Peter writes of "our God and Savior, Jesus Christ" (2 Pet. 1:1). 1 John 5:20 reads, "in His Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life" (cf. also Rom. 9:5).







G. Certain relations proving his deity.

The Father and he are put side by side with each other and with the Holy Spirit in the baptismal formula (Matt. 28:19; cf. Acts 2:38; Rom. 6:3) and in the apostolic benediction (2 Cor. 13:14; cf. 1 Cor. 1:3). He is the radiance (Heb. 1:3) and image of God (Col. 1:15; cf. 2:9). He and,, the Father are one (John 10:31; "one" is neuter, not masculine; one substance, not one person; cf. John 14:9; 17:11). He and the Father act together (John 14:23; 1 Thess. 3:11; 2 Thess. 2:16f.). Whatever the Father has, belongs also to Christ (John 16:15; 17:10). The Christian sustains the same relationship to the Father as he does to the Son (Eph. 5:5; Rev. 20:6).



H. Divine worship rendered to and accepted by Him.

(Matt. 14:33; 28:9; Luke 5:8; 1 Cor. 1:2).  Since the Old Testament (Exod. 34:14) and Christ himself (Matt. 4:10) declare that God only is to be worshipped, and both ordinary men and angels refused the worship which was offered them (Acts 10:25f.; Rev. 19:10; 22:8f.), for Christ to accept it, if he were not God, would be  Blasphemy. And what is still more, the Scriptures not only inform us that Christ was worshipped, but they ask us to worship him (John 5:23; Heb. 1:6). If he is not God, he is a deceiver or is self-deceived, and, in either case, if he is not God he is not good {Christus, si non Deus, non bonus).



I. Christ's own consciousness and claims as proofs of his deity.

At the age of twelve he recognized the peculiar claims of his Father (Luke 2:49), at his baptism he was assured of his special sonship (Matt. 3:17), in the Sermon on the Mount he set himself over against the ancients (Matt. 5:21f., 27f., 33-36), when he sent forth the disciples he gave them power to perform miracles (Matt. 10:1, 8; Luke 10:9, 19), he asserted his pre-existence (John 8:58; 17:5), he requested that prayer be offered in his name (John 16:23f.), he claimed that he and the Father were one (John 10:30; 14:9; 17:11), and he claimed that he was the Son of God (John 10:36). Logic seems to demand that he either is what he knew himself to be and what he claimed to be, or that he is unfit to be recognized at all. demonstrated that the Holy Spirit is God, it must first be established that he is a person, not a mere influence or divine power. This is done along the following lines:







The Nature of the Holy Spirit of God



a) The Holy Spirit is a person.

- Personal pronouns are used of him. Though the Greek term for spirit is neuter, Jesus in John 14:26 and 16:13f. used the masculine demonstrative pronoun "he" (that one) of the Holy Spirit.



- He is called Helper (Comforter). This designation is applied both to the Holy Spirit (John 14:16, 26; 15:26; 16:7) and to Christ (John 14:16; 1 John 2:1), and since it expressed personality when applied to Christ, it must do so also when applied to the Spirit.



- Personal characteristics are ascribed to him. He has the three ^essential elements of personality: intellect (1 Cor. 2:11), sensibilities (Rom. 8:27; 15:30), and will (1 Cor. 12:11).



- Personal acts are performed by him. He regenerates (John 3:5), teaches  (John 14:26), bears witness (John 15:26), convicts (John 16:8-11), guides into truth (John 16:13), glorifies Christ (John 16:14), calls man into service (Acts 13:2), speaks (Acts 13:2; Rev. 2:7), directs men in service (Acts 16:6f.), intercedes (Rom. 8:26), searches out (1 Cor. 2:10), and works (1 Cor. 12:11).



- He relates to the Father and the Son as a person. This is the case in the baptismal formula (Matt. 28:19), in the apostolic benediction (2 Cor. 13:14), and in his office as administrator of the church (1 Cor. 12:4-6; cf. also 1 Pet. l:lf.; Jude 20f.).



- He is susceptible of personal treatment. He can be tempted (Acts 5:9), lied to (Acts 5:3), grieved (Eph. 4:30; Isa. 63:10), resisted (Acts 7:51), insulted (Heb. 10:29), and blasphemed (Matt. 12:31f.).



- He is distinguished from his own power (Acts 10:38; Rom. 15:13; 1 Cor. 2:4). All these things prove that the Holy Spirit is a person, not a mere influence.



b. He is deity. He is not, however, merely a person. He is a divine person. This can be shown in several ways:



- Attributes of deity are affirmed of him. He is eternal (Heb. 9:14), omniscient (1 Cor. 2:10f.; John 14:26; 16:12f.), omnipotent (Luke 1:35), and omnipresent (Ps. 139:7-10).



- Works of deity are ascribed to him, such as creation (Gen. 1:2; Job 33:4; Ps. 104:30), regeneration (John 3:5), inspiration of the Scriptures (2 Pet. 1:21; cf. Acts 1:16; 28:25), and raising of the dead (Rom. 8:11).



- The way in which he is associated with the Father and the Son proves not only his personality, but also his deity, as in the baptismal formula (Matt. 28:19), the apostolic benediction (2 Cor. 13:14), and the administration of the church (1 Cor. 12:4-6).



- The words and works of the Holy Spirit are considered as the words and works of God (cf. Isa. 6:9f. with John 12:39-41 and Acts 28:25-27; Exod. 16:7 with Ps. 95:8-11; Isa. 63:9f. with Heb. 3:7-9; Gen. 1:27 with Job 33:4.



- Finally, he is expressly called God (Acts 5:3f.; 2 Cor. 3:17f.). Other divine names are also given to him (cf. Exod. 17:7 with Heb. 3:7-9; and 2 Tim. 3:16 with 2 Pet. 1:21). All these references prove that the Holy Spirit, equally with the Father and the Son, is God.



In church history some opposition to the doctrine of the deity of the Holy Spirit has arisen. Arius and his followers held that the Holy Spirit was created by the Son; Macedonius, Bishop of Constantinople from A.D, 341-360, and his followers held that the Holy Spirit was a creature subordinate to the Son; and later, Socinus propounded that he was the eternal manifestation of God's power. Orthodox Christianity has always held to the deity of the Holy Spirit. The Council of Constantinople (381) affirmed this doctrine, just as the Council of Nicaea (325) clarified the doctrine of the deity of Christ. These are considered the first two general councils of the church. As Jesus Christ is the Son of God, so the Spirit is the Spirit of God. An early controversy (Filioque Controversy) in the church concerned the procession of the Holy Spirit. Did the Spirit proceed from the Father or from the Father and the Son? The Council of Toledo (589) acknowledged the Spirit's procession from both the Father and the Son. This doctrine is established in two ways: Jesus declared that he would send the Spirit (John 15:26), and the Spirit is called the Spirit of Christ (Rom. 8:9), of Jesus (Acts 16:7), and of his Son (Gal. 4:6).



C. Some observations and deductions based on the study of The trinity



1) This doctrine is not in conflict with the unity of God.

There are three persons in the one essence. Though there is no perfect analogy in human experience to explain or illustrate the doctrine of the trinity, the analogy of the human mind does provide a suggestion. The human mind is able to dialogue with itself and at the same time is able to pass verdicts on its deliberations. The trinity is faintly analogous to this.



  2) These distinctions are eternal. This is evident from the passages which imply Christ's existence with the Father from eternity (John l:lf.; 17:5, 24; Phil. 2:6) and from those which assert or imply the eternity of the Holy Spirit (Gen. 1:2; Heb. 9:14). The nature of the eternal relationship existing between the Father and the Son is commonly spoken of as "generation," while the relationship between the Father and the Son, on the one hand, and the Holy Spirit, on the other, is spoken of as "procession." By "eternal generation" is meant "eternal emanation." God says, "Thou art My Son, today I have begotten Thee" (Ps. 2:7). The word "today" denotes the universal present, the everlasting now. When Jesus said, "For just as the Father has life in Himself, even so He gave to the Son also to have life in Himself" (John 5:26), he spoke of an eternal communication of the life of the Father to the Son. The term "procession," as applied to the Holy Spirit, has very much the same meaning as the term "generation" in connection with the Son, except that the Holy Spirit "proceeds" from both the Father and the Son (John 14:26; 15:26; Acts 2:33: Heb. 9:14).



3. The three are equal.

And yet this does not exclude the arrangement by means of which the Father is first, the Son second, and the Spirit third. This is not a difference in glory, power, or length of existence, but simply of order. The Spirit and the Son are equal, though subordinate to the Father. This subordination is voluntary, not necessary (Phil. 2:5-7).



4. The doctrine has great practical value

It allows for eternal love. Love was before creation, yet love needs an object. Love is always flowing among the persons of the trinity.

- Only God can reveal God. By God the Father sending God the Son, God could be made manifest.

- Only God can atone for sin. This is accomplished through the incarnation of God the Son. 



"It is hard to conceive of personality existing without society. The persons of the Godhead relate one to another in perfect harmony, a perfect society. "If there were no trinity, there could be no incarnation, no objective redemption, and therefore no salvation; for there would be no one capable of acting as Mediator between God and man."  God told Moses that he would not be able to gaze upon the Lord God and live.  Our eyes would still be too limited to take in the grandeur of God sense visible light is only 3% of the electromagnetic spectrum.  All we need to look to is the Lord Jesus Christ, who is the image of the Invisible God. The Father thought the plan of salvation Jesus purchased the plan of salvation, and Holy Spirit delivered and wrought this plan to humanity.  The mathematical logic of the trinity is not 1 + 1 + 1 = 3; but 1 x 1 x 1 = 1.  The greatness of the God of the Bible is unchanging and eternal.





A Personal Note



I happen to be from a pentecostal-like non-denominational ministry and don't subscribe to Calvinistic predestination teachings due to the unscriptural positions it holds and it's anti-holy spirit pretenses.



Cults use the concept of the trinity as a wedge issue to confuse the listener into thinking that it is either from pagan origins or nonsensical.  But their goal is always to attack the deity of Christ, and replace the authority of the person of Jesus Christ with the doctrines of men and their religious organization, all the while attacking the ministry of the Holy Spirit. The triune nature of God is not as complicated as the religious and cults make it out to be. 



Just as you can't separate the water (h20) from the wet and separate the wet from its moisture - People cannot misrepresent the trinity by thinking that it is three gods.  When one atom is split you get heat, light, and sound.  Though you realize three outcomes, it was still one atom.  So it is with Yahweh; the God of the Bible.



The Trinity is not 1 + 1 + 1 = 3 (as cults misrepresent it as); the Trinity of God is 1 x 1 x 1= 1 God.  Our God is multidimensional and is not subject to the limits of our three dimensional reality.  When Jesus Christ came established and completed an omnidirectional communication system, whereby, we now have direct access to the Father through the Son and through the Son God's instructions and system of things can be enforced and implemented on Earth through His Holy Spirit. Through Jesus Christ we are now capable of transmitting and receiving communication from Earth to Heaven and from Heaven to Earth God's way.  Through Jesus Christ we can transmit our prayers to heaven and through the Holy Spirit we can receive God's messages and accomplish them on Earth.  If people would take the time to read their Bibles they would discover just how awesome and loving God really is in that He would find a way to reconnect with the apex of His creation on Earth and restore us back to Himself.  Jesus Christ is God our salvation that's why there is no other way to God and His Heaven.  The Father thought the plan of Salvation, Jesus bought the salvation for us, and the Holy Spirit brought or wrought the God's salvation to and through us.  One God working in us both to will and do His good pleasure.  Phil 2:13



As Christians, we believe and know God as One God; not one of many, and not a group of beings in a unity.  Yahweh God, as Father -Son - Holy Spirit is one essence, is triune in personal revelational manifestation in order to restore his image and kingdom within those who have accepted the blood covenant forged by the resurrected Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and gave them the power to represent His Character, fulfill His will and purpose for them, defend His Holy reputation, advance His Kingdom, and worship Him in Spirit and Truth forever. 



As Christians we Must continue to hold fast to biblical truth as we see the Great Falling Away happening right before out eyes.

THE GROWING DECEPTION

CHRISLAM: An End-time Deception Exposed-Pt.2

CHRISLAM: Pastor Jack V. Impe Persecuted & Leaves TBN

Jack Impe Exposes the Syncretism Deception

The Islamic Caliphate is the Antichrist

1 The Pagan World Purification System Exposed and the Corruption of Human Sexuality

 

2 The Bible and Homosexual Practice: Shutting Down Pro-Homosexual False Teaching

3 The Born Gay Hoax and the Homosexual Agenda's History of Shame

   

4 One-ism: The Fundamental Error of the Pagan Worldview

5 The Unbiblical and Pagan Roots of Homosexual Affirming Theology

"Aquarius: The Age of Evil - FULL Length Version"

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Challenging the Seeker Sensitive Church

How can people assume that once they've taken their last breath on Earth something will switch inside their nature & they'll automatically have the disposition to worship God for eternity, when they've spent all their days on earth complaining anytime worship and praise is too long? Where will they go when they find out that heaven isn't all about them? Our allotted time on earth is preparation for a rewarded responsibility in Heaven for His Glory alone. If Jesus is truly Lord, He is our Owner.

Too many churches have focused on the numbers and membership. They have catered to the wants and desires of the people, they have ignored God. Gos is calling His church and his people to repent with all their heart. It's time to seek God First, not man's will and ways.

Episode 17 - Part 2



Episode 18 - Part 2

Challenging a Powerless, Anti-Holy Spirit Church

WORLD REVIVAL CHURCH - 1-877-804-LIFE http://www.worldrevivalchurch.com

Steve Grey exposes the hypocrisy of modern day powerless, antichrist false teaching today which is robbing the people of God from the power of God that God intended as a reality for today. God wants his people to be a participant and not just a spectator.

Just as the Sadducees in Jesus' day rejected the power of God as for today, modern day anti-Holy Spirit (anti-christ) false teachers began formulating a new gospel message that is based on humanism, compromise, and doubt. Such teaching is ruining the church and is disconnecting the people of God from revival and the life of God. Their doctrines are not found in scripture and the fruitlessness within their ministry is evidence that they are not preaching about the same Holy Living God of the Bible. No demons are caste out, no healing from God is ever expected, their theology students doubt their own salvation constantly, they have rationalized away the power of God as not for today and they've elevated the doctrines of men over the Word of God.

Calvinism's Deadly Doctrines

"Then he who had received the one talent came and said, 'Lord, I knew you to be a hard man, reaping where you have not sown, and gathering where you have not scattered seed.' 'And I was afraid, and went and hid your talent in the ground. Look, there you have what is yours.' "But his lord answered and said to him, 'You WICKED and LAZY servant, you knew that I reap where I have not sown, and gather where I have not scattered seed. So you ought to have deposited my money with the bankers, and at my coming I would have received back my own with interest. 'Therefore take the talent from him, and give it to him who has ten talents. 'For to everyone who has, more will be given, and he will have abundance; but from him who does not have, even what he has will be taken away. 'And cast the unprofitable servant into the outer darkness. There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.'
(Matthew 25:24-30)

"Blessed is that servant whom his master will find so doing when he comes. Truly, I say to you that he will make him ruler over all that he has. But if that servant says in his heart, 'My master is delaying his coming,' and begins to beat the male and female servants, and to eat and drink and be drunk, the Master of that servant will come on a day when he is not looking for him, and at an hour when he is not aware, and will cut him in two and appoint him his portion with the unbelievers.
(Luke 12:43-46)



Calvinism is the exact doctrinal position of the wicked and lazy servant who hid his talent in the ground and faced eternal judgment. It rewards a fruitless life before God, defames God's Character, promotes faithlessness, devalues the devotion of personal sacrifice when taking up ones cross to follow Jesus, it has been used to justify ones' personal laziness and a "do-nothing for God" Christianity, it conditions people to adopt a powerless, intellect-driven belief-system where its adherents are prone to stray from God by blaspheming the Holy Spirit as they call the demonstration and gifts of the Holy Spirit demonic, and Satan has used Calvinism as a stepping stone into leading people to accept the heresy of universalism.

I will always respect people who consider themselves Calvinists. I know that most of them may be saved by grace and are heaven-bound. However, I still believe that Calvinism doctrinally can lead a person to justify Universalism. I find that the more Calvinism is preached the less Fruit there is from the individual’s personal evangelism. It is not my place to rationalize away the power of God as if the Gifts and work of the Holy Spirit were no longer for today, while betting that the nature of God is that like the one talent servant viewed God (who through back at God only what God had given him as if God did not require fruit) We must not avoid the scriptures.

There is no substitute for preaching the Gospel of the Kingdom and express love for one another. Allow Jesus Christ live His life out through you all. What this world needs to see is a demonstration of the power of God that changed us from the inside out and has delivered us from a lifestyle of compromise and sin. Let's not quarrel with each other. (I confess that sometimes I in the past have and in the present can get off track from the message) But the Lord reminds us to hate sin, buy and live out the truth, express your love for God and people with action.

Simply put, Jesus paid for all the sins of the world therefore Jesus Christ is fulfillment or the weight and embodiment of the entire Law and all the judgments rendered.

"The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, "Behold! The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!" (John 29 & 36)

"Nevertheless I tell you the truth. It is to your advantage that I go away; for if I do not go away, the Helper will not come to you; but if I depart, I will send Him to you. "And when He has come, He will convict the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment: "OF SIN, BECAUSE THEY DO NOT BELIEVE IN ME;" of righteousness, because I go to My Father and you see Me no more; of judgment, because the ruler of this world is judged....when He, the Spirit of truth, has come, He will guide you into all truth; for He will not speak on His own authority, but whatever He hears He will speak; and He will tell you things to come. He will glorify Me, for He will take of what is Mine and declare it to you. All things that the Father has are Mine. Therefore I said that He will take of Mine and declare it to you." (John 16:7-15)

"Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God. Therefore by the deeds of the law no flesh will be justified in His sight, for by the law is the knowledge of sin. But now the righteousness of God apart from the law is revealed, being witnessed by the Law and the Prophets, even the righteousness of God, THROUGH FAITH IN JESUS, to all and on all who believe...." (Romans 3:19-22)

"knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law but BY FAITH IN JESUS CHRIST, even we have believed in Christ Jesus, that we might be justified by faith in Christ and not by the works of the law; for by the works of the law no flesh shall be justified. (Galations 2:16)

"But the Scripture has confined ALL UNDER SIN, that the promise by FAITH IN JESUS CHRIST might be given to those who believe." (Galations 3:22)

"For you are all sons of God THROUGH FAITH IN CHRIST JESUS."

It is not God's Choosing that redeems the soul. Every redemptive hope man has is through, is by, is in, is with, is on, and is from JESUS CHRIST the LORD. Commas are not inspired in scripture and the bible reader must make the habit of reading the entire verse, verses around the verse, the whole chapter and read the entire Book in order to get an understanding of its scripturally significance. In the first chapter alone Paul uses the term "IN HIM" or "IN CHRIST" in reference to the spiritual blessing that believers have as believers Jesus Christ already covenant with God.

Ephesians 1:3-6
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places IN CHRIST just as He chose us IN HIM before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before Him in love, having predestined us to adoption as sons BY JESUS CHRIST TO HIMSELF, according to the good pleasure of His will, to the praise of the glory of HIS GRACE, by which He made us accepted in the Beloved.

The problem with the Calvinist interpretation by taking a phase out of context such as "He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world" then stop as if there was a period in the middle of the text - is that it would mean that all the people that God would ever save must have Co-existed with Jesus and God before the foundation of the world or before the earth was formed. That is the Mormon heresy. Our beginning began "IN ADAM" not in Heaven with Christ. Our humanity began in Adam but our regeneration into a new Creation began in Jesus Christ, not in a predetermined divine choice.

The fact that Jesus was slain before the foundation of the world means that God had a redemption plan for the sons and daughters of Adam planned. The reason that we were predestined to be conformed to His likeness in because God's original intent was for us to look like "THE WORD OF GOD" Jesus Christ the Lord just as the first Adam before lost it. God's Word (Jesus) became flesh to become the Second and Last Adam. Once a person is grafted into the NEW COVENANT of Christ they have entered into an agreement with the Eternal God our Father.

"For whom He foreknew, He also predestined [to be] conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the firstborn among many brethren. Moreover whom He predestined, these He also called; whom He called, these He also justified; and whom He justified, these He also glorified." (Romans 8:29)
A basic understanding about the nature of God tells us that the father is Omniscient (all knowing and all wise. Notice the word in the greek is "Called" not Chosen. Those who accept or received the call (to repent) are chosen. They are among the “Whosoever's” that called on the name of the Lord. Many are called but few are chosen because few accepted the call in order to become the people, which God would foreknow. It is a distraction and a whimsical waste of time for us to think about separating or dissecting God from His foreknowledge. God is one. God is equal and one with His Nature. For example, God is Love, not has Love. Only as that nature is expressed to us in the English is what that God “has for us.” On the other hand, whatever human’s possess is due to the fact that it came from somewhere else. a fallen nature from Adam and we

Ephesians 1:7-12
IN HIM we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace which He made to abound toward us in all wisdom and prudence, having made known to us the mystery of His will, according to His good pleasure which He purposed in Himself, that in the dispensation of the fullness of the times He might gather together in one all things IN CHRIST, both which are in heaven and which are on earth—IN HIM. IN HIM also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestined according to the purpose of Him who works all things according to the counsel of His will, THAT WE WHO FIRST TRUSTED IN CHRIST SHOULD BE TO THE PRAISE OF HIS GLORY.

Paul is still not emphasizing predestination or how God choose of to be saved and how we all have no choice. He is still listing the spiritual blessings that we all have IN CHRIST and how the process all started because WE FIRST TRUSTED IN JESUS.

"But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us, Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;) And hath raised [us] up together, and made [us] sit together in heavenly [places] in Christ Jesus: That in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace in [his] kindness toward us THROUGH CHRIST JESUS. For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast. For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them. (Ephesians 2:4-10)

Satan has so twisted the scripture that he has caused even the great preachers of our day to depart from the context of Scripture. Faith is not the gift of God, GOD'S GRACE IS THE GIFT which is God's help and power become justified before God and to live a life pleasing to Him. Faith is our outward confidence that is manifested and demonstrated when we trust God and His Word which sets us in the position to receive from God. God CHOSE the PERSON OF JESUS CHRIST before the foundation of the world to be the source for what makes it all possible for those who are spiritually dead before God's eyes to come alive. That's why He calls Himself the Resurrection and the Life. Therefore if anyone throughout all human history ever hoped to become His workmanship or to become conformed to God's image, it is all made possible through Jesus Christ and ever one goes through the same way, not from a fatalistic divine choice.


"But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ." (Ephesians 2:13)

"And it shall come to pass, [that] WHOSOEVER shall call on the name of the LORD shall be delivered: for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be deliverance, as the LORD hath said, and in the remnant whom the LORD shall call. (Joel 2:32)

"And it shall come to pass, [that] WHOSOEVER shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved." (Acts 2:21)

"For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to EVERYONE WHO BELIEVES. For Moses writes about the righteousness, which is of the law, "The man who does those things shall live by them." But the righteousness of faith speaks in this way, "Do not say in your heart, 'Who will ascend into heaven?'" (that is, to bring Christ down from above) or, "'Who will descend into the abyss?'" (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead). But what does it say? "The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart" (that is, the WORD OF FAITH which we preach):" (Romans 10:4-8)

It is no wonder so many Christians have been robbed stripped by Satan from their authority as believers these modern day False-teachers of Calvinism and the emergent Church have preached against Faith and the process of receiving from God. Powerless Preachers and their powerless messages leaving the "believer" continuously left on the edge of uncertainly about the condition and position of their soul with God. From one side they preach about sin and judgment and from the other side they made light of the power of God as for today and shut down praise worship and the operation of the gifts of the Holy Spirit while defaming the very person of God responsible for one's own salvation! The spirit of the Pharisee does not want the people to realize that the Holy Spirit is the guarantee (Ephesians 1:14, 2 Corinthians 5:5, 2 Corinthians 1:22) deed that we actually belong to Jesus and the fact that the Spirit of God can grieved and depart from someone. (Mark 3:29, Luke 12:10, Hebrews 6:4-6) One's unbelief can sever ones relationship with God. (Romans 11:20-23)

Ephesians 1:13-14
IN HIM YOU also TRUSTED, AFTER YOU HEAR THE WORD OF TRUTH, the gospel of your salvation; in whom also, HAVING BELIEVED, you were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise, who is the guarantee of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, to the praise of His glory.

There it is again. Faith is not the gift of God and it is not by-product of God's Grace or divine favor. It is believers response of trust after HEARING THE WORD OF TRUTH which is the gospel,

Sure there is a variety of faith that is one of the gifts of the Holy Spirit. But by accepting and merely honing of the gift of faith as in operation today means that they have no reason to ignore the other gifts of the Holy Spirit that their man-made doctrinal traditions and ungodly beliefs have stated. In that same passages of Scripture, it talks about miracles as for today by the very same Holy Spirit that raised Jesus Christ from the dead along with healing, tongues (unknown), Word of Knowledge, and word of Wisdom, Prophecy, etc.

"There are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit. (Holy Spirit) There are differences of ministries, but the same Lord. (Jesus Christ, God the Son) And there are diversities of activities, but it is the same God who works all in all. (The Father) But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to each one for the profit of all: for to one is given the word of wisdom through the Spirit, to another the word of knowledge through the same Spirit, to another FAITH by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healings by the same Spirit, to another the working of miracles, to another prophecy, to another discerning of spirits, to another different kinds of tongues, to another the interpretation of tongues. But one and the same Spirit works all these things, distributing to each one individually as He wills. (1 Corinthians 12:4-11)

The Gift of Faith enables a person to believe God for the supernatural and the impossible. It is the power to carry out divine assignments and power to see them come to pass on the earth.

In order to sell Calvinism, false teachers have spiritually handicapped their people by creating a sense of uncertainly over God's word and His will and His ways. Therefore doubting, critiquing and rationalizing God's word has slowing replaced actively taking it to heart. That's why so many fall away from the faith because human pride and opinion has exalted itself over ones relationship with God and the act of faith is distorted to spiritual laziness where even that is something we cannot have or extend God's way. People should not expect that they will ever be pleasing God without faith.

"Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. (Hebrews 11:1) But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him." (Hebrews 11:6)

The reason Calvinism is a distraction to the Gospel of the kingdom of God because it keeps peoples minds and focus away from the person of Jesus Christ and suspends it into speculation about the choices that God may or may not have made. The religious leaders of calvinism have done more debating amongst themselves and other christians than preaching the soul saving Gospel to the lost. No wonder the lost and the next generation are not being reached. Calvinist have used their doctrine to rationalize justifying the unbelief and disobedience of the listeners who, they feel, have rejected, dismissed, or taken lightly the message of gospel - as if God is the cause of every person's disobedience to His own word.

Doctrines that imply such a world-view are blasphemous and Demonic in two ways. It defames and dishonors the holy character of the God of the Bible and it let's every listener to the gospel off the hook (not responsible) for repenting of sin and believing on Jesus. I am convinced that the lawless in hell will be trying to justify themselves before God for eternity screaming in torment, "Why didn't you just make me believe" or "If God really loved me he would have forced me to believe in Jesus against my will." But these religious rebels forgot that even Jesus Christ could do no great works of salvation, healing, or deliverance in certain areas during his earthly ministry because of the peoples' unbelief.

When the spirit pride takes over a persons heart, they stop looking at God and start becoming focused on themselves. Soon, rebellion and stubbornness to their own way set in. God is not required nor responsible for believing in us or for us; we are expected to believe on Jesus and have faith in Jesus if we ever hope to receive anything from God.

Only unto those who have received Jesus Christ as Lord and have believed in their heart that God has Raised Him from the dead is a covenant between God and man forged through the sacrificial death of Jesus Christ (who bore our sins past, present, and future on that Roman Cross, and simultaneously bore within his body the full Holy wrath of the Father that we all deserved) - thus making all those who God has redeemed and owns responsible for conforming to His image (Christ), upholding His Holy reputation, and expanding the influence of His Kingdom of the Earth as His Faithful Ambassadors.

"Now then, we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were pleading through us: we implore you on Christ's behalf, be reconciled to God. For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him." (2 Corinthians 5:20-21)

The problem with the Doctrines of men is that they have somehow found away to turn a person's obedience to Christ into an act of works equivalent to man's attempts to fulfill the perfunctory laws of the Old Testament.


You see...God saved and redeemed us for a purpose. Our salvation experience was just the beginning of a new thing, not the end of all things. I believe that's why people have become so confused by the doctrines of men such that when they read scriptures about "servants" in the gospels who were called by God to do a work and knew about God, but were caste into outer darkness because they were unfaithful, wicked, unforgiving, unfruitful, or lazy. (Matthew 25:26, 30 )

"Get off your blessed assurance and do something for Jesus!"

Jesus expects His servants to increase and bear fruit to God in every way. In faith and in Forgiveness. Our obedience to God is expected - not overtly appreciated.

"And which of you, having a servant plowing or tending sheep, will say to him when he has come in from the field, 'Come at once and sit down to eat'? But will he not rather say to him, 'Prepare something for my supper, and gird yourself and serve me till I have eaten and drunk, and afterward you will eat and drink'? Does he thank that servant because he did the things that were commanded him? I think not. So likewise you, when you have done all those things which you are commanded, say, 'We are UNPROFITABLE servants. We have done what was our duty to do.'" (Luke 17:7-10)

The principle is this: God expects us all go the extra mile and do MORE for God than what He originally gave to us. Jesus Saved us not just so that we could get to heaven, He saved us so that we could become active members of His Body on this earth in order to get God's will done and Advance His Kingdom (system of things) on this Earth.

When God said that He never knew them, it was not a contradiction (in that by His Nature He ought to know everything); it means that He was never intimately acquainted with them. It is easy to overlook scriptures that appear to address the judgments of those who should have known him, but be not surprised that there will be a judgment between the sheep and the goats. (Mat 25:32-33) Salvation is not a possession that you can lose or keep; Salvation is an event in time. Jesus Christ is the embodiment of the Salvation of God, and only an encounter with Jesus Christ can make a person right-standing before the One and Only Holy God and through Him are we able to bare fruit to glory of God the Father. Salvation is not merely an act that took place in the distant past or witnessed somewhere in the unforeseen future; it is experienced and guaranteed in the continuous present through the person of the Holy Spirit.


P.S. Furthermore, If a person's freewill was so damnable, why did Yahweh, the God of the Bible endorse and support "freewill" Offerings from His people? Lev 22:23, Lev 22:21, Lev 22:18, Lev 23:38, Num 15:3, Num 29:39, Deu 12:6, Deu 12:17, Deu 16:10, Deu 23:23, 2Ch 31:14, Ezr 1:4, Ezr 3:5, Ezr 7:13, Ezr 7:16, Ezr 8:28, Psa 119:108

Certainly Jesus Christ is a type and shadow of the final sacrificial offering for our sins and says "whosoever" will call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. Why would Jesus Christ and scriptures say in John 5:40, "But you are NOT WILLING to come to Me that you may have life" if the power of being willing to respond in obedience to Christ was not in our capacity? "'Then, if you walk contrary to Me, and are NOT WILLING to obey Me, I will bring on you seven times more plagues, according to your sins." Lev 26:21 That's why I believe ultimately Calvinism is an indictment against the righteous character and nature of God - and the Devil knows it and has used "Christians" to level such indictments.

Refuting Calvinism - Part 1

- The Book Of Life (HD)





Dear John, Calvin (HQ)





Ten questions for Calvinism.

It is important to know that I believe that Calvinists are still brothers and sisters in Christ. This is not an angry attack on individuals but a direct questioning of the theology itself, how it is extraordinarily contradictory and makes God the author of every evil and sin.

The False Premises and Misconceptions of Calvinism

Once Saved Always Saved doctrine (OSAS) is presented under the false premise that salvation is a possession rather than an event through the use of deceptive terminology. This deceptive language causes you to perceive of salvation as something one either loses or keeps as a possession when it is actually an event and the real question at hand is if one can fall short of the salvation EVENT which the Bible indicates will occur when Jesus comes again. Calvinism and Deceptive Terminology of OSAS








Eternal Life = Eternal Security Fallacy








Romans 8:29-30 and Calvinism

Revival: Scoffer or Restorer?