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1 | Is God ONE or is God THREE? | James 2:19 | 10ECPreacher | 37601 | ||
Greetings again, fellow Tim! Thank you for your gracious words. 1) I believe that God manifested Himself in human form in the OT (some call this a theophany). That does not mean that He was not still an eternal, invisible, infinite Spirit, omnipresent, omniscient and omnipotent. So I see no problem with the Lord presenting Himself to men in human form for a special purpose and yet retaining His existence as a Spirit that fills all space. 2) I believe that the "other Counsellor" is the Spirit of Truth, or the Holy Spirit, which is indeed the Spirit of Christ. The difference was in the fact that after His death, burial, resurrection and ascension, His Spirit would no longer merely be with them, but it would be in them. Once Jesus Christ was resurrected from mortality to immortality and the perishable body became imperishable, then the gift of the Holy Spirit was made available to all men as the earnest of our inheritance--eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. The "allos" difference is referring to the fact that the body of Christ had not yet been glorified; it was at that time mortal and perishable. After His resurrection He had a glorified body, and then eternality became available to humanity through the gift of the Holy Spirit. I trust that I have been clear. If not, please advise and I will try again. Kind regards, Tim D. Cormier Tennessee Preacher |
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2 | Is God ONE or is God THREE? | James 2:19 | Morant61 | 37607 | ||
Greetings Tim! Thanks for your response my friend. Let me respond to your responses! :-) 1) If you have no problem with the Lord being physically on earth, while at the same time being the Lord in heaven, why do you have a problem with a Trinitarian saying that three distinct Persons are one God? In Genesis, there is a geographical distintion made between the God on the plain and the God in Heaven. So, if God can be geographically distrinct, why can't three distinct Persons be one God? 2) Your first response wasn't bad, but this one needs some work! :-) 'Allos' does not indicate qualitative distinction, but numerical distinction. Thus, the verse isn't saying I will give you a different kind of comforter, it is saying I will give you 'another - numerically distinct' comforter. If you look at how the word is used throughout the NT, you will find that it aways refers to 'someone else', not 'myself - in a different form'. Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |
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