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NASB | Revelation 20:15 And if anyone's name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Revelation 20:15 And if anyone's name was not found written in the Book of Life, he was hurled into the lake of fire. |
Subject: belief in hell? |
Bible Note: CREEDS Apostles Creed: It says nothing about the divinity of the Holy Spirit, but the doctrine is considered by many to be implicit in it. Nicene Creed: “And in the Holy Ghost, the Lord and Giver of life, who proceedeth from the Father, who with the Father and the Son together is worshiped and glorified, who spake by the prophets.” Jesus is spoken of as begotten of the Father, not created, like the Angels, and being co-equal with the Father, existing alongside, at the Right-hand of the Father, working the will of the Father. The Spirit of God is spoken of as proceeding from the Father directly, and not begotten nor created. I believe that to worship the Holy Spirit, is to worship the Father Himself. I believe that the Holy Spirit is the Father, in His most personal presence, and not just His over-all being in all things, and all things being in Him. The Trinity doctrine, on its face, fails to make this fine distinction to the lay-man. Proceeding from the Father, is not the same as being begotten or created. So, while I do not believe in the Trinity, as the Holy Spirit being a third and independent person from the Godhead, I believe that the Holy Spirit is the Father, in His most personal “self”. The Holy Spirit is the Father … is Jesus, is Elohim, is YHWH. The scriptures speak of the Spirit of God, and also of the Spirit of Christ. Since there is not two Spirits, but only one, He, of necessity, must be the Spirit of which our Lord and the Father are Echad (one). As Jesus and the Father are two distinct “persons” of the same essence, so the Holy Spirit is that essence of sameness which binds them. A fine hair-splitting, to be sure, but a view which does no violence to the Trinity doctrine, since the net result is the same. I will concede that I should be more specific when I say that I do not believe in the Trinity. I commit the same abbreviation when I say that I do not believe in monotheism, for the Father and the Son are One. Chalcedonian Creed: That Jesus walked this earth in human form and weakness, and is also God, YHWH Eloheem, is well within anything that I have expressed. Cannons of the Council of Orange: It is all by the grace of God. |