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   From: michaelmclean2021@outlook.com   
      
   On 24/04/2023 9:43 am, zebra2@windstream.net wrote:   
   > How do you explain this?   
   >   
   > Most churches say God is a Trinity. God the Father, God the Son, God   
   > the Holy Spirit.   
      
   There is only God; God and His Word which He put in the Son of Man, and   
   in doing so, He placed Himself in the flesh.  He is omnipotent, so not a   
   problem to be in two places (two - or billions - focused presence-spots,   
   if you like) when He is everything, everywhere, anyway.   
      
   The Holy Spirit is the Spirit of Who He is.   
      
   There is no Holy Spirit 3rd God-head "sinner religious theology guy"   
   running around.  God is what He has always been right from the beginning...   
      
   Gen 1:2  And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon   
   the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the   
   waters.   
      
   The key thing to understand here is that God moved, upon what, the face   
   of lots and lots of waters; all over the place.  Trying to turn that   
   into a person is wrong.   
      
   Ruach (pronounced roo-akh) is the Hebrew word for spirit, breath, or   
   wind. When spoken, the word engages one’s breath and lungs; really   
   meaning "presence", "influence" like in Acts 2:2, and like the Spirit of   
   God moving up the face of the waters.  You would probably agree being a   
   JW, the Holy Spirit did not become likened to a man-person, but the   
   religious clubs like to fantasize about such imagery.   
      
   > Yet Jesus said:   
   >   
   > - Revised Standard   
   > Matthew 24:36  "But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the   
   > angels of heaven, nor the Son, but the Father only.   
      
   God chose to limit the Son of Man in ***His fleshly state*** but that in   
   no way negated His Perfect Holy Spirit state! That is why you can't make   
   Him into a mere man, as we are mere men.   
      
   Think of this STRICTLY, ONLY, in terms of time, the day and the hour: a   
   spotless perfect car was put on a raceway in Florida amongst the crappy   
   jalopies of men.  That race is going to be won, obviously, the spotless   
   car is going to win, but the when (at the time of Matthew 24:36) is yet   
   to be played out.   
      
   Here is a question for you: do you think the Son knows now???   
      
   Mar 16:19  So then after the Lord had spoken unto them, he was received   
   up into heaven, and sat on the right hand of God.  Or, in line with your   
   provocative next comments, does God's right hand not know what it is   
   doing, like some floppy ignorant appendage!   
      
   I am going to answer the question above for you.   
      
   Mat_28:18  And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is   
   given unto me in heaven and in earth.   
      
   In your bible, "ALL authority."  All!   
      
   Of course He now knows!   
      
   > If the Son is God the Son, does God suffer from a split personality?   
      
   Non-sequitur, and provoking and inciting absurdity! Please don't try to   
   make an absurdity a valid point in the future (atheist behaviour) in   
   order to try to make out you are theologically perfect in understanding;   
   it would be appreciated.   
      
   Or do you prefer to follow the path of a sinner, sincerely James?   
      
      
      
      
   Michael   
      
   >   
   > Sincerely James   
      
   --   
   Jesus is the everlasting Father, Jesus is God, Jesus is the Lord.   
      
   Rom 5:8  But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were   
   YET sinners, Christ died for us.   
      
   Jeremiah 10:23  O LORD, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it   
   is not in man that walketh to direct his steps.   
      
   "To seek your own will is to seek your own glory."   
      
   "If God is not first in everything He is not first in anything."   
      
   "What makes the bible the truth?  The resonance of God."   
      
   "All men were born sinners. Why? Because all men were born not loving   
   God with all their heart, soul and mind.  An abomination.  Therefore,   
   sin is not what you do, it is what you are."   
      
   "Compromise will condemn you."   
      
   "There are no sinners in Christ Jesus."   
      
   "My sons are born of Me. In them is no darkness at all."   
      
   "You can't learn righteousness.  Haven't you had enough time already to   
   know that?"   
      
   "The way of truth is the testimony of life."   
      
   "I merely speak the truth, what is revealed to me, and the cards fall   
   where God intends."   
      
   "Nothing that is produced is produced without first being faith."   
      
   "You can only find proof of God through faith because that is how we all   
   live, by faith."   
      
   "It is not what you do that matters, it is how you treat Me."   
      
   "Keep going forward. Forget about the past. Lift up your head, look   
   ahead."   
      
   "You cannot be free with guilt in your heart."   
      
   "Priority is everything."   
      
   "The truth doesn't need evidence, it is evidence."   
      
   "There is no greater possession a man has than his own will, to squander   
   it or to place it where it truly belongs."   
      
   "An atheist is a fool who thinks truth is found in living a lie."   
      
   "Saying "prove it" [as a foundation] is merely an ignorant straw man, to   
   an ignorant straw man."   
      
   "Wait, rest, be still, and know."   
      
   "No man can wash his own hands!!!"   
      
   "I find this in the Christianity religions: 'Nobody's perfect' they say,   
   and they use that as an excuse not to do what is perfect."   
      
   The Atheist: "They don't believe and put their faith in a Creator (the   
   obvious).  So no evidence and proof is to be found!!"   
      
   "The world is the way it is because God can't compromise who He is."   
      
   "Man is not the centre of being."   
      
   "Man is incompatible with the natural world because of his sinful nature."   
      
   "And then the Lord said, "I see everything."   
      
   "Man has no greater idol than his own will."   
      
   "Where is God hiding? He isn't."   
      
   "If you don't keep all the scriptures, you can't keep any of them."   
      
   "You can't prove anything because everything depends on a person's   
   willingness to believe."   
      
   "Atheists are ultimately trying to be pointlessness, meaninglessness,   
   and purposelessness in their point, meaning, and purpose."   
      
   "The last day of creation will be the last day of time. God is always   
   full of hope."   
      
   "The veil of the temple was rent in twain, not to have a book pass   
   through it so that you could play God."   
      
   "A phylactery does not a heart for God make. Not back then, and not today."   
      
   "No one in heaven is better (or higher) than what makes it heaven.  Such   
   is the love of God."   
      
   "The definition of an atheist: A man full of bluster and bullshit   
   pretending he is the meaning of life."   
      
   "Free will is not power; it is the choice that I allow; that choice is   
   still according to my power," says the Lord.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)