| (Copyright 04-28-2018) by Richard Frates (Easly, South Carolina) |
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| There will never be another you! That reality is why death is so fearful. There will never be another me or you. It is evident to all that the future guarantees we will all turn to dust and fade into darkness; the memory of you will be extinguished. But those who believe God and salvation through the Son of God, will always be remembered. Proverbs 14:32 “Even in death the righteous have a refuge.” Psalm 116:15 “Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints. The Miracle of One is: All that God created is unique, all is one individually, and there is no other. We can pick up the millions of pebbles in a pond or river and everyone is different. There are billions of stars in the universe and not any of them is the same, they are all individually distinct, as you and me. Psalms 147:4 “He determines the number of the stars and calls them each by name.” The Miracle of one is evident in the physical world and the spirit. As Jesus said: “God is one” and “God is Spirit” My Father is Greater than all, I and the Father are one, The Father is in me and I in the Father, and demonstrating their distinctness, “The Father is greater than I am.” Therefore, the teaching that “God is a “trinity” of “three co-equal persons” is blasphemy; it directly denies the truth of Jesus words My Father is “greater than I am” “greater than all” and “God is one”. There is only one God the Father, one Savior Jesus Christ, one body the church, one Spirit. Ephesians 4:4-6 “One God and Father of all, who is over all, through all and in all” True Believers. God is eternal, but we are destined to die, and the physical creation we live in is destined for, destruction. God is one, our one and only Heavenly Father. Jesus teaches us to call God Father; when you pray say “our Father in heaven”. After his resurrection Christ said: “Go to my brothers and tell them, ‘I am returning to – my Father – and your Father – to my God and your God’ John 20:17. If God is a “trinity” of “three co-equal – persons”: Then Jesus would be the son of the other two persons? That is ridiculous and blasphemy; God is one. Deuteronomy 6:4 “The Lord our God is one.” 1Corinthians 8:6 “There is no God but one.” The Spirit in Christians is “The Father; that we receive through Jesus Christ. Romans 8:11 Proves: The Father is the Holy Spirit. “If the Spirit of – Him – who raised Christ from the dead is living in you, He who raised Christ from the dead will give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit who lives in you.” And that Spirit is the Father that we receive through the Son. Acts 2:32-33 “He has received from the Father the promised Holy Spirit and has poured out what you know see and hear”. We overcome the world by God’s Spirit, not by our own strength. One of a Kind is written in Heaven and Earth. The Father and Jesus Christ are one Spirit but two individuals; just as your father and you, are one blood; but two distinct individuals. God made from One Blood all nations; and God is creating from One Spirit his children, from all nations, who will receive Salvation in the promised: “Kingdom of God”. John 4:24 “God is Spirit, and his worshipers must worship in Spirit and in Truth.” Worshipping God in Spirit and Truth means: Worshipping God in faith based on “God’s Word is Truth”. For “faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do Not see.” As we can’t see faith, so we can’t see God. Through: The Eyes of Faith we poses a Spiritual oneness with God. True faith comes from God. John, 6:44-45 “Everyone who listens to the Father and learns from him comes to me.” Believing God is: seeing God through eyes of faith. God placed his Spirit in us through Christ Jesus; making believers one body in his Son. As long as we believe and accept the sacrifice of the Father: The crucifixion of Jesus Christ as payment for our sins we remain in the Father and Son. And, comprise the Spiritual body called the Church. God’s Command to Jesus: John 10:17-18 “The reason my Father loves me is: That I lay down my life – only to take it up again. This command I received from my Father”. God also gives believers the same command: “Be faithful even to the point of death, and I will give you the crown of life” Revelation 2:10. And, Mark 8:35 “Whoever loses his life for me and for the gospel will save it.” The promise of salvation from the Father, John 5:24 “I tell you the truth, whoever hears my word and – believes Him Who Sent me – has eternal life and will not be condemned; he has – crossed over – from death to life.” Believing that promise is: Spiritually exercising your – Eyes of Faith. The Father gives His Holy Spirit – not the phantom “three co-equal persons” or third person of the false image of God call a “trinity”. Luke 11:13 “If you then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him.” Some devotees to the false doctrine of the “trinity” will argue: What about Matthew 28:19 “Baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son, and the Holy Spirit.” That means: In the name of the Father, the Son and the Spirit from the Father, through the Son, in you and me – Creating the Church. Matthew 28:19 is referring to three distinct individuals but one Spirit: The Father, Jesus Christ and the bride of Christ – the Church. Do you know the Father and the Son? Ask someone who believes God is a “Trinity” “three co-equal-Persons” who is your spiritual Father? They will answer God. Then ask them who is God? They will answer a “Trinity”, “three co-equal-Persons” or it’s a “mystery”. Will they inherit eternal life? No, they don’t know God. God is Not a “Mystery” of Three. “This is eternal life: That they may know you the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent” John 17:3. The “trinity” is: A False Image of God; that excludes believers truly being one with the Father and Son. God is Not my Trinity. Brothers and sisters make this statement confidently: God is: My Father in Heaven; who paid My debt of sin – by His Wonderful Son, Christ Jesus. John 14:16-17 and verse 26 “The Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name.” Who is the “Counselor? Answer: Matthew 10:19-20 “At that time you will be given what to say; for it will not be you speaking, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you.” The Father is the Holy Spirit, the “Counselor” and the “Spirit of truth” that we receive through Jesus Christ. Jesus said: “There is none good but – one – that is God” Matthew 20:17. That is a revelation and also means: There is none – Holy – but God the Father; for Christ was speaking of his Father. Christ is the image of God the Father: Colossians 1:15-20 “He is the image of the invisible God.” “All things were created by him and for him”. “God was pleased to have all his goodness dwell in Christ”. Matthew 12:32 “Anyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but anyone who speaks against the Holy Spirit will never be forgiven. Either in this age or in the age to come.” Some foolishly use this verse to teach the third person of a trinity as being the “Holy Spirit. That is completely false and blasphemy. It would make that phantom third person of a trinity greater than the Father and the Son. And, Jesus said: My Father “is greater than all” John 10:29. Instead, Matthew 12:32, proves that the Father is the Holy Spirit; it is obvious Jesus is speaking of his Father who is “greater than all”. Faith is evidence of God’s Holy Spirit: And faith was in the world before Pentecost. David said in Psalm 51:11 “Do not cast me off from your presence or take your Holy Spirit from me”. Hebrews 11: Proves that the Holy Spirit was here before Pentecost. All those mentioned from Able to Rahab were commended for their faith. And “without faith it is impossible to please God”. Romans 1:17 In the Gospel a righteousness from God is revealed, a Righteousness that is by faith. God created the heavens and earth by his Spirit through Jesus Christ, John 1:1-3. God created from – one blood – all the different nations and races of mankind by his Spirit through Jesus Christ. Since the day of Pentecost, God is creating by his – Spirit -, through Jesus Christ, children from all nations, in the image of his Son. 2 Corinthians 5:17 “If anyone is in Christ, he is a New Creation.” 1 Corinthians 2:16 “We have the mind of Christ.” Luke 20:35 “They are God’s children, since they are – children of the resurrection.” As I said: “The Father and Jesus Christ are one Spirit but two individuals, just as you and your father are one blood but two individuals.” The Spiritual Blood of Life Eternal: We receive from the Father through Jesus Christ, Acts 2:33. Will there ever be another you? Yes, as “Children of the Resurrection” in the likeness of: The Son of God. Believing our Father in heaven paid our debt of sin by the crucifixion of Messiah Jesus is: Salvation from sin and death. Resurrection Day is the Day of your Death, John 6:40. You will not remember being dead. Who is the Son of God? The God who called Israel out of Egypt; for Christ said No one “has seen the Father”; so, who did Moses see? Though, false doctrines and deceptions fill the churches and synagogues; God’s Truth is carried by his Spirit and planted in hearts. |
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