                        THE TRINITY
 
The  word  TRINITY is not found in the BIBLE.  There  is  no 
religious significance or value in the word,  alone. What is 
special is the understanding of the TRIUNE nature of the ONE 
GOD. We can best explain this by stating that we, ourselves, 
exist as a triune entity.
We have a BODY (flesh) that we walk and talk and touch with.
We have a MIND (soul) that is our will and our intellect.
We have a SPIRIT that controls our very nature - this can be 
the  old  or "worldly" spirit or the NEW spirit received  by 
being "born again".
If you could take away your mind,  you no longer are you. If 
you  take  away  your  spirit,  you  cease  to  behave  like 
yourself.  If you take away your body - well,  that  doesn't 
need  to be expressed,  does it?  Only when all THREE of you 
are  "together"  are you really the ONE person that  we  all 
know and love (?).
Within  the  NATURE  of ONE GOD,  there  are  THREE  eternal 
MINISTERS or persons:  God the FATHER,  God the SON and  GOD 
the HOLY SPIRIT.  One GOD by essence, eternally complete and 
immutable   (meaning  without  possibility  of  change  - or 
unchanging).  Many "cults" today attempt to deal with  these 
MINISTERS  as  separate GODS;  However,  the  BIBLE  clearly 
states that there is but ONE GOD.
Deuteronomy 6:4 and 32:39 - Isaiah 43:10 to 11 and 44:6 to 8
Psalm  86:10  - Mark 12:29 - Galatians 3:20 - I  Corinthians 
8:4,6
While ONE GOD is expressed,  THREE MINISTERING ENTITIES  are 
shown throughout the Bible. EACH entity is shown to have the 
same  attributes  and authority that is given to  the  other 
entity.  At  no  time is one entity shown to be  greater  or 
lesser  than  the other.  It may be best to express this  by 
stating that each ENTITY  ministers to us in a SPECIFIC  and 
clearly  designed  manner  as needed by each  of  us.  These 
attributes are:
                          CREATOR
    FATHER              JESUS               HOLY SPIRIT
    ____________________________________________________
    Isaiah 64:8 & 44:24   John 1:3      Job 26:13 & 33:4
    Genesis 1:1           Hebrews 1:2 
    Revelation 4:8,11     Colossians 1:15-17
                         INDWELL US
    FATHER              JESUS               HOLY SPIRIT
    ____________________________________________________
    2 Corinthians 6:16  Colossians 1:27     John 14:17
                        Romans 8:10         Romans 8:9
                        Galatians 2:20      I Cor 3:16
                       FIRST AND LAST
       FATHER                                  JESUS
    ____________________________________________________
Isaiah 43:10                             Revelation 1:17
Revelation 21:6                          Revelation 2:8 
                                               and 22:13
                      ALPHA AND OMEGA
       FATHER                                  JESUS
    ____________________________________________________
Revelation 1:8                        Revelation 22:13,16
Revelation 21:6
                            I AM
       FATHER                                  JESUS
    ____________________________________________________
    Exodus 3:14,15                             John 8:58
                          IMMANUEL 
       FATHER                                  JESUS
    ____________________________________________________
   Isaiah 8:8                                Isaiah 7:14
                                            Matthew 1:23
                        RESURRECTION
    FATHER              JESUS               HOLY SPIRIT
    ____________________________________________________
  I Thessalonians 1:10  John 2:19          Romans 8:11
  Acts 2:32 17:30,31
                     DRAWS AND CONVICTS
    FATHER              JESUS               HOLY SPIRIT
    ____________________________________________________
  John 6:44             John 12:32         I Cor 12:3    
                        John 12:32         John 16:13-15
                         LIFE GIVER
    FATHER              JESUS               HOLY SPIRIT
    ____________________________________________________
  Genesis 2:7           John 1:3,4 17:2     2 Cor 3:6,17
                           SAVIOR
       FATHER                                  JESUS
    ____________________________________________________
     Isaiah 43:3                            John 4:42
     Psalm 106:21                           1 John 4:14
     Isaiah 45:21-23                        Acts 4:12
                                                20:28
                    TO  BE  WORSHIPPED:
       "EVERY KNEE SHALL BOW, EVERY TONGUE CONFESS.."
       FATHER                                  JESUS
    ____________________________________________________
     Isaiah 45:22,23                    Philippians 2:10
     Romans 14:10,11                    Matthew 28:18
                           JUDGE
    FATHER              JESUS               HOLY SPIRIT
    ____________________________________________________
     Joel 3:12             2 Cor 5:10          John 16:8
     Genesis 18:25         2 Timothy 4:1
                           IS GOD
    FATHER              JESUS               HOLY SPIRIT
    ____________________________________________________
   John 5:18             John 1:1,14           Acts 5:3,4
   I Cor 1:3             John 20:28
                       THREE PERSONS
   I John 5:7 | Matthew 28:19 | Romans 8:9 | Titus 3:4-6 
   Jude 20,21 | Matthew 3:16,17
                    THE REAL HOLY SPIRIT
In Mormonism the "Holy Ghost" is a personage,  or a god, but 
the "Holy Spirit" is an impersonal force.  The Mormons refer 
to  verses that the Holy Spirit is symbolized by  oil,  fire 
and  water and show that these are "impersonal".  The  Bible 
referes  to  the  Father and the Son  as  "bread  of  life", 
"living water" and other "impersonal" terms.  Again, we must 
look at the context.  In John 16:7,  our Lord is placing His 
emphasis  on His going away and the Holy Spirit's being sent 
by the Father to replace our Lord himself.  This change  (or 
replacement),  Jesus  says,  would  be  beneficial  for  His 
disciples.  AN  IMPERSONAL FORCE COULD HARDLY IMPROVE ON THE 
PERSONAL PRESENCE OF OUR LORD, JESUS CHRIST!
The  word  in Hebrew and the word in Greek  for  SPIRIT  and 
GHOST  both  mean  the  same,   "breath  or  wind"  and  the 
"translators"  of the King James Bible noted that the  Greek 
word  denoted  a  neuter gender and mistranslated to  be  an 
"IT",  but  they did utilize the word Ghost and  Spirit  and 
interchanged   them  on  many  occassions.   The  words   as 
translated  are from only ONE word in Hebrew and ONE word in 
Greek  - therefore  there is NOT two words  for  SPIRIT  and 
GHOST - only ONE.  Now, let's look at this ONE entity called 
the HOLY SPIRIT. In John 16:13 and 14 we see our Lord, Jesus 
telling  us this about the Holy Spirit,  "HE shall not speak 
of HIMSELF ...  HE shall glorify me ...  HE shall receive of 
mine  ....".  NOTE  that our LORD gives PERSONALITY  to  the 
Spirit.  Otherwise  our Lord would have used the  term  that 
Mormons use "IT". 
Jesus  repeatedly (John 16:7-15) uses the MASCULINE PERSONAL 
pronoun  "He" when referring to the Spirit.  Jesus used  the 
term clearly to tell us that the Spirit had personality  and 
intimacy.
Ananias  was struck dead for lying to the HOLY SPIRIT  (Acts 
5:3).  You  cannot lie to an impersonal force!  It would  be 
like  walking  up  to a window box fan,  turning it  on  and 
facing its "force" and then telling lie after lie to it - IT 
WOULD  NOT CARE THE SLIGHEST,  WOULD IT?  Now,  you look  at 
Ananias and,  if you are not a complete idiot, you would not 
repeat his behavior,  now would you? The Holy Spirit and the 
Holy  Ghost  are not two different items  mentioned  in  the 
Bible.  There  is  only one entity referred to as both  HOLY 
GHOST and HOLY SPIRIT.
The  Holy Spirit is a person.  The Spirit may  be  "grieved" 
(Ephesians   4:30)  and  "sinned  against"  by  UNFORGIVABLE 
blasphemy (Mark 3:29). None of these things are possible for 
an "impersonal force".
 The  Holy Ghost does things which only a person COULD do.
                        He  SPEAKS: 
   "The Spirit said unto Philip,  'Go near'" (Acts 8:29)
                        He STRIVES:
 "My Spirit shall not strive with man forever" (Genesis 6:3) 
- "The  Spirit also helpeth our infirmity ...  [and]  MAKETH 
INTERCESSION for us." (Romans 8:26)
              He REVEALS, SEARCHES, and KNOWS:
"But God hath revealed them unto us by His Spirit;  for  the 
Spirit searcheth all things ... the things of God knoweth no 
man but the Spirit of God" (I Corinthians 2:10,11).
Other  verses  can be shown that the Spirit IDENTIFIES  with 
believers  (Acts  15:28),  The Spirit  is  ETERNAL  (Hebrews 
9:14),   OMNIPRESENT  (Psalm  139:7-10),   DOES  GOD'S  WORK 
(Genesis   1:2),   INVOLVED  IN  REGENERATION  (John   3:8), 
participates in the RESURRECTION (Romans 8:11).
Paul  identifies the Spirit as the speaker to  Isaiah.  Acts 
28:25-26  and  Isaiah 6:8,9.  An impersonal force  does  not 
counsel,  speak,  feel,  or anything resembling personality. 
The  HOLY SPIRIT is a person - one of the THREE ENTITIES  of 
the ONE TRUE GOD. 
There is but ONE GOD.  Yet the THREE PERSONS or MINISTERS  - 
the  FATHER,  the  SON  and the HOLY  SPIRIT  (GHOST)  - are 
eternally  linked  and spoken of as ONE in their  existance, 
authority  and power.  You cannot separate them  into  three 
separate gods. 
           If A=D and B=D and C=D, then A=B=C=D!
                    If the Father if God
                            and
                     If the Son is God
                            and
                  If the Holy Sprit is God
                            then
The Father equals the Son equals the Spirit equals TRUE GOD
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