Sunday, May 22, 2011
Understanding the Trinity vs Three Manifestations: In the book of John, there is proof that Jesus Chr...
Understanding the Trinity vs Three Manifestations: In the book of John, there is proof that Jesus Chr...: "The book of John is one of the most comprensive books which proves that absolute oneness of God and that Jesus Christ is that one God. In J..."
In the book of John, there is proof that Jesus Christ is the one Lord God Almighty (Deut. 6:4, Rev. 1:8)
The book of John is one of the most comprensive books which proves that absolute oneness of God and that Jesus Christ is that one God. In John we find that God Himself took on the flesh of man and dwell among us. He (God - Jesus Christ) was in the world and the world was made by Him and the world knew Him not. (Matthew 1:23, II Corinthians 5:19, Colossians 1:19, 2:8-9, 1 Timothy 3:15, 1 John 5:20, Jude 1:24-25, Revelation 1:8)
John 1:1, 10, 14
In the beginning was the Word. This scripture establishes a point that when the world began, there was the Word and this Word was spoken by God and his Word was with him. In fact, the Word is God himself. This Word, which is God, was made flesh. There is no doubt and that these scriptures let us know that Jesus Christ is the one Almighty God, who was made flesh for the salvation of mankind. The Word is God, and Jesus is the Word. Therefore, Jesus is the one and only God, the Word, who was made flesh.
Verification: Isaiah 9:6, Revelation 1:8, 22:13. Think of it this way. Using yourself as an example. When you speak a word, your word is with you because it came out of you. When someone said that you said something, that word, that you spoke is identified as you.
In other words, that word is attributed to you and identifies you as your word. Therefore, your word is with you and becomes you. Through the revelation of the Word of God, this is not confusing. There is only one God and he is his Word and his Word is with him. God through his own Word became flesh. Therefore, Jesus is God, the Word, and he created everything.
John 1:3
Jesus created everything and everything came into being through him. This is another, “stand along” scripture that verifies that Jesus is the one and only Lord God who created heaven and earth. The following scriptures verifies John 1:3. (I Corinthians 8:6-7, Hebrew 1:1-8, Colossians 1:14-17). John 1:10 is another strong scripture that tells us that Jesus is God.
John 1:10
This is another strong scripture that tells us that Jesus is the one God who created the world and the world didn’t know him. Guess what? Out of all the information that we have about Jesus, the world still doesn’t really know him as the Father God of the Universe. This scripture also verifies the teaching of Jesus to his apostles when he told them that Moses, the prophets and the psalms spoke of him. Moses said, “ In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.” (Genesis 1:1, John 5:46-47). Based on these scriptures, we have found out that the name of the God who created the heaven and earth is Jesus Christ. Moses and the prophets talked to Jesus Christ, the Highest Name of God – Jehovah Saviour (John 5:46-47, Luke24:27, 44, I Peter 1:11). Not only did Jesus create the world as God but he also became a man.
John 1:14
God becomes a Man. Jesus Christ is the Word and the Word was God and the Word became
flesh. Therefore Jesus is God, if you believe that there is only one God. You will understand that – that one God’s name is Jesus Christ. Once you understand that Jesus is God, you will be able to understand I Timothy 3:16 which says God was manifested in the flesh. These two scriptures proves that when God says something in one scripture, it can be verified and proven in another scripture.
In addition, to understanding that Jesus Christ is God, you will understand the plan of salvation as taught by Peter, Paul and the apostles who taught the baptism in Jesus name, which is the name of God (Acts 2:38, Acts 19:1-5, Romans 6:3-4, Galatians 3:27, Colossians 2:12). We should understand how Jesus is God and how and why he became the Lamb of God.
John 1:29
Jesus is the Lamb of God. John preached repentance and baptism to prepare for the coming of the kingdom of God. This scripture establishes that Jesus is the Lamb of God who will take away the sins of the world (I Peter 1:18-21). In Isaiah 40:3, 5, we see that Jesus is both Lord and God and John recognized him as the Lamb. Therefore, Jesus is the Lord, God, and the Lamb. This also lets us know that Jesus is the God who was made flesh (John 1:14). Three titles, three manifestations, one God. If we can understand how God himself became the Lamb of God, then we would understand that you must be born again by the blood of the Lamb. The Lamb is Jesus Christ, the Almighty (Revelation 15:3).
John 3:3-5
You must be born again. Why is this important? Nicodemus felt that Jesus was a teacher who had come from God and he was interested in understanding “how to be born again.” Jesus told Nicodemus he must be born of the water and of the Spirit. This is a phrase that we couldn’t understand until Peter’s sermon in the 2nd chapter of Acts. The question that Nicodemus asked and the answer that Jesus told him was satisfied in Acts 2:38.
Peter had the “keys of the kingdom of heaven,” therefore, Peter said, you must repent, be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ, water, for remission of sins and receive the gift of the Holy Ghost, Spirit. We also see in this scripture that remission of sins was preached, beginning at Jerusalem on the day of Pentecost (Matthew 16:19, Luke 24:47). Again, look at the connectivity of these scriptures concerning being born again (Acts 2:38-39).
1. Peter used the “keys of the kingdom of heaven” to open the door to the Church (Matthew 16:19) in the name of Jesus Christ.
2. Peter preached the baptism in the name of Jesus Christ (Acts 2:38)
3. Peter preached repentance and remission of sins, in Jesus name, beginning at Jerusalem (Luke 24:47).
4. Peter preached how to be born again in Jesus name (John 3:3)
5. Peter preached how to be born of the water and the Spirit in Jesus name (John 3:5)
6. In Peter’s sermon we see that the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit is Jesus
Christ (Matthew 28:19, Acts 2:38).
7. Peter tells us that once we are obedient we will know what God’s promise is for us and our children (Joel 2:27-29).
Peter and Jesus were always using opportunities to teach. Jesus taught Nicodemus that he is in heaven.
John 3:9-15
Jesus tells Nicodemus he is in heaven. Nicodemus tried to understand what Jesus was telling him about being born again, but he still didn’t get it. Jesus told him that he, Nicodemus, is a master of Israel and he should know these things. Jesus explains to Nicodemus that we speak what we know, referring to his knowledge of the Old Testament, and testify what we have seen, that he is the Christ. Why hadn’t Nicodemus received this as a witness of who he is based on his knowledge of the Old Testament? If Jesus told him of earthly things, that he is the Christ, and he didn’t believe it, how would he understand heavenly things, that he is also in heaven as God the Father (Isaiah 9:6)?
Then Jesus explains that no man has ascended up to heaven except the one who has come down from heaven. And, he as the Son of man is in heaven. Look at the word “is.” Jesus is saying that he is presently in heaven and he is speaking to Nicodemus on earth at the same time. Jesus is explaining to Nicodemus that it is hard for him to understand how he, Jesus, is on earth and in heaven at the same time. And only the Son of Man can ascend up to heaven and come down.
This is a revelation that Jesus is God and the Son of Man. It should be easy to understand that God’s Spirit can be on earth in a man, Jesus, and in heaven as the Spirit at the same time. God’s
Spirit fills the Universe and God can be everywhere at the same time. The Son of man must be lifted up and whosoever believeth in him, meaning whosoever believes in the God in him, should not perish, but have eternal life. Therefore, you must believe that the Father is in Christ and that Jesus is the Father. Jesus said, I am in the Father, and the Father is in me. Jesus words come by his Spirit, the Father because the Father is in him (John 14:9-11, Colossians 2:8-9). God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself (II Corinthians 5:19).
Therefore, the body of Jesus is not only the Son of God but is, in fact, God himself (II Corinthians 5:19). Remember this: I and my Father are one – John 10:30. This statement means the Father and the Son is the same Person - John 14:7, Colossians 1:14-19, 2:9. Jesus was very clear when he tells the woman of Samaria that he is the Messiah.
John 4:25-26, 42
Jesus tells the woman of Samaria that he is the Messiah (The Christ). Why is this important? This is important because it verifies all of the teachings of the woman of Samaria. Someone had to tell her that when the Messiah comes, he would tell them everything (Isaiah 40:3-5). This also verifies that Jesus is the God whom the prophets knew would come to earth in the flesh as The Christ/Messias (I am he – Isaiah 43:10, John 8:24). Jesus tells the woman that he is the Messiah/Christ/God (Isaiah 9:6, 40:3, John 1:10, 14, Colossians 1:14-19, 2:9, I John 5:20). Let’s look at the beauty of a loving God. The Samaritans asked Jesus to stay and he stayed with them for two (2) days and taught them. Many of them realized that he was the Christ, God himself, and the Saviour of the world (Isaiah 43:11-13).
The Jews had no dealings with the Samaritans, therefore, it was highly unusual that he would spend so much time with them. I am so excited about the love that Jesus has shown to his people. This proves that if your heart is right, God will work with you no matter who you are or what you have learned about him in the past. John 5:1-24 is unique because it shows that Jesus Christ is God.
John 5:1-24
This is a unique scripture because it shows, again, that Jesus is God, then Jesus says, his Father does the work. Let’s take a look at what Jesus did;
1. Jesus healed the impotent man on the Sabbath and told him to take up his bed and walk. This is a violation of Jewish Law. No work should be done on the Sabbath. Only God would do this because God made the Sabbath.
2. Jesus forgave sin. This is a violation of Jewish Law – Only God can forgive sin
3. Jesus called God his Father. This is a violation of Jewish Law – No man should say, “God is his Father, for this is blasphemy. This makes that man equal with God.
4. Jesus tells the Jews that he only does things that he sees the Father do. This is a violation of the Law. No man can say he does what God does without saying he is God or equal with God; this is blasphemy.
We know as Christians that Jesus Christ is God. Therefore he can heal the sick on the Sabbath and tell the impotent man to take up his bed and walk because Jesus, as God, is Lord of the Sabbath. By the same token, only God can forgive sins according to the Jewish tradition. When Jesus forgave the sins of the man, he was demonstrating by his actions that he is God.
When Jesus says God is his Father, he is saying to the Jewish leaders that he is equal with God and he is, in fact, God himself. They understood Jesus to say he is God because the Jews believes in only one God. Therefore, they wanted to kill him for blasphemy.
Now look at how Jesus explained to the crowd that he cannot do anything without the Father-Spirit. This is not so difficult to believe since we, as humans, can’t do anything without the Spirit of God. Our natural body is only a shell without the spirit. With our natural spirit we move and have our being.
When Jesus says, I only do what I see the Father do, Jesus is saying in my Spirit form, I have seen many things that I have done before I came to earth. Then Jesus shows us that the Spirit will commit all things to his manifestation as the Son. The Son will be the Judge and if you don’t honor the Son, Natural, then you can’t honor the Father, Spirit, that sent the Son. The Spirit sent the natural body of Jesus. Jesus is also explaining how these two manifestations of himself are working in concert to show us the greatness of his power and the mystery of his nature. We should never be under the impression that this operation of God is two persons.
These are manifestations of the same God. God can be in heaven as a Spirit and be on earth as a
man at the same time. Jesus has a dual nature. Spirit and Man. Therefore, we should honor Jesus as God, Natural, thereby honoring the Father as God, Spiritual (John 1:1, 14). In other words, we have the same God with a dual nature. Look at the power of the dual nature of God in verse 21. Jesus shows us that God, Spirit, can raise the dead and he as a natural man can raise the dead. Jesus explains that God, the Spirit, will show his flesh greater works than this and you will be amazed. Understanding that Jesus is the only God is the premise for this book. The scriptures testify that Jesus is God.
John 5:39-47
This scripture is another premise for this book. Jesus says that the scriptures will testify of him. If you search the scriptures, you will think you have eternal life. In other words, if you don’t believe Jesus, you will never find the door nor eternal life. No man cometh unto the Father except through Jesus Christ, therefore you must know him. If you search the scriptures, you will find that Moses talked about how the Spirit of God created the heavens and the earth. The name of Jesus Christ was in the mind of God and was God. However, Jesus’ name, the Son, was not manifested at that time of creation (John 1:1-10, I Corinthians 8:6, Ephesians 3:9-11, Hebrews 1:1-8).
Moses talked to Jesus and Jesus, in his Spiritual form, wrote the Ten Commandments with his own hand, and Moses talked to Jesus in the wilderness when Jesus lead the children of Israel out of Egypt (I Corinthians 10:4).
If people had believed Moses, they would believe Jesus because Moses wrote about Jesus. (John 5:46-47). Moses wrote about Jesus Christ “The Almighty God” in Genesis and it is verified in Isaiah 9:6, John 1:1, 3, 10, 14, and Revelation 1:8, 22:13. God’s eternal name has always been Jesus Christ, even though, that name was not known by Moses at the time.
People still don’t believe that Jesus is the only God even though Moses wrote about him. Would you believe Jesus is the only God if Jesus told you himself? (Ref: Revelation 1:8,11, 22:13). He that comes to God, Jesus, must first believe that he is God. And God will reward those that diligently seek him. Search the scriptures diligently and God will reveal to you that he is Jesus, “the Christ” (Jehovah Saviour). Jesus speaks of God the Father as if he is someone other than himself (Hebrews 11:6, John 1:1, 14, I Timothy 3:16).
John 6:26-29
Jesus speaks of God the Father. Isn’t it strange that Jesus speaks of the Father as if he is someone other than himself. Let me explain to you what Jesus is saying. Jesus is telling the people that they are following him because they like to eat and not because of the miracles that they have seen. However, they should seek everlasting life, which Jesus will give them because God the Father has sealed him. The flesh of Jesus has been sealed with the Holy Spirit.
When Jesus is speaking of God the Father, he is referring to his manifestation in Spirit form. The Spirit is greater than the flesh. There are limitations to the flesh of the Son of Man that cannot compare to the power and vastness of the Spirit; glorification comes later. For the Spirit, who is referred to as God the Father, can do all things and be in every place in the Universe at the same time and the flesh cannot. This same Spirit is also referred to as the Spirit of Christ in the New Testament. In other words, the two different manifestations of the Spirit is One Spirit. The Spirit of Christ/Spirit of God is the same Spirit.
The people wanted to know what they should do so that they could do the works of God. Jesus explained to them that they should believe on him whom the Father had sent. In other words, he didn’t say believe in the Father. Why? Because he is also the Father, in his Spiritual Form. Jesus is telling them that out of my Spirit form, I sent this flesh. Don’t forget that Jesus has a dual nature, he is both God the Father and Man -The Son.
Thus, when you believe on Jesus, you have found God the Father (Isaiah 9:6, John 14:9-11). Remember: Jesus said, no man comes to the Father but by me. Also we have always understood that no man has seen the Father.
John 6:46-51
No man has seen the Father. We have been discussing how Jesus is the Father and we know that Jesus told the disciples when you have seen me, you have seen the Father (Isaiah 9:6, John 14:7). How do we reconcile these scriptures? This seems like a contradiction, but it’s not. The Glory of God is so bright and powerful that no flesh could remain in God’s presence. Therefore, we do know that no man has seen the Spirit of God, in his fullness, at any time and live. Moses saw the backside of God and he has talked to God face to face, but he has never seen God in the fullness of his glory. God is so vast that man has to see God in some type of “manifestation” or condensed form.
Let’s look at what Jesus is saying in John. Jesus is telling the disciples that they are looking at the express image of God. The manifested flesh of God. (Hebrews 1:3, I Timothy 3:16, I John 1-2). Therefore, the disciples have seen the express image of the Father in the flesh but they have not seen God in the fullness of his Spiritual form (John 14:10-11). The disciples understood, over time, that Jesus was the Christ, the Son of the Living God.
John 6:69
This scripture verifies that Jesus is The Christ, the Son of the Living God. This scripture also shows us that Jesus is not only God himself, he is also the Son. “The Christ” is God himself in the flesh. (John 1:14). The Spirit of God is in the body of a man – Jesus Christ. The flesh is called the Sonship of God and the Spirit of God in Jesus’ body is called the everlasting Father. This is the one God who is in heaven and on earth at the same time (John 3:13). This is the mystery that people can’t understand. The big debate is the Deity of Jesus. How can he be God and man at the same time?
John 7:26-29,37-43
The big debate on the Deity of Jesus. The debate about whether Jesus is the Christ, God in the flesh, has been debated since Jesus was on earth because they didn’t believe him. Jesus said, in John 7:38, He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water. Jesus was letting them know that the scriptures spoke of him. In other words, the scriptures that Jesus was talking about were in the Old Testament. The scriptures were written to show that Moses was conversing with and wrote about Jesus in his Spiritual form. Isaiah told us that God himself would come down in the flesh to reconcile his people unto himself (Isaiah 40:1-5, II Corinthians 5:19).
Jesus was stressing to them that once they receive the Holy Ghost, they would get the revelation of who he is, and out of their belly shall flow rivers of living water because, at that point, they would have realized that they had killed the very Christ they were looking for.
Thus, the debate of whether Jesus is the only God, The Christ, rages on by Theologians, Religious Leaders and Philosophers because of their ignorance and unbelief. They still won’t believe that Jesus is the Only Lord God and Saviour (Deuteronomy 6:4, Isaiah 9:6, 43:10-11, 44:6,8, Luke 2:11).
Therefore, think it not strange that this book will be debated by many who would feel Jesus is not the only God. They will try to persuade you to believe that there are three persons in one God.
The whole purpose of this book is to declare to you that this same “Christ” is both Lord and Saviour - God himself. For there is; one God, one Saviour, and one Lord Jesus and he is the Christ (Isaiah 43:10-13). As aforementioned, I am not a prophet, however, I do believe these same religious leaders will allow themselves to be used by the spirit of the antichrist by not teaching their followers with a clear understanding of the knowledge of Christ for which Paul died. While these religious leaders are talking against the Deity of Christ, their followers will read this book, believe and be saved, through the power of God.
These religious leaders will fall under the weight of their own craftiness, ignorance and unbelief. And if they aren’t careful they will find themselves in hell regardless of how many years, “they say they,” they have walked with God. Jesus will tell them to depart from me you workers of iniquity, I never knew you. When the truth came, they ignored the obvious and will die in their sins. They won’t believe God, his Son nor his Word. Neither will they get baptized in Jesus name (Mark 16:16, John 8:19, 24). Therefore, the controversy of “who is Jesus” rages on.
John 8:12-19, 24
The Controversy of “who is Jesus” rages on, even to this day people won’t believe that Jesus is the Father. Let’s take a look at how Jesus handles this matter. Jesus had just forgiven the woman who was about to be stoned for adultery. Jesus told the scribes and Pharisees that he is the light of the world. And if you follow him, you won’t walk in darkness and you’ll have the light of life. In other words, if you believe that Jesus is God, and that he is the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, you will see the light. And if you believe that he made the heavens and earth, and all things exist because of him, and that he is Lord, and that he is the Saviour, and that he is all things, and you follow him, you won’t be in darkness. The Scribes and Pharisees had a problem with Jesus saying he was the light because according to their laws, teaching and traditions, if a man bears a record of himself, then that record is not true.
Therefore, Jesus had to explain to them that according to the law that if two men said it true, then it is true. Jesus said that he is one man to bear record of himself and the Father bears witness of him, therefore that record is true. Now they were really confused because they didn’t see the Father, so they asked him where is the Father? In other words where is this other man? Now listen to this.
For those who have a question of whether God is male or female; this is your answer. God is a Spiritual man, and Jesus is a natural man. The Son and the Spirit bears record of the Deity of Jesus. Jesus said, you don’t even know me. For if you had known me, you should have known my Father also.
In these scriptures, Jesus clearly reveals the revelation that he is God the Father. Jesus is letting them know that he is the Father and they should have known that according to Isaiah 9:6. Even though Jesus always talks of the Father as if he was someone else, he reveals that he is God the Father. When Jesus speaks, you will have to distinguish between whether he is speaking from his Spirit or from his flesh. When Jesus talks of the Father, he is referring to his manifestation in Spirit form. When he speaks of himself, his flesh, he says, the Son of God or the Son of Man.
However, there are times when Jesus is talking about himself as the express image of the Spirit (John 14:9). Since Jesus has a dual nature, it’s difficult for one who doesn’t have the revelation to understand whether he is speaking as God in the Spirit or God as a man, same God two manifestations. Again, let’s look at John 8:19. The people asked Jesus to show them the Father. Jesus replied, you don’t know either one of us. If you had known me, you would have known the Father also. How? Because Jesus is the Father. They should have believed the Word of God through the prophet Isaiah (Isaiah 9:6).
Therefore if you know Jesus, you know he is the Father (Isaiah 9:6, John 14:9). Jesus is saying, in verse 24; if you don’t believe that “I am he,” you will die in your sins. Why? Because you won’t get baptized in his name for the remission of sins and you won’t believe the Word of God delivered by the apostles - Repentance, baptism and receiving the Holy Ghost in Jesus name. This method of salvation is throughout the book of Acts. You won’t believe Jesus is God, the “I am he,” The Almighty God of the Old Testament and you won’t believe that everything was made by Jesus (Isaiah 43:13, 48:12, John 1:1, 3, 10, 14) and you won’t believe that he is the one God manifested as the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit (Colossians 2:8-10, II Timothy 3:16).
Thus, you will never find the door, the truth nor eternal life for the mystery is hidden from the wise and prudent and given unto babes. You can’t know Jesus if you don’t believe his Word. Some might say that they believe the Word of God and immediately come up with “a philosophy of men” to prove that Jesus is not God the Father, thereby proving that he doesn’t believe the Word of God. Trying to disprove God’s Word is dangerous and will send a disbeliever into a state of reprobation. We have to understand that when we lift up the Son of Man, then you will know that “I am he.”
John 8:28
When you lift up the Son of Man, then you will know that “I am he.” Jesus calls himself Jehovah God, but this is how it is said. In the Old Testament, God has used the phrase, “I am he” to describe himself (Isaiah 41:4, 43:10,13, 25, 45:21-23, 48:12).
Therefore, when Jesus says, “I am he,” he is telling them, I am the same God who talked to your fathers and the prophets while I was in my Spirit Form, “I am he” - Jehovah. There is no other God, “I am he.” Remember: When Jesus is talking about his Father, he is talking about his own Spirit which is and always remain in Heaven. Jesus’ flesh, the Sonship, is subject to the Spirit. Same God, different operation (I Corinthians 12:4-6). He that is of God hears his Words.
John 8:47, 58, 59
He that is of God hears his Words. In these verses, Jesus is answering a number of questions from the scribes and Pharisees concerning who he is and his relationship to Abraham. Jesus is letting them know that if they were really concerned about the things of God, then they would understand what he was saying. They didn’t understand what Jesus was saying so he told them they were not of God. They didn’t understand the mystery of the Deity of Jesus and how he could have lived before Abraham.
When Jesus told them that they call God their Father but they don’t know him. They didn’t realize that they were talking to the Father (Isaiah 9:6). When Jesus said, that Abraham rejoiced to see his day, they didn’t understand because Jesus wasn’t even fifty years old, so how could he say that he saw Abraham rejoice. Here is the key, Jesus informs them indirectly that he is God with these words; Before Abraham was, “I am.” (Exodus 3:14, 6:3, 29:46). They understood that only God could be before Abraham.
They were so upset that Jesus would say he came before Abraham that they wanted to kill him. For they understood Jesus to be saying that “I am” Abraham’s Father. Even though, Jesus words were true, the Pharisees refused to hear it nor did they believe him. As a matter of fact, they were insulted that Jesus would even suggest that he was God or that he was eternal. The Jews had been in doubt for a long time concerning the Deity of Christ.
John 10:24-33-38
The Jews had been in doubt for a long time about whether Jesus was God, The Christ. However, the manner in which Jesus was speaking to them, they weren’t sure whether he really was “The Christ” or not. They wanted him to come right out and say that he was God, The Christ. Look at the way Jesus tells them he is God, The Christ. Jesus said, I told you and you
don’t believe me. The works that I do, I do them in my Father’s name. Jesus does things in the name of Jesus – therefore, the Father’s name is Jesus – Isaiah 9:6. (John 17:6,11,12). Jesus comes in his Father’s name and yet they don’t believe him. If someone comes in their own name, then they would believe him. Look at what Jesus says in verse 28. Neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.
Then he says in verse 29. No man is able to pluck them out of my Father’s hand. Jesus’ hand is the Father’s hand. Jesus is saying in these verses, I am the Father and Son and no one will take them out of my hand. Oh by the way, my Father and I are the same person. We are one. Here we see Jesus speaking as One God while revealing two manifestations.
When Jesus said, he and the Father are one, the same, the Jews wanted to kill him for blasphemy because they understood perfectly that Jesus was saying he was God. Again, Jesus made a true statement, he is God. And they still wanted to kill him, not for telling a lie as they thought, but for speaking the truth. By the way, among other things, Jesus was crucified for blasphemy – saying that he is God which makes him equal with God (John 10: 33 and the Son of God - John 10:36). Guess what? He is the one and only God. Jesus died not because he was a bad person. He died for speaking the truth.
In verse 38, Jesus makes a statement that satisfied a number of scriptures. Jesus said, believe that the Father is in me and I in him. One example is John 14:11. In other words, Jesus is saying there is only one God. The Father is in him on earth and he is in the Father in heaven. Jesus’ Spirit stays in heaven as the Father. He is both in heaven and on earth at the same time. Why would we think it so strange that God can be in heaven and on earth at the same time? Jesus is also telling us that the Spirit of God, The Father, is in his body (Isaiah 9:6, John 1:14, 14:10-11, Philippians 2:6, 10-11, Colossians 2:8-10, I Timothy 3:16).
Jesus is the manifestation of the Father, the Son, and Holy Ghost as we will see in other scriptures as we go along. If by chance you think that this book is redundant, you’re right. Look at how many times God says the same thing in the Old and New Testaments. Keep this in mind as you discover more things about Jesus while reading this book.
There is another thing you can do; you can keep a record of how many times the same thing will be spoken by God. This is one reason, I feel, that even a wayfaring man couldn’t make a mistake. (Isaiah 35:8). Why? Because God has said the same thing so many times. It will amaze you just to realize how many times God has told us who he is. If you want to talk about redundant – God is the master of redundancy. Search the Internet or go to the library to find out how many times God has said the same thing or used the same phrases in his Word. You will be amazed.
In this book, you will realize how redundant the Word of God is – the same things are referred to over and over and they will all point to who he is and salvation; being born again in his name through repentance and baptism. When you finish this book your mind will be saturated with Jesus and you will remember many scriptures because of the redundancy of the Word of God. If you have studied the Word for years and you really want to know the Lord, he will bring the Word back to your remembrance and reveal himself to you. If this is hid from you, there is a reason. That reason is unbelief in God’s Word and the way it is written. What if some don’t believe? Let God be true and every man a liar. God will glorify his name in the Son (Romans 3:3-4).
John 12:23, 27, 28, 29, 35-36
God will glorify his name in the Son. Therefore, the name of God is Jesus Christ and that name Jesus Christ has been glorified. If you believe in Jesus, you should walk in the light that he has given. If you don’t walk in the light, then darkness will come upon you. You will never find the light unless you believe the light through the Word of God. If you walk in darkness, you don’t know where you are going. What is the light? The light is the revelation that Jesus is God and God has been glorified in the body of Jesus. Isaiah 42:8, Matthew 28:18, Colossians 1:19, 2:8-9. Verse 36. Look at how Jesus phrases this: translation: You have Jesus, the light, with you. Go back to verse 35. Yet a little while is the light, Jesus, with you. Back to verse 36. Therefore, believe in Jesus that you may be the children of God, Jesus. God’s Word is so rich that you can only know it through revelation and belief in the Word of God and the mystery of Jesus Christ.
This revelation of Christ and his spoken Word is given by the Holy Ghost/Spirit. Again, man can not reveal these wonderful truths to you. God himself through his Spirit will have to open your understanding. The name of the Father is Jesus Christ (Isaiah 9:6, Matthew, 28:19, John 14:7-9, Acts 2:38, Colossians 1:14-19, 2:9). All scripture points to Jesus as the Father. And Jesus is always saying that he is the Father while speaking of the Father as if the Father is someone other than himself.
John 12:41-48
In these scriptures, Jesus is saying he is the Father. Look at how he does it. Jesus says, that if you believe me, you believe the one who has sent me. In other words, if you believe in Jesus, then you must realize that the Spirit of Jesus, The Father, sent me. Therefore, if you believe in me, you believe in Jesus because the one who sent me - is Jesus. Jesus is the Father in Spirit form. (Isaiah 9:6, I Corinthians 10:4, Acts 9:5). Verse 45. Therefore, if you see me, Jesus, you see the one, The Father who sent me. Jesus said the same thing to Philip (Ref: John 14:7-9).
The problem with most people is they won’t believe Jesus when he says to them, through his Word, “I am the Father.” If you don’t believe Jesus Christ and the Word of God, you will have problems with the rest of the scriptures. At the last supper, Jesus again explains who he is.
John 13:19-20
At the last supper, Jesus is talking to the apostles explaining who he is and what he is expecting and some of the things that would come to pass. Jesus is telling them that he is God by making the statement “I am he” (Isaiah 41:4, John 8:24, 28). Verse 20. Watch this statement; he that receives whomever I, The Father sends, receives me, Jesus. And he that receives me, Jesus, receives him that sent me, The Father. Jesus is referring to his Spirit in heaven and his body on earth as One. Wisdom personified. It’s amazing how many ways Jesus tells us that he is the One God, The Father. (Spirit and Flesh in one body – II Corinthians 5:19,Colossians 1:19, 2:8-9). In Isaiah God said; I am the Lord: that is my name. How many Lords are there? Is the Lord in the old Testament, the same Lord in the new Testament? (Deuteronomy 6:4, Luke 2:11). God said I am the Lord, that’s my name.
John 13:31-32
God said in Isaiah 42:8, I am the Lord: that is my name. Guess what, the name of Jesus is the Lord – that is God’s name. There is only one Lord (Isaiah 42:8, Jeremiah 16:21, Ephesians 4:5). And God said, I will not give my glory to another. Well, in John we are seeing that Jesus said, Now is the Son of man glorified, and God is glorified in him. What Jesus is saying based on the scripture in Isaiah 42.8, God will glorify himself. If God won’t give his glory to another and since God can’t lie, then God is glorifying himself in the body of Jesus Christ (Colossians 1:14-19, 2:9,10). Therefore, Jesus is the one Lord God who was glorified (John 7:39). There is no way God will glorify anyone other than himself. Jesus is the Lord and God the Father as the scriptures have said (Isaiah 9:6, John 1:1, 3, 10, 14, John 14:9, I Timothy 3:16). To clarify his Deity, Jesus explains to his apostles that he is the Father.
John 14: 6-13
Jesus explains to his apostles that he is the Father. This is a very powerful scripture that will inform the world and the universe that Jesus is God the Father. If one won’t believe Jesus, then who will they believe? Jesus speaks plainly to his disciples about who he is; so there would be no doubt that they were speaking to God himself through his manifestation as the Son.
Let’s take a look at how the disciples were perplexed and didn’t understand what Jesus was saying. Jesus said, I am the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. Jesus is speaking about the Father as if the Father was someone other than himself. One can’t come to the Father except by Jesus because, Jesus is the Father and if you don’t know Jesus, then you don’t know the Father. In other words, you will have to know Jesus Christ.
Then, Jesus said, If you had known me, you should have known my father also and from this point on, you know him, the Father – Jesus, and have seen him. Jesus said the same thing twice. Philip asked Jesus to show us the Father and we will be satisfied. Jesus had just plainly explained to Philip that he is the Father – Isaiah 9:6. However, Jesus told him again. Jesus said, Philip how is it that you have been with me all this time and you haven’t known me? Then Jesus tells him again. He that has seen me has seen the Father, so why are you asking me to show us the Father?
Verse 11. Jesus verifies what he has said on many occasions that he is in the Father and the Father is in the Son. Thus, I and my Father are one - the same person – one God. Jesus can only speak the truth because he is truth.
John 14: 6-13, 16-20, 26
Let’s first establish that Jesus is truth and that he is the Spirit of truth which is the Holy Ghost. Note: The Holy Ghost and Holy Spirit are used interchangeably in the scriptures (John 14:6, 16, 17).
Look at verse 13 – redundant. Jesus speaks again about the Father being glorified in the Son. This lets us know again that Jesus is God because God will only glorify himself.
In verse 16, Jesus shows us how the flesh, any flesh must pray to the Spirit, the Father – his Spirit, who will send another Comforter, The Holy Ghost/Spirit, that he may abide with you forever. Jesus lets us know that the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost/Spirit, is also the Spirit of truth. Let’s go back; look at this; Jesus is truth, The Spirit of truth. The Comforter, The Holy Ghost, is the Spirit of Truth.
Therefore, Jesus is the Holy Ghost, the Comforter, and the Spirit of truth. Jesus explains that the world can’t receive the Holy Ghost/Spirit because they can’t see him. Neither do they know who the Holy Ghost is. Jesus makes a profound statement at this point. Jesus says that they, the apostles, know that the Holy Ghost is Jesus. Jesus says that he is the Holy Ghost by saying, he is staying with them right now as he speaks; and later he will be in them as the Holy Ghost/Spirit.
Verse 18. Jesus is saying that he will come; meaning, Jesus will come back as the Holy Ghost/Spirit. Therefore, the name of the Holy Ghost/Spirit/Truth is Jesus Christ. Look at Matthew 28:19, Acts 2:38. Verse 20. Jesus says in that day they will know that he is the Father and they are in him and he is in the disciples in the form of the Holy Ghost/Spirit. Verse 21. Jesus will show the disciples who he is by showing his manifestation as God. Thus the disciples would understand that the Spirit and the flesh of God will love them if they keep his commandments. Verse 26. Jesus identifies the Comforter as the Holy Ghost, whom the Father, Jesus’ Spirit, will send in his name, the name of Jesus Christ. If the Holy Ghost will be sent in Jesus name, then the name of the Holy Ghost is Jesus Christ. The Holy Ghost/Spirit will bring the things that you have learned about Jesus back to your remembrance. If you have the Holy Ghost, then you will see based on your training and the scriptures that the name of
the Holy Ghost is Jesus Christ. (John 14:26, Matthew 28:19, Acts 2:38). I would like to go back to Verse 12 and ask a question which would be a mystery to most who don’t quite understand the manifestation and revelation of Christ. If Jesus said he is the Father, in the aforementioned verses. Why would he say, I go unto my Father?
Let me show you how God has been working with me in the revelation of who he is. I was finishing up my writings in the book of I Peter. I had already passed John. This is what happened. I was in a Bible class. I was flipping through the scriptures looking for a passage that we were studying at the time and this verse, John 14:12, seems to have jumped out at me, it caught my attention, and it stirred my spirit. In my spirit, I knew, I would have to address this scripture.
On the following Saturday, I woke up and was lying in bed mediating. I started thinking about this book, Understanding the Trinity, and how I could make the revelation of Christ clearer to a person who wanted to believe but couldn’t quite get it.
While I’m lying there, God brought back to my remembrance a pitcher full of water and a glass. I said in my heart, Lord, you know me and you know that I wouldn’t want to offend you by comparing your glory to earthly vessels. I felt that the Lord pressed upon my heart that this would not offend him in any way. This analogy is for those who are truly trying to understand the mystery of God and the operation of his manifestations.
Let’s consider God as this big pitcher of water which fills the Universe. This big pitcher of Water, the Spirit, was poured into a glass. Jesus Christ is the glass. According to the scriptures, God cannot be seen face to face by any man while he is in his full Spiritual form. Moses saw God’s backside. In order for us to see God, God had to make himself visible and clothe his Spirit in human flesh. God poured his Spirit into the body of Jesus Christ, the glass.
This same water, the Spirit, that is in heaven is the same water that was poured in the glass so we could see the water, God’s Spirit-in the body of Jesus. In this case, Jesus who is the express image of the water (Spirit). We can see the glass but we can’t see the water (Spirit) that is in the glass. Therefore, when we see Jesus, we see the express image of the water, the image of God himself who is the water that was poured out of the pitcher. One God who transformed himself and took on the form of the glass. Jesus is God incarnate.
This transformation of God (the glass- Jesus) was changed and glorified. God put all of his power and the complete Godhead in this glass, the body of Jesus Christ (Colossians 1:14-19, 2:9-10).
Therefore, when we see God, upon his return, he will be in the form of Jesus Christ who is the visible image of God. In that day there will be one Lord and his name will be one. In Philippians 2:10, we find that at the name of Jesus every tongue will confess that Jesus Christ is Lord (Deuteronomy 6:4, Luke 2:11). Jesus Christ who is the visible image of God, is in the highest and most powerful position in the Spiritual realm of God. Thus when we see scriptures that say, Jesus is on the right hand of the Father, we fully understand the phrase, “the right hand of the Father.” Because we know that Jesus is in the most powerful position in the Godhead and he is the visible essence of God. God has incorporated all of his power, glory and majesty into the body of Jesus Christ who is the “right hand of the power of God” (Colossians 1:14-19, 2:9-10).
Based on the aforementioned analogy, we can see what Jesus meant when he said, “I go to my Father. What Jesus is saying is that I am going back into my Spiritual realm. Now, if we put blood in the glass of water, we will see the glorified flesh as red in the glass (body). Jesus will be the glass with the red water in it. When we put the whole glass with the red blood, back inside the big pitcher, we can see the glass inside the pitcher. The water inside the glass will be red and we will be able see it in a position of power within the pitcher (the right hand of the Power of God). Jesus’ glorified body, the red glass of water inside the pitcher, will be seen on the Throne as the lamb of God. Jesus Christ, as the Lamb, is the visible essence of God.
Think of about this: Once this glass, with the red blood, is placed back into the Spirit (Pitcher), it can been seen by man and that red blood starts to ooze out of the glass and color all of the water in the pitcher. In other words, God came from heaven, made himself visible to mankind, died, and went back as a glorified body, with his (God’s) blood that was shed for the salvation of man (Acts 20:28). That slain Lamb took the blood back to the mercy seat.
Therefore, we can see the Lamb which was slain before the foundation of the world sitting on the One Throne in heaven (Revelation 4:2,9, 5:6,8, 6:1, 7:10,17, 10:6,7, 11:15, 15:3,4, 17:14, 19:7,13,16). There is only one God and his highest and glorified name is Jesus Christ (Acts 4:12).
This glass of water is the same water that came from the big pitcher and it is the same water that was put back into the pitcher after it was glorified. The only difference is that now we can see the water (the express image of the Spirit) because it is in a glass (body).
In summary, when you see Jesus, upon his return, you will see Jesus as God himself riding on a “White Horse.” (Revelation 19:11-16). The Lord of Lords and King of Kings - The Almighty (Isaiah 9:6, Revelation 1:8,11,18, 17:14, 22:13). The foregoing analogy is an attempt to relay a Spiritual concept into a natural form so that one can understand the operation of God and his amazing miracles. Another miracle is when Jesus says, the Father will send the comforter in his name.
John 14:26, 15:26, 16:7
Jesus says, the Father will send the comforter in his name. The Holy Ghost’s name is Jesus Christ. Then he says in verse 15:26, I will send the Comforter from the Father. Therefore, Jesus is saying I am the Father and I will send the Comforter out of my Spirit and the Comforter, Holy Ghost/Spirit will be in the name of Jesus (Isaiah 9:6, John 14:9). This was not two persons sending the same Spirit. One God (Jesus) sent one Spirit. Look at this mystery. The reason that Jesus says, I will send the Comforter is because he is the Father. (Isaiah 9:6, John 14:6), Jesus says, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. Why do we have to come by Jesus? Because Jesus is the Father and he is the way.
Jesus is also the truth, therefore he is the Spirit of Truth. Thus the name of the Holy Ghost, which is the Spirit of Truth, is Jesus Christ (John 15:24, 16:13)(Ref: Matthew 28:19 – Baptize in the name of the Holy Ghost). These scriptures shows that Jesus is the name of the Father and the name of the Holy Ghost which is the Spirit of Truth. Therefore, when Peter, in Acts 2:38 baptized in the name of the Father, and the name of the Son, and the name of the Holy Ghost, he baptized in the name of Jesus because this is the name of the three manifestations of God (Colossians 1:19, 2:8-10). People will deny Jesus in baptism because they are reprobate and disobedient (Titus 1:16). Then there are some who still might not understand how the Father is greater than Jesus.
John 14:28
The Father is greater than Jesus (Sonship-flesh). This statement will have to be addressed again because it could be a stumbling block for many people who will try to find reasons not to believe Jesus is God and that the Word of God is somehow in error.
To satisfy this scripture; I would like to reiterate the importance of knowing the Spirit and its operation and the flesh (Sonship) and its operation. The Father or the Spirit of Christ is so much greater than the flesh because of the limitations that God placed on all flesh; even the flesh of Jesus. At one point, Jesus in his Sonship could not inhabit the whole universe. The Father (Spirit) can inhabit the whole universe, therefore, The Father (the Spirit) is greater. The flesh cannot be in more than one place at the same time. God in the Spirit can be in every place at the same time. Therefore, the Father (Spirit) is greater. The flesh of God needed rest, food, and water. The Father (the Spirit) doesn’t need rest, food, nor water, therefore, the Father is greater. The Father (the Spirit) is all-powerful and the flesh of Jesus had limitations and did not have all power at that time. Therefore, the Father (the Spirit) is greater. Jesus (The flesh-Sonship) received all power after the resurrection and after his glorification (Matthew 28:18, John 12:28, 13:31-32).
Jesus made simple statements. However, you won’t understand what he is saying if you don’t believe that he is God and if you don’t understand his dual nature. Unless you understand the dual nature of Jesus, you will never understand what Jesus means, when he speaks. Without controversy, this is the mystery of godliness (I Timothy 3:16). God himself was manifested as the Son and yet, we still won’t believe he is both the Father and the Son. What will the Lord do with this generation, if they won’t believe his Word? When you hear the truth sometimes you feel like you don’t want to hear it.
John 16: 1-4, 7, 14-16
The following statements might make you feel like you don’t want to hear it and you don’t want to continue reading this book anymore and that this book is somehow sacrilegious. However, continue reading and you will begin to see the light based on the scriptures. When God’s chosen people tell others that God is not a Trinity in the strictest sense of the word, they will become extremely upset because their logic has been tainted by untruths. They will be challenged in a way they have never known before. If we would search the scriptures, we would find that there are no recordings about the Trinity in the scriptures. The concept of the Trinity is not a foundation based on Christ. The “Trinity” has a foundation based on a concept of three co-equal and separate personalities in one being, which doesn’t have anything to do with who God is.
The Trinitarian doctrine was suggested at the Council of Nicaea in 325A.D. This is a doctrine of men and that’s why it can’t be understood, explained, nor proven by the scriptures. The Trinity is a figment of man’s imagination, which is based on traditions, deceit, and philosophy (Colossians 2:8-10). There are people who will call themselves Christians and they will put a “Oneness Christian” out of their Churches and they will think that they will be doing God a favor.
They will do these things because they don’t know who God is; they don’t understand that God is one ( Mark 12:32). They will say that God is one but they don’t understand that the one God’s name is Jesus Christ (The Father – Isaiah 9:6, John 1:1,3,10, 14, I Timothy 3:16). God used three manifestations of himself for the salvation of man. (Titus 1:16). Again, they won’t believe, nor accept the fact, that the name of the Father, and name of the Son, and the name of the Holy Ghost is Jesus Christ (Matthew 28:19, Acts 2:28). Three manifestations of One God.
Note: Today, I believe, “unbelieving followers of Christ” will act the same as the people who wanted to kill Jesus for blasphemy. They won’t believe the Word of God because they don’t understand it. True believers of Christ, believe that Jesus is the Son and he is equal with God and is, in fact, God himself and he can forgive sins (Mark 2:7, Luke 5:21, John 5:18). The Word of God is true but to an unbeliever, it can’t be understood, neither will they know the way of salvation because of their unbelief. They don’t know who God the Father is; neither do they know Jesus Christ, the Son.
I have heard it said, that if anyone tells you that there is no such thing as a Trinity; don’t listen to them. Remember this; the person who tells you not to listen to the truth of the oneness of God and the Deity of Christ is being used by the spirit of the antichrist which is against the name of Christ (I John 3:21-26). Search the scriptures for yourself and you will find that there are not three persons in One. Three gods or persons in one is a paganistic concept that men have tried to transform into a Christian doctrine. There is only One God and God will not have anything to do with a Trinity. The word “Trinity” is not scriptural. God doesn’t know of any other gods/persons (Isaiah 43:10-13,15, 44:6, 8). Review Titus 1:16. Let’s look at John 16:7. Jesus again tells the disciples that he will send the Comforter but it’s important that he go away so that the Comforter would come. Why? Because Jesus is the Comforter. Remember that only God, The Father, can send the Comforter/Holy Spirit.
Now let’s go back and look at John 14 and verse 26. Jesus says the Father will send the Comforter. This again lets us know that Jesus is the Father and he will send the Comforter in his own name (Jesus Christ). As a result of what Jesus told the apostles, we have found out that the name of the Comforter/Holy Ghost/Spirit is Jesus Christ (Matthew 28:19, Acts 2:38). John 16: 13-16. Jesus said, he is the truth in verse 14:6, which means, he is the Spirit of Truth and the Spirit of Truth is the Comforter/Holy Ghost/Spirit.
Therefore, Jesus is the Holy Ghost/Spirit, the Spirit of Truth. The Spirit of Truth will glorify the name of Jesus. Jesus is telling them that all the things that the Father has are mine. Why? Because Jesus is the Father who is in heaven (Isaiah 9:6). The Spirit of Truth (The Holy Ghost) will take the things of Jesus and show the mystery of who he is (Ephesians 3:3-5, Colossians 1:14-19). Verse 16. Jesus tells his followers that in a little while he will revert back into his Spirit form by saying, he will be going back to his Father (Matthew 28:18). Let’s see how God glorifies himself.
John 17:1-6, 11-14, 25,26
God glorifies himself in the body of Christ. Verse 1. In these scripture verses, Jesus makes unmistakable references to show that God will glorify himself in his body. God lets us know that his name is the Lord Jesus. There is only one Lord and he will glorify himself. Remember that God will not give his glory to another (Isaiah 42:8). Verse 2-3. Jesus has power over all flesh and eternal life. In other words, Jesus is saying that once he is glorified they will know that he is the only true God through his manifestation as Jesus Christ who was sent (I John 5:20).
Verse 4-6. Jesus says that he has glorified God on earth and that God, the Spirit, will glorify himself in the body of Jesus. This is so powerful that it’s hard to put it into words. Jesus is saying to the Spirit, I have made your name - Jesus Christ - visible (manifested). And I have glorified your name (God’s name - Jesus Christ) on earth by my presence and the works that I have completed. Now Father (the flesh speaks to the Spirit) glorify me (the Son- flesh) with the Spirit, which is the form that I was in before I came to earth.
Verse 11. Jesus tells the Father to keep the disciples in his own name (God’s own name is Jesus Christ) that they might be one mind. The mind of Christ is God’s mind. Then Jesus said, that he and the Father are one. The same Person – One God.
Verse 12. Jesus said that while he was in the world he kept the apostles and followers in thy name. The apostles were kept in the name of Jesus Christ which is God’s name.
Verse 25. Jesus says again, that the world don’t know the Father but Jesus knows the Spirit (himself). However, his disciples, knew that the Spirit (the Father) sent the flesh into the world and that he (the flesh) is “The Christ – God himself”
Verse 26. Jesus said that he has declared God’s name The name of God that was declared or made known, is Jesus Christ. God has loved the flesh (Son) that God has begotten and that same love will be in the followers of Jesus. In addition to the love of God, Jesus will come back in the form of the Holy Ghost/Spirit and will be in the saints. Jesus will be in the form of the Holy Ghost/Spirit, therefore the name of the Holy Ghost/Spirit is Jesus Christ. (Matthew 28:19, Acts 2:38). Jesus says that “I am he.” Translated, I am God (Deuteronomy 32:39, John 8:24).
John 18:4-8
Jesus says “I am he.” Jesus was really saying I am God. And those around him fell to the ground. Isaiah 41:4, 13. In my mind, I think they realized that only God could say such a thing. This was a man who would dare to blaspheme God by saying “I am he.” I feel, they fell to the ground or fainted out of fear and unbelief that a man would use such a powerful term. These words were so powerful that they could not stand up because these words were being spoken by God himself -The Almighty, Jesus Christ (Revelation 1:8, 11, 22:13). You must strengthen your belief in the oneness of God so that you can understand the scriptures.
Once you have strengthened your belief in the oneness of God, then you will understand scriptures that seem to contradict themselves. In this scripture, Jesus spoke to Mary and told her not to touch him because he had not ascended unto his Father. What Jesus is telling Mary is that God, the Spirit, has created all flesh including his flesh, and is considered to be “the Father” of all flesh. Therefore, he, Jesus in his Spiritual body will go back to the Father where all spirits come from. The Father (Spirit) is the God of his body and the God of her body, for he created both.
Now that we have that understanding, you can see what Jesus is saying. Let’s look at this statement again. “I ascend unto my Father; and to my God and your God. You will have to understand the dual nature of Jesus to understand what he means when he speaks. Is he speaking as God, is he speaking as a man, or is he speaking as both God and Man. In this case Jesus is speaking as a Man and he is showing us his natural body relationship to his Spirit. We can learn more about the dual nature of Jesus by studying the book of Acts.
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John 1:1, 10, 14
In the beginning was the Word. This scripture establishes a point that when the world began, there was the Word and this Word was spoken by God and his Word was with him. In fact, the Word is God himself. This Word, which is God, was made flesh. There is no doubt and that these scriptures let us know that Jesus Christ is the one Almighty God, who was made flesh for the salvation of mankind. The Word is God, and Jesus is the Word. Therefore, Jesus is the one and only God, the Word, who was made flesh.
Verification: Isaiah 9:6, Revelation 1:8, 22:13. Think of it this way. Using yourself as an example. When you speak a word, your word is with you because it came out of you. When someone said that you said something, that word, that you spoke is identified as you.
In other words, that word is attributed to you and identifies you as your word. Therefore, your word is with you and becomes you. Through the revelation of the Word of God, this is not confusing. There is only one God and he is his Word and his Word is with him. God through his own Word became flesh. Therefore, Jesus is God, the Word, and he created everything.
John 1:3
Jesus created everything and everything came into being through him. This is another, “stand along” scripture that verifies that Jesus is the one and only Lord God who created heaven and earth. The following scriptures verifies John 1:3. (I Corinthians 8:6-7, Hebrew 1:1-8, Colossians 1:14-17). John 1:10 is another strong scripture that tells us that Jesus is God.
John 1:10
This is another strong scripture that tells us that Jesus is the one God who created the world and the world didn’t know him. Guess what? Out of all the information that we have about Jesus, the world still doesn’t really know him as the Father God of the Universe. This scripture also verifies the teaching of Jesus to his apostles when he told them that Moses, the prophets and the psalms spoke of him. Moses said, “ In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.” (Genesis 1:1, John 5:46-47). Based on these scriptures, we have found out that the name of the God who created the heaven and earth is Jesus Christ. Moses and the prophets talked to Jesus Christ, the Highest Name of God – Jehovah Saviour (John 5:46-47, Luke24:27, 44, I Peter 1:11). Not only did Jesus create the world as God but he also became a man.
John 1:14
God becomes a Man. Jesus Christ is the Word and the Word was God and the Word became
flesh. Therefore Jesus is God, if you believe that there is only one God. You will understand that – that one God’s name is Jesus Christ. Once you understand that Jesus is God, you will be able to understand I Timothy 3:16 which says God was manifested in the flesh. These two scriptures proves that when God says something in one scripture, it can be verified and proven in another scripture.
In addition, to understanding that Jesus Christ is God, you will understand the plan of salvation as taught by Peter, Paul and the apostles who taught the baptism in Jesus name, which is the name of God (Acts 2:38, Acts 19:1-5, Romans 6:3-4, Galatians 3:27, Colossians 2:12). We should understand how Jesus is God and how and why he became the Lamb of God.
John 1:29
Jesus is the Lamb of God. John preached repentance and baptism to prepare for the coming of the kingdom of God. This scripture establishes that Jesus is the Lamb of God who will take away the sins of the world (I Peter 1:18-21). In Isaiah 40:3, 5, we see that Jesus is both Lord and God and John recognized him as the Lamb. Therefore, Jesus is the Lord, God, and the Lamb. This also lets us know that Jesus is the God who was made flesh (John 1:14). Three titles, three manifestations, one God. If we can understand how God himself became the Lamb of God, then we would understand that you must be born again by the blood of the Lamb. The Lamb is Jesus Christ, the Almighty (Revelation 15:3).
John 3:3-5
You must be born again. Why is this important? Nicodemus felt that Jesus was a teacher who had come from God and he was interested in understanding “how to be born again.” Jesus told Nicodemus he must be born of the water and of the Spirit. This is a phrase that we couldn’t understand until Peter’s sermon in the 2nd chapter of Acts. The question that Nicodemus asked and the answer that Jesus told him was satisfied in Acts 2:38.
Peter had the “keys of the kingdom of heaven,” therefore, Peter said, you must repent, be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ, water, for remission of sins and receive the gift of the Holy Ghost, Spirit. We also see in this scripture that remission of sins was preached, beginning at Jerusalem on the day of Pentecost (Matthew 16:19, Luke 24:47). Again, look at the connectivity of these scriptures concerning being born again (Acts 2:38-39).
1. Peter used the “keys of the kingdom of heaven” to open the door to the Church (Matthew 16:19) in the name of Jesus Christ.
2. Peter preached the baptism in the name of Jesus Christ (Acts 2:38)
3. Peter preached repentance and remission of sins, in Jesus name, beginning at Jerusalem (Luke 24:47).
4. Peter preached how to be born again in Jesus name (John 3:3)
5. Peter preached how to be born of the water and the Spirit in Jesus name (John 3:5)
6. In Peter’s sermon we see that the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit is Jesus
Christ (Matthew 28:19, Acts 2:38).
7. Peter tells us that once we are obedient we will know what God’s promise is for us and our children (Joel 2:27-29).
Peter and Jesus were always using opportunities to teach. Jesus taught Nicodemus that he is in heaven.
John 3:9-15
Jesus tells Nicodemus he is in heaven. Nicodemus tried to understand what Jesus was telling him about being born again, but he still didn’t get it. Jesus told him that he, Nicodemus, is a master of Israel and he should know these things. Jesus explains to Nicodemus that we speak what we know, referring to his knowledge of the Old Testament, and testify what we have seen, that he is the Christ. Why hadn’t Nicodemus received this as a witness of who he is based on his knowledge of the Old Testament? If Jesus told him of earthly things, that he is the Christ, and he didn’t believe it, how would he understand heavenly things, that he is also in heaven as God the Father (Isaiah 9:6)?
Then Jesus explains that no man has ascended up to heaven except the one who has come down from heaven. And, he as the Son of man is in heaven. Look at the word “is.” Jesus is saying that he is presently in heaven and he is speaking to Nicodemus on earth at the same time. Jesus is explaining to Nicodemus that it is hard for him to understand how he, Jesus, is on earth and in heaven at the same time. And only the Son of Man can ascend up to heaven and come down.
This is a revelation that Jesus is God and the Son of Man. It should be easy to understand that God’s Spirit can be on earth in a man, Jesus, and in heaven as the Spirit at the same time. God’s
Spirit fills the Universe and God can be everywhere at the same time. The Son of man must be lifted up and whosoever believeth in him, meaning whosoever believes in the God in him, should not perish, but have eternal life. Therefore, you must believe that the Father is in Christ and that Jesus is the Father. Jesus said, I am in the Father, and the Father is in me. Jesus words come by his Spirit, the Father because the Father is in him (John 14:9-11, Colossians 2:8-9). God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself (II Corinthians 5:19).
Therefore, the body of Jesus is not only the Son of God but is, in fact, God himself (II Corinthians 5:19). Remember this: I and my Father are one – John 10:30. This statement means the Father and the Son is the same Person - John 14:7, Colossians 1:14-19, 2:9. Jesus was very clear when he tells the woman of Samaria that he is the Messiah.
John 4:25-26, 42
Jesus tells the woman of Samaria that he is the Messiah (The Christ). Why is this important? This is important because it verifies all of the teachings of the woman of Samaria. Someone had to tell her that when the Messiah comes, he would tell them everything (Isaiah 40:3-5). This also verifies that Jesus is the God whom the prophets knew would come to earth in the flesh as The Christ/Messias (I am he – Isaiah 43:10, John 8:24). Jesus tells the woman that he is the Messiah/Christ/God (Isaiah 9:6, 40:3, John 1:10, 14, Colossians 1:14-19, 2:9, I John 5:20). Let’s look at the beauty of a loving God. The Samaritans asked Jesus to stay and he stayed with them for two (2) days and taught them. Many of them realized that he was the Christ, God himself, and the Saviour of the world (Isaiah 43:11-13).
The Jews had no dealings with the Samaritans, therefore, it was highly unusual that he would spend so much time with them. I am so excited about the love that Jesus has shown to his people. This proves that if your heart is right, God will work with you no matter who you are or what you have learned about him in the past. John 5:1-24 is unique because it shows that Jesus Christ is God.
John 5:1-24
This is a unique scripture because it shows, again, that Jesus is God, then Jesus says, his Father does the work. Let’s take a look at what Jesus did;
1. Jesus healed the impotent man on the Sabbath and told him to take up his bed and walk. This is a violation of Jewish Law. No work should be done on the Sabbath. Only God would do this because God made the Sabbath.
2. Jesus forgave sin. This is a violation of Jewish Law – Only God can forgive sin
3. Jesus called God his Father. This is a violation of Jewish Law – No man should say, “God is his Father, for this is blasphemy. This makes that man equal with God.
4. Jesus tells the Jews that he only does things that he sees the Father do. This is a violation of the Law. No man can say he does what God does without saying he is God or equal with God; this is blasphemy.
We know as Christians that Jesus Christ is God. Therefore he can heal the sick on the Sabbath and tell the impotent man to take up his bed and walk because Jesus, as God, is Lord of the Sabbath. By the same token, only God can forgive sins according to the Jewish tradition. When Jesus forgave the sins of the man, he was demonstrating by his actions that he is God.
When Jesus says God is his Father, he is saying to the Jewish leaders that he is equal with God and he is, in fact, God himself. They understood Jesus to say he is God because the Jews believes in only one God. Therefore, they wanted to kill him for blasphemy.
Now look at how Jesus explained to the crowd that he cannot do anything without the Father-Spirit. This is not so difficult to believe since we, as humans, can’t do anything without the Spirit of God. Our natural body is only a shell without the spirit. With our natural spirit we move and have our being.
When Jesus says, I only do what I see the Father do, Jesus is saying in my Spirit form, I have seen many things that I have done before I came to earth. Then Jesus shows us that the Spirit will commit all things to his manifestation as the Son. The Son will be the Judge and if you don’t honor the Son, Natural, then you can’t honor the Father, Spirit, that sent the Son. The Spirit sent the natural body of Jesus. Jesus is also explaining how these two manifestations of himself are working in concert to show us the greatness of his power and the mystery of his nature. We should never be under the impression that this operation of God is two persons.
These are manifestations of the same God. God can be in heaven as a Spirit and be on earth as a
man at the same time. Jesus has a dual nature. Spirit and Man. Therefore, we should honor Jesus as God, Natural, thereby honoring the Father as God, Spiritual (John 1:1, 14). In other words, we have the same God with a dual nature. Look at the power of the dual nature of God in verse 21. Jesus shows us that God, Spirit, can raise the dead and he as a natural man can raise the dead. Jesus explains that God, the Spirit, will show his flesh greater works than this and you will be amazed. Understanding that Jesus is the only God is the premise for this book. The scriptures testify that Jesus is God.
John 5:39-47
This scripture is another premise for this book. Jesus says that the scriptures will testify of him. If you search the scriptures, you will think you have eternal life. In other words, if you don’t believe Jesus, you will never find the door nor eternal life. No man cometh unto the Father except through Jesus Christ, therefore you must know him. If you search the scriptures, you will find that Moses talked about how the Spirit of God created the heavens and the earth. The name of Jesus Christ was in the mind of God and was God. However, Jesus’ name, the Son, was not manifested at that time of creation (John 1:1-10, I Corinthians 8:6, Ephesians 3:9-11, Hebrews 1:1-8).
Moses talked to Jesus and Jesus, in his Spiritual form, wrote the Ten Commandments with his own hand, and Moses talked to Jesus in the wilderness when Jesus lead the children of Israel out of Egypt (I Corinthians 10:4).
If people had believed Moses, they would believe Jesus because Moses wrote about Jesus. (John 5:46-47). Moses wrote about Jesus Christ “The Almighty God” in Genesis and it is verified in Isaiah 9:6, John 1:1, 3, 10, 14, and Revelation 1:8, 22:13. God’s eternal name has always been Jesus Christ, even though, that name was not known by Moses at the time.
People still don’t believe that Jesus is the only God even though Moses wrote about him. Would you believe Jesus is the only God if Jesus told you himself? (Ref: Revelation 1:8,11, 22:13). He that comes to God, Jesus, must first believe that he is God. And God will reward those that diligently seek him. Search the scriptures diligently and God will reveal to you that he is Jesus, “the Christ” (Jehovah Saviour). Jesus speaks of God the Father as if he is someone other than himself (Hebrews 11:6, John 1:1, 14, I Timothy 3:16).
John 6:26-29
Jesus speaks of God the Father. Isn’t it strange that Jesus speaks of the Father as if he is someone other than himself. Let me explain to you what Jesus is saying. Jesus is telling the people that they are following him because they like to eat and not because of the miracles that they have seen. However, they should seek everlasting life, which Jesus will give them because God the Father has sealed him. The flesh of Jesus has been sealed with the Holy Spirit.
When Jesus is speaking of God the Father, he is referring to his manifestation in Spirit form. The Spirit is greater than the flesh. There are limitations to the flesh of the Son of Man that cannot compare to the power and vastness of the Spirit; glorification comes later. For the Spirit, who is referred to as God the Father, can do all things and be in every place in the Universe at the same time and the flesh cannot. This same Spirit is also referred to as the Spirit of Christ in the New Testament. In other words, the two different manifestations of the Spirit is One Spirit. The Spirit of Christ/Spirit of God is the same Spirit.
The people wanted to know what they should do so that they could do the works of God. Jesus explained to them that they should believe on him whom the Father had sent. In other words, he didn’t say believe in the Father. Why? Because he is also the Father, in his Spiritual Form. Jesus is telling them that out of my Spirit form, I sent this flesh. Don’t forget that Jesus has a dual nature, he is both God the Father and Man -The Son.
Thus, when you believe on Jesus, you have found God the Father (Isaiah 9:6, John 14:9-11). Remember: Jesus said, no man comes to the Father but by me. Also we have always understood that no man has seen the Father.
John 6:46-51
No man has seen the Father. We have been discussing how Jesus is the Father and we know that Jesus told the disciples when you have seen me, you have seen the Father (Isaiah 9:6, John 14:7). How do we reconcile these scriptures? This seems like a contradiction, but it’s not. The Glory of God is so bright and powerful that no flesh could remain in God’s presence. Therefore, we do know that no man has seen the Spirit of God, in his fullness, at any time and live. Moses saw the backside of God and he has talked to God face to face, but he has never seen God in the fullness of his glory. God is so vast that man has to see God in some type of “manifestation” or condensed form.
Let’s look at what Jesus is saying in John. Jesus is telling the disciples that they are looking at the express image of God. The manifested flesh of God. (Hebrews 1:3, I Timothy 3:16, I John 1-2). Therefore, the disciples have seen the express image of the Father in the flesh but they have not seen God in the fullness of his Spiritual form (John 14:10-11). The disciples understood, over time, that Jesus was the Christ, the Son of the Living God.
John 6:69
This scripture verifies that Jesus is The Christ, the Son of the Living God. This scripture also shows us that Jesus is not only God himself, he is also the Son. “The Christ” is God himself in the flesh. (John 1:14). The Spirit of God is in the body of a man – Jesus Christ. The flesh is called the Sonship of God and the Spirit of God in Jesus’ body is called the everlasting Father. This is the one God who is in heaven and on earth at the same time (John 3:13). This is the mystery that people can’t understand. The big debate is the Deity of Jesus. How can he be God and man at the same time?
John 7:26-29,37-43
The big debate on the Deity of Jesus. The debate about whether Jesus is the Christ, God in the flesh, has been debated since Jesus was on earth because they didn’t believe him. Jesus said, in John 7:38, He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water. Jesus was letting them know that the scriptures spoke of him. In other words, the scriptures that Jesus was talking about were in the Old Testament. The scriptures were written to show that Moses was conversing with and wrote about Jesus in his Spiritual form. Isaiah told us that God himself would come down in the flesh to reconcile his people unto himself (Isaiah 40:1-5, II Corinthians 5:19).
Jesus was stressing to them that once they receive the Holy Ghost, they would get the revelation of who he is, and out of their belly shall flow rivers of living water because, at that point, they would have realized that they had killed the very Christ they were looking for.
Thus, the debate of whether Jesus is the only God, The Christ, rages on by Theologians, Religious Leaders and Philosophers because of their ignorance and unbelief. They still won’t believe that Jesus is the Only Lord God and Saviour (Deuteronomy 6:4, Isaiah 9:6, 43:10-11, 44:6,8, Luke 2:11).
Therefore, think it not strange that this book will be debated by many who would feel Jesus is not the only God. They will try to persuade you to believe that there are three persons in one God.
The whole purpose of this book is to declare to you that this same “Christ” is both Lord and Saviour - God himself. For there is; one God, one Saviour, and one Lord Jesus and he is the Christ (Isaiah 43:10-13). As aforementioned, I am not a prophet, however, I do believe these same religious leaders will allow themselves to be used by the spirit of the antichrist by not teaching their followers with a clear understanding of the knowledge of Christ for which Paul died. While these religious leaders are talking against the Deity of Christ, their followers will read this book, believe and be saved, through the power of God.
These religious leaders will fall under the weight of their own craftiness, ignorance and unbelief. And if they aren’t careful they will find themselves in hell regardless of how many years, “they say they,” they have walked with God. Jesus will tell them to depart from me you workers of iniquity, I never knew you. When the truth came, they ignored the obvious and will die in their sins. They won’t believe God, his Son nor his Word. Neither will they get baptized in Jesus name (Mark 16:16, John 8:19, 24). Therefore, the controversy of “who is Jesus” rages on.
John 8:12-19, 24
The Controversy of “who is Jesus” rages on, even to this day people won’t believe that Jesus is the Father. Let’s take a look at how Jesus handles this matter. Jesus had just forgiven the woman who was about to be stoned for adultery. Jesus told the scribes and Pharisees that he is the light of the world. And if you follow him, you won’t walk in darkness and you’ll have the light of life. In other words, if you believe that Jesus is God, and that he is the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, you will see the light. And if you believe that he made the heavens and earth, and all things exist because of him, and that he is Lord, and that he is the Saviour, and that he is all things, and you follow him, you won’t be in darkness. The Scribes and Pharisees had a problem with Jesus saying he was the light because according to their laws, teaching and traditions, if a man bears a record of himself, then that record is not true.
Therefore, Jesus had to explain to them that according to the law that if two men said it true, then it is true. Jesus said that he is one man to bear record of himself and the Father bears witness of him, therefore that record is true. Now they were really confused because they didn’t see the Father, so they asked him where is the Father? In other words where is this other man? Now listen to this.
For those who have a question of whether God is male or female; this is your answer. God is a Spiritual man, and Jesus is a natural man. The Son and the Spirit bears record of the Deity of Jesus. Jesus said, you don’t even know me. For if you had known me, you should have known my Father also.
In these scriptures, Jesus clearly reveals the revelation that he is God the Father. Jesus is letting them know that he is the Father and they should have known that according to Isaiah 9:6. Even though Jesus always talks of the Father as if he was someone else, he reveals that he is God the Father. When Jesus speaks, you will have to distinguish between whether he is speaking from his Spirit or from his flesh. When Jesus talks of the Father, he is referring to his manifestation in Spirit form. When he speaks of himself, his flesh, he says, the Son of God or the Son of Man.
However, there are times when Jesus is talking about himself as the express image of the Spirit (John 14:9). Since Jesus has a dual nature, it’s difficult for one who doesn’t have the revelation to understand whether he is speaking as God in the Spirit or God as a man, same God two manifestations. Again, let’s look at John 8:19. The people asked Jesus to show them the Father. Jesus replied, you don’t know either one of us. If you had known me, you would have known the Father also. How? Because Jesus is the Father. They should have believed the Word of God through the prophet Isaiah (Isaiah 9:6).
Therefore if you know Jesus, you know he is the Father (Isaiah 9:6, John 14:9). Jesus is saying, in verse 24; if you don’t believe that “I am he,” you will die in your sins. Why? Because you won’t get baptized in his name for the remission of sins and you won’t believe the Word of God delivered by the apostles - Repentance, baptism and receiving the Holy Ghost in Jesus name. This method of salvation is throughout the book of Acts. You won’t believe Jesus is God, the “I am he,” The Almighty God of the Old Testament and you won’t believe that everything was made by Jesus (Isaiah 43:13, 48:12, John 1:1, 3, 10, 14) and you won’t believe that he is the one God manifested as the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit (Colossians 2:8-10, II Timothy 3:16).
Thus, you will never find the door, the truth nor eternal life for the mystery is hidden from the wise and prudent and given unto babes. You can’t know Jesus if you don’t believe his Word. Some might say that they believe the Word of God and immediately come up with “a philosophy of men” to prove that Jesus is not God the Father, thereby proving that he doesn’t believe the Word of God. Trying to disprove God’s Word is dangerous and will send a disbeliever into a state of reprobation. We have to understand that when we lift up the Son of Man, then you will know that “I am he.”
John 8:28
When you lift up the Son of Man, then you will know that “I am he.” Jesus calls himself Jehovah God, but this is how it is said. In the Old Testament, God has used the phrase, “I am he” to describe himself (Isaiah 41:4, 43:10,13, 25, 45:21-23, 48:12).
Therefore, when Jesus says, “I am he,” he is telling them, I am the same God who talked to your fathers and the prophets while I was in my Spirit Form, “I am he” - Jehovah. There is no other God, “I am he.” Remember: When Jesus is talking about his Father, he is talking about his own Spirit which is and always remain in Heaven. Jesus’ flesh, the Sonship, is subject to the Spirit. Same God, different operation (I Corinthians 12:4-6). He that is of God hears his Words.
John 8:47, 58, 59
He that is of God hears his Words. In these verses, Jesus is answering a number of questions from the scribes and Pharisees concerning who he is and his relationship to Abraham. Jesus is letting them know that if they were really concerned about the things of God, then they would understand what he was saying. They didn’t understand what Jesus was saying so he told them they were not of God. They didn’t understand the mystery of the Deity of Jesus and how he could have lived before Abraham.
When Jesus told them that they call God their Father but they don’t know him. They didn’t realize that they were talking to the Father (Isaiah 9:6). When Jesus said, that Abraham rejoiced to see his day, they didn’t understand because Jesus wasn’t even fifty years old, so how could he say that he saw Abraham rejoice. Here is the key, Jesus informs them indirectly that he is God with these words; Before Abraham was, “I am.” (Exodus 3:14, 6:3, 29:46). They understood that only God could be before Abraham.
They were so upset that Jesus would say he came before Abraham that they wanted to kill him. For they understood Jesus to be saying that “I am” Abraham’s Father. Even though, Jesus words were true, the Pharisees refused to hear it nor did they believe him. As a matter of fact, they were insulted that Jesus would even suggest that he was God or that he was eternal. The Jews had been in doubt for a long time concerning the Deity of Christ.
John 10:24-33-38
The Jews had been in doubt for a long time about whether Jesus was God, The Christ. However, the manner in which Jesus was speaking to them, they weren’t sure whether he really was “The Christ” or not. They wanted him to come right out and say that he was God, The Christ. Look at the way Jesus tells them he is God, The Christ. Jesus said, I told you and you
don’t believe me. The works that I do, I do them in my Father’s name. Jesus does things in the name of Jesus – therefore, the Father’s name is Jesus – Isaiah 9:6. (John 17:6,11,12). Jesus comes in his Father’s name and yet they don’t believe him. If someone comes in their own name, then they would believe him. Look at what Jesus says in verse 28. Neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.
Then he says in verse 29. No man is able to pluck them out of my Father’s hand. Jesus’ hand is the Father’s hand. Jesus is saying in these verses, I am the Father and Son and no one will take them out of my hand. Oh by the way, my Father and I are the same person. We are one. Here we see Jesus speaking as One God while revealing two manifestations.
When Jesus said, he and the Father are one, the same, the Jews wanted to kill him for blasphemy because they understood perfectly that Jesus was saying he was God. Again, Jesus made a true statement, he is God. And they still wanted to kill him, not for telling a lie as they thought, but for speaking the truth. By the way, among other things, Jesus was crucified for blasphemy – saying that he is God which makes him equal with God (John 10: 33 and the Son of God - John 10:36). Guess what? He is the one and only God. Jesus died not because he was a bad person. He died for speaking the truth.
In verse 38, Jesus makes a statement that satisfied a number of scriptures. Jesus said, believe that the Father is in me and I in him. One example is John 14:11. In other words, Jesus is saying there is only one God. The Father is in him on earth and he is in the Father in heaven. Jesus’ Spirit stays in heaven as the Father. He is both in heaven and on earth at the same time. Why would we think it so strange that God can be in heaven and on earth at the same time? Jesus is also telling us that the Spirit of God, The Father, is in his body (Isaiah 9:6, John 1:14, 14:10-11, Philippians 2:6, 10-11, Colossians 2:8-10, I Timothy 3:16).
Jesus is the manifestation of the Father, the Son, and Holy Ghost as we will see in other scriptures as we go along. If by chance you think that this book is redundant, you’re right. Look at how many times God says the same thing in the Old and New Testaments. Keep this in mind as you discover more things about Jesus while reading this book.
There is another thing you can do; you can keep a record of how many times the same thing will be spoken by God. This is one reason, I feel, that even a wayfaring man couldn’t make a mistake. (Isaiah 35:8). Why? Because God has said the same thing so many times. It will amaze you just to realize how many times God has told us who he is. If you want to talk about redundant – God is the master of redundancy. Search the Internet or go to the library to find out how many times God has said the same thing or used the same phrases in his Word. You will be amazed.
In this book, you will realize how redundant the Word of God is – the same things are referred to over and over and they will all point to who he is and salvation; being born again in his name through repentance and baptism. When you finish this book your mind will be saturated with Jesus and you will remember many scriptures because of the redundancy of the Word of God. If you have studied the Word for years and you really want to know the Lord, he will bring the Word back to your remembrance and reveal himself to you. If this is hid from you, there is a reason. That reason is unbelief in God’s Word and the way it is written. What if some don’t believe? Let God be true and every man a liar. God will glorify his name in the Son (Romans 3:3-4).
John 12:23, 27, 28, 29, 35-36
God will glorify his name in the Son. Therefore, the name of God is Jesus Christ and that name Jesus Christ has been glorified. If you believe in Jesus, you should walk in the light that he has given. If you don’t walk in the light, then darkness will come upon you. You will never find the light unless you believe the light through the Word of God. If you walk in darkness, you don’t know where you are going. What is the light? The light is the revelation that Jesus is God and God has been glorified in the body of Jesus. Isaiah 42:8, Matthew 28:18, Colossians 1:19, 2:8-9. Verse 36. Look at how Jesus phrases this: translation: You have Jesus, the light, with you. Go back to verse 35. Yet a little while is the light, Jesus, with you. Back to verse 36. Therefore, believe in Jesus that you may be the children of God, Jesus. God’s Word is so rich that you can only know it through revelation and belief in the Word of God and the mystery of Jesus Christ.
This revelation of Christ and his spoken Word is given by the Holy Ghost/Spirit. Again, man can not reveal these wonderful truths to you. God himself through his Spirit will have to open your understanding. The name of the Father is Jesus Christ (Isaiah 9:6, Matthew, 28:19, John 14:7-9, Acts 2:38, Colossians 1:14-19, 2:9). All scripture points to Jesus as the Father. And Jesus is always saying that he is the Father while speaking of the Father as if the Father is someone other than himself.
John 12:41-48
In these scriptures, Jesus is saying he is the Father. Look at how he does it. Jesus says, that if you believe me, you believe the one who has sent me. In other words, if you believe in Jesus, then you must realize that the Spirit of Jesus, The Father, sent me. Therefore, if you believe in me, you believe in Jesus because the one who sent me - is Jesus. Jesus is the Father in Spirit form. (Isaiah 9:6, I Corinthians 10:4, Acts 9:5). Verse 45. Therefore, if you see me, Jesus, you see the one, The Father who sent me. Jesus said the same thing to Philip (Ref: John 14:7-9).
The problem with most people is they won’t believe Jesus when he says to them, through his Word, “I am the Father.” If you don’t believe Jesus Christ and the Word of God, you will have problems with the rest of the scriptures. At the last supper, Jesus again explains who he is.
John 13:19-20
At the last supper, Jesus is talking to the apostles explaining who he is and what he is expecting and some of the things that would come to pass. Jesus is telling them that he is God by making the statement “I am he” (Isaiah 41:4, John 8:24, 28). Verse 20. Watch this statement; he that receives whomever I, The Father sends, receives me, Jesus. And he that receives me, Jesus, receives him that sent me, The Father. Jesus is referring to his Spirit in heaven and his body on earth as One. Wisdom personified. It’s amazing how many ways Jesus tells us that he is the One God, The Father. (Spirit and Flesh in one body – II Corinthians 5:19,Colossians 1:19, 2:8-9). In Isaiah God said; I am the Lord: that is my name. How many Lords are there? Is the Lord in the old Testament, the same Lord in the new Testament? (Deuteronomy 6:4, Luke 2:11). God said I am the Lord, that’s my name.
John 13:31-32
God said in Isaiah 42:8, I am the Lord: that is my name. Guess what, the name of Jesus is the Lord – that is God’s name. There is only one Lord (Isaiah 42:8, Jeremiah 16:21, Ephesians 4:5). And God said, I will not give my glory to another. Well, in John we are seeing that Jesus said, Now is the Son of man glorified, and God is glorified in him. What Jesus is saying based on the scripture in Isaiah 42.8, God will glorify himself. If God won’t give his glory to another and since God can’t lie, then God is glorifying himself in the body of Jesus Christ (Colossians 1:14-19, 2:9,10). Therefore, Jesus is the one Lord God who was glorified (John 7:39). There is no way God will glorify anyone other than himself. Jesus is the Lord and God the Father as the scriptures have said (Isaiah 9:6, John 1:1, 3, 10, 14, John 14:9, I Timothy 3:16). To clarify his Deity, Jesus explains to his apostles that he is the Father.
John 14: 6-13
Jesus explains to his apostles that he is the Father. This is a very powerful scripture that will inform the world and the universe that Jesus is God the Father. If one won’t believe Jesus, then who will they believe? Jesus speaks plainly to his disciples about who he is; so there would be no doubt that they were speaking to God himself through his manifestation as the Son.
Let’s take a look at how the disciples were perplexed and didn’t understand what Jesus was saying. Jesus said, I am the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. Jesus is speaking about the Father as if the Father was someone other than himself. One can’t come to the Father except by Jesus because, Jesus is the Father and if you don’t know Jesus, then you don’t know the Father. In other words, you will have to know Jesus Christ.
Then, Jesus said, If you had known me, you should have known my father also and from this point on, you know him, the Father – Jesus, and have seen him. Jesus said the same thing twice. Philip asked Jesus to show us the Father and we will be satisfied. Jesus had just plainly explained to Philip that he is the Father – Isaiah 9:6. However, Jesus told him again. Jesus said, Philip how is it that you have been with me all this time and you haven’t known me? Then Jesus tells him again. He that has seen me has seen the Father, so why are you asking me to show us the Father?
Verse 11. Jesus verifies what he has said on many occasions that he is in the Father and the Father is in the Son. Thus, I and my Father are one - the same person – one God. Jesus can only speak the truth because he is truth.
John 14: 6-13, 16-20, 26
Let’s first establish that Jesus is truth and that he is the Spirit of truth which is the Holy Ghost. Note: The Holy Ghost and Holy Spirit are used interchangeably in the scriptures (John 14:6, 16, 17).
Look at verse 13 – redundant. Jesus speaks again about the Father being glorified in the Son. This lets us know again that Jesus is God because God will only glorify himself.
In verse 16, Jesus shows us how the flesh, any flesh must pray to the Spirit, the Father – his Spirit, who will send another Comforter, The Holy Ghost/Spirit, that he may abide with you forever. Jesus lets us know that the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost/Spirit, is also the Spirit of truth. Let’s go back; look at this; Jesus is truth, The Spirit of truth. The Comforter, The Holy Ghost, is the Spirit of Truth.
Therefore, Jesus is the Holy Ghost, the Comforter, and the Spirit of truth. Jesus explains that the world can’t receive the Holy Ghost/Spirit because they can’t see him. Neither do they know who the Holy Ghost is. Jesus makes a profound statement at this point. Jesus says that they, the apostles, know that the Holy Ghost is Jesus. Jesus says that he is the Holy Ghost by saying, he is staying with them right now as he speaks; and later he will be in them as the Holy Ghost/Spirit.
Verse 18. Jesus is saying that he will come; meaning, Jesus will come back as the Holy Ghost/Spirit. Therefore, the name of the Holy Ghost/Spirit/Truth is Jesus Christ. Look at Matthew 28:19, Acts 2:38. Verse 20. Jesus says in that day they will know that he is the Father and they are in him and he is in the disciples in the form of the Holy Ghost/Spirit. Verse 21. Jesus will show the disciples who he is by showing his manifestation as God. Thus the disciples would understand that the Spirit and the flesh of God will love them if they keep his commandments. Verse 26. Jesus identifies the Comforter as the Holy Ghost, whom the Father, Jesus’ Spirit, will send in his name, the name of Jesus Christ. If the Holy Ghost will be sent in Jesus name, then the name of the Holy Ghost is Jesus Christ. The Holy Ghost/Spirit will bring the things that you have learned about Jesus back to your remembrance. If you have the Holy Ghost, then you will see based on your training and the scriptures that the name of
the Holy Ghost is Jesus Christ. (John 14:26, Matthew 28:19, Acts 2:38). I would like to go back to Verse 12 and ask a question which would be a mystery to most who don’t quite understand the manifestation and revelation of Christ. If Jesus said he is the Father, in the aforementioned verses. Why would he say, I go unto my Father?
Let me show you how God has been working with me in the revelation of who he is. I was finishing up my writings in the book of I Peter. I had already passed John. This is what happened. I was in a Bible class. I was flipping through the scriptures looking for a passage that we were studying at the time and this verse, John 14:12, seems to have jumped out at me, it caught my attention, and it stirred my spirit. In my spirit, I knew, I would have to address this scripture.
On the following Saturday, I woke up and was lying in bed mediating. I started thinking about this book, Understanding the Trinity, and how I could make the revelation of Christ clearer to a person who wanted to believe but couldn’t quite get it.
While I’m lying there, God brought back to my remembrance a pitcher full of water and a glass. I said in my heart, Lord, you know me and you know that I wouldn’t want to offend you by comparing your glory to earthly vessels. I felt that the Lord pressed upon my heart that this would not offend him in any way. This analogy is for those who are truly trying to understand the mystery of God and the operation of his manifestations.
Let’s consider God as this big pitcher of water which fills the Universe. This big pitcher of Water, the Spirit, was poured into a glass. Jesus Christ is the glass. According to the scriptures, God cannot be seen face to face by any man while he is in his full Spiritual form. Moses saw God’s backside. In order for us to see God, God had to make himself visible and clothe his Spirit in human flesh. God poured his Spirit into the body of Jesus Christ, the glass.
This same water, the Spirit, that is in heaven is the same water that was poured in the glass so we could see the water, God’s Spirit-in the body of Jesus. In this case, Jesus who is the express image of the water (Spirit). We can see the glass but we can’t see the water (Spirit) that is in the glass. Therefore, when we see Jesus, we see the express image of the water, the image of God himself who is the water that was poured out of the pitcher. One God who transformed himself and took on the form of the glass. Jesus is God incarnate.
This transformation of God (the glass- Jesus) was changed and glorified. God put all of his power and the complete Godhead in this glass, the body of Jesus Christ (Colossians 1:14-19, 2:9-10).
Therefore, when we see God, upon his return, he will be in the form of Jesus Christ who is the visible image of God. In that day there will be one Lord and his name will be one. In Philippians 2:10, we find that at the name of Jesus every tongue will confess that Jesus Christ is Lord (Deuteronomy 6:4, Luke 2:11). Jesus Christ who is the visible image of God, is in the highest and most powerful position in the Spiritual realm of God. Thus when we see scriptures that say, Jesus is on the right hand of the Father, we fully understand the phrase, “the right hand of the Father.” Because we know that Jesus is in the most powerful position in the Godhead and he is the visible essence of God. God has incorporated all of his power, glory and majesty into the body of Jesus Christ who is the “right hand of the power of God” (Colossians 1:14-19, 2:9-10).
Based on the aforementioned analogy, we can see what Jesus meant when he said, “I go to my Father. What Jesus is saying is that I am going back into my Spiritual realm. Now, if we put blood in the glass of water, we will see the glorified flesh as red in the glass (body). Jesus will be the glass with the red water in it. When we put the whole glass with the red blood, back inside the big pitcher, we can see the glass inside the pitcher. The water inside the glass will be red and we will be able see it in a position of power within the pitcher (the right hand of the Power of God). Jesus’ glorified body, the red glass of water inside the pitcher, will be seen on the Throne as the lamb of God. Jesus Christ, as the Lamb, is the visible essence of God.
Think of about this: Once this glass, with the red blood, is placed back into the Spirit (Pitcher), it can been seen by man and that red blood starts to ooze out of the glass and color all of the water in the pitcher. In other words, God came from heaven, made himself visible to mankind, died, and went back as a glorified body, with his (God’s) blood that was shed for the salvation of man (Acts 20:28). That slain Lamb took the blood back to the mercy seat.
Therefore, we can see the Lamb which was slain before the foundation of the world sitting on the One Throne in heaven (Revelation 4:2,9, 5:6,8, 6:1, 7:10,17, 10:6,7, 11:15, 15:3,4, 17:14, 19:7,13,16). There is only one God and his highest and glorified name is Jesus Christ (Acts 4:12).
This glass of water is the same water that came from the big pitcher and it is the same water that was put back into the pitcher after it was glorified. The only difference is that now we can see the water (the express image of the Spirit) because it is in a glass (body).
In summary, when you see Jesus, upon his return, you will see Jesus as God himself riding on a “White Horse.” (Revelation 19:11-16). The Lord of Lords and King of Kings - The Almighty (Isaiah 9:6, Revelation 1:8,11,18, 17:14, 22:13). The foregoing analogy is an attempt to relay a Spiritual concept into a natural form so that one can understand the operation of God and his amazing miracles. Another miracle is when Jesus says, the Father will send the comforter in his name.
John 14:26, 15:26, 16:7
Jesus says, the Father will send the comforter in his name. The Holy Ghost’s name is Jesus Christ. Then he says in verse 15:26, I will send the Comforter from the Father. Therefore, Jesus is saying I am the Father and I will send the Comforter out of my Spirit and the Comforter, Holy Ghost/Spirit will be in the name of Jesus (Isaiah 9:6, John 14:9). This was not two persons sending the same Spirit. One God (Jesus) sent one Spirit. Look at this mystery. The reason that Jesus says, I will send the Comforter is because he is the Father. (Isaiah 9:6, John 14:6), Jesus says, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. Why do we have to come by Jesus? Because Jesus is the Father and he is the way.
Jesus is also the truth, therefore he is the Spirit of Truth. Thus the name of the Holy Ghost, which is the Spirit of Truth, is Jesus Christ (John 15:24, 16:13)(Ref: Matthew 28:19 – Baptize in the name of the Holy Ghost). These scriptures shows that Jesus is the name of the Father and the name of the Holy Ghost which is the Spirit of Truth. Therefore, when Peter, in Acts 2:38 baptized in the name of the Father, and the name of the Son, and the name of the Holy Ghost, he baptized in the name of Jesus because this is the name of the three manifestations of God (Colossians 1:19, 2:8-10). People will deny Jesus in baptism because they are reprobate and disobedient (Titus 1:16). Then there are some who still might not understand how the Father is greater than Jesus.
John 14:28
The Father is greater than Jesus (Sonship-flesh). This statement will have to be addressed again because it could be a stumbling block for many people who will try to find reasons not to believe Jesus is God and that the Word of God is somehow in error.
To satisfy this scripture; I would like to reiterate the importance of knowing the Spirit and its operation and the flesh (Sonship) and its operation. The Father or the Spirit of Christ is so much greater than the flesh because of the limitations that God placed on all flesh; even the flesh of Jesus. At one point, Jesus in his Sonship could not inhabit the whole universe. The Father (Spirit) can inhabit the whole universe, therefore, The Father (the Spirit) is greater. The flesh cannot be in more than one place at the same time. God in the Spirit can be in every place at the same time. Therefore, the Father (Spirit) is greater. The flesh of God needed rest, food, and water. The Father (the Spirit) doesn’t need rest, food, nor water, therefore, the Father is greater. The Father (the Spirit) is all-powerful and the flesh of Jesus had limitations and did not have all power at that time. Therefore, the Father (the Spirit) is greater. Jesus (The flesh-Sonship) received all power after the resurrection and after his glorification (Matthew 28:18, John 12:28, 13:31-32).
Jesus made simple statements. However, you won’t understand what he is saying if you don’t believe that he is God and if you don’t understand his dual nature. Unless you understand the dual nature of Jesus, you will never understand what Jesus means, when he speaks. Without controversy, this is the mystery of godliness (I Timothy 3:16). God himself was manifested as the Son and yet, we still won’t believe he is both the Father and the Son. What will the Lord do with this generation, if they won’t believe his Word? When you hear the truth sometimes you feel like you don’t want to hear it.
John 16: 1-4, 7, 14-16
The following statements might make you feel like you don’t want to hear it and you don’t want to continue reading this book anymore and that this book is somehow sacrilegious. However, continue reading and you will begin to see the light based on the scriptures. When God’s chosen people tell others that God is not a Trinity in the strictest sense of the word, they will become extremely upset because their logic has been tainted by untruths. They will be challenged in a way they have never known before. If we would search the scriptures, we would find that there are no recordings about the Trinity in the scriptures. The concept of the Trinity is not a foundation based on Christ. The “Trinity” has a foundation based on a concept of three co-equal and separate personalities in one being, which doesn’t have anything to do with who God is.
The Trinitarian doctrine was suggested at the Council of Nicaea in 325A.D. This is a doctrine of men and that’s why it can’t be understood, explained, nor proven by the scriptures. The Trinity is a figment of man’s imagination, which is based on traditions, deceit, and philosophy (Colossians 2:8-10). There are people who will call themselves Christians and they will put a “Oneness Christian” out of their Churches and they will think that they will be doing God a favor.
They will do these things because they don’t know who God is; they don’t understand that God is one ( Mark 12:32). They will say that God is one but they don’t understand that the one God’s name is Jesus Christ (The Father – Isaiah 9:6, John 1:1,3,10, 14, I Timothy 3:16). God used three manifestations of himself for the salvation of man. (Titus 1:16). Again, they won’t believe, nor accept the fact, that the name of the Father, and name of the Son, and the name of the Holy Ghost is Jesus Christ (Matthew 28:19, Acts 2:28). Three manifestations of One God.
Note: Today, I believe, “unbelieving followers of Christ” will act the same as the people who wanted to kill Jesus for blasphemy. They won’t believe the Word of God because they don’t understand it. True believers of Christ, believe that Jesus is the Son and he is equal with God and is, in fact, God himself and he can forgive sins (Mark 2:7, Luke 5:21, John 5:18). The Word of God is true but to an unbeliever, it can’t be understood, neither will they know the way of salvation because of their unbelief. They don’t know who God the Father is; neither do they know Jesus Christ, the Son.
I have heard it said, that if anyone tells you that there is no such thing as a Trinity; don’t listen to them. Remember this; the person who tells you not to listen to the truth of the oneness of God and the Deity of Christ is being used by the spirit of the antichrist which is against the name of Christ (I John 3:21-26). Search the scriptures for yourself and you will find that there are not three persons in One. Three gods or persons in one is a paganistic concept that men have tried to transform into a Christian doctrine. There is only One God and God will not have anything to do with a Trinity. The word “Trinity” is not scriptural. God doesn’t know of any other gods/persons (Isaiah 43:10-13,15, 44:6, 8). Review Titus 1:16. Let’s look at John 16:7. Jesus again tells the disciples that he will send the Comforter but it’s important that he go away so that the Comforter would come. Why? Because Jesus is the Comforter. Remember that only God, The Father, can send the Comforter/Holy Spirit.
Now let’s go back and look at John 14 and verse 26. Jesus says the Father will send the Comforter. This again lets us know that Jesus is the Father and he will send the Comforter in his own name (Jesus Christ). As a result of what Jesus told the apostles, we have found out that the name of the Comforter/Holy Ghost/Spirit is Jesus Christ (Matthew 28:19, Acts 2:38). John 16: 13-16. Jesus said, he is the truth in verse 14:6, which means, he is the Spirit of Truth and the Spirit of Truth is the Comforter/Holy Ghost/Spirit.
Therefore, Jesus is the Holy Ghost/Spirit, the Spirit of Truth. The Spirit of Truth will glorify the name of Jesus. Jesus is telling them that all the things that the Father has are mine. Why? Because Jesus is the Father who is in heaven (Isaiah 9:6). The Spirit of Truth (The Holy Ghost) will take the things of Jesus and show the mystery of who he is (Ephesians 3:3-5, Colossians 1:14-19). Verse 16. Jesus tells his followers that in a little while he will revert back into his Spirit form by saying, he will be going back to his Father (Matthew 28:18). Let’s see how God glorifies himself.
John 17:1-6, 11-14, 25,26
God glorifies himself in the body of Christ. Verse 1. In these scripture verses, Jesus makes unmistakable references to show that God will glorify himself in his body. God lets us know that his name is the Lord Jesus. There is only one Lord and he will glorify himself. Remember that God will not give his glory to another (Isaiah 42:8). Verse 2-3. Jesus has power over all flesh and eternal life. In other words, Jesus is saying that once he is glorified they will know that he is the only true God through his manifestation as Jesus Christ who was sent (I John 5:20).
Verse 4-6. Jesus says that he has glorified God on earth and that God, the Spirit, will glorify himself in the body of Jesus. This is so powerful that it’s hard to put it into words. Jesus is saying to the Spirit, I have made your name - Jesus Christ - visible (manifested). And I have glorified your name (God’s name - Jesus Christ) on earth by my presence and the works that I have completed. Now Father (the flesh speaks to the Spirit) glorify me (the Son- flesh) with the Spirit, which is the form that I was in before I came to earth.
Verse 11. Jesus tells the Father to keep the disciples in his own name (God’s own name is Jesus Christ) that they might be one mind. The mind of Christ is God’s mind. Then Jesus said, that he and the Father are one. The same Person – One God.
Verse 12. Jesus said that while he was in the world he kept the apostles and followers in thy name. The apostles were kept in the name of Jesus Christ which is God’s name.
Verse 25. Jesus says again, that the world don’t know the Father but Jesus knows the Spirit (himself). However, his disciples, knew that the Spirit (the Father) sent the flesh into the world and that he (the flesh) is “The Christ – God himself”
Verse 26. Jesus said that he has declared God’s name The name of God that was declared or made known, is Jesus Christ. God has loved the flesh (Son) that God has begotten and that same love will be in the followers of Jesus. In addition to the love of God, Jesus will come back in the form of the Holy Ghost/Spirit and will be in the saints. Jesus will be in the form of the Holy Ghost/Spirit, therefore the name of the Holy Ghost/Spirit is Jesus Christ. (Matthew 28:19, Acts 2:38). Jesus says that “I am he.” Translated, I am God (Deuteronomy 32:39, John 8:24).
John 18:4-8
Jesus says “I am he.” Jesus was really saying I am God. And those around him fell to the ground. Isaiah 41:4, 13. In my mind, I think they realized that only God could say such a thing. This was a man who would dare to blaspheme God by saying “I am he.” I feel, they fell to the ground or fainted out of fear and unbelief that a man would use such a powerful term. These words were so powerful that they could not stand up because these words were being spoken by God himself -The Almighty, Jesus Christ (Revelation 1:8, 11, 22:13). You must strengthen your belief in the oneness of God so that you can understand the scriptures.
Once you have strengthened your belief in the oneness of God, then you will understand scriptures that seem to contradict themselves. In this scripture, Jesus spoke to Mary and told her not to touch him because he had not ascended unto his Father. What Jesus is telling Mary is that God, the Spirit, has created all flesh including his flesh, and is considered to be “the Father” of all flesh. Therefore, he, Jesus in his Spiritual body will go back to the Father where all spirits come from. The Father (Spirit) is the God of his body and the God of her body, for he created both.
Now that we have that understanding, you can see what Jesus is saying. Let’s look at this statement again. “I ascend unto my Father; and to my God and your God. You will have to understand the dual nature of Jesus to understand what he means when he speaks. Is he speaking as God, is he speaking as a man, or is he speaking as both God and Man. In this case Jesus is speaking as a Man and he is showing us his natural body relationship to his Spirit. We can learn more about the dual nature of Jesus by studying the book of Acts.
This is an edited excerpt from my book, "Understanding the Trinity, Three Persons vs Three Manifestations. To order call 1-888-280-7715.
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