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Understanding the Trinity vs Three Manifestations: In Philippians there is proof that Jesus Christ is...

Understanding the Trinity vs Three Manifestations: In Philippians there is proof that Jesus Christ is...: "To understand the message of salvation, one must first understand the oneness of God. There is only one Lord and that one Lord is Jesus Chr..."

In Philippians there is proof that Jesus Christ is the one Lord God Almighty (Exodus 3:14, John 8:24, 58)

To understand the message of salvation, one must first understand the oneness of God.  There is only one Lord and that one Lord is Jesus Christ in both the Old and New Testaments. (Deuteronomy 6:4, Luke 2:11, I Corinthians 10:4).  Therefore we can prove that Jesus Christ is the one Lord in the book of Philippians.

Philippians 1:2

Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.

Translation: Grace be unto you, and peace, from God who is our Spiritual Father even from his manifestation as the Lord Jesus Christ who was on earth.

Philippians 1:19

The Name of The Holy Spirit, Holy Ghost or Spirit of Christ is Jesus Christ (Refer to Matthew 18:19, Acts 2:38). We must be baptized in the name of the Holy Ghost – Jesus Christ. The Spirit is Jesus Christ and the flesh of Jesus Christ is the form of God (Hebrews 1:3).

Philippians 2:5-12

The flesh of Jesus is in the form of God. This scripture verifies I Timothy 3:16, which tells us that God himself was changed or manifested in the form of a man. Jesus is the fleshly nature of God, therefore, he thought it not robbery to be equal with God, “The Spirit.” Jesus Christ is God in the flesh, The Messiah, The Christ, God himself. The Heavenly Spirit of God, the Father, dwells in the body of Jesus Christ (II Corinthians 5:19, Colossians 1:19, 2:8-10). There is no other God. One day the world will realize that Jesus is the only true God because the Heavenly Spirit has exalted the name of Jesus above every name. Verse 10. That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth;

Verse 11. And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord (God), to the glory of God the Father (The heavenly Spirit). Acts 4:12 Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved. Why? Because God has used different names in each dispensation based on what he is doing at the time. God’s name for this “dispensation of salvation” is Jesus Christ (Jehovah-Saviour). Therefore, there is no other name whereby we must be saved. Refer back to the born again scripture of salvation in Acts 2:38, which refers to the name, “The Rock,” upon which the Church is built (Matthew 16:18-19). That “Rock is the one God almighty, Jesus Christ.”(I Corinthians 10:4).

Look at this: Ephesians 4:4-6 Verse 4. There is one body, the body of Christ, one Spirit, many names. The Spirit of Christ, Holy Ghost, Holy Spirit, Spirit of God, The Father, the one hope of our calling is in Jesus Christ our Lord and Saviour. Verse 5. There is but one Lord (Jesus Christ – Acts 10:36), one faith (apostles faith-Acts 2:42, Revelation 14:12), one baptism, (Jesus name baptism-Book of Acts). Verse 6. One God (Jesus Christ – John 1:1-10, I John 5:20) and Father of all (Isaiah 9:6, John 14:9 – Jesus Christ), who is above all and through all, and in you all (Spirit of Christ).

The One God and Father Jesus Christ is through all and in all of us in the form of the Holy Spirit or Spirit of Christ. Again, we can see that the name of the Holy Ghost is Jesus Christ (Matthew 28:19, Acts 2:38). All these scriptures attest to the sure foundation and point toward the highest name of God – Jesus Christ, the author and finisher of our faith. How is it that all men don’t know these things? Why can’t we see the oneness of God? I’ll tell you why. We can’t see the oneness of God because of unbelief. The Lord has spoken on many occasions. Hear O Israel, the Lord our God is one Lord. Jesus Christ is that one Lord and true God (Isaiah 9:6, John 1:1, I John 5:20, Revelation 1:8, 22:13). What if some don’t believe? Let God be true and every man a liar (Romans 3:3-4). Paul suffered because of the knowledge of Christ.

Philippians 3:7-8

Paul suffered because of the knowledge of Christ. In the teachings of Paul and the apostles, it was always stressed that Jesus was the Lamb of God who was foretold by the prophets in the Old Testament scriptures. Paul and the apostles knew, according to Isaiah. 40:3,5, that Jesus was the same God who spoke to the prophets in the Old Testament. Paul suffered many things and his spirit could not be broken because he had met and had spoken to the Lamb of God, the only True God of Heaven and Earth, on the road to Damascus.

Paul, Saul was his name at the time of his revelation, had one of the highest blessing any individual could have. A personal introduction to God – by God himself – Jesus Christ. Think about it, if you had a personal introduction to God, and you knew his heavenly name, wouldn’t you be on fire for God?

Paul suffered because he preached that Jesus was God himself, the Lamb which taketh away the sins of the world and that the Jews crucified the lamb of God. If I were a Jew, I might be a little upset if someone, God forbid, was telling me that we, the Jews, killed our own Messiah. Certainly, you wouldn’t want anyone spreading that type of information. Can you imagine the pain of the Jewish people who had to listen to Paul spread this gospel.

The priests and religious leaders were really concerned because they certainly didn’t believe that they had crucified the Lamb of God. Neither did they want anyone to think that they had made such a grave error in judgment. Therefore, the best way to stifle this gospel was to imprison this crazy preacher who was the chief apostle and admonish him that he should not preach nor teach in the name of Jesus.

Think about this. Would God allow a heathen nation be responsible for having the Messiah crucified or would he allow his own Jewish people do the honors? Only God’s people were allowed to offer up a sacrifice that he would accept. Remember, God required Jewish priests in the Old Testament to sacrifice a pure Lamb, unblemished, and without spot. Jesus Christ was that pure Lamb. Why would this sacrifice be any different? The Jewish High Priest performed the most important sacrifice that will ever be performed in the history of the world. And that sacrifice was the pure Lamb of God – Jesus Christ. Now we can see why God, in the end, will not hold the Jews responsible for his crucifixion. They were destined to perform this Holy ritual.

If it were not for this Holy Sacrifice attributed to the Jewish priests, the whole world would be lost. Jews should not be ashamed of being responsible for presenting the sacrificial Lamb back to God. Thank God for the Jews and God’s method of sacrifice for salvation. We didn’t understand it in the past but in these last days, God has given us the revelation of the duties of the Jewish priests’ and their responsibilities concerning the sacrificial Lamb

Trinitarian Churches today are still fighting the Lamb and the name of Jesus Christ in ignorance. They don’t really believe that you must be baptized in Jesus name, and they don’t really believe that Jesus is the Heavenly Father. They don’t believe in the oneness of God and they don’t believe that Jesus Christ alone is God (Isaiah 9:6, John 1:1, 10, 14, 14:6-9, Rev. 1:8). Today, Trinitarian Christians want to believe that God is three persons, regardless of what God has said about His oneness (Isaiah 44:6,8).

Therefore, the religious leaders of today would want to stifle this type book because they feel we are leaving the Father and the Holy Spirit out of the equation. They don’t know God and in ignorance they will try to ostracize the ones who do know him. They don’t know that we are the ones, through God’s grace, who have the revelation, mystery and knowledge of Christ.

There will be leaders who profess the name of Christ but they will tell their followers not to read this book. Why? Because of their unbelief and because if their followers read this book, the glorious light of Jesus Christ will shine upon their hearts, their eyes will be opened, and they will see that Churches as a whole are in a state of Apostasy and these same Churches have perverted the doctrine of Christ (II Thessalonians 2:3).

In I John 2:22. The Word tells us that, if one denies the that Jesus is the Christ, and denies the Father and Son, he is an Antichrist. Translation: Whosoever denies that Jesus is God and denies that the Father and Son is God, he is an antichrist.

Look at verse 23-25. Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father: but he that acknowledge the Son hath the Father also.

Translation: Whosoever denies that Jesus (the Son) is God, doesn’t have the Father, but if you believe that the Son is God, you have the Father also. Why? It’s simple. Because the Son is also the Father (Isaiah 9:6). The “Trinitarian Concept” denies that Jesus is the Father, it denies that the Son is the only true God and it denies that Jesus is the one and only Almighty God (I Corinthians 10:4, I John 5:20, Revelation 1:8, 11, 22:13). The “Trinity” is a paganistic concept of three personalities and is not a concept of the oneness of God. Paul calls this paganistic type teaching a curse because it is not the gospel that was taught to the saints by Paul and the apostles. There is no such thing as a “three god theory” in Apostolic teachings (Galatians1:6-12).

The religious leaders of old didn’t want to believe they were in error and the Churches of today wouldn’t want people to believe they are in error concerning the “Trinitarian doctrine” which is not the doctrine of Christ, the doctrine of the apostles, the doctrine of baptisms, nor the doctrine of God.

Those leaders who would suggest that their congregations read this book have been enlighten by the Spirit of God and the knowledge and mystery of Christ. Flesh and blood can not reveal these things to an individual. These spiritual revelations comes only by the Spirit of God.

There is nothing wrong with searching the scriptures to see if these things are true or not. “Knowledge is power.” And that power can be used to glorify the name of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Paul preached on many occasions that our first love is the knowledge and mystery of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. He stresses that anything other than the knowledge and mystery of Christ, is worth nothing. And he taught that there are followers of Christ who are enemies of the cross.

Philippians 3:13-19

Paul tells us there are followers of Christ who are enemies of the cross. Paul tells the saints to forget those things that are behind us and press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus. Paul cried because he knew that some of the followers were enemies of the cross of Christ. There will be leaders, who will try to disprove that Jesus is God and they will try to prove that Jesus did not do all these things by himself. These leaders and followers of today would want you to believe that three persons orchestrated the salvation of mankind.

Therefore, they will try to disprove the “Deity of Christ,” meaning Jesus alone is God the Father, thereby, becoming an enemy of the cross of Christ. There are also many scriptures in Colossians to prove the Deity of Christ.

This is an edited excerpt from my book, "Understanding the Trintiy, Three Persons vs Three Manifestations.  To order 1-888-280-7715.



Understanding the Trinity vs Three Manifestations: Proof in Ephesians that Jesus Christ is the one Lo...

Understanding the Trinity vs Three Manifestations: Proof in Ephesians that Jesus Christ is the one Lo...: "Ephesians 1:2,3 Verse 2 . Grace be to you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ. Translation: Grace be to yo..."

Proof in Ephesians that Jesus Christ is the one Lord God Almighty (Colossians 2:8-12)


Ephesians 1:2,3

Verse 2. Grace be to you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.

Translation: Grace be to you, and peace, from God who is our Father and from his manifestation as the Lord Jesus Christ.

Verse 3. Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ.

Translation: Blessed be the God who is the Spiritual Father of the flesh of our Lord Jesus Christ. Jesus Christ has blessed us with spiritual blessings in heavenly places in himself, who is also our heavenly Father, in Spirit form (Isaiah 9:6, I Corinthians 10:4).

Ephesians 1:1-16

Let’s take a look at how Paul addresses the dual nature of God. One would have to always keep in mind that God is one. This will never change. In I Timothy 3:16. It says, “And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness:……….This scripture goes on to explain that Jesus is God. The dual nature of God is a mystery to the carnal mind. However, to the spiritual mind and to the saint who believes in the oneness of God through revelation, it’s understandable.

Even though, I will explain this revelation to you, you will not get it if you don’t believe; for the scripture says, if this gospel is hid, it is hid to those that are lost. To understand Paul; here are some things we must keep in mind. God can;

1. Be in heaven and on earth at the same time. The Spirit of God always remained in heaven and yet that Spirit of God was in the body of Christ. This is the dual nature of God, human and divine. Same Spirit, same God. The Spirit of God can put himself in the body of Christ and declare that his glorified body has all power. (Colossians 1:14-19, 2:9, Matthew 28:18).

2. Reveal to us that all of his Spiritual power is now revealed in the body of Christ (Hebrews 1:1-3, 8). God made sure in these scriptures that we understand that His Spiritual form has taken on a glorified body. When we see the true God, he will appear as Jesus Christ (I John 5:20, Revelation 1:8, 11, 22:13). Then the Jews will mourn and weep because they did not recognize God, the Messiah, in his human form. Guess what? A number of Christians have not recognized Jesus as the One and only true God in his human form. On that special day appointed by the Lord, all nations will bow and recognize Jesus is the Lord God of heaven and of earth (Ephesians 3:9, 4:4-6, Isaiah 45:21-23, Philippians 2:10-11)

3. Have a name that has always been eternal (infinite). The prophets didn’t know God’s highest and eternal name (John 1:1, 3, 10, I Corinthians 10:4). The body of Jesus Christ was limited, it had a beginning (finite) and it had a human death. God put the infinite (name) and the finite (body) together. Therefore, there is one body, one person, and one name. It is a great mystery how God performed this miracle (John 14:6-11, I Timothy 3:16).

4. Show a distinction between the Spirit of God and the flesh of God so that we could understand, by revelation, what God was doing and how his manifestations were used to save man from his sins. God had to beget a lamb, and that lamb would be himself, God’s own flesh. (Acts 20:28, Revelation 1:5). The scriptures talk about the Father as “the Spirit” and it talks about the “Son” Jesus Christ as God’s fleshly manifestation (the Messiah). One God, dual nature – not two or three persons in one God. As aforementioned, God can be in heaven and on earth at the same time.

In light of this understanding, Paul said in verse 2. Grace be to you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.

Translation: Grace and peace from the Spirit of God, the Father, even his fleshly manifestation (the Son) which we have seen here on earth
Verse 3. Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,……

Translation:

Blessed be the Heavenly Spirit, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who manifested himself to us in the form of Jesus Christ.

Verse 4. God tells us that we were chosen in Jesus Christ (God’s eternal name) before the foundation of the world and we should be holy and without blame before him (Jesus Christ).

Verse 5-9. It was a pleasure for him (the Spirit) to adopt us to himself by the blood of Jesus Christ, His fleshly manifestation because our adoption was predestined.

Ephesians 1:10-23

Jesus returns to heaven as a Spiritual being. Paul is revealing to us that Jesus Christ who was raised from the dead has been elevated back into his Spiritual form as the Father and that Jesus Christ is the head of the church and all principalities, powers and dominions. Paul understood who Jesus was and he expounded on this fact on every occasion he was allowed to preach. The revelation of Jesus, as preached by Paul, is the understanding that not only was Jesus the Son of God in the flesh but he was God himself. The chief cornerstone (Matthew 28:18, Isaiah 9:6, I Timothy 3:16, Revelation 1:8, 22:13).

Ephesians 2:20-22

Jesus Christ is the chief corner stone. The gospel of salvation is built on the foundation of Christ, the Rock and chief corner stone, which was laid by the apostles (Acts 2:38-42). The sure foundation of salvation is being born again, by repentance, baptism in Jesus name and the reception of the Holy Spirit. Jesus Christ, God himself is the chief corner stone;……..Isaiah 28:16.

In Isaiah 28:16, God says that he is the corner stone and a sure foundation. Therefore, God’s name is Jesus Christ who is the chief corner stone and the sure foundation. There is only one God, whose name is Jesus Christ, and God has said in his Word that he doesn’t know of any other God besides himself (Isaiah 43:10, 44:8). If God doesn’t know of any other gods, why would we say that he is three persons? Paul learned that Jesus is God by revelation.

Ephesians 3:3-5, 9-11, 14-15

Paul learned that Jesus was God by revelation. Paul had told the saints about his revelation on more than one occasion. The revelation and mystery of Christ was only revealed to the apostles and the prophets by the Holy Spirit. The mystery that Jesus is God and that he created all things has been hidden from the beginning of the world (I Corinthians 8:6, John 1:10,14, Colossians 1:13-19). Let’s look at what Paul is saying in verse 14. Paul is bowing his knees to the Heavenly Spirit of the fleshly body – for it is the Spirit which begot the body. One Father, one Spirit, one body, one God. The whole heavenly family is named Jesus Christ. There is no other name under heaven whereby we must be saved (Acts 4:12, Philippians 2:6, 10-11, Colossians 2:8-10).

Ephesians 4:4-6

Let’s take a look at how everything revolves around the name and body of Jesus Christ. There is one body and one Person in the Godhead (Colossians 1:19, 2:8-10, Hebrews 1:3). The Lord Jesus Christ is One Spirit - The Holy Spirit. The Spirit of Jesus Christ is in us (John 14:17) One Lord - Jesus Christ is Lord (Luke 2:11).

One faith - The apostles’ (Apostolic) faith in Jesus Christ (Acts 2:42, Ephesians 2:20).

One baptism -The baptism in Jesus name/Holy Spirit (Acts 2:38, review the entire book of Acts).

One God - Jesus Christ (I John 5:20, Revelation 1:8, 22:13)

One Father – Jesus Christ (Isaiah 9:6, John 14:9)

Who is above all things – Jesus Christ (Ephesians 3:9-11, Colossiana 1:12-19).

Through all and in you all - The Holy Spirit is Jesus Christ in us and it holds the universe together. We have to rightly divide the Word to understand what God is saying. For example; look at how Jesus presents the Church to himself.

Ephesians 5:27

Jesus presents the Church to himself. There are times when we read the scriptures and we don’t get the full understanding of what we are reading. Look at this scripture closely. We know that Jesus Christ is our mediator who died for our sins and he will present the Church to God, holy and without blemish. Knowing the revelation that Jesus is the Almighty God, we can understand the statement that “Jesus will present the Church to himself.” In other words, Jesus Christ will present the Church to himself because he is the Almighty God of heaven and earth in body and Spirit (dual nature)(II Corinthians 5:19). Paul always spoke boldly about the mystery and Deity of Jesus Christ and he knew that everyone would not see it nor understand the mystery of God and the revelation of Jesus Christ.

Ephesians 6:19

Paul speaks boldly about the mystery of the gospel. The mystery that Paul spoke of was that Jesus Christ, God himself, was crucified and shed his own blood for our sins (Acts 20:28). And that we are washed in the blood by “baptism In Jesus name” and our faith is in the operation of God through Jesus Christ, the God of heaven and earth (I Timothy 3:16). Paul spoke of God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

Ephesians 6:23-24

God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. One many occasions Paul would give honor to the Heavenly Spirit and God’s fleshly manifestation. Paul was always trying to explain to the saints that through revelation, he could understand how God could be in heaven and on earth in the form of Jesus Christ at the same time. Paul had no problem understanding this mystery of God. Paul always knew there was one God who changed himself into a man. Therefore, Paul gave homage to the dual nature of God – The Spiritual and the Human nature. Even in the book of Philippians we see that Paul taught the same thing.

This is an edited excerpt from my book, "Understanding the Trinity, Three Persons vs Three Manifestations.  To order call 1-888-280-7715