(I John 5:7)
Anytime the Bible speaks of Gods' three manifestations, God always lets us know that these three manifestations are one - meaning - the same. There's one God who changed himself into three manifestations - The Father, The Son, and The Holy Ghost (Matthew 28:19, Colossians 2:9, Acts 2:38, II Corinthians 5:19)
One can get a better understanding of the manifestations of God by understanding that man is one person, with one body and one name, yet he has many titles – father, son, uncle, friend, spouse etc. God is no different, one God, one person, one name, and many titles. However for the salvation of man, God used three main titles - Father (Spirit), Word (Son John 1:14, Hebrews 1:3), and Holy Ghost (Spirit). These three are the same (one). Three manifestations of one God.
In the New Testament, God always explains his oneness to his saints and the scriptures are crystal clear to the true followers of Jesus Christ. Therefore we can’t say, as followers of Christ, there are three Persons in one God. There is only one Person in God (Hebrews 1:3, Colossians 2:8-9) and that Person is Jesus Christ.
This is an edited excerpt from my book, "Understanding the Trinity, Three Persons vs Three Manifestations. www.google.com will daniels understanding the trinity
Thursday, February 24, 2011
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