To: ksen
Isaiah 48:16 Come ye near unto me, hear ye this; I have not spoken from the beginning: from the time that it was, there am I: and now the Lord GOD, and his Spirit, hath sent me. Isaiah 48:17 Thus saith the LORD, thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: I am the LORD thy God which teacheth thee to profit, which leadeth thee by the way thou shouldest go. Three distinct people are mentioned in this passage. Who are they? I submit that they are: 1. The LORD, thy Redeemer - Jesus, God the Son 2. The Lord GOD - God the Father 3. His Spirit - God, the Holy Spirit.No offense but its another attempt to read Trinitarian theology retroactively back into the scriptures. The Lord was in the business of redeeming before the Messiah's appointed time. Do a search of the word "redeemer" and you'll see.
As far as God the Father is concerned. Paul said:
1 Corinthians 8:6 But to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him.
One God, the Father pretty much explains it.
The Spirit is "Ruach", The breath of God. The presense of God in the earth. No reason to get the heeby jeeby's because the Comforter was refferred to as a "He" once in the entire NT.
To: Invincibly Ignorant
In the I Corinthians 8:6 passage, what is the "all things" that are "by him?"
I don't take any offense at your post. However, you didn't tell me who the three different personages in that passage were.
Or were you saying that it was just God the Father talking to Himself? If that is your contention then the passage becomes meaningless saying, "...there am I (the Father): and now the Lord GOD (the Father) hath sent me (the Father)."
108 posted on
07/01/2003 2:05:05 PM PDT by
ksen
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To: Invincibly Ignorant
The Spirit is "Ruach", The breath of God.Maybe all the Word Logos is a Word...?
112 posted on
07/01/2003 2:10:50 PM PDT by
Ff--150
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To: Invincibly Ignorant; ksen
How many Bio-fathers can there be in your family!
I say there can be only one!
There can be many sons, yet there is only one begotten Son in God family!
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