hisway wrote: "There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope or your calling; One Lord, one faith, one baptism, One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all." (Eph 4:4-6)
It is plain that there is only ONE Spirit and ONE Lord and ONE God who is the Father. The ONE omnipresent Spirit (Father) is the invisible form of God. The Son is the human visible form of the ONE omnipresent Spirit. To claim there are three co-equal and co-eternal omnipresent Spirits - Father, Son and Holy Ghost is false. Notice the Bible states plainly that "the ONE God and Father is above all" meaning He does not and cannot have any co-equals.
Moreover, since there is only ONE Spirit; the Holy Ghost and the Spirit of Christ (Romans 8:9) cannot be separate distinct persons but can only mean they are manifestations of the ONE Spirit.
Now lets look at Luke 23:46:
"And when Jesus had cried out with a load voice, He said, "Father, 'into Your hands I commit My spirit.'"..." (NKJV)
What spirit did Jesus commit to the Father? Notice the word "spirit" is not capitalized to indicate Deity but in lower case denoting non-Deity. Therefore it was the human spirit of Jesus that was commited to the Father.
hisway wrote:I noticed you capitalized "Spirit" in your question. Your question is mute because the Bible verse you quoted is not talking about an omnipresent Spirit of the Son but the human spirit of the Son. The ONE omnipresent Spirit (invisible form of the ONE God - Father) when manifest as a man (Son) had all the attributes of being fully human including having a human spirit as any human would. The Father (invisible form of God) simply co-existed with the visible form (Son) together at the same time. The invisible form (Father) was in heaven and indwelt the body of the visible human form (Son) at the same time. However, the human form (Son) was limited as a man in one place on earth at a time. Being limited as a man and being born of Mary made Jesus human but having the Spirit of the Father in Him and the fact He did not come from a human father made Him Deity. You have divided the dual nature of Jesus into separate persons to fit into a fabricated trinity.
Again as I stated before and what the Bible clearly says is that the Son is the express image of the Father's person in reduced visible form as a man. (Heb 1:1-3, 2 Cor 4:4, Col 1:15) Not the image of a pre-existent Spirit Son.
Furthermore, Aineo did not explain how three spirits indwell the believer. There is ONE Spirit that indwells the believer, period. The Spirit of Christ in Romans 8:9 and the Spirit of God and the Holy Ghost are titles of the manifestations of the ONE omnipresent Spirit.
I already answered your question regarding the two witnesses but you read over it. The two witnesses are:
1. The Invisible Form of God (Father - Spirit)
2. The Visible Form of God (Son - man)
Both Forms of God gave witness to each other.
If the Spirit of God the Father co-habitated with the human spirit of the Son, then that would make 2 distinct spirits, no? And according to your theology, God consists of One Spirit correct? And if Jesus gave up His human spirit then to whence did it go? did it vanish? And if that human spirit of Jesus returned to the Father, does that not make it two spirits? When you use the word "One Spirit" it is just as there is one Body, which is the body of Christ, however there are many members which comprise it. All True Christians are of the same Body and same Spirit, "One Body" "One Spirit" "
The Spirit of Truth" which indwells all the True Believers, therefore we are all of one spirit or of one Truth! The Word and
So does God have one or Two Spirits? According to your response God has one and two, care to explain what happened?
Oneness adherents teach that Jesus was a being with a single human body which was inhabited by 2 different Spirits and wills. The First spirit was the Spirit of God and the other spirit was that of an normal human spirit. Now if you try to make a distinction between the spirit and flesh than you are only misleading yourself, because the flesh does not pray, think or talk. Read what saith the Scriptures my friend:
James 2:26 - For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also. Your distinction is between two intelligent spirits and wills. You are viewing Jesus as having two spirits/wills in one body. And for you to say that the distinction is merely between spirit and flesh is ludicrous as a person who walks around and refers to himself as "WE" as in comparison to his human spirit and body.
In your efforts to "unite the flock", you are in actuality "scattering the sheep" True Unity is not in Number but in agreement and perfect harmony and accordance.
John 14:20 - At that day ye shall know that (I am in my Father, and ye in me, and I in you.)
Since God the Father dwells within us, does that make us God the Father?
Hisway, your prayers to God has been answered and in His effort to lead you into all Truth are you constantly striving against.
God Bless!