In this writing we will discuss step by step the fundamental truth about the DEITY (Godhead) as revealed to us in the Holy Scriptures and taught to us by the Holy Spirit.
The apostle John wrote about being careful not to follow false teachings from teachers who had arisen from the church of believers. He exhorts us not to rely on the teachings of men, but to let the anointing of the Holy Spirit that we have received teach us the understanding of God's Word:
“I am writing these things to warn you about those who want to lead you astray. You have received the Holy Spirit, and he lives within each of you. So you do not need anyone to teach you what is true. For the Spirit teaches you everything you need to know, and what he teaches is truth, not a lie. So remain in fellowship with Christ just as he has taught you.”
(1 John 2:26-27)
Traditional contemporary Christianity has been and continues to teach quite confusing metaphorical doctrines, such as "a Trinitarian God of three coexisting and co-equal persons", or as that of "a Unitarian God of only one person, but with three different faces".
If we faithfully study the Scriptures prayerfully and in context, we will discover that the DEITY is actually composed of two Gods equal in divine nature, but different in position: GOD the FATHER as the first divine person, and the LORD JESUS, his literal Son, as the second divine person.
If we meditate on the Scriptures and pray in the Holy Spirit daily, then we will then discover a beautiful and profound Father-Son relationship between the Most High God and his Divine Only Son, Jesus the Messiah.
Praying to his Father, Jesus said these words before his disciples:
“‘O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, thank you for hiding these things from those who think they are wise and intelligent and revealing them to those who are like children. Yes, Father, it was your good pleasure to do so.’
”My Father has entrusted everything to me. No one truly knows the Son except the Father, and no one truly knows the Father except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.”
(Luke 10:21-22)
On the other hand, traditional Christian teachers naively and erroneously teach that the Holy Spirit is the “third person” of the Deity or Godhead. However, the Scriptures indicate that the HOLY SPIRIT is actually the same Spirit of God the Father and also of his Son Jesus, since he inherited it from his Father. The Holy Spirit is, in fact, the glorious spiritual substance of the inner being of the Father and the Son.
Jesus is literally the Divine Son and the Heir of God the Father
According to the Scriptures, Jesus is truly and literally the Divine Son and the Heir of God his true Father, whom He loves and serves from the beginning of his existence.
(See Psalm 2:7-12; Proverbs 30:4; Matthew 16:13-17; 17:1-8; 26:63-64; 27:42-43, 54; Mark 1:1-3; 5:6-8; 9:2-8; 14:61-62; Luke 1:31-35; 9:28-36; John 1:14; 3:14-18; 11:4, 25-27; 19:7; 20:30-31.)
This was clearly recorded in the book of Acts, in the letters of the Apostles addressed to believers, and in the book of Revelation, after Jesus ascended back to Heaven, in the place of honor at the right hand of his Heavenly Father (Acts 2:32-35).
(See Acts 7:55-56; 9:18-20; 13:3-4; Romans 1:1-5; 5:8-11; 8:3, 16-17, 29-34; 1Corinthians 1:9; 2Corinthians 1:3, 18-20; 11:31; Galatians 1:15-16; 2:20; 4:4-7; Ephesians 1:3, 17; 4:11-13; Philippians 2:15-20; Colossians 1:3-4, 12-14, 18-20; 1Thessalonians 1:9-10; Hebrews 1:1-9; 3:1-6; 4:14-16; 5:5-10; 6:4-6; 7:1-4, 20-28; 10:26-31; 2Peter 1:16-18; 1John 1:1-3; 2:22-25; 3:7-8, 21-24; 4:7-16; 5:4-5, 9-13, 20; 2Jean 1:3; Revelation 1:5-6; 2:18; 14:1.)
Jesus is literally the Messiah, the Holy Servant and the Prophet of God the Father
According to the Scriptures, Jesus is truly and literally the Messiah/the Christ/the Anointed One, the Holy Servant and the Prophet of God the Father. Jesus was appointed, anointed, and sent into the world by God his Father.
(See Psalm 2:1-6; Micah 5:2-4; Matthew 12:15-21; 13:57; 16:13-17; 21:10-11; Mark 1:1-3; 14:61-62; Luke 2:10-11; 4:23-24; 7:15-17; 13:31-33; 24:13-21; 26:63-64; John 4:16-26, 43-45; 6:14-15; 7:40-42; 11:25-27; 20:30-31.)
This was clearly recorded in the book of Acts, in the letters of the Apostles addressed to believers, and in the book of Revelation, after Jesus ascended back to Heaven, in the place of honor at the right hand of his Heavenly Father (Acts 2:32-35).
(See Acts 2:36; 3:13-15, 22-23, 26; 4:23-31; 5:41-42; 7:37-38; 9:22; 17:1-4; 18:4-6, 27-28; Romans 3:24; 1Corinthians 1:4; 2Corinthians 2:14; Galatians 2:4; Ephesians 1:1; 5:5; Philippians 1:1; Colossians 1:4, 28; 1Thessalonians 2:14; 1Timothy 1:2, 12, 14-15; 2Timothy 1:1, 9, 13; Philemon 1:6, 23; 1John 2:22; 5:1; Hebrews 5:4-6; Revelation 1:5; 11:15; 12:10.)
The Father is the Supreme God in position and the Son is God in divine nature
In John 1:1-3, the apostle John writes:
“In the beginning the Word (“LOGOS”) already existed. The Word was with God (“THEOS”), and the Word was God (“THEOS”). He existed in the beginning with God. God created everything through him, and nothing was created except through him.”
Note that the word “WORD” is “LOGOS” in Greek, and it means “a Saying/a Word” and also “a Living Expression/a Spokesperson.” And the word “GOD” is “THEOS” in Greek, and it means “the Supreme God in position”; it also means “a God in divine nature”; and it also means “a pagan god.”
So John 1:1-3 is actually saying that God's Messiah, who is God's Living Expression/Spokesperson, already existed in the beginning before Creation, and was with his Father, who is the Supreme God in position and is above all. The Son Himself was also God in divine nature like his Father, but inferior in position. Jesus, the Divine Son, already existed in the beginning and was with his Divine Father, and together They created the Heavens and the Earth.
In Colossians 1:15-17, the apostle Paul writes that Jesus was the first and only Divine Being to be begotten/generated directly from the Father in the beginning before Creation. The Messiah—the Living Expression/Spokesperson of God—was God in divine nature standing beside his Father, the Supreme God in position, creating the world together:
“Christ is the visible image of the invisible God. He existed before anything was created, and he is the FIRSTBORN of all creation. Through him God created everything in the heavenly realms and on earth. He made the things we can see and the things we cannot see, such as thrones and kingdoms and rulers and authorities in the invisible world. All things were created through him and for him. He existed before everything else, and he holds everything together.”
In Hebrews 1:1-4, the apostle confirms that God the Father now speaks to us through his Son, for He is the Living Expression/Spokesman of God, and that God created the world through his Son. He also writes that Jesus is superior to all the angels of God and to their name/power:
“Long ago God spoke to our ancestors through the prophets at many times and in various ways. And now in these last days he has spoken to us through his Son. God promised the Son everything as an inheritance, and through the Son he created the universe.
”The Son radiates the glory of God and expresses the very character of God, and upholds everything by the mighty power of his word. After he had cleansed us from our sins, he sat down in the place of honor at the right hand of the majestic God in heaven. This shows that the Son is far superior to the angels, just as the name God gave him is superior to their name.”
(See John 3:31-35; 17:1-5; 1Peter 1:23; 2Peter 3:5; 1John 1:1-4; 1Corinthians 8:6.)
In parallel, in Exodus 4:13-17, Moses pleaded with God to choose someone else to be God's representative because he was not very good with words. But God told him that his brother Aaron was to be his spokesman and mouthpiece, and that he, Moses, was to take God's place before him.
This passage from Exodus is a good image and illustration that helps us better understand the relationship between God the Father and his Son Jesus. Jesus is ultimately the Spokesman and Mouthpiece of God his Father, in the same way that Aaron was the spokesman and mouthpiece of his brother Moses.
"Aaron will be your spokesman before the people. He will be your spokesman, and you will take God's place before him in telling him what to say. Take your shepherd's staff with you and use it to perform the miraculous signs I showed you."
(Exodus 4:16-17)
Jesus said, in John 10:34-38, that He was indeed the “Son of God”; and because of this, the religious leaders accused Him of making Himself equal to God His Father in divine nature. And He responded by saying that the Scriptures (in Psalm 82) precisely tell how God in position was once exhorting certain angels, whom He also called “Gods” in divine nature and “sons of the Most High.”
Jesus is the Light of the Supreme God full of Glory
Jesus is the LIGHT that comes from the Father of Lights, the Supreme God, who is surrounded by immense eternal GLORY.
Jesus is the Light—the Day—that the Father provided and appointed to destroy the Darkness—the Night (the kingdom of the devil). Jesus, the Divine Son, was sent into the world by the Father to illuminate our hearts and to proclaim the Truth of the Father.
“For God, who said, ‘Let there be light in the darkness,’ has made this Light shine in our hearts so that we may know the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.” (2 Corinthians 4:6) “Because of that experience, we now have even greater confidence in the message proclaimed by the prophets. You must pay close attention to what they wrote, because their words are like a lamp shining in a dark place until the Day dawns and Christ, the Morning Star, shines in your hearts.” (2 Peter 1:19) Of his own will, God made us to be born again through the Living Word of Truth He gave us—his own Son Jesus—, so that, of all creation, we would become his most valuable possession (James 1:17-18). (See Genesis 1:3-5; Psalm 118:22-24; John 1:4-9, 14, 18; 3:16-21; 8:12; 9:4-5; 11:9-10; 12:35-36, 46; 17:1-5; Ephesians 1:17; 1Thessalonians 5:1-11; 1Timothy 6:15-16; 1John 3:8; Revelation 21:22-23.)
God the Father has always existed, but Jesus had a beginning of existence
God the Father is the Eternal God and has always existed (Genesis 21:33; 33:27; Psalm 45:6; Isaiah 40:28; Jeremiah 10:10; Romans 16:25-27).
His Divine Son Jesus, who is his Mouthpiece, is also Eternal since He was begotten/generated by God his literal Father at some point in eternity. In other words, God the Father has no origin, but Jesus did have one at some point before Creation. God begot/generated him so that together they could create this world in which we live.
In Proverbs 8:22-31, God's Word says:
“The LORD FORMED me from the beginning, before He created anything else. I was named from everlasting, from the very beginning, before the earth existed. I was born before the oceans were created, before water gushed forth from the springs. Before the mountains were formed, before the hills, I was born, before the LORD made the earth and the fields and the first handfuls of soil.
”I was there when He established the heavens, when He drew the horizon over the oceans. I was there when He placed the clouds above, when He established the springs deep in the earth. I was there when He set bounds for the seas, so that they would not extend beyond their bounds. And also when He marked out the foundations of the earth, I was the ARCHITECT at its side. I was his constant delight, and I rejoiced always in his presence. How happy I was with the world he created, how glad I was with the human family!”
Note that in this passage Wisdom appears, whom the LORD God formed from the beginning before the creation of the Heavens and the Earth. It also says that Wisdom was the Architect creating everything alongside God. Who is this Wisdom? If we read 1 Corinthians 1:24 and 30, we see that Jesus is indeed the Wisdom and the Power of God the Father: “But to those called by God to salvation, both Jews and Gentiles, Christ is the POWER of God and the WISDOM of God. ”God has united you with Christ Jesus. For our benefit God made him to be WISDOM itself. Christ made us right with God; he made us pure and holy, and he freed us from sin.” Jesus—the Living Word—is, in fact, the One whom God the Father appointed from the beginning to speak his wise words and perform his mighty works.
Jesus is gloriously Divine because He emerged directly from God his glorious Father On one occasion, some of those living in Jerusalem questioned Jesus about whether He was truly the Messiah, for they knew where He came from. But He claimed that He was not there on His own, for He knew very well God his Father who had sent Him, because He CAME FROM Him—implying that He had come directly from God the Father and was therefore also Divine (John 7:25-29). Jesus declared in prayer his desire to return to the Father, the One True God, to share the same divine glory that He had had with Him before the world began, for He had come directly from God His Father (John 17:1-5): “I gave you glory [Father] here on earth by finishing the work you gave me to do. Now, Father, take me to the glory we shared before the world began.” (John 17:4-5) Jesus also said in prayer that his disciples had believed the message He had declared to them that He came directly from the bosom of his Father and that He had sent Him to the world: “I have made you known [Father] to those whom you gave me from this world. They were always yours. You gave them to me, and they have obeyed your word. Now they know that everything I have is a gift from you, because I have passed on to them the message you gave me. They accepted the message and know that I came from you and have believed that you sent me.” (John 17:6-8) God begot/generated (sometime in eternity before the creation of the world) his Son Jesus, thereby acquiring the same glorious and divine nature of his Heavenly Father. (See Genesis 1:3-5; John 1:1-3; Proverbs 30:4; Colossians 1:15-17; Hebrews 1:10-12.)
Since Jesus came from God his Father, in a certain way He is also Eternal like his Father because his seed was already active within the Spirit of the Eternal Father, up until the moment He was begotten/generated by God to be his Divine Son. We can see a similarity of this in the Scriptures when it says in Hebrews 7:1-10 that in a certain way Levi also gave the tithe to Melchizedek because his seed was already within his father Abraham when he gave the tithe of the spoils of battle to Melchizedek, the Priest of the Most High God.
God the Father is the origin of Jesus, and man is the origin of woman
Jesus Himself said on several occasions that He CAME directly from God, who was in fact His own Father, thus making Himself equal to God in Nature as His Father. That is, Jesus had inherited the same authority and power from His own Heavenly Father (John 13:3).
(See John 5:17-18; 7:29; 8:42; 16:27; 17:6-8.)
The FATHER and the SON created man in Their own image and likeness: MAN and WOMAN They created them. And just as Jesus was Divine like the Father because he CAME directly from his Father, so also the woman was human like the man because she CAME directly from her husband.
That is why the Scriptures say that man is the head or origin of his wife, and God the Father is the head or origin of his Son Jesus. In other words, the woman is the wife and servant of her husband, and Jesus is the Son and Servant of his Father.
(See Genesis 1:26-27; 2:18-24; 1 Corinthians 11:3, 7-10.)
Just as the woman is human in earthly nature because she comes directly from the rib of the man, who is also human, so also Jesus is God in divine nature because He comes directly from the bosom of the Father, who is also God in Nature (Divine Being) (John 1:18).
We conclude, then, that as man and woman are two humans in earthly nature—but at the same time one in the unity that surrounds them by the Divine Spirit—so also the Father and the Son are two Gods equal in divine nature—but at the same time One in the unity that surrounds them by the Divine Spirit (John 17:20-26).
The Father is the Invisible Source and Jesus is the Visible Channel
God the Father is the Supreme God in position—the Sovereign Lord, Eternal King, Invisible and Immortal—who is above all and is the Invisible SOURCE of all existence, including that of Jesus, his only Divine Begotten Son. (See Matthew 11:25; Luke 10:21; Acts 4:24; Ephesians 3:14-15; 1Timothy 1:17; 6:15-16.)
Jesus is the Visible CHANNEL and FILTER that expresses the very character of God the Father. He is the Visible Image of an Invisible God that no human being has ever seen (except Jesus Himself), who has never died, and who raised Jesus from the dead. (See John 1:18; 3:31-35; 5:37; 6:45-46; 8:38; Acts 2:32; 4:10; 2Corinthians 4:3-6; Colossians 1:15; Hebrews 1:1-5; 1John 4:12.)
God the Father sent his Only Divine Son into the world to save us
2000 years ago and out of love for us, God sent his Only Divine Son into the world as a sacrifice to take away our sins and for us to have eternal life through Him.
“For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.” (John 3:16-17)
“God showed how much he loves us by sending his only Son into the world, so that we might have eternal life through him. This is true love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as a sacrifice to take away our sins.” (1 John 4:9-10)
(See John 6:32-33, 38, 40; 1Corinthians 15:45, 47.)
God's Only Divine Son Became a Human Being to be able to redeem us
Jesus, God's Only Divine Son, offered to leave Heaven and its divine privileges to become a Human Being like us, born of a woman, in order to be able to fulfill his redemptive mission (Romans 8:3; Galatians 4:4-5).
“Then the [Living] Word (God in divine nature) became flesh and came to live among us. He was full of unfailing love and faithfulness. And we have seen his glory, the glory of the only Son from the Father.” (John 1:14)
“Have the same attitude that Christ Jesus had. Although he was God [in divine nature], he did not consider equality with God something to be grasped. Instead, he gave up his divine privileges; he took the humble position of a slave and was born as a human being. When he appeared in human form, he humbled himself in obedience to God [the Father] and died on a cross like criminals.” (Philippians 2:5-8)
“Without a doubt, the great mystery of our faith is this: Christ (God in divine nature) was revealed in a human body and vindicated by the Spirit. He was seen by angels and announced to the nations. He was believed on throughout the world and taken up to heaven in glory.” (1 Timothy 3:16)
«Because the sons of God are human beings—made of flesh and blood—the Son (God in divine nature) also became flesh and blood. For only as a human being could he die, and only through death could he break the power of the devil, who had the power of death. Only in this way could the Son free those who were held in bondage by fear of death.» (Hebrews 2:14-15)
Jesus said that He was also the Son of Man
Jesus said that His Father—the Supreme God—is Spirit, that is, a Divine Spiritual Being, and that therefore He must be worshiped in spirit and in truth, and at all times and in all places (John 4:23-24).
However, Jesus Himself repeatedly said that He was not only the Divine Son of God, but also the SON of MAN—that is, a Human Being—who will come at the end of time with His glorified human body to judge and restore the entire world (Matthew 26:64; Mark 14:62; Luke 22:69).
(See Matthew 8:20; 9:6; 10:23; 11:19; 12:8, 32, 40; 13:41; 16:13, 27-28; 17:9, 12, 22; 18:11; 19:28; 20:18, 28; 24:27, 30, 37, 39, 44; 25:13, 31; 26:2, 24, 45, 64.)
In fact Jesus was quoting in Matthew 26:64 what the prophet Daniel had seen in vision about a Son of Man (the Messiah) approaching and receiving authority from the Ancient One (God the Father):
“While my vision continued that night, I saw someone like a Son of Man coming down with the clouds of heaven. He came to the Ancient One, and they brought him before him. Authority, honor and sovereignty were given to him over all the nations of the world, to be obeyed by every race, nation and language. His government is eternal, it will have no end. His kingdom will never be destroyed.”
(Daniel 7:13-14)
After his death, Jesus’ body was made alive and glorified by the power of his Father’s Spirit (Romans 8:11). And God exalted his Son for his faithful obedience and great sacrifice, making Him Lord of all (Philippians 2:5-11). So Jesus is currently the SON of GOD as a powerful Divine Being, but He is also the SON of MAN as a glorified Human Being (Acts 7:56; 17:30-31; Romans 5:15; 1 Corinthians 15:45-47; 1 Timothy 2:5)
Jesus was sent by God the Father to do his will and finish his work
According to the Scriptures, Jesus offered to be sent to the world by God his Father to fulfill his will of dying to take away our sins and receive eternal life.
“Therefore, when Christ came into the world, he said to God [the Father]: “You did not desire animal sacrifices or sin offerings. But you gave me a body to offer. You had no pleasure in burnt offerings or other sin offerings. Then I said, ‘Here I am, O God, I have come to do your will, just as it is written about me in the Scriptures.’”” (Hebrews 10:5-7)
Jesus—the Divine and Human Son—said on several occasions that He was SENT by His Father to the world to proclaim His Truth, and also to suffer and give His life for us, in order to save us from the sinful nature that we all inherited (because of the disobedience and fall of the first man), and also from the consequent curse of sin.
(See John 3:16-17, 34; 4:34-38; 5:23-24, 30, 37-38; 6:37-40, 44, 57; 7:15-18, 28-29, 33; 8:16, 18, 26, 28-29, 42; 9:4; 10:36; 12:44-45, 49; 13:20; 14:24; 16:5; 20:21.)
On one occasion, Jesus told the crowd that He was the Bread of Life that God the Father had sent from Heaven to give us eternal life (John 6:35-40). He also said that His Father was greater than Him, because the one who is sent is not greater than the one who sends him (John 10:27-29; 13:16; 14:28).
Jesus also said that only His Father—who is greater and more powerful than Him—is the one who decides who will be at the right and left of Jesus on the throne. He also said that He did not know anything, but that only His Father knows the day and the hour that He will return in the authority of His God and Father (Matthew 20:23; Mark 13:11-32).
Jesus once told the crowd that He would be with them a little longer, and then He would return to the one who sent Him (God the Father) (John 7:33-34). Just before He was handed over and martyred, Jesus prayed to His Heavenly Father saying that He had given Him glory here on Earth, by finishing the work He had entrusted to Him; and asked Him to take him to the glory that he had shared with Him (God the Father) before the world began (John 17:4-5).
The Father was with Jesus on Earth through his own Holy Spirit
Jesus on Earth had the sinless nature of God the Father at birth, and then received the fullness of the Father's Spirit upon Him at baptism. The presence of God was with Jesus from then on so that He could work miracles and announce the Good News of the Heavenly Kingdom and Salvation, and so that He could give his life for all of us.
Jesus declared in John 14:9-11 that the Father was in Him, evidently through his Spirit, speaking the truth and working miracles:
“Jesus answered, “Philip, have I been with you all this time, and yet you still do not know who I am? Those who have seen me have seen the Father! So how do you ask me to show you the Father? Don’t you believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in me [through his Spirit]? The words I speak are not mine, but my Father, who lives in me, does his work through me. Only believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in me [through his Holy Spirit]; or at least believe because of the works you have seen me do.””
The apostle Peter mentioned this in Acts 2:22 and Acts 10:38: “Listen, people of Israel! God [the Father] publicly endorsed Jesus of Nazareth by performing mighty miracles, wonders, and signs through him, as you well know.” “And you know that God [the Father] anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power. Afterward Jesus went around doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, because God was with him.” (See Matthew 12:18; Luke 1:35; 3:21-22; 4:14-20; John 14:8-21; 17:20-26; Colossians 1:19-22.) Who or what is the Holy Spirit really?
In 1 Corinthians 2:10-12, the apostle Paul writes that the Holy Spirit is actually the very spiritual presence of God the Father: “But it was to us that God [the Father] revealed these things through His Spirit. For His Spirit searches everything and shows us the deep secrets of God. ”No one can know a person's thoughts except the person's own spirit, and no one can know God's thoughts except the Spirit of God. And we have received the Spirit of God (not the spirit of the world), so that we can know the wonderful things that God has given us.” In 2 Corinthians 3:16-18, Paul writes that the Holy Spirit is the very spiritual presence of Jesus: “But whenever someone turns to the Lord [Jesus], the veil is taken away. For the Lord is the Spirit, and wherever the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. So all of us who have had that veil removed can see and reflect the glory of the Lord. And the Lord—who is the Spirit—makes us more and more like him as we are changed into his glorious image.” In Galatians 4:4-6, Paul writes that the Holy Spirit is the very spiritual presence of Jesus: “But when the fullness of time had fully come, God sent his Son, born of a woman and born under the law. God sent him to redeem the freedom of those who were slaves of the law so that he might adopt us as his own sons. And because we are his children, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, prompting us to cry out, ‘Abba, Father! ’” In Acts 16:6-8, we read that the Holy Spirit is the very spiritual presence of Jesus: “Paul and Silas then traveled through the region of Phrygia and Galatia, for the Holy Spirit had kept them from preaching the word in the province of Asia at that time. Then when they reached the border of Mysia, they went north into the province of Bithynia, but again the Spirit of Jesus did not allow them to go there. So they continued on their journey through Mysia to the port of Troas.”
The Holy Spirit is God's glory, presence and power
In fact, the divine Holy Spirit, who is also sevenfold, is in itself the divine glory, the holy presence and the miraculous power of God the Father and also of Jesus, for He inherited it from his Father. It is the glorious spiritual substance of the inner being of God the Father and of Jesus, his divine Son. It is the same Spirit of the Father who raised Jesus from the dead and who was also sent throughout the Earth and poured out upon us, the born-again believers.
“(Jesus:) I do not ask you only for these disciples, but also for all who will believe in me through their message. I pray that they may all be one, just as you and I are one, that is, as you are in me, Father, and I am in you [through the Holy Spirit]. And that they may be in us, so that the world may believe that you sent me. “I have given them the glory [of the Holy Spirit] that you gave me, that they may be one, just as we are one. I am in them, and you are in me [through the Holy Spirit]. May they enjoy such perfect unity that the world will know that you sent me and that you love them as much as you love me. Father, I want those you gave me to be with me where I am. Then they will be able to see all the glory [of the Holly Spirit] you gave me, because you loved me even before the world began.” (John 17:20-24) "And you know that God [the Father] anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power. Afterward, Jesus went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for [the presence of the Holy Spirit of] God was with him." (Acts 10:38)
(See Genesis 1:1-2; Isaiah 11:1-2; Matthew 10:19-20; Mark 13:11; Luke 1:34-35; 4:16-21; John 4:23-24; 14:16-21; 20:19-22; Acts 1:8; 2:16-21, 32-33, 38-39; 8:36-39; 10:36-38; 11:20-21; 16:6-8; Romans 8:9-17; 1 Corinthians 1:24; 2:10-12; 5:3-4; 2 Corinthians 1:21-22; 3:3, 16-18; Galatians) 4:4-7; Ephesians 1:3-14; Philippians 1:18-19; 1 Thessalonians 4:7-8; 1 John 3:24; Revelation 4:5; 5:6.)
The Holy Spirit is the living water and the anointing/oil of joy that God pours upon us The Holy Spirit is the living water and the anointing/oil of joy that God pours upon us, through which God and Jesus speak to us and strengthen us, teach us and reveal the truth of the Divine Word, guide us and show us what we should say and do—and even what will happen—fill us with his love and empower us to perform healings, miracles and wonders, and preach the Word of God with boldness. “On the last and greatest day of the festival, Jesus stood and called out to the crowd, saying, “Whoever is thirsty may come to me! Whoever believes in me may come and drink! For the Scriptures declare, ‘Out of your heart will flow rivers of living water.’” (By “living water,” he meant the Spirit, who would be given to everyone who believed in him; but the Spirit had not yet been given, because Jesus had not yet entered his glory.)” (John 7:37-39) “(Jesus:) When I come to life, you will know that I am in my Father and that you are in me, and I am in you [through the Holy Spirit]. Those who accept my commandments and obey them are the ones who love me. And because they love me, my Father will love them. And I will love them and make myself known to each one of them. “All who love me will do whatever I say. My Father will love them, and we will come and live with each one of them.” (John 14:20-21, 23) “When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth. He will not speak on his own authority, but will tell you what he has heard and what will happen in the future. He will glorify me because he will tell you everything he receives from me. Everything that belongs to the Father is mine; therefore I said, ‘The Spirit will tell you everything He receives from me.’” (John 16:13-15) “In the last days,” says God, “I will pour out my Spirit on all peoples. Their sons and daughters will prophesy. Their young men will see visions, and their old men will dream dreams. In those days I will pour out my Spirit even on my servants—men and women alike—and they will prophesy.” (Acts 2:17-18) “(Peter the apostle:) God raised Jesus from the dead, and of this we are all witnesses. Now he has been exalted to the highest place in heaven, at God's right hand. And the Father, as he promised, gave him the Holy Spirit to pour out on us, just as you see and hear today.” (Acts 2:32-33) "Awe came upon them all, and the apostles performed many miraculous signs and wonders [through the anointing, the Holy Spirit, which they had received from on high]." (Acts 2:43) "After this prayer, the place where they were gathered was shaken, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit. And [the disciples] preached the word of God with boldness." (Acts 4:31)
"(God speaking to his Son:) You love righteousness and hate wickedness. Therefore, O God, your God has anointed you, pouring out the oil of joy on you more than on all others." (Hebrews 1:9)
“(John the apostle:) But you are not like that, for the Holy One (the Messiah) has given you his anointing, his Spirit, and you all know the truth. ”You have received the holy anointing, the Holy Spirit, and he lives in each of you, so you do not need anyone to teach you what is true. For the anointing, the Spirit, teaches you everything you need to know, and what he teaches is truth, not a lie. So then, just as he has taught you, remain in fellowship with Christ (the Messiah).” (1 John 2:20, 27) (See Matthew 10:19-20; Mark 13:11; 16:17-20; 14:12, 15-26; Acts 2:1-41; 4:29-31; 8:26-29; 16:6-10; Romans 5:5; 1 Corinthians 14:1-4; 1 John 2:18-27; 4:13; Jude 1:20-21.)
The Relationship of Jesus and his Disciples with the Holy Spirit
We must note that Jesus and his disciples never worshiped or asked the Holy Spirit for anything in prayer, but only from the Father and Supreme God (Matthew 6:7-15; John 4:23-24; 16:23-24; chapter 17; Acts 4:23-31; Ephesians 5:15-20; Philippians 3:3; Colossians 3:16-17).Why did Jesus and his disciples not worship or ask the Holy Spirit for anything in prayer? Because the Holy Spirit is simply not another divine person, but the very essence of the inner spiritual part of God and Jesus, which was poured out on all of his followers (Acts 2:1-18; 1Corinthians 2:10-12).
Jesus told his disciples that the Holy Spirit that He would send to them would not speak on his own, but would speak only what Jesus himself said, for Jesus transmits the Words of God his Father (John 16:13-15).
The Father and Jesus were One in the unity of the Spirit, and they always worked together to proclaim the truth about the Heavenly Kingdom and to perform miraculous works. In fact, Jesus said that He spoke and performed miracles in the name of His Heavenly Father, and that without Him He could do nothing. Thus, God the Father was constantly in and with Jesus, through His own Divine Spirit, proclaiming the Kingdom message and performing miraculous works (John 3:31-35; 5:17-20, 43-44; 7:16-18; 8:27-29; 10:25-26, 30-38; 12:49-50).
The religious Pharisees once accused Jesus that the testimony that He was the Light of the world and that He had been sent by God the Father came only from Him and was therefore invalid. But He answered them that his testimony was valid, because He was not alone but that the Father was with Him, through the Spirit of His Father in Him. He said that the Law states that if two people agree on something, their testimony is accepted as a fact. He went on to say that He was one of the witnesses, and that His Heavenly Father who sent Him was the other (John 8:12-19).
Jesus also said that just as He was in the Father and the Father in Him, so we would also be in Him and He in us, so that we would all be One in the unity that God's Holy Spirit brings (John 14:6-26; 17:20-26).
God the Father also testified at least a couple of times, loudly and from Heaven to the crowd and the disciples, that Jesus was His beloved Son who brings Him great joy.
(See Matthew 3:16-17; 17:5-6; 2 Peter 1:16-18; 1 John 5:9-12.)
Greetings from Paul in the name of God the Father and the Lord Jesus
Why does the apostle Paul not acknowledge or mention the Holy Spirit in each of his greetings in his letters to brothers and sisters in the faith? As for example in Philippians 1:2: "May God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ give you grace and peace." And why in 1 Timothy 5:21 does Paul only acknowledge and mention God and Jesus, and then instead of acknowledging the Holy Spirit he mentions the highest angels? "I solemnly command you, in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus and of the highest angels, to obey these instructions without taking sides or showing favoritism to anyone." And why again in 2 Timothy 4:1 does Paul only mention God and Jesus? “I earnestly appeal to you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who will one day judge the living and the dead when he comes to establish his kingdom...” The logical answer is that the Holy Spirit is not another divine person, but the same Spirit of God the Father and of Jesus the Messiah. Jesus received it from the Father, just as we have received it as well.
Jesus is the Way to access God the Father Jesus openly told his disciples that He was the Way for us to have access and intimate relationship with God his Father, after He would resurrect and send us his Spirit: “”There is more than enough room in my Father’s house. If there were not, would I have told you that I am going to prepare a place for you? When everything is ready, I will come back to take you, so that you may always be with me where I am. And you know the way to where I am going.” “No, Lord, we do not,” Thomas said. “We have no idea where you are going, so how can we know the way?” “Jesus answered, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one can come to the Father except through me.”” (John 14:2-6) “On that day you will not need to ask me for anything. I tell you the truth, you will ask the Father directly, and he will grant your request, because you ask in my name. You have not done so before. Ask in my name and you will receive and have abundant joy. “On that day you will ask in my name. I do not say that I will ask the Father on your behalf, for the Father himself loves you deeply, because you love me and have believed that I came from God.” (John 16:23-24, 26-27) After Jesus' disciples received the Holy Spirit right after his resurrection, the disciples evangelized saying that Jesus the Messiah is the Way that leads us to God the Father: "At that time a great problem arose in Ephesus concerning the Way (Jesus)." (Acts 19:23) "(The apostle Paul:) I persecuted the followers of the Way (Jesus), harassing some to death, and I arrested both men and women and threw them into prison." (Acts 22:4) "(Paul:) But I admit that I am a follower of the Way (Jesus), which they call a sect. I worship the God of our ancestors and firmly believe in the Jewish law and in everything that the prophets wrote." (Acts 24:14)
God the Father raised his Son Jesus from the dead
As we have seen previously, Jesus offered to come to the world to fulfill the will of his Father (Hebrews 10:5-7).
Jesus lived a life of total surrender as a human being to the point of dying on the cross and being buried, in order to break the power of sin over us and free us from the fear of death, so that we can be reconciled to his Father (Hebrews 2:5-18).
After suffering and dying, the Son of God and Man was raised from the dead on the third day by the very Spirit of his Father (Hebrews 5:7-10). “God knew what would happen, and his predetermined plan was carried out when Jesus was betrayed. With the help of lawless Gentiles, you [the Jews] nailed him to the cross and killed him. But God freed him from the terrors of death and brought him back to life, for death could not hold him in its grip. “God raised Jesus from the dead, and of this we are all witnesses.” (Acts 2:23-24, 32) "The Spirit of God who raised Jesus from the dead lives in you, and just as God raised Jesus Christ from the dead, he will give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit who lives in you." (Romans 8:11) “I passed on to you the most important things, and what was also passed on to me: Christ died for our sins, just as the Scriptures say. He was buried, and on the third day he was raised from the dead, just as the Scriptures say.” (1 Corinthians 15:3-4)
(See Acts 2:22-32; 3:14-15; 4:10; 5:30; 10:39-42; 13:29-37; Romans 4:23-25; 8:34; 2Corinthians 4:14; Galatians 1:1; Hebrews 13:12, 20; 1Peter 1:3; 3:21.)
God the Father sat Jesus at his right hand on his throne and gave him authority over everything Because of the great sacrifice and suffering Jesus endured on the cross to save us from sin and damnation, God the Father elevated Him and made Him sit in the highest place of honor, at his right hand on his throne, and gave Him AUTHORITY above every name that exists in Heaven and on Earth: «[After being resurrected,] Jesus came and said to his disciples, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.”» (Matthew 28:18) “Now he (Jesus) has been exalted to the highest place in heaven, at the right hand of God. And the Father, as he had promised, gave him the Holy Spirit to pour out on us, just as you see and hear today.
”For David never ascended to heaven; yet he said, ‘The Lord said to my Lord, ‘Sit in the place of honor at my right hand until I humble your enemies and put them under your feet.’” (Acts 2:33-35) “Therefore God exalted Jesus to the place of greatest honor and gave him the name that is above all other names, so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.” (Philippians 2:9-11) “[Jesus:] All who overcome will sit with me on my throne, just as I also overcame and sat down with my Father on his throne.” (Revelation 3:21) (See Psalm 110:1; Daniel 7:9-10, 13-14; Matthew 26:63-64; Mark 12:35-36; 14:61-62; Acts 5:31; 7:54-56; Romans 8:34; 1Corinthians 1:24; Ephesians 1:19-23; Colossians 2:9-10; 3:1; Hebrews 1:1-4; 2:9-10; 8:1-2; 10:11-14; 12:1-4; 1Peter 3:22.) In Acts 5:54-56, Stephen, the disciple of Jesus and deacon of the church who was full of faith and the Holy Spirit, gave public testimony just before his martyrdom that the heavens had opened and that he could therefore see God the Father and his Son Jesus in the place of honor, just at the right hand of God: «The Jewish leaders were furious at Stephen's accusation and shook their fists at him in rage. But Stephen, filled with the Holy Spirit, looked up to heaven and saw the glory of God [the Father]. And he saw Jesus standing in the place of honor at the right hand of God. And he said to them, 'Look! I see the heavens opened and the Son of Man standing in the place of honor at the right hand of God! '»
God the Father sat Jesus in the place of greatest honor, at his right hand on his throne, and gave Him the authority to be Lord, King and Mighty God over every name/power, until the Father humbles all his enemies and puts them under the feet of his Son (Psalm 110:1; 1Corinthians 15:24-28). (See Psalms 2, 45 and 72; Isaiah 9:6; John 20:26-29; Acts 2:33-36; 10:36; 1Corinthians 12:3; 2Corinthians 4:5; Philippians 2:9-11; Hebrews 1:8-9; 2Peter 1:1; Revelation 2:26-28; 20:4-6.)
God gave Jesus authority as Judge to give life and judge every human being God the Father who is the JUDGE of all (Hebrews 12:23) gave Jesus, his Divine and Human Son, the authority to give life to the dead and also to judge, so that He would also be honored by all just as all honor God the Father. In fact, Jesus is the JUDGE that God has appointed to resurrect and judge, on the day of final judgment, the living and the dead in the name of His Father:
“(Jesus:) And truly I say to you, the time is coming—indeed, it has already come—when the dead will hear my voice, the voice of the Son of God, and those who listen will live. The Father has life in himself, and he has given the Son that power to give life. And he has given him authority to judge all, because he is the Son of Man.
”Do not be so amazed! Indeed, the time is coming when all who are in the tombs will hear the voice of the Son of God and will be resurrected. Those who did good will be resurrected to eternal life, and those who continued in their wickedness will be resurrected to face judgment.”
(John 5:25-29)
"And he (Jesus) commanded us [his disciples] to preach everywhere and testify that Jesus is the one God has appointed to be the judge of all, of the living and the dead." (Acts 10:42) (See Matthew 16:27; Mark 8:38; Luke 9:26; John 5:19-30; Acts 17:30-31; 2Corinthians 5:10; 2Timothy 4:1, 8; James 5:8-9; 1Peter 4:4-5; Revelation 2:11, 26-29; 3:5; 11:15-18; 20:11-15.)
Both the Father and his Son are "Lord of lords and King of kings"
In Matthew 11:25 and Luke 10:21, Jesus prayed to his Father, calling him “Lord and Possessor of Heaven and Earth.”
In Acts 4:24-30, after the apostles Peter and John were released from questioning by the Jewish leaders, they then gathered with the rest of the believers and prayed directly to God the Father, calling him “Sovereign Lord, Creator of Heaven and Earth.”
And in 1 Timothy 6:13-16, the apostle Paul writes that God the Father is “Lord of all lords and King of all kings.”
In several Psalms we can read that the LORD, God the Father, is also the great King full of glory of the entire Earth.
(See Psalm 5:2; 10:16; 24:7-10; 44:4; 47.)
Because of the total obedience and great suffering that Jesus endured, the Father made Him Lord, King, and Heir of all things.
Precisely in Revelation 17:13-14 and 19:15-16 we read that Jesus is also “Lord of all lords and King of all kings” like his Father.
(See John 18:36-37; Acts 2:36; 10:36; 1Corinthians 8:6; Hebrews 1:1-3; Jude 1:4.)
God is literally the God and Father of Jesus the Messiah
We must clarify that although Jesus is Lord above all, however He is NOT above God the Father, who is literally his God and Father and Source of all existence with authority over his Son.
According to Psalm 40:6-8 and Hebrews 10:5-7, when Jesus came to Earth, He told his Father that He was willing to do his will to sacrifice himself and die for all of us. Notice here that Jesus spoke to his Father mentioning that He was his own God:
“Then I said, ‘Here I am. As it is written about me in the Scriptures: I delight to do your will, my God, for your law is written on my heart.’”
(Psalm 40:7-8)
“Then I said, ‘Here I am, O God; I have come to do your will, as it is written about me in the Scriptures.’”
(Hebrews 10:7)
Jesus also made it clear in these next two passages that God is his own God and Father:
“Don’t cling to me,” Jesus said to Mary Magdalene, “for I haven’t yet ascended to the Father. But go find my brothers and tell them, ‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.’”
(John 20:17)
“All who are victorious will become pillars in the Temple of my God, and they will never have to leave it. And I will write on them the name of my God, and they will be citizens in the city of my God—the new Jerusalem that comes down from heaven from my God. And I will also write on them my new name.”
(Revelation 3:12)
The apostle Paul wrote that there is one God and Father of all, and also one Lord, Jesus the Messiah:
“But for us there is one God, the Father, by whom all things were created and for whom we live; and there is one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom all things were created and through whom we live.”
(1Corinthians 8:6)
“There is one Lord (Jesus), one faith, one baptism; one God and Father of all, who is over all and in all and lives through all.” (Ephesians 4:5-6) In Hebrews 1:8-9 (which refers to Psalm 45:6-7), we see that God the Father here addresses his Son and calls Him "God" in delegated authority, but at the same time affirms that He is "his God" in position:
“But [God] says to the Son, ‘Your throne, O God, is forever and ever. You rule with a scepter of righteousness. You love justice and hate wickedness. Therefore, O God, your God has anointed you by pouring upon you the oil of gladness above all others.’”
(See Psalm 22:9-10; Micah 5:3; John 20:17; Romans 15:5-6; 2Corinthians 1:3; 11:31; Ephesians 1:3, 17; Hebrews 1:8-9; 10:5-7; 1Peter 1:3; 1John 1:3; 2John 1:3; Revelation 1:5-6; 2:26-27; 3:5, 12, 21; 14:1.)
The authority that God the Father gave to Jesus is temporary As we have seen earlier, God the Father gave Jesus authority to be Lord, King and Mighty God over all things, and to reign until all enemies are humbled under his feet (Psalm 110; Luke 1:31-33). Jesus will triumph over all his enemies at the end of his thousand-year reign on Earth (Revelation chapter 20). Then He will hand the Kingdom back to his Father so that This One may be the Only Supreme God over all things everywhere.
All this is described in 1 Corinthians 15:24-28:
“After that will come the end, when the Messiah will hand over the kingdom to God the Father, having destroyed every ruler and power and authority. For Christ must reign until he humbles all his enemies beneath his feet. And the last enemy to be destroyed is death.
”For the Scriptures say, “God has put all things under his authority.” (Of course, when it says “all things are under his authority,” it does not include God himself, who gave Christ his authority.) Then, when all things are under his authority, the Son will put himself under God’s authority, so that God, who gave his Son authority over all things, will be completely supreme over all things everywhere.”
God is our Heavenly Father and Jesus is our Heavenly Elder Brother As we have seen before, God is the literal Father of Jesus. According to the Scriptures, God is also our heavenly Father, we who are his adopted children through faith in his Son. Here are some biblical passages that show that Jesus is currently our Heavenly Elder Brother: “As they were traveling along, Jesus met them and greeted them. They ran to him, took hold of his feet, and worshiped him. Then Jesus said to them, ‘Do not be afraid! Tell my brothers to go to Galilee, and there they will see me.’” (Matthew 28:9-10) “‘Do not hold on to me,’ Jesus said to Mary Magdalene, ‘for I have not yet ascended to the Father. But go, find my brothers and tell them, ‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.’” (John 20:17) “For God foreknew those who were his own and chose them to become like his Son, so that his Son would be the firstborn among many brothers.” (Romans 8:29) “Therefore, Jesus and those he makes holy have the same Father. For this reason Jesus is not ashamed to call them his brothers, for he said to God, ‘I will declare your name to my brothers. Among your gathered people I will praise you. ’ He also said, ‘I will put my trust in him,’ meaning, ‘I and the children God has given me.’” (Hebrews 2:11-13)
The Father is the True God, and the Son is Eternal Life
Jesus declared praying to his Father in John 17:2-3, that the way to have ETERNAL LIFE is to personally know God his Father, the ONLY TRUE GOD, and Jesus the Messiah and Savior, whom He had sent:
“You have given your Son authority over all people. He gives eternal life to everyone you have given him. And the way to have eternal life is to know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you sent to earth.”
The apostle John writes in 1 John 1:1-3, that Jesus, who has existed from the beginning, is the Word of Life and is ETERNAL LIFE itself. He was with God the Father and was then revealed to us so that we can have fellowship with Them both:
“We proclaim to you Him who has existed from the beginning, whom we have seen and heard. We have seen Him with our own eyes and touched Him with our own hands. He is the Word of life. He who is life itself has been revealed to us, and we have seen Him; and now we testify and proclaim to you that He is eternal life.
”He was with the Father and was then revealed to us. We proclaim to you what we ourselves have seen and heard, so that you may have fellowship with us; and our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son, Jesus Christ.”
The apostle John writes in 1 John 5:11-12 and 20 that God the Father gave us ETERNAL LIFE, and that this Life is in his Son. He also writes that Jesus came to give us understanding so that we may know his Father—the true God—and thus be able to have fellowship with both. He concludes by saying that the Father is the TRUE GOD, and the Son is ETERNAL LIFE:
“And this is the testimony that God [the Father] has given: He gave us eternal life, and that life is in his Son. Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life.
“And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding so that we might know [his Father] the true God. And now we have fellowship with the true God because we have fellowship with his Son, Jesus Christ. He [the Father] is the only true God, and he [the Son] is eternal life.”
(See 1Corinthians 1:9; 1John 2:24-25.)
The Lord Jesus is the Father of Eternal Salvation
In Isaiah 9:6, the prophet speaks about Jesus, “the Son who has been given to us,” and writes that he will be called “Everlasting Father.” Today, most believers believe that Jesus is God the Father. But what it really means, after reading the Scriptures in context, is that Jesus, after suffering and shedding his blood, became the FATHER of ETERNITY, that is, the FATHER or the Author or the Founder or the Source of ETERNAL SALVATION and ETERNAL LIFE. The apostle Peter blamed the religious Jews for killing the Author of Eternal Life: “You killed the author [father or founder or source] of [eternal] life, but God raised him from the dead. And we are witnesses of that fact!” (Acts 3:15) And in Hebrews it is repeatedly mentioned that Jesus is the one who initiates Eternal Salvation: “God [the Father]—for whom and through whom all things were made—chose to bring many sons to glory. It was fitting for God to make Jesus through what he suffered to be a perfect leader, one who was able [as father or author or founder or source] to lead them to [eternal] salvation.” (Hebrews 2:10) “Although he was God’s Son, Jesus learned obedience from what he suffered. Thus God made him fit to be the perfect High Priest, and Jesus became the source [father or author or founder] of eternal salvation for all who obey him.” (Hebrews 5:8-9) “We do this by looking to Jesus, the champion who initiates [as father or author or founder or source] and perfects our faith. Because of the joy that awaited him, Jesus endured the cross, regardless of the shame it represented. Now he sits in the place of honor at the throne of God.” (Hebrews 12:2)
Both the Father and His Son are both our Saviors
According to the Scriptures, God the Father is our Savior, because out of love for us, He sent his Son Jesus to suffer and die on the cross to save us from the power of sin and death. “For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.” (John 3:16-17) In the letters of the Apostles we can see that God the Father is our Savior through the Lord Jesus, the Savior and Messiah whom He sent to pay the debt we owed Him: “This is good and well-pleasing to God our Savior, who desires all men to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth. ”For there is one God and one Mediator who is able to reconcile mankind to God, and that is the man Christ Jesus. He gave his life to buy freedom for all.” (1 Timothy 2:3-6) “All glory to him who is the only God, our Savior through Jesus Christ our Lord.” (Jude 1:25) (See 2Samuel 22:3; Psalm 68:19; 140:7; Isaiah 43:3; 49:26; 60:16; Luke 1:46-47; 1Timothy 1:1; 4:10; 2Timothy 1:9-10; Titus 1:3; 2:10; 3:3-7.) Of course, Jesus is our Great Savior by offering Himself as an atoning sacrifice to suffer for us. Without Him, the Father could not have saved us from the curse of sin and death that we have all inherited because of the disobedience of the first human being. (See Zechariah 9:9; Matthew 1:20-21; Luke 1:69; 2:10-11; 3:6; John 4:42; Acts 5:31; 13:23-24; Ephesians 5:23; Philippians 3:20-21; 2Timothy 1:9-10; Titus 1:4; 2:13-14; 3:3-7; 2Peter 1:1, 10-11; 2:20; 3:2, 18; 1John 4:14.)
Jesus is the First to exist and to rise from the dead Jesus, the Messiah, is the FIRSTBORN of all that has been created/generated by God. He is the beginning of everything, the firstborn, and the first to be raised from the dead in a glorious body by the Father. So He is the FIRST in everything. God the Father not only made Jesus the creator of the heavens and the earth, but He also made him the head of His church—us born-again believers: “Christ is the visible image of the invisible God. He existed before anything was created, and he is the firstborn over all creation. “For through him God created everything in the heavenly realms and on earth. He made the things we can see and the things we cannot see, such as thrones and kingdoms and rulers and authorities in the invisible world. All things were created through him and for him. He existed before all things and holds all creation together. “Christ is also the head of the church, which is his body. He is the firstborn of all who are raised from the dead. So he is the first in everything.” (Colossians 1:15-18) (See Acts 26:23; Revelation 1:5-6.)
Jesus reconciled us to God the Father God, in all his fullness and through his own Spirit, was pleased to live in his Son; and through him, God RECONCILED all things to himself. He made peace with everything in heaven and on earth through the blood of his Son Jesus shed on the cross: “For God, in all his fullness, was pleased to live in Christ, and through him, God reconciled all things to himself. He made peace with everything in heaven and on earth through the blood of Christ on the cross. “That includes you, who were once far from God. You were his enemies, separated from him by your evil thoughts and actions; but now he has reconciled you to himself through the death of Christ in his physical body. As a result, he has transferred you to his own presence, and now you are holy, blameless, and able to appear before him without fault.” (Colossians 1:19-22) The apostle Paul writes in Romans 5:1-2: “Therefore, since we have been made righteous in God’s sight through faith, we have peace with God because of what Jesus Christ our Lord has accomplished for us. ”Because of our faith, Christ has brought us into this place of undeserved privilege where we now stand, and we look forward with confidence and joy to sharing God’s glory.” Paul writes in 2 Corinthians 5:18-19: “For God was in Christ reconciling the world to himself, no longer counting people’s sins against him. And he gave us this wonderful message of reconciliation.”
And the apostle Peter writes in 1 Peter 3:18: "Christ suffered for our sins once for all. He never sinned, but died for sinners to bring them safely to God. He suffered physical death, but was raised to life in the Spirit." (See Acts 10:34-43; Romans 5:1-11; 2Corinthians 5:14-21; Ephesians 4:14-18; Revelation 1:5-6; 5:6-10.) Therefore, if we want to have access to God the Father to love, worship and serve Him, we must first repent towards God, and also submit and follow his Son Jesus, who gave his life for us so that we could receive the Spirit of God, and therefore have direct access to God his Father. “Peter replied, “Each of you must repent of your sins and turn to God and be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. Then you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. “This promise is for you and for your children and for those who are far off—for all who have been called by the Lord our God.”” (Acts 2:38-39) (See John 1:12; 14:6; 16:23-24; Mark 8:34-38; Ephesians 2:14-18; 1Timothy 2:5; Hebrews 1:8-9; 7 :23-25.)
Jesus is the perfect Lamb of God the Father
Jesus is the perfect LAMB of God the Father—the Lord God Almighty. He sent Him from Heaven as an sacrifice and ransom to cleanse us from our sins by shedding his blood on the cross: “The next day John saw Jesus coming to him and said, ‘Look! The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world! ’” (John 1:29) “For you know that God paid a ransom to save you from the empty life you inherited from your ancestors. It was not paid with worthless silver or gold, but with the precious blood of Christ, the sinless and spotless Lamb of God. “God chose him as your ransom long before the world began, but now in these last days he has been revealed for your sake.” (1 Peter 1:18-20) “God showed his love for us by sending his only Son into the world so that we might have eternal life through him. This is true love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as a sacrifice to take away our sins.” (1 John 4:9-10) (See Romans 3:23-26; Hebrews 10:1-18; 1John 2:1-2; Revelation 5:7-10; 21:22-23.) Jesus is the High Priest of God the Father God the Father made his Son Jesus HIGH PRIEST by shedding His blood for us on the cross, so that He could be our Savior and Mediator who constantly intercedes before God for us born-again believers: “Therefore Christ did not honor himself by becoming High Priest, but was chosen by God, who said to him, ‘You are my Son; today I have become your Father.” And in another passage God said to him, ‘You are a priest forever, according to the order of Melchizedek.”” (Hebrews 5:5-6) “So Christ has now become High Priest over all the good things that have come. He has entered the higher and more perfect tabernacle in heaven, which was not made with human hands and is not part of the created world. “With his own blood—not the blood of goats and calves—he entered the Most Holy Place once for all, and secured our eternal redemption.” (Hebrews 9:11-12) “There were many priests under the old system, because death prevented them from continuing their functions; But since Jesus lives forever, his priesthood is eternal. Therefore he is able to save—once for all time—those who come to God through him, since he lives forever to make intercession with God on their behalf.” (Hebrews 7:23-25) (See 2Corinthians 3:4; Ephesians 5:20; 1Timothy 2:5; Hebrews 4:14—5:10; 7:11-28; 8:1-13; 9:11-28; 12:22-24.) We must emphasize that Jesus on Earth was lower than the angels, for it was necessary for Him to be fully human like us, in order to become our merciful and faithful High Priest before God the Father through his death and resurrection (Hebrews 2:9-18). «However, we do see Jesus, who for a little while was given a position “a little lower than the angels” and because he suffered death for us, he is now “crowned with glory and honor.” Indeed, by God’s grace, Jesus experienced death for everyone. ”Because God’s sons are human beings—made of flesh and blood—the Son also became flesh and blood. For only as a human being could he die, and only through death could he break the power of the devil, who had the power of death. Only in this way could the Son free all who were held in bondage by the fear of death.” (Hebrews 2:9, 14-15) (See Romans 8:26-39; Galatians 4:1-7; Ephesians 2:13-22; 1John 2:1-2.)
The Spirit of Love of the Father towards his Only Son and towards us
The basic nature of the Spirit of God is genuine, selfless LOVE. In Psalm 86:15 we can perceive the five attributes of God's Love: "But you, O LORD, are a God of compassion and mercy, slow to anger and abounding in unfailing love and faithfulness." We can see the immense LOVE that God the Father has for his only Son Jesus, whom He begot and gave the same divine attributes as Himself. The Father, through his Spirit, was in Jesus during his ministry on Earth, and both enjoyed an intimate and loving communion.
In John 4:21-24, Jesus told the Samaritan woman that the relationship God desires, and indeed had with Him, was a very deep, ongoing, and personal relationship. He told her that God his Father is Spirit—a Spiritual Being—, and therefore He likes us to worship Him in spirit and in truth—that is, with all our hearts, at all times and in all places: “Jesus replied, ‘Believe me, dear woman, the time is coming when it will make no difference whether you worship the Father on this mountain or in Jerusalem. You Samaritans know very little about the one you worship, but we Jews know whom we worship, for salvation comes through the Jews. ”But the time is coming—in fact, it has already come—when true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth. The Father is looking for people who will worship him in this way. For God is Spirit, so everyone who worships him must worship in spirit and truth.’” We can also see the immense LOVE of God the Father for us by sending us and giving us his Divine Son as a sacrifice, for the redemption of our sins and our reconciliation to God, so that He could pour upon us his own SPIRIT full of heavenly and inexhaustible LOVE, and thus have intimate communion with Him and with his Son Jesus.
In John 17:20-26, Jesus spoke of this when He prayed to his Father just before he was handed over: “I do not ask for these disciples alone, but also for all who will believe in me through their message. I ask that they all may be one, just as you and I are one, as you are in me, Father, and I am in you. And that they may be in us, so that the world may believe that you sent me. “I have given them the glory that you gave me, that they may be one, just as we are one. I am in them and you are in me. May they be so completely one that the world may know that you sent me and that you love them as much as you love me. Father, I want those you gave me to be with me where I am. Then they will see all the glory you gave me, because you loved me before the world began. “O righteous Father, the world does not know you, but I know you; and these disciples know that you sent me. I have made you known to them and will continue to do so. Then your love for me will be in them, and I also will be in them.” (See John 1:12-14; 3:16-17; chapters 14 to 17; 1Corinthians 1:9; chapter 13; 2Corinthians 13:14; Ephesians chapter 1; 3:14-19; Hebrews 9:14-15; 1John 1:3; 4:7-17.) We pray that you too can deeply understand and receive the immense Love of our Heavenly Father that He pours into our hearts selflessly, through faith and obedience to his only Divine Son Jesus, and through the power of his glorious Holy Spirit (his own spiritual presence). (See also Acts 2:4, 17-18, 33, 38; 10:44-47; 16:6-8; Romans 5:1-5; 8:26-27; 15:30; 1Corinthians 2:12-14; 2Corinthians 5:5; Galatians 4:6; 5:5-6, 22-23; Ephesians 2:17-18; 4:30; 5:9, 18; 6:18; Philippians 1:19; Colossians 1:7-8; 1Thessalonians 1:6-7; 4:7-8; 5:16-22; 2Thessalonians 2:13-14; 2Timothy 1:13-14; Titus 3:4-7; 1Peter 1:2, 22; 4:14; 1John 3:24; Jude 1:20-21.)
The Roots, the Tree, the Branches and the Sap
Here is a good illustration to help us better understand the place and function of the Father, the Son, us believers, and the Holy Spirit:
• God the Father is like the deep ROOTS hidden from view of a great tree.
• The Lord Jesus is like the TREE, strong and beautiful for everyone to see.
• We believers are like the visible BRANCHES united to the visible Tree (the Lord Jesus).
• And the Holy Spirit is like the inner SAP or living substance that comes and emanates from the invisible Roots (God the Father) to the visible Tree (the Lord Jesus) and the visible Branches (we believers).
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