Is it possible to Understand the Godhead Part o6

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PART SIX
"The Son" Refers to the Flesh
What part of Jesus was the Son? The angel told Mary this in Luke
I:35 "And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall
come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee:
therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be
called the Son of God." Paul wrote in Galatians 4:4 "But when the
fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman,
made under the law."
The Son is the flesh or humanity. The Father is the great eternal
Spirit who indwelt the Son, and thus the great mystery is solved.
Joseph was not the father of Jesus. He was the reputed father only. It
was the eternal Spirit who performed the miracle act of paternity upon
the virgin womb. The Holy Ghost was a Father to Jesus, and that Holy
Ghost (the eternal God who fathered Him) indwelt Him. That is why He
could say, "He that hath seen me hath seen the Father." There were not
two persons but two natures, human and divine, Son and Father, all in
Jesus Christ.
The mystery of godliness is God making Himself man. The Bible speaks of
another mystery that is entirely opposite in nature, the mystery of
iniquity. The mystery of iniquity is man making himself God. Mark well
the following words: If this generation does not accept the truth of
the mystery of godliness, it will be compelled to accept the mystery of
iniquity. Let us rejoice in the great truth that God came in the flesh
as Jesus Christ.
The Full-Orbed Deity of JesusChrist
Plain Statements from Scripture.
Jesus is the Father.
Isaiah 9:6 "For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and
the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called
Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The
Prince of Peace.
John 14:9 "Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and
yet hast thou not known me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the
Father; and how sayest thou [then], Shew us the Father?"
Verses to Compare
I. Who raised Jesus from the dead?
Jesus did.
John 2:19-22, "Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple,
and in three days I will raise it up. Then said the Jews, Forty and six
years was this temple in building, and wilt thou rear it up in three
days? But he spake of the temple of his body. When therefore he was
risen from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this
unto them; and they believed the scripture, and the word which Jesus
had said."
The Father did.
Romans 6:4 "Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death:
that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the
Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life."
2. Who answers prayer?
Jesus in John 14:14 "If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do
[it]."
The Father in John 16:23 "And in that day ye shall ask me nothing.
Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in
my name, he will give [it] you."
3. Who has the drawing power?
Jesus according to John 12:32 "And I, if I be lifted up from the earth,
will draw all [men] unto me."
The Father according to John 6:44 "No man can come to me, except the
Father which hath sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at the last
day." 4. Who is the Alpha and Omega?
Revelation 1:8 says it is Jesus.
Revelation 1:8 "I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending,
saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the
Almighty."
Revelation 21:6-7 says it is the Father.
Revelation 21:6-7 "And he said unto me, It is done. I am Alpha and
Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst
of the fountain of the water of life freely. He that overcometh shall
inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son."
5. Who is the coming One?
John I4:3 says it is Jesus.
John 14:3 "And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again,
and receive you unto myself; that where I am, [there] ye may be also."
1 John 3:1-2 says it is the Father.
1 John 3:1-2, "Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed
upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world
knoweth us not, because it knew him not. Beloved, now are we the son of
God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that,
when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he
is."
No one could possible believe two persons raised Jesus from the dead,
that two persons answer prayer, that two persons draw us to God, that
two persons are the Alpha and Omega, and that two persons are coming.
If we believe in One Eternal God, we Know He does all these things.
Christ’s Truthful Claims
Jesus claimed that He was the resurrection, the answerer of prayer, the
drawing power, the Alpha and Omega, and the coming One. He did not He
claim too much because Jesus is the Father.
I. Christ is a Father to His children
Hebrews 2:13 "And again, I will put my trust in him. And again, Behold
I and the children which God hath given me."
John 1:12-13, "But as many as received him, to them gave he power to
become the sons of God, [even] to them that believe on his name: Which
were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will
of man, but of God."
If He gives us power to become His Sons, He must be our father. The
phrase "Elder Brother" is not found in Scripture as referring to our
Messiah.
2. Christ is the Father of eternity
Isaiah 9:6 "For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and
the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called
Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, (margin:
Father of Eternity) The Prince of Peace.
3. Christ is the Father to the church
Isaiah 53:10 "Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he hath put [him]
to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall
see [his] seed, he shall prolong [his] days, and the pleasure of the
LORD shall prosper in his hand."
4. Christ is the Father to overcomers
Revelation 21:7 "He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I
will be his God, and he shall be my son."
5. Christ is the Father of creation
John 1:3 "All things were made by him; and without him was not any
thing made that was made."
6. Christ is the Father to Israel, "his people"
Matthew 1:21 "And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his
name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins."
7. Christ is the Father of lights
James 1:17 "Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and
cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness,
neither shadow of turning." John 9:5 "As long as I am in the world, I
am the light of the world." END OF PART SIX
8. Christ is the Father of spirits
Hebrews 12:9 "Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which
corrected [us], and we gave [them] reverence: shall we not much rather
be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live?"
John 1:3 "All things were made by him; and without him was not any
thing made that was made."If we deny the Fatherhood of Jesus we also
deny that He is God. Paul says "there is one God the Father." In Greek
and is also translated even which frequently changes the meaning of the
translation. This is 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."
Ephesians 4:6 "One God and Father of all, who [is] above all, and
through all, and in you all."
John 4:21-24, "Jesus saith unto her, Woman, believe me, the hour
cometh, when ye shall neither in this mountain, nor yet at Jerusalem,
worship the Father. Ye worship ye know not what: we know what we
worship: for salvation is of the Jews. But the hour cometh, and now is,
when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in
truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him. God [is] a Spirit:
and they that worship him must worship [him] in spirit and in truth."
Here we have absolute proof that the Holy Spirit is not inferior to the
Father and the Son. Jesus is the Son
In the scriptural passages relative to the Son two thoughts come
prominently into view: (I) manhood or humanity and (2) time. For
example:
The Son learned.
We are plainly told this by Paul in Hebrews 5:8, "Though he were a Son,
yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered."
The Son prayed
Read this in John 17:1 "These words spake Jesus, and lifted up his eyes
to heaven, and said, Father, the hour is come; glorify thy Son, that
thy Son also may glorify thee."
The Son was sent
This is in 1 John 4:14 "And we have seen and do testify that the Father
sent the Son [to be] the Saviour of the world." This is confirmed in
John 3:16 "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten
Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have
everlasting life."
The Son was not as great as the Father
This is stated in John 14:28 "Ye have heard how I said unto you, I go
away, and come [again] unto you. If ye loved me, ye would rejoice,
because I said, I go unto the Father: for my Father is greater than I."
The Son had blood
John tells us in 1 John 1:7 "But if we walk in the light, as he is in
the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus
Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin."
The Son died
Paul tells us in Galatians 2:20-21, "I am crucified with Christ:
nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life
which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God,
who loved me, and gave himself for me. I do not frustrate the grace of
God: for if righteousness [come] by the law, then Christ is dead in
vain."
All this clearly shows that as Son Jesus was man. The angel clearly
said so to Mary in Luke 1:35 "And the angel answered and said unto her,
The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall
overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of
thee shall be called the Son of God."The Term "Eternal Son"
Is this Scriptural or is it A Trinitarian Invention?
The term "eternal Son" is never found in the Bible. If it was, it would
teach Jesus was Son forever, praying, learning, being lesser, "not
knowing," and so on. For all these things are in the Scripture
associated with the Son. Indeed, the Bible flatly and plainly
contradicts the "eternal Son" idea even in John 3:16 and also
everywhere it mentions the "begotten Son." The words eternal and
begotten are contradictory and mean completely opposite things.
We are told the very day in which the Son was begotten by His
resurrection in Hebrews 1:5-6, "For unto which of the angels said he at
any time, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee? And again, I
will be to him a Father, and he shall be to me a Son? And again, when
he bringeth in the firstbegotten into the world, he saith, And let all
the angels of God worship him."
The New Testament also tells us when His Sonship role will cease in 1
Corinthians 15:28 "And when all things shall be subdued unto him, then
shall the Son also himself be subject unto him that put all things
under him, that God may be all in all." We believe in the eternity of
the One Who came as the Son, but do not refer to Him as the Eternal
Son. He is the Eternal God and Father of Eternity, but only became the
Son in time as to His humanity. There is a vital difference as Adam
Clarke explains at the end of this article.
Threefold Purpose of the Sonship
I. Redemption (Hebrews 2:14; Galatians 2:20).
Hebrews 2:14 "Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and
blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through
death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the
devil;"
Galatians 2:20 "I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet
not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the
flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave
himself for me."
2. Mediation (Hebrews 7:3; 10:I2).
Hebrews 7:3 "Without father, without mother, without descent, having
neither beginning of days, nor end of life; but made like unto the Son
of God; abideth a priest continually."
Hebrews 10:12 "But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for
sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God;"
3. Millennial reign and judgment (Matthew 26:64; Acts 17:3I; John
5:22).
Matthew 26:64 "Jesus saith unto him, Thou hast said: nevertheless I say
unto you, Hereafter shall ye see the Son of man sitting on the right
hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven."
Acts 17:31 "Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge
the world in righteousness by [that] man whom he hath ordained;
[whereof] he hath given assurance unto all [men], in that he hath
raised him from the dead."
John 5:22 "For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all
judgment unto the Son:"
Jesus is the Holy Spirit
Verses to Compare
I. There is one Spirit (Ephesians 4:4).
Ephesians 4:4 2[There is] one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are
called in one hope of your calling;"
2. There is but one Lord, Jesus Christ (I Corinthians 8:6 NIV).

1 Corinthians 8:6 "Yet for us there is but one God, the Father, from
whom all things came and for whom we live; and there is but one Lord,
Jesus Christ, through whom all things came and through whom we live."
(NIV)
3. "Now the Lord [Jesus is the one Lord] is the Spirit" (2
Corinthians 3:I7, NIV).

2 Corinthians 3:17 "Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of
the Lord is, there is freedom." (NIV)
The Titles of the Spirit Reveal that He is Jesus (in Emanation)
The Spirit of His Son (Galatians 4:6).
Galatians 4:6 "And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit
of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father.!The Spirit of Jesus
(Acts 16:7, NIV). END OF PART SEVEN
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