That the God of
our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the
spirit of wisdom
and revelation in the knowledge of him: Ep.1:17
THE Revelation of
Jesus
Christ,
........... which God gave unto him,
........... to shew unto his servants things which
must shortly come to pass;
........... and he sent and signified it by his
angel unto his servant John: Re.1:1
That the God of our Lord Jesus
Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you
........... the spirit
........... ...........
of wisdom
........... ...........
and revelation
........... ...........
in the knowledge of him: Ep.1:17
Christ is defined to us in several terms but
never as dissociated from God the Father.
Philippians 2:5 Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:
Philippians 2:6 Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God:
morph-ē A.form, shape, twice in Hom. (not in Hes.), soi d' epi men morphē epeōn thou hast comeliness of words, Od.11.367 alla theos morphēn epesi stephei God adds a crown of shapeliness to his words, Od.8.170: freq. later, “morphas duo onomazein LXX To.1.13,
outward form, opp. “eidos, hekaterō tō eideos pollai m.” Philol.5; “allattonta to hautou eidos eis pollas morphas” Pl.R.380d; “m. theōn” X.Mem.4.3.13, cf. Ep.Phil.2.6
3. kind, sort, E. Ion 382, 1068 (lyr.),
3. A model after which any thing is made, a pattern, stamp,
TOBIT 1:13 - Then the Most High
gave me favor and
good appearance in the sight of Shalmaneser, and I was his buyer of
provisions.
forma , 3. A model after which any thing is made, a pattern, stamp, last (of a shoemaker), etc.: “utendum plane sermone, ut numo, cui publica forma est,” Quint. 1, 6, 3:
2. An outline, plan, design (of an architect, etc.): “cum formam videro, quale aedificium futurum sit, scire possum,”
4. A mould which gives form to something:
b. The grammatical form of a word: “utrum in secunda forma verbum
verbum ,
D. In eccl. Lat. as a translation of logos Vulg. Joan. 1, 1; id. 1 Joan. 5, 7; id. Apoc. 19, 13. a. Orally, by word of mouth (opp. scripturā):
Hebrews 1:3 Who being the brightness of his glory,
and the express image of his person,
and upholding all things by the word of his power,
when he had by himself purged our sins,
sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;
Hebrews 1:4 Being made so much better than the angels,
as he hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they.
Hebrews 1:5 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?
Hebrews 1:6 And again, when he bringeth in the firstbegotten into the world,
he saith, And let all the angels of God worship him.
Prīmōgĕnĭtus As subst.: prīmōgĕnĭta , ōrum, n., the right of the first-born, birthright, Vulg. Gen. 25, 33;
Second Adam
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Romans 5:10 For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by
the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by
his life.
Romans 5:11 And not only so, but we also joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received the atonement.
Romans 5:12 Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:
Romans 5:13 (For until the law sin was in the world: but sin is not imputed when there is no law.
Romans 5:14 Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over
them that had not sinned after the similitude of Adam’s transgression,
who is the figure of him that was to come.
Romans 5:15 But not as the offence, so also is the free gift. For if
through the offence of one many be dead, much more the grace of God, and
the gift by grace, which is by one man, Jesus Christ, hath abounded
unto many.
Hebrews 1:7 And of the angels he saith, Who maketh his angels spirits, and his ministers a flame of fire.
Hebrews 1:8 But unto the Son he saith, Thy throne, O God, is for ever
and ever: a sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre of thy kingdom.
Genesis 1:27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
Genesis 1.27
et creavit Deus hominem ad imaginem suam ad imaginem Dei
creavit illum masculum et feminam creavit eos
Imāgo , ĭnis, f. cf. imitor,
I.an imitation,
copy of a thing,
an image,
likeness (i. e. a picture, statue, mask, an apparition
A. In gen.,
a representation,
likeness (usu. of a person),
statue,
bust,
picture:
“
varia pereuntium forma et omni imagine mortium,”
Tac. H. 3, 28:
forma , 3. A model after which any thing is made, a pattern, stamp, last (of a shoemaker), etc.: “utendum plane sermone, ut numo, cui publica forma est,” Quint. 1, 6, 3:
2. An outline, plan, design (of an architect, etc.): “cum formam videro, quale aedificium futurum sit, scire possum,”
4. A mould which gives form to something:
b. The grammatical form of a word: “utrum in secunda forma verbum
Genesis 9:6 Whoso sheddeth man’s blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.
Philippians 2:7 But made himself of no reputation,
and took upon him the form of a servant,
and was made in the likeness of men:
Philippians 2:8 And being found in fashion as a man,
he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death,
even the death of the cross.
Philippians 2:9 Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him,
and given him a name which is above every name:
God who came into the
physical realm was HIS Christ or His annointed:
The kings of the earth stood
up, and the rulers were gathered together against the Lord, and
against his
Christ. Ac.4:26
And the seventh angel sounded;
and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this
world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever.
Re.11:15
And I heard a loud voice saying
in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of
our God, and the power
of his Christ: for the
accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our
God day and night. Re.12:10
Christ may be difined in
several ways but Christ MEANS the POWER and WISDOM of God. That is
His WORD. God "thinks" and propels His "word" with His "breath" or
spirit.
But unto them which are
called, both Jews and Greeks,
Christ
the power OF God, and
the wisdom OF God. 2 Cor 1:24
That no flesh should glory in his presence. 1 Cor 1:29
But of him are ye
in Christ Jesus, who of God
is made unto us
wisdom,
and righteousness,
and sanctification,
and redemption: 1 Cor 1:30
That, according as it is
written, He that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord. 1 Cor 1:31
And I fell at his feet to
worship him. And he said unto me, See thou do it not: I am thy
fellowservant, and of
thy brethren that
have the testimony of
Jesus: worship God:
for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy. Rev 19:10
The American Restoration Movement also held
that God is a trinity in the same way that mankind, created in His
Image, is a trinity of those qualities which make up one whole being:
"For God is
rational, and Reason
was first
in Him; and so all things were from Himself.
This Reason is His
own Thought
(or Consciousness) which the Greeks call logos,
by which term we also designate Word or
Discourse and therefore it is now usual with our people, owing
to the mere simple interpretation of the term,
to say that the
Word was in the
beginning with God;
although it would be more suitable to regard Reason as the more ancient;
because God had not
Word from the beginning,
but He had Reason
even before the beginning;
because also
Word itself consists of Reason, which it thus proves to have been the prior
existence as being its own substance....
He became also the
Son of
God, and was begotten
when He proceeded
forth from Him
(Tertullian from chs. 5,7).
"Again--Some will say,
What does the expression
Holy Spirit mean? Well,
in scripture it stands first
for God the Holy
Spirit, and
secondly for the holy mind or spirit
of a
believer--for
illustration, take Peter's words to Ananias, "Why has Satan tempted
you to lie to the Holy Spirit; you have not lied to men, but to God,"
(the Holy Spirit.) And the Saviour says, How much more will your
heavenly Father give a holy
spirit (as it should be translated) to those that ask him.
Again--Praying in a
holy spirit.
Again--Paul says he approved himself God's servant "by knowledge, by
long sufferings, by kindness, by a holy spirit'" by a mind innocent of the love of gain, or commerce, or
sensuality.
Walter Scott Early Restoration Movement leader.
To say "God's Spirit" is to say God. As Paul's
body fought with his innermost being, God has within Himself three
natures:
Whither shall I go
from thy spirit?
or whither shall I flee from thy presence? Psalm 139:7
If I ascend up into
heaven, thou
art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there. Psalm
139:8
If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of
the sea; Psalm 139:9
Even there shall
thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me. Psalm 139:10
God, Who is not flesh and bones and blood, does
not procreate but creates. When His invisible power is manifested in
manipulating His physical world that power is His
Mind
expressing Itself. This
Spirit in Hebrew does not speak of a
separate person:
Ruwach
(h7307) roo'-akh, roo'-akh; from 7306 (anticipate, perceive, quick
understanding); wind; by resemblance breath, i. e. a sensible (or
even violent exhalation; figurative life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extens. a region
of the sky; by resemblance spirit .. of a rational being including its expression and
functions
Therefore, when the Psalmist could not escape
God's Spirit he could not escape God's mental presence as it
expressed
itself to him. When he could not escape
God's physical manifestation for or against hime, he understood that
it was God's right hand. Paul recognized that the invisible or "unknown" God
was the One he preached. He did not need to be manipulated by
singing, dancing and playing musical instruments to be aroused. He
was "in the midst" of two or three recognizing His invisible, Spirit
presence:
God
that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is
Lord of
heaven and earth,
dwelleth not in temples made with hands; Acts 17:24
Neither is
worshipped with mens hands, as though he needed any thing, seeing he giveth to
all life, and breath,
and all
things; Acts 17:25
And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all
the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before
appointed, and the bounds of their habitation; Ac 17:26
That they should
seek the Lord, if haply they might feel after him, and find him,
though he be not far
from every one of us:
Acts 17:27
When Stephen spoke to the Father he said, "Lord
Jesus." When the Spirit presence spoke to Paul and continued to lead
him, the presence identified Himself as "Jesus whom thou
persecutest."
Therefore, the Spirit is personified with the
use of personal pronouns but not because He is a Person separated
from full Deity. Rather, as my spirit groans within me
and argues with me (Roman 7, Romans 8), God's invisible Spirit is
personified because it belongs to Him. Furthermore, this is a common
way of "humanizing" even inanimate objects:
Paul Tillich wrote:
"The Spirit is sometimes personified in the Bible, as in John 16:7-8, and this has led
many to believe that it is a person. They do so because they do not
take into account an idiom of the original Greek language. In Greek,
inanimate objects which in English would be couched in the
neuter
gender, are given a
masculine or feminine
gender, if those
objects are identified with any particular individual. ' For example,
a chair is described as "it" in English, because it is neuter, being
neither masculine nor feminine. But in Greek that chair can be
identified with its owner. If it belongs to me, the chair is
described as he; if
it belongs to my wife, as she.
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Consistent with this, in Romans eight (the key
proof-text for three gods) Paul did not speak of "The Holy Spirit"
but the "Spirit of God" or the "Spirit of Christ."
The spirit of a man knows the
thoughts
of the man but the spirit is not a second "person" of the man. In the
same way, the Spirit or Mind of Christ knows the thoughts of full
Deity embodied in Jesus Christ. A holy spirit is our having the Holy
Spirit or Mind of God. Therefore, a Holy Spirit is a personification
of God's Mind. This Holy Spirit will not ever delude us into doing
something Christ in Person would not do.
The "Spirit Father" gave Himself to become the
"Indwelled Son." He will give Himself Again in pure or Holy Spirit
form:
And I will pray the
Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever; John 14:16
Even the Spirit of
truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not,
neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and
shall be in you. John 14:17
I will not leave
you comfortless: I will
come to you. John 14:18
In making promises to the apostles, Jesus said
that the Comforter will come because I have many other things
to teach you. This was through Jesus
Christ again working within His Spirit,
invisible nature.
Nevertheless I tell
you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go
not away, the Comforter (Christ in John 14:18)
will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you.
John 16:7
And when
he is come, he will reprove the world of
sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment: John 16:8
I
have yet many things
to say unto
you, but ye cannot bear
them now. John 16:12
The Bible consistently shows that our minds can
control our spirit. Our mind is our power to think and manipulate
things. Our spirit is the mental disposition of our mind:
And did not he make
one? Yet had he the residue of the spirit. And wherefore one? That he
might seek a godly seed. Therefore (you) take heed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife of
his youth. Malachi 2:15
In Greek, because the spirit of the man
belonged to the man it would be called a "he." Yet, the man's spirit
was not a separate person.
Jesus guarded against contradicting Himself by
making His Spirit another
Person rather than another Comforter.
This "Spirit of truth" will not be a ghost or a person who has the power to
speak a single word from His own Spirit.
The Spirit will not glorify a "Holy
Spirit Person." The Spirit of Truth is the Spirit which is Truth.
In human terms my "spirit" glorifies me. My
mental disposition and power of creativity which comes from my mind
gives glory to me the "person." The miraculous power of Christ
through His Spirit working through the Apostle-Prophets doing what
Jesus Christ said would be done validated Jesus Christ as God
Incarnate. He was and is what He claimed to be. The word
glorify
means to honor or worship. Therefore, the Spirit of Christ shows the
worth of Jesus Christ. That is, the Spirit worships the visible Son
of God.
Howbeit when he,
the Spirit of
truth, is come,
he will guide you into all truth: for
he shall not speak of
himself; but whatsoever
he shall
hear, that shall he
speak: and he will shew you things to come.
John 16:13
........... He shall glorify me: for he shall receive of mine, and shall shew it unto you. John 16:14
Jesus said that His Words were "spirit and
life" (Jn 6:63). When He spoke He "breathed" holy Spirit upon the
apostles through teaching them the Word. When the Spirit of this
truth came He would not be another person. He doesn't even have any words to speak. Therefore, the only words you are ever going to get
from the Holy Spirit will come from the Mind of Lord Jesus Christ.
The encounter of Paul shows that His name is "Jesus" because the
Spirit would "come in My name."
By analogy, if people honor human mind or
intellect and tell others about it while ignoring the "person" and
diminishing his worth, they insult the person. To grieve the Spirit
of God is to ignore the
Words of God. To grieve our spirit you
ignore our words. This is not "a mystery" better felt than told.
"For this reason,
the Holy Spirit has frequently been personified in Scripture,
identifying it with God, and so it is personified as he. "However, if the Holy Spirit
were actually a person
it should be
rendered as he in
every
place where the word is
referred to; but it is not. It is sometimes rendered in the neuter.
In Romans 8:16, Paul writes: "The Spirit itself
beareth witness with our spirit." The neuter, itself is used, and this is in accord with the Greek text,
as any Greek scholar will acknowledge.
"To personify inanimate
objects is normal in
Scripture. Wisdom
is represented as a woman
(Proverbs 9:1), mammon
is described as a friend
(Luke 16:9), sin is
personified as a slave-owner (Romans 6:16), the Holy Spirit as a comforter (John 14:26), expressing the spirit of Truth. So
Micah declared: "I am full of power by the spirit of the Lord" (Micah
3:8). The prophets were moved by the spirit
to record the Scriptures (Nehemiah 9:20; 2 Peter 1:21), and God used
the same means to speak to Israel through His Son (Hebrews 1: 1). For
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"Personification.-- This is a figure of speech by which
inanimate beings are spoken of as animated, or endowed with life
and volition; animals are endowed with feelings akin to those of
men.
"This is well
suited to an imaginary condition of mind, and therefore frequently
employed in Hebrew Scriptures. Indeed, it is now a staple in the
market of communication, and we use it so commonly ourselves that whe
have almost ceasted to speak of it as a figure of speech." (Prof. D.
R. Dungan, Hermeneutics, p. 324, Gospel Light Publishing)
Some examples of personification
are:
And he
saw that there was no man, and
wondered that there was no intercessor: therefore his arm
brought salvation unto him; and his righteousness, it sustained him. Isaiah 59:16
In the beginning was God's power of thought.
The power was with God and the power was God. It would never do
to call Mother earth a "he." Yet when we speak of her we do not prove
that mother earth is a person:
And it came to
pass, as he had made an end of speaking all these words, that the
ground clave asunder that was under them: Numbers 16:31
And the
earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up, and their houses, and all
the men that appertained unto Korah, and all their goods. Numbers
16:32
As far as we know, the sea does not have eyes
and the power to get so fearful that it runs away. Yet,
The sea saw it, and fled:
Jordan was driven back. Psalm 114:3
The mountains skipped like
rams, and the
little hills like
lambs. Psalm 114:4
What ailed thee, O
thou sea, that thou
fleddest? thou Jordan,
that thou wast driven back? Psalm 114:5
Many of the musical passages in the Old
Testament speak of the "earth" singing or the trees singing. The land
truly rejoices and obeys God's laws when men are destroyed and
scattered away:
The whole earth is
at rest, and is quiet: they break forth into singing. Isaiah 14:7
Yea, the
fir trees
rejoice at thee, and
the cedars of Lebanon, saying, Since thou art laid down, no
feller is come up against us. Isaiah 14:8
The mountains saw thee, and they trembled: the overflowing of the water passed by: the
deep
uttered his
voice, and lifted up his hands on high. Habakkuk 3:10
The sun and moon
stood still in their habitation: at the light of thine arrows they
went, and at the shining of thy glittering spear. Habakkuk 3:11
Take therefore no thought for
the morrow: for the morrow
shall take
thought for the
things of
itself. Sufficient unto
the day is the evil thereof. Matthew 6:34
Making the Godhead into three separated persons
or members of the "God family" and one only because they are
made of the same God
stuff leaves Father and Son somewhere
else while the Holy Spirit as the "person" competent and fitted for
the church age rules our lives.
This diminishes Father-Son-Spirit by denying
that Lord Jesus Christ in His fleshly form or image is full Deity's
expression of itself to mankind. And Christ, in Whom dwelled full
Deity, is denied the role He prophesied when He said that "I will
come to you" as the "another" Comforter.
An apostrophe turns from the real and speaks
of an imaginary thing. For instance:
O thou
sword of the
Lord, how long will it
be ere thou be
quiet? put up
thyself into thy scabbard, rest, and be still. Jeremiah 47:6
How can it be
quiet, seeing the Lord hath given it a charge against Ashkelon, and against the sea shore?
there hath he appointed it. Jeremiah 47:7
O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killest the prophets, and stonest them that are sent unto thee; how often
would I have gathered thy children together, as a hen doth gather her brood under her wings, and ye
would not Luke 13:34
We honor all views of the Godhead by denying
that they are three, separate Beings able to stand "side by side and
face to face to hold conferences." We should seek a holy spirit by
conforming our lives to the revealed Word or Spirit of Christ.
To see that Holy Spirit is a personification of
God's Mind see First Corinthians, chapter two.
Kenneth Sublett
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