So the basic faith related question that was brought to me, and had me seeking more of God was:
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Was Jesus, a perfect man (made by God) who received the Christ- or God Spirit at His baptism, and now believers receive that same Christ Spirit?
Needless to say I spent many following days going through the scriptures and listening to the Spirit to find the what I believe is the confirmed truth. This is the same truth I would like to share with you today. To do this, I would like to look at a few scriptures that illustrate how our God truly is the Tri-une/Three-in-one God:
- John 1:1 KJV (Emphases mine)
And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.
- John 1:14 KJV (Emphases mine)
For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost:
and these three are one.
- 1 John 5:7 KJV (Emphases mine)
For arguments sake, I would like to look at one more illustration. In Isaiah we see that God is also called: "The first and the last":
- Isaiah 41.4 KJV (Emphases mine)
- Revelation 1:11 KJV (Emphases mine)
And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not; I am the first and the last: I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.
- Revelation 1:17-18 KJV (Emphases mine)
Why do we try to complicate what the Bible teaches so clearly? Why do we look for hidden messages and complicate what is actually so simple?
I have heard it said that: The problem with the Bible is that when it is taken out of context, it can be used to say almost anything imaginable. I would like to correct that statement: The problem is not the Bible, the problem is people. We do not know God, and we do not know what the Bible teaches. We read the Bible in small drips and drabs and then expect to understand it as a whole. And even when we do start reading it as a whole, our humanity kicks in and we get stuck on verses that could be understood in 10 different ways, and then for some reason stick to the one that confuses us most.
May prayer and innermost desire today is that we all, including myself, stop trying to complicate God and what He is trying to tell us. Trusting God means that we stop trying to find human mistakes in the Bible or in what He does. The moment we start doing this, is the moment we know we are truly starting to trust God with all we are.