Mark Powell The God-Head Trinity Harding University

Mark E Powell The.God-Head Trinity Harding University. Jesus Christ is the Holy Spirit Comforlter. Godhead just means that Jesus OBEYED God fully.

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If you grasp that Moses was not speaking of the creation of material things. After the instrumental - Trinitarian-Perverted rejection of God's Grace at Mount Sinai, Moses wrote or compiled the well-documented cosmology and theology to warn the "Jews" whom God sentenced to captivity and death. This understanding established a time-line with Day Six ending about now.

Once Christian Bible Colleges have been infiltrated a diverted by people who debunk the first Pentecost and use sorcery-like teachings and practices always claiming that they are guided by THE HOLY SPIRIT. In fact they may be:

The Holy Spirit or Comforter or Paraclete is named "Jesus Christ the Righteous" in 1 John 2
In the Glorified STATE of Holy Spirit (never a person) Jesus has the power to judge and condemn those who are clearly destroying those OF the World, Ecumenical, kingdom of Satan making war against the Kingdom of Christ.

The following Table proves that, at this end time, the same authority as the God-Sent and trained Apostles, Prophets and SCRIBES.

The PATTERN established by Jesus is to RID the faithful churches of Senior Pastors, STAFF (called Parasites), massive LADED BURDENS of Music to disable the rational mind, loud destructive rituals and the week filled with professional MINISTERS to make certain that your money and time is organized for most of the week.

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The PATTERN of Jesus
Matt. 11:25 At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank thee,
        O Father, Lord of heaven and earth,
        because thou hast hid these things from the WISE and prudent,
        and hast revealed them unto babes.
WISE or SOPHISTS: Practicing Rhetoric, Music, any Scenic or public display

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Sophos , ē, on, A. skilled in any handicraft or art, clever, harmatēlatas s. Pi.P.5.115, cf. N.7.17; “kubernētēsA.Supp.770; “mantisId.Th.382; “oiōnothetasS.OT484 (lyr.); of a sculptor, E.Fr.372; even of hedgers and ditchers, Margites Fr.2; but in this sense mostly of poets and musicians, Pi.O.1.9, P.1.42, 3.113; en kithara s. E.IT1238
etc.; also en oiōnois, kithara, E. IT662, 1238 (lyr.);

Rev. 12:15 And the serpent cast out of his mouth water as a flood after the woman,
        that he might cause her to be carried away of the flood. {banqueting}

G3789 ophis of'-is Probably from G3700 (through the idea of sharpness of vision); a snake, figuratively (as a type of sly cunning) an artful malicious person, especially Satan:—serpent.
equiv. to drakōn in Hes.Th.322, 825: metaph., ptēnon argēstēn ophin, of an arrow, A.Eu.181.
The "serpent" in the garden of Eden is defined as a Musical Enchanter(ess).  It is related to brass bell-metal and to the flute.
Matt. 11:26 Even so, Father: for so it seemed good in thy sight.
Matt. 11:27 All things are delivered unto me of my Father: and no man knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal him.
Matt. 11:28 Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
LADED BURDEN; phort-izō , phortia ph. tinas load them with burdens, Ev.Luc.11.46; perissē dapanē ph. ta koina    hudatis -izousa ton ophthalmonencumbering, Hes.Op.690; phortioumenos meli to carry away a load of honey,Aenigma Sphingis (ap.Sch.E.Ph.50):
Phortikos hapanta mimoumenē tekhnē phortikē art that imitates with a view to any and every man is vulgar, of an inflated rhetorical style, to discourse more like a clown than one of liberal education 2. philosopher, i. e. one who speculates on truth and reality,  -ōtatē leitourgiamost onerous, ; Epainos praise singing  mim-eomai
REST FROM:

leitourg-eō , 2. perform religious service, minister, “epi tōn hierōnD.H.2.22; “t. (Written lit- in Rev.Et.Anc.32.5 (Athens, i B.C.), etc., cf. leitourgion, leitourgos.
IV. Astrol., leitourgoi, hoi, astral gods subordinate to the dekanoi, Iamb.Myst.9.2

Matt. 11:29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.
Matt. 11:30 For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.


ONLY THE APOSTLES RECEIVED THE PENTECOSTAL BAPTISM WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT
John 20:22 And when he had said this, he BREATED on them, and saith unto them, Receive ye the HOLY GHOST:
5453. φύω phuo, foo´-o; a primary verb; probably originally, to “puff” or blow, i.e. to swell up; but only used in the implied sense, to germinate or grow (sprout, produce), literally or figuratively: — spring (up).
Acts 1:1 The former treatise have I made, O Theophilus,
        of all that Jesus began both to do and teach,
Acts 1:2 Until the day in which he was taken up,
         after that he THROUGH THE HOLY SPIRIT
         had GIVEN COMMANDMENTS unto the apostles whom he had chosen:


[1]
Acts 1:3 To whom also he shewed himself alive after his passion by many infallible proofs,
        
[2] being seen of them forty days,
        
[3] and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God:
[4] Acts 1:4 And, being assembled together with them,
        
[5] commanded them that they should not depart from Jerusalem,
        
[6] but wait for the promise of the Father, [7] which, saith he, ye have heard of me
Acts 1:5
[8] For John truly baptized with water;
        
[9] but YE shall be baptized with the HOLY SPIRIT
              
What they heard when Jesus returned and SHED FORTH what YE see and hear.
        Acts 2:2 And suddenly there came a sound from heaven
               as of a rushing MIGHTY WIND,
               and it FILLED all the house where they were sitting.

4157. πνοή pnoe, pno-ay´; from 4154; respiration, a breeze: — breath, wind.
4154. πνέω pneo, pneh´-o; a primary word; to breathe hard, i.e. breeze: — blow. Compare 5594

G4151 SPIRIT PNENUM Apnyoo'-mah From G4154 ;
A CURRENT OF AIR
       that is, BREATH (blast) or a breeze
         [10] not many days hence.

THAT PROVES THAT NO PENTECOSTIAL CAN CLAIM PENTECOST
[11] Mark 9:1 And he SAID UNTO THEM, Verily I say unto you,
     
[12] That there be SOME OF THEM THAT STAND HERE
     
[13] which shall not taste of death,
     
[14] till they have seen the kingdom of God come with power.
[14A] John 20:22 And when he had said this,
        he breathed on them, and saith unto them, RECEIVE YE THE HOLY GHOST

BREATHED IS: 1720. ἐμφυσάω emphusao, em-foo-sah´-o; from 1722 and φυσάω phusao (to puff) (compare 5453); to blow at or on: — breathe on.

Wg907. βαπτίζω baptizo, bap-tid´-zo; from a derivative of 911; to immerse, submerge; to make whelmed (i.e. fully wet); used only (in the New Testament) of ceremonial ablution, especially (technically) of the ordinance of Christian baptism: — Baptist, baptize, wash.
Acts 1:6 When they therefore were come together, they asked of him, saying,
    Lord, wilt thou at this time restore again the kingdom to Israel?
Acts 1:7 And he said unto them, It is not for you to know the times or the seasons,
     which the Father hath put in his own power.
Acts 1:8
[15] But ye shall receive POWER, after that the HOLY SPIRIT is come upon you:
        [THIS POWER WAS]
       
[16] and ye shall be WITNESSES unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria,
        and unto the uttermost part of the earth.
Acts 1:9 And when he had spoken these things,
[17] while they beheld, he was taken up;
        and a cloud received him out of their sight.
Acts 1:10 And
[17] while they looked stedfastly toward heaven as he went up,
        behold, two men stood by them in white apparel;
Acts 1:11 Which also said,
[18] Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven?
        this same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven,
       
[18] shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven.
Matt. 17:1 And after six days Jesus taketh Peter, James, and John his brother,
      and bringeth them up into an high mountain apart,
Matt. 17:2 And was transfigured before them:
     and his face did shine as the sun,
     and his raiment was white as the light.
g3339. μεταμορφόω metamorphoo, met-am-or-fo´-o; from 3326 and 3445; to transform (literally or figuratively, “metamorphose”): — change, transfigure, transform.
Acts 1:12  [19] Then returned they unto Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet,
         which is from Jerusalem a sabbath day’s journey.


CLICK BELOW: ALL TRINITARIANS FEED OFF ONE OR TWO ORIGINALS AND LIE ABOUT THE CHURCH SCHOLARS.

CLICK BELOW: THOMAS CALLED JESUS MY LORD AND MY GOD.
Q. God the Word (John 1:1; cf. 20:28), My Lord and My God

CLICK BELOW: "Godhood”—the state or quality of being God
 

Prof. Mark E. Powell, Ijams Administration Building 209 believes as Part of a Community church to prove that the "contemporary view" to be discussed is that of John Mark Hicks:  "there is only one true and eternal God consisting of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit [the Trinity or God-head]. These three exist as a loving community."
John.Mark.Hicks.Communion.of.the.Holy.Spirit.html

The word is not COMMUNITY: the Godhead is not three members of a communion. The Word is that the SPIRIT OF GOD COMMUNICATES by putting His WORD into the Mouth of the MAN Jesus of Nazareth MOUTH for the LAST TIME

  Godhead or Divinity means those who FULLY FOLLOW GOD'S COMMANDS. SEE BELOW

GODHEAD DOES NOT MEAN A THREE-HEADED GOD;
-theotēs , ētos, , A  divinity, divine nature, Ep.Col.2.9, Plu.2.359d, Luc. Icar.9, etc.; dia theotēta for religious reasons
OR: hosi-otēs , ētos, , A. disposition to observe divine law, piety, Pl.Prt.329c, Euthphr.14d sq., X.Cyr.6.1.47, pros theōn ho. piety towards them, Plu.Alc.34 ; pros tous theous ”like Lat. pietas, pros goneis ho.D.S.7.4 ; “pros tēn tekousanId.31.27.


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Acts 17:26 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;
Acts 17:27 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 17:28 For in
HIM we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also HIS offspring.
Acts 17:29 Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that
THE Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man’s device.
Acts 17:30 And the times of this ignorance God winked at;
        but now commandeth all men every where to repent:



Powell, associate professor of theology at Harding School of Theology in Memphis, Tenn., deftly guides readers of his book, Centered in God: The Trinity and Christian Spirituality ,” on that spiritual journey.

1Cor. 8:6 But to us there is but ONE GOD [Theos] the Father, OF whom are all things,
        and we in him; and one
        Lord [Kurios] Jesus Christ, BY WHOM are all things, and we by him.

Paul wants BOTH male and female to be Silent so that the WORD can be READ.
  

1Tim. 2:1 I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers,
        intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men;
1Tim. 2:2 For kings, and for all that are in authority;
        that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty.
PEACEABLE G2272. ἡσύχιος hesuchios, hay-soo´-khee-os; a prolonged form of a compound probably of a derivative of the base of 1476 and perhaps 2192; properly, keeping one’s seat (sedentary), i.e. (by implication) still (undisturbed, undisturbing): — peaceable, quiet.
1Tim. 2:3 For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour;
1Tim. 2:4 Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth.
1Tim. 2:5 For THERE IS ONE GOD
        and ONE MEDIATOR between God and men, THE MAN Christ Jesus;
1Tim. 2:6 Who gave himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time.
1Tim. 2:11 Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection.
SILENCE g2271. ἡσυχία hesuchia, hay-soo-khee´-ah; feminine of 2272; (as noun) stillness, i.e. desistance from bustle or language: — quietness, silence

Powell makes a convincing case for the idea that we can better realize what it means to be spiritually formed into God’s people when we better understand God.  "I can think of no better ay to reflect on the doctrine of the trinity than in the context of Christian spiritualiity than within the intelllectual space which the doctrinee of the trinity provides. 

John 10:25 Jesus answered them, I told you, and ye believed not: the works that I do in my Father’s name, they bear witness of me.
John 10:26 But ye believe not, because ye are not of my sheep, as I said unto you.
John 10:30 I and my Father are one. [ UNANIMOUS]
John 10:32 Jesus answered them, Many good works have I shewed you from my Father;
        for which of those works do ye stone me?
John 10:33 The Jews answered him, saying,
        For a good work we stone thee not; but for blasphemy;
        and because that thou, being a man, makest thyself God.

John 10:36 Say ye of him, whom the Father hath SANCTIFIED (Given A holy spirit],
        and sent into the world, Thou BLASPHEMEST; because I said, I am the SON OF GOD?
John 10:37 If I do not the works of my Father, believe me not.
John 10:38 But if I do, though ye believe not me, believe the works:
        that ye may know, and believe, that the Father is in me, and I in him.

Mark 2:10 But that ye may know that the SON OF MAN hath power on earth to forgive sins, (he saith to the sick of the palsy,)

This rejects Holy Scripture and through meditation or walking the Labyrinth THE Holy Spirit gives one a word or idea. Thereafter leaving the text behind a spirit will tell you what neither God nor Jesus were able to communicate to our changed culture.

Rom. 12:2 And be not conformed to this world:
        but be ye transformed by the RENEWING OF YOUR MIND
        that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
And we know that we are of God,
        and the whole world lieth in wickedness. 1 Jn 5:19
And we know that the Son of God is come,
        and hath given us an understanding,
        that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true,
        even in his Son Jesus Christ.
        This is the true God, and eternal life. 1 Jn. 5:20
If so be that ye have heard him,
        and have been taught by him,

        as the truth is in Jesus
: Eph 4:21
That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man,
        which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts; Eph 4:22     
        And be renewed in the SPIRIT OF YOUR MIND;  Eph 4:23
And that ye PUT ON THE NEW MAN 
        which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness. Eph 4:24
Wherefore putting away lying,
        speak every man truth with his neighbour
:
        for we are members one of another. Eph 4:25

Col. 3:10 And have put on the new man,
        which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him:
Col. 3:12  Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering;
Col. 3:13 Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.
Col. 3:14 And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness.
Col. 3:15 And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful.
Col. 3:16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; TEACHING and ADMONISHING one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.
Col. 3:17 And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.

Specifically, he wants us to understand God as Trinity: Creator, Savior and Comforter.

Deut. 4:35 Unto thee it was shewed,
        that thou mightest know that the
        Lord [YHWH] he is God [ELOHIM]; there is NONE else beside HIM.

Is. 43:3 For  I am THE Lord [YHWH] thy God,  THE Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour:
       I gave Egypt for thy ransom, Ethiopia and Seba for thee.

Is. 43:10 Ye are my witnesses, saith the Lord [YHWH], and my SERVANT whom I have CHOSEN.
        that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I am HE:
        before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me.
Is. 43:11  I, even  I, am THE Lord; [YHWH] and BESIDE me there is no saviour.
Is. 43:12 I have declared, and have saved, and I have shewed,
        when there was no strange god among you:
        therefore ye are my witnesses, saith the Lord, that I AM God. [Jesus said I AM Not God]
Is. 43:13 Yea, before the day was I am he; 
        and there is none that can deliver out of my hand: I will work, and who shall let it?
Is. 43:15 I am THE Lord, your Holy One, the creator of ISRAEL, your King [Genesis speaks of Creating the Nation: not the universe]

Is. 44:6 Thus saith the Lord [YHWH] the King OF Israel,
        and his  [Israels] redeemer the Lord of hosts;
        I am THE first, and I am THE last;
        and beside me there is no God

The holy Spirit Comforter is ONLY to JUDGE THE WORLD ORDER
John 16:7 Nevertheless I tell you the truth;
        It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away,
         the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you.
John 16:8 And when he is come,
        he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment:
John 16:9 Of sin, because they believe not on me;
John 16:10 Of righteousness, because I go to my Father, and ye see me no more;
John 16:11 Of judgment, because the prince of this world is judged.

The Spirit OF Truth Comforter
John 16:12 I have yet many things to say unto YOU, but ye cannot bear them now.
John 16:13 HOWBEIT
   
1161. δέ de, deh; a primary particle (adversative or continuative); but, and, etc.: —
    also, and, but, moreover, now (often unexpressed in English).

when he, the SPIRIT OF TRUTH, is come, he will guide you [APOSTLES ONLY] 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 16:14 He shall glorify me: for he shall receive of mine, and shall shew it unto you.
John 16:15 All things that the Father hath are mine:
        therefore said I, that he shall take of mine, and shall shew it unto you.
“The doctrine of the Trinity,” Powell writes, “provides the basic conceptual framework of a Christian vision of God, and hence of the Christian faith as a whole.” With that framework, believers can engage spiritual disciplines in a way that is truly Christian

Claiming the Holy Spirit Comforter brings judgment on those not permitted to read.
The Spirit of Truth Comforter was only to the Apostles who left nothing for modern dreamers. to add.
All Spiritual Formation Feminist theology is witchcraft or sorcery.
https://www.pineycom.com/Jackie.Halstead.Lectio-Divina.Sorcerers.html

Goddess of the Sun C.Osborn: Titling him 'Phoebas,' [APOLLON, APOLLYON]  a feminine monicker which made him a 'lunar Sun' for example. There is plenty of evidence showing Athena was the original solar deity, however. The frequently appearing Gorgon-head Sun comes to mind first, but there are several specific features that can be examined. As explained by Patricia Monaghan54.

Snakes are interwoven with a great deal of provocative symbolism, some of it already examined in the previous chapter.
        Their coiling bodies suggested the spiral,
        itself used to represent the Sun and the eyes of the Goddess.

The coiled snake also suggests the coiled thread Athena used while weaving, and the ball of thread Ariadne used to guide souls in the LABYRINTH , a literal thread, or the umbilical cord. Athena is related to Ariadne by being a psychopompe, a role already mentioned in the main section in speaking of a small statue of Athena found in an Attic tomb with snakes for arms.

Pla^n-aō , fut. -ēsō LXX 4 Ki.4.28,
3.lead astray, mislead, deceive, ē gnōmē plana; S.OC316, cf. Pl.Prt.356d, Lg.655c,
2.  wander in speaking, “p. en logōHdt.2.115; digress, “p. apo tou logouPl.Plt.263a.
6. in forensic Rhet., khrōmata peplanēmena, metathesis pep., of alternative pleas,  
        b.  c.acc.loci, planētheis tēnde barbaron khthona having wandered over it, E.Hel.598 ; “pasan gēnPlu.Luc.34:
        c.acc. cogn., pollous heligmous planōmenoi wandering about as in a LABYRINTH, X.Cyr.1.3.4.
7.to be misled, “hupo phōnēs koinotētosPhld.Sign.7; tais homōnumiais ib.36. to be unsettled.
phōn-ē  battle-cry,
        ma^la^kos   e. of music, soft, effeminate, “m. harmoniaid. = pathētikos,
Xen. Cyrop. 1.3.4  “No, grandfather,” Cyrus replied to this; “but the road to satiety is much more simple and direct in our country than with you; for bread and meat take us there; but you, though you make for the same goal as we, go wandering through many a maze [labyrinth], up and down, and only arrive at last at the point that we long since have reached.”


ALL TRINITARIANS FEED OFF ONE OR TWO ORIGINALS AND LIE ABOUT THE CHURCH SCHOLARS.
John 1:2 The same was in the beginning with God.

In the first section of his book, “Orientation,” Powell provides evidence from Scripture and the writings of early fathers that demonstrate the centrality of the doctrine of the Trinity in the faith and practice of early Christians. He consistently drives home the idea that the early church maintained unity — but not uniformity — by continuing to return to the controlling concept of God as Trinitarian.


ALL TRINITARIANS FEED OFF ONE OR TWO ORIGINALS AND LIE ABOUT THE CHURCH SCHOLARS.

Marty Martin notes that the COMMUNION of the Holy Spirit of the Mormons and John Mark Hicks are common.
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WILLIAM G. RUSCH: Irenaeus of Lyon Irenaeus from Smyrna studied at Rome and became bishop of Lyon near the end of the second century. His theology formed a bridge between Eastern and Western churches. Building on the accomplishments of the Apologists, Irenaeus reaches a high point in theological reflection in the second century.
       
Irenaeus’s trinitarian thought is beholden to his doctrine of creation.
       
God alone, the only Lord, Creator and Father,
       
contained all things and caused them to exist (Against Heresies 2.1.
1).

Theophilus.Autolycus.II.html Chapter IX.-The Prophet's Inspired by the Holy Ghost.

But men of God  carrying in them A holy spirit and becoming prophets, being inspired and made wise by God, became God-taught, and holy, and righteous.

Wherefore they were also deemed worthy of receiving this reward, that they should become
instruments of God, and contain the wisdom that is from Him,
through which wisdom they uttered both
what regarded the creation of the world and all other things.

Chapter X.

And first, they taught us with one consent that God made all things out of nothing;
        for nothing was coeval with God: but 
        He being His own place,
and wanting nothing,
........and existing before the ages, willed to make man by whom He might be known;
........for him, therefore, He prepared the world.
........For he that is created is also needy; but he that is uncreated stands in need of nothing.

God, then, having His own Word internal within His own bowels,
........... begat Him, emitting Him
........... along with His own wisdom before all things.

He had this Word as a helper in the things that were created by Him, and by Him He made all things.

He is called "governing principle" [LOGOS], because He rules, and is Lord of all things fashioned by Him.
He, then, being
Spirit of God,
        and governing
principle [Word or Logos]
        and
wisdom,
        and
power of the highest,
        came down upon the prophets
,
        and through them spoke of the creation of the world and of all other things. 
(

      This was the Spirit of Christ, 1 Peter 1:11; Revelation 19:10)

For the prophets were not when the world came into existence,

BUT, the wisdom [Spirit in this instance is Sophia] of God which was in Him, and
His holy Word which was always present with Him.

Psa. 33:6 By the [1] WORD of the LORD were the heavens made;
        and all the host of them by the
[2] BREATH [h7307 ruwach SPIRIT] of his [3] MOUTH.
Psa. 33:9 For he SPAKE, and it was done; he COMMANDED, and it stood fast.


THE SECOND TO USE "TRIAS"
Tertullian.Praxeas.html
Not that this distinction is of any practical moment.
        For although God had not yet sent out His Word,
        He still had Him within Himself,
        both in company with and
        included within His very Reason,
        as He silently planned and arranged within Himself
        everything which He was afterwards about to UTTER through His Word.

Now, whilst He was thus planning and arranging with His own Reason
He was actually causing that to become Word
which He was dealing with in the way of Word or Discourse.

Tertullian an inventor of trias: But, first, I shall discuss His essential nature, and so the nature of His birth will be understood. We have already asserted that

God made the world, and all which it contains,
  by His Word, and Reason, and Power.

 It is abundantly plain that your philosophers, too,
 regard the
Logos-that is, the Word and Reason-
   as the
Creator of the universe.

And we, in like manner, hold that the Word, and Reason, and Power,
by which we have said God made all,
  
have spirit as their proper and essential    
      substratum
,
I
n which the Word has in being to give forth utterances,
....and reason abides to dispose and arrange,
....and power is over all to execute.
We have been taught that
He (reason) proceeds forth from God,

and
in that procession He is generated;
so that He is the Son of God,
and is called God from unity of substance with God. For God, too, IS a Spirit.

Even when the ray is shot from the sun,
....it is still part of the parent mass; the sun will still be in theray, because it is a ray of the sun-
....there is no division of substance,
          but
merely an extension.

Thus Christ is Spirit OF Spirit, and God OF God, as light OF light is kindled.

The material matrix remains
entire and unimpaired,
though you derive from it
any number of shoots possessed of its qualities;

so, too, that which has come forth out of God
is at once God and the Son of God
, and the two are one. In this way also, as He is Spirit of Spirit and God of God,

He is made a second in manner of existence-in position, not in nature;and He did not withdraw from the original source, but went forth.
This ray of God, then, as it was always foretold in ancient times, descending into a certain virgin, and made flesh in her womb,
....is in His birth God AND man united.

He is prophesied as emmanuel an eloyhin and not JEHOVAH
.



Campbell, Thomas, Trinity The relationship of Word to God was the same as the relationship
    of a word to a thought.
And so this is the most common understanding among the church fathers. The the word is the SON of the speaker as FATHER
     then there is a problem trying to sort out how a LITERAL son of god could be equal with the Father or of the same age.

1st. A word is a sign or representative of a thought or an idea
and is the idea in an
audible or visible form.
It is the exact image of that invisible thought 
which is a perfect
secret to all the world until it is expressed.

2d. All men think or form ideas by means of words or images; so that no man can think without words or symbols of some sort.

3d. Hence it follows that the word and the idea which it represents, 
   are
co-etaneous, or of the same age or antiquity.
........It is true the word may not be uttered or born 
        for years or ages after the idea exists,
........but still the word is just as old as the idea.

4th. The idea and the word are nevertheless distinct from each other, though the relation between them is the nearest known on earth.
........An idea cannot exist without a word
        nor a word without an idea.

5th. He that is acquainted with the word, is acquainted with the idea
        for the idea is
wholly in the word.

By putting together the above remarks on the term word, 
     we have a full view of what John intended to communicate.

As a
word is an exact image of an idea,
so is "The Word" an exact image of the invisible God.

As a word cannot exist without an idea, nor an idea without a word,
     so
God never was without "The Word," 
     nor "The Word" without God;

or as a word is of equal age, or co-etaneous with its idea,so "The Word" and God are co-eternal.




John 1:2 The same was in the beginning with God.
  The Trinity works with us in discernment, Powell says: “God the Father is shaping us through the Word and BY the Spirit to discern and desire those things that honor God and serve others.”

GOD GAVE DISCIPES OF CHRIST A HOLY SPIRIT SO THEY CAN READ THE TEXT. GOD IS NOT STUPIED; HIS WORDS DO NOT HAVE TO BE DISCERNED BY SOME MYSTICAL PERSONAL POWER.

Ezek. 11:18 And they shall come thither,
        and they shall take away all the detestable things thereof
        and all the abominations thereof from thence
Ezek. 11:19 And I will give them one heart,
        and I will put a new spirit within you;
        and I will take the stony heart out of their flesh,
        and will give them an heart of flesh:
Ezek. 11:20 That they may walk in my statutes, and keep mine ordinances, and do them:
        and they shall be my people, and I will be their God.
Ezek. 11:21 But as for them whose heart
        walketh after the heart of their detestable things and their abominations,
        I will recompense their way upon their own heads, saith the Lord GOD.

Is. 11:1 And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots:
Is. 11:2 And the SPIRIT of the LORD shall rest upon him,
        the
SPIRIT of WISDOM and UNDERSTANDING,
        the
SPIRIT of COUNSEL and MIGHT,
        the
SPIRIT of KNOWLEDGE
        and [
SPIRIT] of the FEAR of the LORD;

Is. 11:3 And shall make him of quick
UNDERSTANDING [h7306]in the fear of the LORD:
     and he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes,
        neither reprove after the hearing of his ears:

Is. 11:1 And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots:
Is. 11:2 And the SPIRIT of the LORD shall rest upon him,
        the
SPIRIT of WISDOM and UNDERSTANDING,
        the
SPIRIT of COUNSEL and MIGHT,
        the
SPIRIT of KNOWLEDGE
        and [
SPIRIT] of the FEAR of the LORD;

Is. 11:3 And shall make him of quick
UNDERSTANDING [h7306]in the fear of the LORD:
     and he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes,
        neither reprove after the hearing of his ears:


Clement Stromata 1 Chapter XII.-The Mysteries of the Faith Not to Be Divulged to All.

Wherefore the hearers are not permitted to apply the test of comparison.
Nor is the word, given for investigation, to be committed to those who have been reared in the arts of all kinds of words, and in the power of inflated attempts at proof; whose minds are already pre-occupied,

But whoever chooses to banquet on faith, is stedfast for the reception of the divine words, having acquired already faith as a power of judging, according to reason. Hence ensues to him persuasion in abundance. And this was the meaning of that saying of prophecy, "If ye believe not, neither shall ye understand." [ Isa. vii. 9.] [Citation]

According as his divine power hath given unto us all things
        that pertain unto life and godliness,
        through the knowledge of him
that hath called us to glory and virtue: 2 Peter 1:3

Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises:
        that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature
,
        having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust. 2 Peter 1:4

And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue, knowledge; 2 Peter 1:5

And we know that we are of God,
        and the whole world lieth in wickedness. 1 Jn 5:19
And we know that the Son of God is come,
        and hath given us an understanding,
        that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ.
        This is the true God, and eternal life. 1 Jn. 5:20

 
Preacher: I must tell you that I am concerned about some of your statements.  [So is my lovely wife of 66 years]

For the sake of clarification., please let me ask a couple questions. 

Q. Do you believe that Jesus Christ is God come in the flesh (John 1:14; Col. 2:9)?

With the greatest respect:
A. No. The WORD of God became flesh: visible and audible when Jesus spake what GOD taught Him.

First
: God and His Spirit and Jesus was smart and open enough to have said "I am Jehovah the Father."
Second: to the contrary, over and over Jesus makes it clear that He had nothing to say except the Father working with Him. Note below that He didn't even have eternal LIFE within Himself
Third: More Later-words translate as SPIRIT in Hebrew, Greek Latin and in English, is never applied to a god or man.

Jesus often speaks of [1] himself, [2] His WORD and [3] God His Father Who breaths or inspired Holy Scripture
Spirit is in connection with God the Father revealing His Words to Moses, Elijah and for the last days God's SON
.

AT LEAST 45 TIMES GOD IS RECORDED TO SAY THAT THERE IS ONE GOD, NONE APART OR BESIDES HIM

Deut. 4:35 Unto thee it was shewed,
        that thou mightest know that the
        Lord [YHWH] he is God [ELOHIM]; there is NONE else beside HIM.

Is. 43:3 For  I am THE Lord [YHWH] thy God,  THE Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour:
       I gave Egypt for thy ransom, Ethiopia and Seba for thee.
Is. 44:6 Thus saith the Lord [YHWH] the King OF Israel,
        and his  [Israels] redeemer the Lord of hosts;
        I am THE first, and I am THE last;
        and beside me there is no God.
Is. 43:10 Ye are my witnesses, saith the Lord [YHWH], and my SERVANT whom I have CHOSEN.
        that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I am HE:
        before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me.
Is. 43:11  I, even  I, am THE Lord; [YHWH] and BESIDE me there is no saviour.

GOD NEEDS NO "INTERCESSOR" TO SPEAK TO MOSES AS PROPHET

Ex. 4:15 And thou shalt speak unto him,
        and put WORDS in his
MOUTH
        and I will be with thy
MOUTH  
       and with his MOUTH, and will TEACH you what ye shall do.
Deut. 18:18 I will raise them up a PROPHET from among their brethren, like unto thee, 
        and will put my
WORDS in his MOUTH;
        and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him.
 SPIRIT MEANT THAT JESUS "SPEAKETH THE WORDS OF GOD."

John 3:31 He that cometh from above is above all: he that is of the earth is earthly, and speaketh of the earth: he that cometh from heaven is above all.
John 3:32 And what he hath seen and heard,
      that he testifieth; and no man RECEIVED HIS TESTIMONY
John 3:33 He that hath
RECEIVED HIS TESTIMONY hath set to his seal that God is true.
John 3:34 For he whom GO hath sent SPEAKETH the WORDS of God:
      FOR God giveth not the SPIRIT by measure [metron, meter, music?] unto him.

SPIRIT "means"--so that we can understand--that God puts His WORD into the MOUTH of prophets
Explained further: The Father by Himself reveals ALL things to the Son only.

John 3:35 The Father loveth the Son, and hath given ALL THINGS into his hand.

INSPIRATION MEANS THAT GOD "BREATHES" HIS WORD WITHOUT ANOTHER GOD AS HELPER.

2Tim. 3:16 ALL SCRIPTURE is given by INSPIRATION of God,
        and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
2Tim. 3:17 That the man of God may be PERFECT, throughly furnished unto ALL GOOD WORKS..

The Spirit OF Truth has no Person-God to do or communicate the perfect law of liberty.
g2315. θεόπνευστος theo pneustos, theh-op´-nyoo-stos; from 2316 and a presumed derivative of 4154; divinely BREATHED in: — given by inspiration of God.
g4154. πνέω pneo, pneh´-o; a primary word; to breathe hard, i.e. breeze: — blow. Compare 5594.
in-spīro  to BLOW into or upon a thing; to breathe into, inspire

2Pet. 1:21 For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man:
     but holy men of God SPAKE as they were MOVED by the Holy SPIRIT
JESUS CLAIMS TO BE THE VISIBLE-AUDIBLE OF FATHER, SON AND SPIRIT

John 14:16 And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you
another [another STATE] Comforter [G3875 PARAKLETOS]
hat he may abide with you for ever;


1John 2:1 My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not.
    And if any man sin,
we have an advocate
[G3875 PARAKLETOS] with the Father, 
    JESUS CHRIST the righteous:
1John 2:2 And he is the propitiation for our sins:
    and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.
1John 2:3 And hereby we do know that we know him,
    if we keep HIS commandments.


1Tim. 2:4 Who will have all men to be saved,
    and to come unto the knowledge of THE TRUTH
1Tim. 2:5 For there is ONE GOD,
    and one mediator between God and men,
    THE MAN CHRIST JESUS
1Tim. 2:6 Who gave himself a ransom for all,
    to be TESTIFIED in due time.


Matt. 17:5 While he yet spake, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them:
        and behold a VOICE out of the cloud, which said,
        This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him.

THE VOICE "BREATHED OUT" WAS THE VOICE OF GOD THE FATHER.

God seems to say that the SON is not GOD.
Acts 2:30 Therefore being a PROPHET, and knowing
        that God had sworn with an oath to him,
        that of the fruit of his loins, according to the flesh,
        he would RAISE UP up Christ to sit on his throne;

John 4:24 God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.
       
        Luke 24:39 Behold my hands and my feet, that it is I myself: handle me, and see;
                for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me have.

Rom. 1:3 Concerning his Son Jesus Christ our Lord,
        which was MADE of the seed of David according to the flesh;

ABOUT 33 YEARS AFTER HE WAS MADE.

Rom. 1:4 And declared to be the Son of God with power,
        according to the spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead:

THE REASON THAT GOD HAS NOT COME IN THE FLESH?


1John 4:3 And every spirit that confesseth not
        that JESUS CHRIST IS COME IN THE FLESH is not of God:
        and this is that spirit of antichrist,
        whereof ye have heard that it should come;
        and even now already is it in the world
.

WHAT WE CAN BE CERTAIN OF:

Eccl. 12:7 Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.


There is a lot of testimony supporting the idea that God sent Jesus to search for Lost Spirits From God: Jesus doesn't pray for the WORLD or Earth-Born.


With the greatest of respect for a preacher who stays in the WORD, Logos or Regulative Principle is never used of a "god" other than  Hermes father of the New Hermeneutics: Hermes was the LOGOS and a "god" as the intercessor. John's message is the ANTITHESIS of Hermes.

WORD is in the same class with Spirit, Life,  Light, Grace

John 1:1 In the beginning was the WORD,

Does not say that God became flesh but God's WORD was made Flesh.

1Cor. 1:24 But unto them which are called, both Jews and Greeks,
        Christ the POWER
OF God, and the WISDOM OF  God.
1Cor. 1:30 But of him are ye in Christ Jesus,
        who
OF God is MADE unto us WISDOM ,
        and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption:
Eph. 1:17 That the GOD [Theos] OF our LORD [Kurios] Jesus Christ,
        the Father of glory,

        may give unto you the SPIRIT OF WISDOM and REVELATION
        in the KNOWLEDGE of him:
John 20:17 Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not;
        for I am not yet ascended to my Father:
        but go to my brethren, and say unto them,
        I ascend unto MY FATHER, and YOUR FATHER
        and to MY GOD, and YOUR GOD.
  
Col. 1:28 Whom we preach, warning every man,
        and TEACHING every man in all
WISDOM;
        that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus:
Col. 3:16 Let the WORD
OF Christ
        dwell in you richly in all
WISDOM;
        TEACHING and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs,
        singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.
AND: John 6:63 It is the SPIRIT that quickeneth;
        the flesh profiteth nothing:
        the
WORDS that I SPEAK unto you,
        they are
SPIRIT, and they are life.
John understood that in his world, Hermes the god was the LOGOS. Hermes created Apollon's harp; he was the INTERCESSOR and conducted defunct spirits into the netherworld. He was the god of liars and thieves and was, like Jochin and Boaz as Phallic symbols.  Theses were the sign of OPEN FOR BUSINESS. Hermeneutics, little known, uses demons as spirit guides.
John 8:25 Then said they unto him, Who art thou?
        And Jesus saith unto them,      
        Even the same that I said unto you from the BEGINNING.
God inspired John to use LOGOS which is NOT a god but is God's Regulative and Governing principle. John could have, but didn't, say that "God is come in the flesh."
princĭpĭo , God has no BEGINNING.
I.  to begin to speak, to begin, commence (post-class.): “hoc genus principiandi,Aug. Prin. Rhet. p. 328.
2. FIRST ELEMENT, element, first so used by Anaximander,
The WORD or LOGOS is defined as God's Regulative and Governing Principe.
God's WORD is what God breathed (spirit inspiration) into Jesus so that He claimed that He had no words nor authority other that that delegated to him as the promised SEED of Abraham an David.  Christ existed in prophecy and promise before Abraham.
Mark 12:29 And Jesus answered him,
        The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel;
        THE Lord our God is ONE LORD:
Mark 12:30 And thou shalt love
THE Lord thy God with all thy heart,
        and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind,
        and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment.
Mark 12:32 And the scribe said unto him,
        Well, Master, thou hast said the truth:
        for there is ONE ELSE;
        and there is NONE [absolute denial] other but HE:
Mark 12:33 And to love HIMSELF with all the heart, and with all the understanding,
        and with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbour as himself,
        is more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.

John 20:17 Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not;
        for I AM not yet ascended to MY FATHER:
        but go to my BRETHREN, and say unto them,
        I ascend unto MY FATHER, AND YOUR Father;
        and to MY God, and YOUR God.

1Tim. 2:5 For there is ONE GOD
        and ONE mediator [and Advocate or Holy Spirit comforter 1 John 2)
        between God and men,
        the MAN Christ Jesus;
James 2:19 Thou believest that there is
ONE GOD
         thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble
Verbum or Logos is always what God speaks.
I APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT YOU SPEAK THE WORD, DO NOT TELL JOKES, OR SPEAK ABOUT YOURSELF!

Num. 3:51 And Moses gave the money of them that were redeemed unto Aaron and to his sons,
        according to the WORD OF THE LORD, as the LORD commanded Moses.
Num. 4:45 These be those that were numbered of the families of the sons of Merari,
        whom Moses and Aaron numbered
        according to the WORD OF THE LORD, by the hand of Moses
Num. 23:5 And the LORD put a WORD in Balaam’s MOUTH,
        and said, Return unto Balak, and thus thou shalt speak.
Deut. 18:20 But the prophet,
        which shall presume to speak a word in my name,
        which I have not commanded him to speak,
        or that shall speak in the name of other gods,
        even that prophet shall die.

Jer. 10:1 Hear ye the WORD which the LORD SPEAKETH unto you, O house of Israel:

Is. 2:3 And many people shall go and say,
        Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD,
        to the house of the God of Jacob;
        and he will TEACH US OF HIS WAYS
        and we will walk in his paths:  [Narrow Road, the WAY, Method or Pattern]
        for out of Zion shall go forth the law,
        and the WORD OF THE LORD from Jerusalem.
Is. 59:20 And the Redeemer shall come to Zion,
        and unto them that turn from transgression in Jacob, saith the LORD.
Is. 59:21 As for me, this is my covenant with them, saith the LORD;
        My SPIRIT that is upon thee,
        and my WORDS which I have PUT IN THY MOUTH.
        SHALL NOT depart out of thy
MOUTH,
        nor out of the mouth of thy seed,
        nor out of the mouth of thy seed’s seed, saith the LORD, from henceforth and for ever.
1697. דָּבָר dabar, a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause:—act, advice, affair, answer, x any such (thing), because of, book, business, care, case, cause, certain rate, + chronicles, commandment, x commune(-ication),

The Septuagint translation of the Hebrew Bible into Greek uses the terms Rhema and Logos as equivalents and uses both for the Hebrew word Dabar, as the Word of God.
Verbum. ERō, whence eirō and rhēma, what is spoken or said; cf. Goth. vaurd; Germ. Wort; Engl. word, a word; plur., words, expressions, language, discourse, conversation, etc. (cf.: vox, vocabulum). 
D.  In eccl. Lat. as a translation of logos, Orally, by word of mouth  rhēma , atos, to, (erō) A. that which is said or spoken, word, saying, 3.subject of speech, matter kata rhēma apaggeilai word for word, Aeschin.2.122.

Logos  computation, reckoning 2. statement of a theory, argument, ouk emeu alla tou l. akousantas prob. in Heraclit.50; logon ēde noēma amphis alētheiēs discourse and reflection on reality,
IV. inward debate of the soul, reflection, deliberation
Regulative and formative forces, derived from the intelligible and operative in the sensible universe,
John 6:63 It is the SPIRIT that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing:
        the WORDS that I speak [rhēma] unto you, they are SPIRIT, and they are life
THE WORD OF GOD  BECOMES FLESH BOTH VISUALLY AND ORALLY WHEN JESUS SPEAKS GOD'S MESSAGE.

Luke 5:1 And it came to pass, that, as the people pressed upon HIM
        to HEAR the WORD of GOD, he stood by the lake of Gennesaret,
Luke 8:21 And he answered and said unto them,
        My mother and my BRETHREN are these which
HEAR the WORD of GOD, and do it.
Luke 11:28 But he said, Yea rather, blessed are they that
HEAR the WORD of GOD, and keep it
Acts 13:7 Which was with the deputy of the country, Sergius Paulus, a prudent man;
        who called for Barnabas and Saul, and desired to
HEAR the WORD of GOD, and
Acts 13:44 And the next sabbath day came almost the whole city together to
HEAR the WORD of GOD
and the WORD was with God, and the Word was God.
Note below: God always has His WORD AND WISDOM with him.
John 8:23 And he said unto them, Ye are from beneath;  [Tartarus]
        I am from above: ye are of this world; I am NOT OF THIS WORLD..

Q. John 8:24 I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins:

        for if ye believe not that I AM HE, ye shall die in your sins.

John 8:28 Then said Jesus unto them,
        When ye have lifted up the SON OF MAN,
        then shall ye know that I AM HE
        and that I do nothing of myself;
        but as my Father hath TAUGHT me, I SPEAK these things.
John 8:29 And he that sent me is with ME:
        the Father hath not left me alone;
        for I do always those things that please him.
John 8:30 As he SPAKE these WORDS, many believed on him.
John 8:31 Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him,
        IF ye continue in my WORD, [LOGOS]
        THEN are ye my disciples indeed;

A holy spirit (ours) or A good conscience or consciousness permits a CO-PERCEPTION of the WORDS of Jesus which are Spirit and Life. (also 2 cor 3)

John 8:32 And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
Col. 1:5 For the hope which is laid up for you in heaven,
        whereof ye heard before in the WORD of the TRUTH of the GOSPEL;
1Pet. 1:25 But the
WORD of the Lord endureth for ever.
        And this is the
WORD which by the GOSPEL is preached unto you.

There is no BEGINNING in time for God. The beginning is like an ARCH which holds up the whole structure.
g746. ἀρχή arche, ar-khay´; from 756; (properly abstract) a commencement, or (concretely) chief (in various applications of order, time, place, or rank): — beginning, corner, (at the, the) first (estate), magistrate, power, principality, principle, rule.
g756. ἄρχομαι archomai, ar´-khom-ahee; middle voice of 757 (through the implication, of precedence); to commence (in order of time): — (rehearse from the) begin(-ning).
757. ἄρχω archo, ar´-kho; a primary verb; to be first (in political rank or power): — reign (rule) over.

Arkhē 
John 1:3 All things were made by him;  CLICK John 1:9 below
        and without him was not any thing made that was made.
John 1:4 In him [God] was LIFE; and the life was the LIGHT of men.


JESUS DID NOT HAVE LIFE IN HIMSELF: IT WAS BESTOWED BY GOD.
John 5:25 Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming, and now is,
        when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God:
        and they that hear shall live.
John 5:26 For as the FATHER HATH LIFE IN HIMSELF
        so hath HE GIVEN to the Son to have LIFE IN HIMSELF
John 5:27 And hath given him authority to execute judgment also,
        BECAUSE he is the SON OF MAN

1Tim. 2:4 Who will have all men to be saved,
        and to come unto the knowledge of the truth. THE pattern
1Tim. 2:5 For there is one God,
        and one mediator [Paraclete, Comforter, Intercessor 1 John 2]
        between God and men,
        the MAN Christ Jesus;
1Cor. 15:21 For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead.
1Cor. 15:45 And so it is written,
        The first man Adam was made a living soul;
        the last Adam was made a quickening SPIRIT
2Cor. 3:15 But even unto this day, when Moses is read, the vail is upon their heart.
2Cor. 3:16 Nevertheless when it shall turn to the Lord, the vail shall be taken away.
2Cor. 3:17 Now the Lord is that Spirit:
        and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.
John 6:63 It is the Spirit that quickeneth;
        the flesh profiteth nothing:
        the words that I speak unto you,
        they are
Spirit, and they are lif
Acts 17:24 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 17:27 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 17:28 For in him we live, and move, and have our being;
        as certain also of your own poets have said,
        For we are also his offspring.
GOD IS LIGHT IN THE SAME SENSE THAT GOD IS WORD.

John 1:5 This then is the message which we have heard of him,
        and declare unto you, that God is LIGHT [not another person],
        and in him is no darkness at all.
John 8:12 Then spake JESUS again unto them, saying,
        I AM the LIGHT OF THE WORLD
        he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness,

        but shall have the light of life.

Therefore, LIGHT is not GOD but His attribute
John 1:6 There was a man SENT FROM GOD, whose name was John.
John 1:7 The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the LIGHT,
        that all men through him might believe.
John 1:8 He was not that LIGHT, but was sent to bear witness of that
LIGHT.

John 1:9 That was the true Light,
        which LIGHTETH every man that cometh into the world.
John 1:10 He was IN the WORLD,
        and the world was MADE by him,
        and the world knew him not.


JESUS DIDN'T MAKE OR CREATE THE PHYSICAL WORLD.
Made is not the first creation which was DESTROYED BY WATER.  Jesus PURCHASED a REGENERATED State.
Gignomai Come into a NEW STATE Opposite Eimi II. of the real world, be, opp. become, of persons, to be born

THE WORLD CREATED OR MADE BY JESUS IS SPIRITUAL: JESUS DIDN'T CREATE THE ICE PARTICLES ON PLUTO. Jesus was not OF This World and neither is the tiny flock who "continue in my Word." The WORD of Jesus is what He SPEAKS and is not another deity.

THE SPIRITUAL KINGDOM WHICH DOES NOT COME WITH OBSERVATION

Mundo
to make clean, to clean, cleanse, Ceremonially, according to the Levitical law of uncleanness: “et purificabis eos (sc. Levitas),Vulg. Num. 8, 6.— Spiritually, from sin: “ab occultis meis munda me,Vulg. Psa. 19, 12: “mundemus nos ab omni inquinamento carnis et spiritūs,id. 2 Cor. 7, 1

SEE MORE ON ROMANS 1:20 LATER
 
John 1:11 He came unto his OWN, and his own received him not.
Deut. 18:18 I will raise them up a PROPHET from among their BRETHREN, like unto THEE,
        and will put my WORDS in his MOUTH;
        and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him.
Acts 7:37 This is that Moses, which said unto the children of Israel,
        A
PROPHET shall the Lord your God
        raise up unto you of your BRETHREN, like unto me; him shall ye hear.
John 1:12 But as many as received him,
        to them gave he power to become the SONS OF GOD,  [and BROTHERS of Jesus]
        even to them that believe on his name: [pisteuo or pistis includes to comply]
John 1:13 Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.


NOT THE ALMIGHTY BUT THE WORD OF THE ALMIGHTY BECAME FLESH: WORD IS MADE VISIBLE AND AUDIBLE WHEN ANYONE SPEAKS THE WORD, GOSPEL, SPIRIT.


John 1:14 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.


GOD'S GRACE APPEARED AND TAUGHT.
Titus 2:11 For the GRACE of God that bringeth salvation
        HATH APPEARED to all men, [Grace, Like Word and Life is personified]
Titus 2:12 TEACHING us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts,
        we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world;
Titus 2:13 Looking for that blessed hope,
        and the glorious appearing of THE GREAT GOD  [Theos]
        AND [Kai seems to say that Jesus is not THE GREAT GOD]
        our Saviour JESUS CHRIST

Titus 2:14 Who gave himself for us,
        that he might redeem us from all iniquity,
        and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works
Luke 24:39 Behold my hands and my feet,
        that it is I myself: handle me, and see;
        for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me have.
2Pet. 1:2 GRACE and peace be multiplied unto you
     THROUGH  the
            knowledge of GOD, [Theos]
            AND 
            of Jesus our LORD
[Kurios],
THOMAS CALLED JESUS MY LORD AND MY GOD.
Q. God the Word (John 1:1; cf. 20:28),

John 20:27 Then saith he to Thomas, Reach hither thy finger,
        and behold my hands; and reach hither thy hand,
        and thrust it into my side: and be not faithless, but believing.

John 20:28 And Thomas answered and said unto him,
        My Lord and my God.

 FIRST, notice that the NAME of Jesus was to be emmanuel which is an ELOHIM and not JEHOVAH
 Psa. 82:6 I have said, Ye are gods [430. אֱלֹהִים ʾelohiym];
            [BECAUSE] and all of you are children of the most High.
Is. 7:14 Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.
      g6005. עִמָּנוּאֵל ꜥImmanuwʾel, im-maw-noo-ale´; from 5973 and 410 with a pronominal suffix inserted; with us (is) God; Immanuel, a type name of Isaiah’s son:—Immanuel.

1Cor. 8:5 For though there be that are called gods, whether in heaven or in earth,
        (as there be gods many, and lords many,)
1Cor. 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.
Luke 10:22
ALL THINGS, are delivered to me of my Father:
        and no man knoweth who the Son is, but the Father;
and who the Father is, but the Son,
        and he to WHOM THE SON WILL REVEAL HIM
          Hebrew: the LORD [yhwh] and GOD [Elohim]
          Greek:    the GOD  [Theos] and LORD [Kurios]

John 10:33 The Jews answered him, saying, For a good work we stone thee not;
        but for blasphemy; and because that thou, being a MAN, MAKETH THYSELF GOD

John 10:34 Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law, I said, Ye are gods?
John 10:35 If he called them gods  [Elohim to a Jew]
         unto whom the word of God came,
  ,      and the scripture cannot be broken;
Psalm 82:6 “I said, You are “gods“; you are all sons of the Most High.”; “gods” here in Hebrew is “Elohim”, which is plural of “EL”. It is the same exact thing as “EL” used for Jesus in Isaiah 9:6, Jesus would be CALLED a form of Elohim and not Jehovah the only TRUE elohim since “gods” is a combination of several “EL”s.
Psa. 82:5 They know not, neither will they understand; they walk on in darkness: all the foundations of the earth are out of course.
Psa. 82:6 I have said, Ye are gods;
        [MEANING] and all of you are children of the most High.
Psa. 82:7 But ye shall die like men, and fall like one of the princes

Jesus Died!
430. אֱלֹהִים ʾelohiym, el-o-heem´; plural of 433; godS in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates and sometimes as a superlative:
433. אֱלוֹהַּ ʾelowahh, el-o´-ah; rarely (shortened) אֱלֹהַּ ʾeloahh, el-o´-ah} probably prolonged (emphat.) from 410; a deity or the Deity:—God, god. See 430.
John 20:29 Jesus saith unto him,
        Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed:
        blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed.
John 20:30 And many other signs truly did Jesus in the presence of his disciples,
        which are not written in this book:
 

JOHN WROTE TO CORRECT DOUBTING THOMAS.
John 20:31 But these are written,
        that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ,
        THE SON OF GOD
        and that believing ye might have life through his name.


Godhood”—the state or quality of being God Col. 2:9

I will tell you briefly what I believe concerning the Godhead. Around 1611, when the King James Version was first published, the suffix “-head” was the Middle English equivalent to our modern suffix “-hood.” Thus, Godhead is an archaic form of “Godhood”—the state or quality of being God. The King James translators thus chose this word to translate the Greek “theion” in Acts 17:29; “theiotes” in Rom. 1:20; and “theotetos” in Col. 2:9. As we can see from the root of these terms, “theos,” all of these words relate to Divinity, or Deity. 

2Pet. 1:4 Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises:
        that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature,
        having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.
Acts 17:29 Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God,
        we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver,

        or stone, graven by art and man’s device.

       g2304.Theios.gif
g2304. θεῖος theios, thi´-os; from 2316; GODLIKE (neuter as noun, DIVINITY): — divine, godhead.
Col. 2:9 For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily.
The inspired Paul could have but didn't say "in Him dwelleth GOD."
g 2320 (deitas, Tertullian, Augustine [de 104 Dei 7, 1]), deity i. e. the state of being God, Godhead:
HOWEVER: [Synonyms θεότης, θειότης: θεότ. deity differs from θειότ. divinity, as essence differs from quality or attribute; cf. Trench § 2; Bp. Lightfoot or Meyers on Colossians under the passage; Fritzsche on Romans 1:20.]

dīvīnĭtas   B. [select] Divine quality, divine nature, excellence; of the orator, Cic. de Or. 2, 20, 86 (opp. humanitas)

Rom. 1:20 For the INVISIBLE things of him
        from the creation of the world are clearly seen,
            being understood by the things that are MADE,
                even his eternal power and Godhead;
                so that they are without excuse:
Acts 2:36 Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly, that God hath made that same Jesus, whom ye have crucified, both Lord and Christ.
2Cor. 4:4 In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.
Col. 1:15 Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature:
θεῖος theios, thi´-os; from 2316; godlike (neuter as noun, divinity): — divine, godhead.
2Cor. 4:4 In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.
Col. 1:15 Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature
In all of heaven and earth, there is only one Divine Nature—the eternal God (cf. Deut. 6:4; 1 Cor. 8:4). The Scriptures teach that only 3 Persons share/possess this one Divine Nature: 
2Pet. 1:4 Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: 
    that by these YE might be partakers of the divine nature,
    having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.
G2304. θεῖος theios, thi´-os; from 2316; godlike (neuter as noun, divinity): — divine, godhead.
1Cor. 8:4  As concerning therefore the eating of those things that are offered in sacrifice unto idols,
        we know that an idol is nothing in the world,
        and that there is none other God but one.
1Cor. 8:5 For though there be that are called gods, whether in heaven or in earth,
        (as there be gods many, and lords many,)
1Cor. 8:6 But to us
        there is but one God, [Theos] the Father, OF whom are all things, and we in him;
        and one Lord  [Kurios] Jesus Christ, BY whom are all things, and we by him.

AND GOD MADE THE MAN JESUS

Acts 2:36 Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly,
        that God hath made that same Jesus,
        whom ye have crucified, both Lord and Christ.
God is SPIRIT in nature: as humans live on a substratum of flesh,  God exists in the realm of Spirit  or Mind. Neither in Hebrew or Greek does "spirit" identify a person but in a highly figurative sense the mental disposition of a person.  Remembering  repositional phrases, the Spirit OF Christ can never be another person.
Substantia I. that of which a thing consists, the being, essence, contents, material, substance  stable being, immutable reality, opp. “genesis, 3. true nature of that which is a member of a kind, defined

Ousi-a that which is one's own, one's substance, property, 5. in the concrete, the primary real, the substratum underlying all change and process in nature,

Begin with reading the text:

Col. 2:9 For IN him [Jesus] dwelleth all the FULLNESS
        of the Godhead bodily.

The FULLNESS of God doesn't mean that Father, Son and Spirit dwelled in his physical body.

John 14:23 Jesus answered and said unto him,
        If a man love me, he will keep my words:
        and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him,
        and make our abode with him.
John 14:24 He that loveth me not keepeth not my sayings:
        and the word which ye hear is not mine, but the Father’s which sent m
John 15:8 Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples.
John 15:9 As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love.
John 15:10 If ye keep my commandments,
        ye shall abide in my love;
        even as I have kept my Father’s commandments, and abide in his love.

ONE:
Christ's Enemies: John 10:33 The Jews answered him, saying, For a good work we stone thee not;
        but for blasphemy; and because that thou, being a man, makest thyself God.
A Christian: John 10:36 Say ye of him, whom the Father hath sanctified,
        and sent into the world,
        Thou blasphemest; because I said, I am the Son of God?

TWO:
1Tim. 2:5 For there is one God,
        and one mediator between God and men,
        the MAN Christ Jesus;

THREE:
God Said: Num. 23:19 God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent:
        hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?
Jesus Said: John 6:53 Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you,
        Except ye eat the FLESH of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye have no life in you.

FOUR:
God is: John 4:24 God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.
Jesus is NOT: Luke 24:39 Behold my hands and my feet, that it is I myself: handle me, and see;
        for a spirit hath not FLESH and bones, as ye see me have.

FIVE:
1John 4:3 And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God:
        and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world.
2John 7 For many deceivers are entered into the world,
        who confess not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh.
        This is a deceiver and an antichrist.

THE GREEK GODHEAD IN COLOSSIANS 2:9
Godhood”—the state or quality of being God

plēr-ōma  that which fills, complement, fullness, full and perfect nature, duties of an office

-theotēs , ētos, , A  divinity, divine nature, Ep.Col.2.9, Plu.2.359d, Luc. Icar.9, etc.; dia theotēta for religious reasons
John 15:8 Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples.
John 15:9 ¶ As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love.
John 15:10 If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father’s commandments, and abide in his love.

Rom. 1:19 Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them;
        for God hath shewed it unto them.
Rom. 1:20 For the INVISIBLE things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen,
        being UNDERSTOOD by the things that are MADE,
        even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:
Acts 2:36 Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly, that God hath MADE that same Jesus, whom ye have crucified, both Lord and Christ.
2304. θεῖος theios, thi´-os; from 2316; GODLIKE (neuter as noun, divinity): — divine, godhead.
2305. θειότης theiotes, thi-ot´-ace; from 2304; divinity (abstractly): — godhead.

SEE DIVINITY BELOW: DOES NOT MAKE ONE GOD.

OR: hosi-otēs , ētos, , A. disposition to observe divine law, piety, Pl.Prt.329c, Euthphr.14d sq., X.Cyr.6.1.47, pros theōn ho. piety towards them, Plu.Alc.34 ; pros tous theous ”like Lat. pietas, pros goneis ho.D.S.7.4 ; “pros tēn tekousanId.31.27.

Heb. 5:8 Though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered;

g5219.  hupakouo,from 5259 and 191; to hear under (as a subordinate), i.e. to listen attentively; by implication, to heed or conform to a command or authority:

Luc. Icar.9 As to Gods, I need hardly deal with that question. For some of them God is a number; some swear by dogs and geese and plane-trees  2. Some again banish all other Gods, and attribute the control of the universe to a single one; I got rather depressed on learning how small the supply of divinity was. But I was comforted by the lavish souls who not only make many, but classify; there was a First God, and second and third classes of divinity. Yet again, some regard the divine nature as unsubstantial and without form, while others conceive it as a substance. Then they were not all disposed to recognize a Providence; some relieve the Gods of all care,

-splendor  , lustre, splendor, honor, dignity, excellence,
I. sheen, brightness, brilliance, lustre, splendor.  God is LIGHT with the same meaning as WORD but neither are another god

John 8:12 Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world:
        he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.
John 9:5 As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.
John 11:9 Jesus answered, Are there not twelve hours in the day?
        If any man walk in the day, he stumbleth not, because he seeth the light of this world.

THE LATIN GODHEAD IN COLOSSIANS 2:9

Latin Divine: dīvus a god, deity, divine being

A Church of Christ of which Jesus is the Head is commanded to "teach that which has been taught." It has no other function.

Latin Godhead or Divine is: dīvīnĭtas  Divine quality, divine nature, excellence; of the orator
Dīvīnus  I. of or belonging to a deity, divine divina studia colere  divina facta, i. e., religious exercise, divine worship, sacrifice, etc Divine ORIGIN.
2.
The divine, that which comes from God, nihil est divino divinius, Sen. Ep. 66, 11.— 3. That which is under the sanction of a god; a. By divine inspiration, prophetically: “plura divine praesensa et praedicta reperiri
    Divine stŭdĭum , I. a busying one's self about or application to a thing; assiduity, zeal, eagerness, fondness, inclination, desire, exertion, endeavor, study: (b). A place for study, a study, school (late Lat.): “philosophum (se egit) in omnibus studiis, templis, locis,” 

Jesus was filled in a visible-audible sense with God's Word or Logos. That is the Regulative Principle OPPOSITE of personal experiences or comments, rhetoric, singing, playing instruments or acting. The Sabbath never meant a day of worship but REST: REST demands stopping everything so that you can obey the command to teach that which is written for our learning.

A Church filled with the Divine Nature is a school of the prophets and apostles exclusively

Eph. 2:20 And are built upon [educated] the foundation of the apostles and prophets,
        Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone;
Eph. 3:5 Which in other ages was not made known unto the sons of men,
         as it is now revealed
         unto his holy apostles and prophets
         by the Spirit;  [God breathed which is not a spirit person]
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