From my youth I grew up learning about the trinity and accepted it without trouble until I was around ten years old: that is when I noticed that trinity was never used how the preachers preached it was used. It was very confusing to hear a sloppy explanation to prove the doctrine true: God the Father, God the Son, and God the Spirit are like water: it can be liquid (water), ice (solid), and vapor (gas)...and yet still be water??? And then to add to the confusion, how is the mystery of the trinity a "mystery that cannot be understood" and then attempt to give an explanation to solve the mystery?! I never took the oness doctrine serious either as it stumbled just as poorly in it's defense of God, Jesus, and the Spirit all being the same person and not be able to reconcile simple verses which explicitly have Jesus and God talking to each other as separate persons. After looking at both sides I see them as distractions and both false.
When we look at the last book of the Bible which is Revelation we see right away that God and Jesus and the Spirit are separate persons. When we read the Gospels we see that the the God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit are separate persons. When we read Genesis we see that God, Jesus, and the Spirit are also separate persons. The oness then is from their unity in word and deed being that of God's Word and Deed. Though they all have different titles that each bear: all three are only themselves and not each other. When we observe the types of God, Jesus, the Spirit in the characters of the old testament it becomes crystal clear:
God (God the Father)
Adam (Jesus the Son)
The Spirit of God (The Holy Spirit)
Abraham (God the Father)
Isaac (Jesus the Son)
Eliezer (The Holy Spirit)
Pharaoh (God the Father)
Joseph (Jesus the Son)
Joseph's Steward (The Holy Spirit)
Moses (God the Father)
Joshua (Jesus the Son)
The Spirit which fell on the 70 Elders (The Holy Spirit)
It is clear from the above types that God, Jesus, and the Spirit are not one and the same person; nor, are they one God as three separate persons...and still one God...
What is simplest and most logical to explain is that God is Himself, Jesus is Himself, and the Spirit is Itself. God is the Father of Jesus, Jesus is the Son of God, and the Holy Spirit is the servant of God and Jesus: all three are one in that they all work for the same goal: separate the Light from the Darkness; the Day from the Night; the Good from the Evil etc. Since we are not to mix truth with falsehood let us not mix God, Jesus, and The Holy Spirit up like the trinity and oness doctrines do.
When we look at the last book of the Bible which is Revelation we see right away that God and Jesus and the Spirit are separate persons. When we read the Gospels we see that the the God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit are separate persons. When we read Genesis we see that God, Jesus, and the Spirit are also separate persons. The oness then is from their unity in word and deed being that of God's Word and Deed. Though they all have different titles that each bear: all three are only themselves and not each other. When we observe the types of God, Jesus, the Spirit in the characters of the old testament it becomes crystal clear:
God (God the Father)
Adam (Jesus the Son)
The Spirit of God (The Holy Spirit)
Abraham (God the Father)
Isaac (Jesus the Son)
Eliezer (The Holy Spirit)
Pharaoh (God the Father)
Joseph (Jesus the Son)
Joseph's Steward (The Holy Spirit)
Moses (God the Father)
Joshua (Jesus the Son)
The Spirit which fell on the 70 Elders (The Holy Spirit)
It is clear from the above types that God, Jesus, and the Spirit are not one and the same person; nor, are they one God as three separate persons...and still one God...
What is simplest and most logical to explain is that God is Himself, Jesus is Himself, and the Spirit is Itself. God is the Father of Jesus, Jesus is the Son of God, and the Holy Spirit is the servant of God and Jesus: all three are one in that they all work for the same goal: separate the Light from the Darkness; the Day from the Night; the Good from the Evil etc. Since we are not to mix truth with falsehood let us not mix God, Jesus, and The Holy Spirit up like the trinity and oness doctrines do.
