Der Alter,
Are you honestly accusing me of being a JW? As long as I've been posting here you've accused me of being an Arian and other 'things' but this is the first time you ever accused me of being a Jehovah's Witness.
For the record, I am 'not' affiliated nor do I follow the Jehovah's Witnesses. I am affiliated with 'no denomination'. It's me and my Bible. Very simple. I do not accept what many refer to as 'church fathers' being actual representatives of 'the' Church if what they offer is contrary to the words of Christ or His apostles.
We've been through this many times before. I believe in ONE God who is the 'Father' of Christ. And I believe in 'one and ONLY one begotten: Son of God: Jesus Christ. I do not believe in 'three persons' that make up 'one God'. The Bible plainly offers that there are 'no other Gods beside' the one 'true' God. Christ sits at the 'right hand' of God. If He is 'God the Son', that makes 'two God's', and no amount of 'made up theology' is going to alter that 'truth'.
There is 'one God'. And God is often referred to as The Father. Both our heavenly Father and the Father of our Savior, Jesus Christ.
When Christ uttered His last words, they were: "My God, my God, why hath thou forsaken me?" This makes it perfectly clear that He was 'not' speaking to Himself. He was speaking to His Father: God.
Once more, for the record: I am 'not' a Jehovah's Witness, nor am I a follower of Arius though we certainly have similar understanding. I have believed what I believe long before ever knowing who Arius was or anything about the Jehovah's Witnesses.
Blessings,
MEC
"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).
"For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily." (Colossians 2:9).
"And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness." (Genesis 1:26).
"Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:" (Matthew 28:19).
" Therefore being by the right hand of God exalted, and having received of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost,
he [i.e. Jesus] hath shed forth this, which ye now see and hear." (Acts 2:33).
" How
God [i.e. God the Father] anointed
Jesus of Nazareth [i.e. God the Son] with the
Holy Ghost [i.e. God the Holy Spirit] and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was with him." (Acts 10:38).
"The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, be with you all. Amen." (2 Corinthians 13:14).
"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God." (John 1:1).
“And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever" (John 14:16).
"Now when all the people were baptized, it came to pass, that Jesus also being baptized, and praying, the heaven was opened, And the Holy Ghost descended in a bodily shape like a dove upon him, and a voice came from heaven, which said, Thou art my beloved Son; in thee I am well pleased." (Luke 3:21-22).
"I saw in the night visions, and, behold, one like
the Son of man [i.e. God the Son] came with the clouds of heaven, and came to
the Ancient of days [i.e. God the Father], and they brought him near before him. And there was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all people, nations, and languages, should serve him: his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed." (Daniel 7:13-14).
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