The Christian doctrine of the Trinity (Latin: Trinitas, lit. ‘triad’, from trinus, “threefold”) holds that God is three consubstantial persons or hypostases—the Father, the Son (Jesus Christ), and the Holy Spirit—as “one God in three Divine Persons”. en.wikipedia.org
The three divine persons are equal but not identical. There is no hierarchy or subordination suggested by an unchangeable order in the presentation of their names. adventist.org
So just we are clear, both the Christian world and the Adventist Church believes there are 3 separate divine entities. (Sorry, I will be using divine entities not ‘person’)
Let’s dig up some verses on this.
Gen_1:2 And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
Gen_6:3 And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years.Gen_41:38 And Pharaoh said unto his servants, Can we find such a one as this is, a man in whom the Spirit of God is?
Num_24:2 And Balaam lifted up his eyes, and he saw Israel abiding in his tents according to their tribes; and the spirit of God came upon him.
Mic_3:8 But truly I am full of power by the spirit of the LORD, and of judgment, and of might, to declare unto Jacob his transgression, and to Israel his sin.
These verses do not indicate a third entity? Wait, third? Where is Jesus?
Joh 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
Joh 1:2 The same was in the beginning with God.
Joh 1:3 All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.Joh 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.
Joh 1:29 The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.
Joh 1:30 This is he of whom I said, After me cometh a man which is preferred before me: for he was before me.
So clearly right from creation, Jesus was with God. He does not make any mention of a ‘third separate’ entity. Does this mean Jesus did not know the Holy Spirit?
Mat_3:16 And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him:
Mat 10:19 But when they deliver you up, take no thought how or what ye shall speak: for it shall be given you in that same hour what ye shall speak.
Mat 10:20 For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father which speaketh in you.Mat 12:28 But if I cast out devils by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God is come unto you.
Luk_4:18 The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,
Joh_15:26 But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me:
Get that? Jesus says the Spirit of God leads to truth, gives power to cast out demons, to preach and it is the same Spirit of God which proceedeth from the Father. Ok, the ‘difficult’ word here would be ‘proceedeth from’. Lets get another verse and luckily from Christ Himself!
Mat_4:4 But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.
Well, that verse does not mean the ‘word of God’ is ‘outside’ of God, it means it comes FROM God. So why would we think that the Holy Spirit is coming to us ‘outside’ of God to make ‘three’ different entities?
The Spirit is a part of you not a separate entity.
Luke 1:47 And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour.
Luke 23:46 And when Jesus had cried with a loud voice, he said, Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit: and having said thus, he gave up the ghost.
1 Corinthians 6:20 For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s.
1 Corinthians 14:14 For if I pray in an unknown tongue, my spirit prayeth, but my understanding is unfruitful.
Point is each of us have our own unique spirit and because of Satan our spirits are ever so weakened that we fall. So Christ promised that whenever we feel low we should ask Him and He will fill us with His own perfect Spirit. One with love, mercy, kindness, patience, perseverance and more.
Jas_2:26 For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.
1Jn_4:2 Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God:
Now when you believe in a third separate god it’s called polytheism. Worshiping of many gods. The devil is clever. Think of the billions of people who have fallen. And for him, he always catches you on a technicality. Remember Eve? She was caught on a technicality. Did.God.say.
So again he caught us all on a technicality. Did Christ say He will send you the Holy Spirit? Out of that he makes the world believe this holy spirit is just like Christ but separate and will make us wiser to fight sin. He hides the fact that The Spirit is indeed the very Spirit of Christ. Why? but of course if he gets you breaking the very first commandment, then why bother with the other 9?
Just like Eve was promised wisdom in disobedience Christians are channelling their prayers to the wrong place for the same wisdom.
If Eve was not accepted why should we. The trinity proposes a third God we have not seen in the Bible. So technically the Trinity is actually pagan worship.
What people miss in the ten commandments is the separation between the first and the second.
(1) Exo 20:3 Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
(2) Exo 20:4 Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth:
Number one clearly states no other gods. Number two speaks of making gods. So while you can stand proud that your church does not have idols, the fact that your church believes in the trinity means it believes in a third god. That is just the truth.
The Christian doctrine of the Trinity (Latin: Trinitas, lit. ‘triad’, from trinus, “threefold”) holds that God is three consubstantial persons or hypostases—the Father, the Son (Jesus Christ), and the Holy Spirit—as “one God in three Divine Persons”. en.wikipedia.org
Joh_8:16 And yet if I judge, my judgment is true: for I am not alone, but I and the Father that sent me.
Joh_16:28 I came forth from the Father, and am come into the world: again, I leave the world, and go to the Father.
Joh 10:30 I and my Father are one.
Joh_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.
Jesus gave us all proof that He and The Father are one. He did not give any indication of ‘another separate third god’. As far as the Holy Spirit is concerned, Jesus said it is the Spirit of the Father. That is why Jesus says
Joh_14:11 Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me: or else believe me for the very works’ sake.
The Devil is far clever than me. So think again, does the Bible say The Spirit of God or does the Bible say the Spirit god. Because unless your English is pathetic, one does not mean the other. And this time, that difference will cost you your life.
Jas 2:10 For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all.
If the Devil does not get you on the Sabbath, he will try to get you on something else.
1Pe 5:8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
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