Does this answer the question once and for all about our Creator being only one person?
I am sure the trinitarians out there say no. Why? Because of tradition. We have been taught for centuries that God is 3 in 1 or 1 in 3 (sorry, I get confused).
Why do they persist in denying what our Creator said about Himself?
Following are verses that supposedly support trinitarianism. They are from the Jesus Bible Version which condenses the multiple names used to reference the Creator into those which reflect His duality as Word And Spirit. The comments are extremely helpful in grasping the fact that Christ Jesus our Lord is Spirit Soul And Body. 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.  |
I and my Father are one. |
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 Holy Spirit descending like a dove, and lighting upon him: |
And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you a different Comforter, that He Himself may abide in you for ever;  Jesus did not have to literally `pray the Father` as His Holy Spirit is the One who expressed Himself In Christ Jesus. The purpose for Jesus coming was so that we could receive His Holy Spirit in us. Jesus had to perfectly fulfil the Word and will of the Holy Spirit in order for His purpose to be accomplished. When Jesus spoke these words He had not yet died for our sins, so He was speaking of a possibility that was still conditional - He had to die for our sins. Once He died, His purpose was achieved, fulfilling the requirement for us to receive His Holy Spirit.
Our Creator is a Spirit. He is the Holy Spirit. Jesus came to redeem us so that we can be born of His Spirit and be filled with His Spirit. In other words, Jesus came that we may receive the Father into us and that we may be in the Father . For there to be a different, or another, Comforter implies that there was one previously. Jesus was the first Comforter. His Holy Spirit is the new Comforter. He is a better Comforter because He can be in each of us by virtue of His omnipresence. Christ Jesus, the image of the Holy Spirit, can only be in one place at one time. We have Eternal Life in the Holy Spirit. We experience Abundant Life in this physical life as we are transformed by the Holy Spirit and the Word to the Mind Of Christ. If you are not in perfect peace, if you have any fear, you need the comforter - the Holy Spirit. ask the Father for His Holy Spirit and He will give Himself to you. |
And the Holy Spirit descended in a bodily shape like a dove upon him, and a voice came from heaven, which said, You are my beloved Son; in you I am well pleased. |
Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the strangers scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia,  Apparently Peter had never traveled to the churches he referenced and so had not met the believers there calling them `strangers`. This is quite different from how John and Paul referred to the believers that they wrote to. They called them `dearly beloved`, `saints`, etc. |
Now he which establishes us with you in Christ, and has anointed us, is the Holy Spirit;  |
And there are differences of administrations, but the same Lord. |
One Holy Spirit who is Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.  |
And he is before all things, and by him all things consist. |
Jesus says unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet have you not known me, Philip? he that has seen me has seen the Father; and how say you then, Show us the Father? |
But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men [as the BodyOfThe Lord ]:  |
I and my Father are one. |
Then the Jews took up stones again to stone him.  As it approached the time for Him to be taken, Jesus released those aspects of Truth which would precipitate His arrest and crucifixion. |
The Jews answered him, saying, For a good work we stone you not; but for blasphemy; and because that you, being a man, make yourself the Lord.  |
Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law, I said, You are gods? |
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