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Originally Posted by Jeanie
The Bible plainly states that there is only one Father ( Malachi 2:10; Ephesians 4:6). It also clearly teaches that Jesus is the one Father incarnate ( Isaiah 9:6; John 10:30). The Spirit that dwelt in the Son of God was none other than the Father.
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In that case Jeanie, if Jesus Christ truly is God the Father, the one person of God, as you've claimed, then how can God the Father indwell Jesus who really is himself according to
John 14:10;
“but the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works.” The only possible explanation is the standard Oneness position that the Father indwells the Son because the ‘Father’ is the deity of Jesus and the ‘Son’ is the human nature of Jesus.
Now if I'm wrong Jeanie, you need to show me, or anybody else in this room needs to demonstrate to me, how Jesus can be the Father and yet then be indwelt by himself! I don't see how you can do thsi without opting for the usual Oneness claim that the father = the deity and the Son = the humanity claim, which consequently makes the Son something less than Yahweh God, namely a mere man in whom Yahweh's spirit (Father) then indwells.
The Son is God (
Hebrews 1:8), the Son is Yahweh (
Hebrews 1:10), the Son is eternal (
John 17:5 re '|Son' at verse 1), the Son is omnipresent (
John 14:23), the Son is creator (hebrews 1:2), the Sopn shares the very same essence as that Father (
Hebrews 1:3 re 'Son' at verse 2). Now if anyone should deny these truths jeanie, as the JWs, Unitarians and Christadelphians do, then the Scriptures state emphatically that by denying that the Son is himself the eternal I AM (YHWH God incarnate in the flesh), that person will die in their sins (
John 8:24-28). The Son is not some man who had God's spirit popping inside of him, I have God's spirit indwelling me too, but that doesn't make me Yahweh does it. The Son is ontologically Yahweh, we must affirm this jeanie, I urge you please to pray about these issues and if I'm wrong, then please do correct me from the Bible.