I believe this is the null hypothesis. To prove it one must show that it was necessary for Jesus to pray to the Paraclete. I believe there are two things that mitigate against this 1. The Paraclete wasn't given until after Jesus died 2. The paraclete is below Jesus on the heirarchy. I believe none of this is contrary to Jesus being God in the flesh.
Oh really? You don't know that the scriptures say that Jesus IS the paraclete?
And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another
Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever; [John 14:16]
My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have
an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:[1 John 2:1]
paraklétos: called to one's aid
Original Word: παράκλητος, ου, ὁ
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Transliteration: paraklétos
Phonetic Spelling: (par-ak'-lay-tos)
Short Definition: an advocate, comforter, helper, Paraclete
Definition: (a) an advocate, intercessor, (b) a consoler, comforter, helper, (c) Paraclete.
HELPS Word-studies
3875 paráklētos (from 3844 /pará, "from close-beside" and 2564 /kaléō, "make a call") – properly, a legal advocate who makes the right judgment-call because close enough to the situation. 3875 /paráklētos ("advocate, advisor-helper") is the regular term in NT times of an attorney (lawyer) – i.e. someone giving evidence that stands up in court.
Jesus never prayed to the Holy Spirit. He only prayed to His Father. And further more, can you see where you are speaking in contradictions to defend this false doctrine? You say "The paraclete is below Jesus on the hierarchy", now how in a trinity [which is 3 CO-EQUAL parts] can one be above or below the other? And that's just the beginning of the problems you presented here. You have:
A Father the same age as a Son
the Sent equal with the Sender
the Son speaking only the Father words and not the holy spirits' words
the Father committing all judgment to Himself
the only begotten Son sitting in the bosom of Himself
the Son sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world [1 John 4:14]
Jesus speaking for Himself and glorifying Himself
etc etc etc etc etc
Joh 8:54 Jesus answered, If I glorify myself, my glory is nothing: it is my Father that glorifieth me; of whom ye say, that he is your God;
Ok I give you some leeway only because it seems like you do not know that the word "god" is a title and not the name of God. The title god can be given to many things...proof 1 Cor 8:5
5For even if there are so-called gods whether in heaven or on earth,
as indeed there are many gods and many lords, 6yet for us there is but one God, the Father, from whom are all things and we exist for Him; and one Lord, Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we exist through Him.
And notice verse 6, Paul is in severe trouble for not mentioning the holy spirit here isn't he? I'll reiterate, "yet for US there is but ONE GOD, THE FATHER...and ONE LORD, JESUS CHRIST. Why didn't Paul say there is one God, the Father and one Lord, Jesus Christ and also the smallest, least powerful of the Godhead, the Holy Spirit?
I believe this has been argued on here before and the answer is the same. God is His own God.
Maybe it has but maybe not clearly or effectively. God is His own God, hmmm so the Father is His own Father as well? Doesn't make sense does it? Neither does saying God is His own God.
I believe this is the null hypothesis again and since your premise isn't provable your conclusion is not valid.
I don't understand how you can say "my hypothesis" is unprovable. Did I not reference all of Pauls writings---pick a book, verse 1 and maybe 2. That's thirteen proofs there. I just showed you how John knew Jesus is the holy spirit [paraclete]. Shall I go on?
I believe I already have ie God is a Spirit.
God is spirit. Not A spirit. Check an interlinear dictionary. the A is not there. Since you think God is A spirit, you equate "no man has seen or heard God" with spirit beings and that no one has seen or heard them right? Check your bible and you will find that that is not true either. Many have spoke to and seen spirits in the bible.
I believe the spirit of God is in Jesus which is part of the makeup of Jesus. The body was created but the Spirit was not. I would never say that the body of Jesus is God. However a person is characterized by the spirit within. So to answer your question Jesus is not exactly God but the Spirit within is and Jesus is not Jesus without that Spirit.
This statement is contradictory to all your other statements on the trinity. Or better stated this is doublespeak. You say one thing at one time and then flip the next
You say: Jesus is not exactly God but He is God and...
But the spirit within is [God] but its the lesser of the 3
That's doublespeak. "Jesus is not God but He is because He is part of the trinity. He is the second part of 3 equal parts but He is more powerful than holy spirit. But see the holy spirit is in Him and that therefore makes Him God"
I believe Jesus is not the Father; He is God in the flesh. The Father is God outside the Flesh. God is one no matter where He is.
So since Jesus is not the Father but God in the flesh and God is one, do you see the contradiction in your statement? Since by your thinking God is one and Jesus is God, when God came became flesh so did the Father become flesh and so did the holy spirit. Im sorry but there is no way the trinity can make any logical sense.
I believe no man has heard God speak as a man until Jesus. God was heard by the prophets but not with a human voice. In order to speak as a human one must occupy the human. So if I say no-one in the 1600's ever saw the Empire State building, would you say that building never existed?
Jesus is the spokesman and no man has heard the Father so by deduction that means the God of the OT is Jesus and not the Father. The God can speak as a human through whatever He wants ie burning bush and through angels. So your analogy falls short.
I believe you must be reading the necromonicon because My Bible clearly indicates that everyone has a spirit.
Lol the necronomicon? Hilarious. One would have to believe that death or dead doesn't mean death or dead. The scriptures clearly state that the dead are dead, not alive without a body. Would you like some concrete scriptures to prove this?
What are the scriptures that say we have a spirit?---that's our own.