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Brian2

Veteran Member
The spirit of Christ is a REFLECTION of the spirit of God. The spirit of God (the Father) is NOT ‘THE Spirit’ of Christ. There is only one spirit of God … by doing the Will of God, the spirit of the Jesus mirrors the Will of God… and therefore if we do the Will of God then our spirit, too, will mirror the spirit of God… and thus mirror the spirit of Jesus.

There is only one Spirit of God, as you say, but the Bible shows us that the Spirit of God is the Spirit of Christ. The Bible says there is one Spirit (Eph 4:4-6) and when Christians are given the Spirit of God we have the Spirit of Christ.
Why Is the Holy Spirit Called,

But you make it out that the spirit is a single ENTITY spirit which is in both God and Jesus…. And would therefore be in us…. I bet you didn’t think past Jesus to think that if the spirit of God in Jesus and God and is then that would make us God, too… by your false ideology!!

No, how can we ever be God, we are creations of God. Christians are united with Christ and so united to each other as the body of Christ.
1Cor6:16 Or don’t you know that he who unites himself with a prostitute is one with her in body? For it is said, “The two will become one flesh.” 17But he who unites himself with the Lord is one with Him in spirit.
We don't become Jesus when we have His Spirit, so why do you think that having the Spirit of God makes us into God.

Lying to God IS lying to the SPIRIT of God because The spirit of God IS TRUTH.

Of you lie about a truth then you are most definitely LYING TO GOD.

That is why it is said that you should not GREIVE the spirit of God: Do not GRIEVE THE SPIRIT OF TRUTH because the Spirit of truth is the Spirit of God!

Can you see the word ‘OF’? It is a possessive word. It most certainly does not mean that something that is OF another IS that thing if is possessed from.

The spirit is the property of God. It therefore cannot BE GOD that possesses it.

If a person lies to the FACE (spirit) OF BRIAN2 (God), you would have to say then that Brian2’s (God’s) FACE (spirit) is ANOTHER BRIAN2 (God).
But your FACE is not YOU, it is but a facet (excuse the pun) OF you!!

I find it hard to understand your argument.
 

Soapy

Son of his Father: The Heir and Prince
There is only one Spirit of God, as you say, but the Bible shows us that the Spirit of God is the Spirit of Christ. The Bible says there is one Spirit (Eph 4:4-6) and when Christians are given the Spirit of God we have the Spirit of Christ.
Why Is the Holy Spirit Called,
That’s right. There is only one spirit of God. Jesus’s OWN spirit aligns with that of the ONE spirit of God… Jesus’ OWN spirit does not become the one spirit of God.

I feel you are purposely confusing the terms for your own false ideology. It is obvious that Jesus has his own spirit. If he aligns it with that of God then that is the point. It doesn’t make Jesus’ spirit THE SPIRIT of God but only ALIGNED to the spirit of God…. In the same way that if we align our spirit with that of God or Jesus then our spirit is ‘the same’ as their - but NOT theirs… only aligned to theirs.
No, how can we ever be God, we are creations of God. Christians are united with Christ and so united to each other as the body of Christ.
1Cor6:16 Or don’t you know that he who unites himself with a prostitute is one with her in body? For it is said, “The two will become one flesh.” 17But he who unites himself with the Lord is one with Him in spirit.
We don't become Jesus when we have His Spirit, so why do you think that having the Spirit of God makes us into God.
I did not say that we become God. It was an argument meant to prove AGAINST it from your argument. Again, I’m feeling that you realise your error and are trying to make out that I spoke incorrectly… it is obvious that I was using YOUR false argument to prove against you…

In Which argument have I ever claimed that man is almighty God…. duh!!
I find it hard to understand your argument.
Yes, Brian2, you have the ability like all trinitarian believers of suddenly not understanding something when you absolutely see the truth of the argument against you.

Your response is equivalent to: ‘Ok, you win!’
Thank you!!!
 

Brian2

Veteran Member
That’s right. There is only one spirit of God. Jesus’s OWN spirit aligns with that of the ONE spirit of God… Jesus’ OWN spirit does not become the one spirit of God.

I feel you are purposely confusing the terms for your own false ideology. It is obvious that Jesus has his own spirit. If he aligns it with that of God then that is the point. It doesn’t make Jesus’ spirit THE SPIRIT of God but only ALIGNED to the spirit of God…. In the same way that if we align our spirit with that of God or Jesus then our spirit is ‘the same’ as their - but NOT theirs… only aligned to theirs.

Eph 4:4 There is one body and one Spirit............
Christians have the Spirit of Christ and so belong to Him and are corporately the body of Christ.

Romans 8:9 You, however, are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if in fact the Spirit of God dwells in you. Anyone who does not have the Spirit of Christ does not belong to him.
So we have the Spirit of Christ and the Spirit of God, and since there is only one Spirit, those 2 are one, in number.

John 20:22When He had said this, He breathed on them and said, “Receive the Holy Spirit.
Jesus gives us the Holy Spirit. It comes from Jesus as well as from the Father.
 

Soapy

Son of his Father: The Heir and Prince
Eph 4:4 There is one body and one Spirit............
Christians have the Spirit of Christ and so belong to Him and are corporately the body of Christ.

Romans 8:9 You, however, are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if in fact the Spirit of God dwells in you. Anyone who does not have the Spirit of Christ does not belong to him.
So we have the Spirit of Christ and the Spirit of God, and since there is only one Spirit, those 2 are one, in number.

John 20:22When He had said this, He breathed on them and said, “Receive the Holy Spirit.
Jesus gives us the Holy Spirit. It comes from Jesus as well as from the Father.
No, BRIAN2. Show where it comes from Jesus!! Nowhere does scriptures say that. I would bet that that is one of those verse ADDED IN by Trinitarians translators. I mean, like:
  • ‘What change occurred in the disciples after Jesus us supposed to have ‘given them the Holy Spirit FROM HIMSELF’? Notice that NOTHING HAPPENED TO ANY OF THEM!!
  • In fact, if there was some change then NOTICE that Thomas DID NOT RECEIVE IT, yet trinitarian belief wrongly suggests that Thomas SAW AND TOUCHED GOD… Thomas, who did not have the Holy Spirit ‘blown on him’!! Strange, eh!!

The Holy Spirit IS A GIFT FROM THE FATHER… (Acts 1:4) Jesus merely PASSES IT ON to those who God wills. This is not the same as Jesus GIVING the Fathers Holy Spirit as if it was Jesus’ to give. The Holy Spirit is not OWNED by Jesus - it’s an acquisition put upon him just as it will be to other believers
  • “Stay in Jerusalem until send you THE PROMISE OF THE FATHER.” (Acts 1:4)
  • “you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.” (Acts 1:8)
The [holy] spirit is the property of the Father. It is not a single entity like something physical or limited. It is eternally fluid like a gas or like wind. It can fill any and every vessel (soul) that is required of it. It filled Jesus at his baptism because Jesus’ soul was clean but every disciple contained some element of sin that reduced the amount of ‘spirit power’ that person was able to contain hence all disciples, now apostles, received only lesser, limited AMOUNTS (abilities) of the Holy Spirit - due to sin - not because the spirit could not fill them entirely.
 

Brian2

Veteran Member
No, BRIAN2. Show where it comes from Jesus!! Nowhere does scriptures say that. I would bet that that is one of those verse ADDED IN by Trinitarians translators. I mean, like:
  • ‘What change occurred in the disciples after Jesus us supposed to have ‘given them the Holy Spirit FROM HIMSELF’? Notice that NOTHING HAPPENED TO ANY OF THEM!!
  • In fact, if there was some change then NOTICE that Thomas DID NOT RECEIVE IT, yet trinitarian belief wrongly suggests that Thomas SAW AND TOUCHED GOD… Thomas, who did not have the Holy Spirit ‘blown on him’!! Strange, eh!!

The Holy Spirit IS A GIFT FROM THE FATHER… (Acts 1:4) Jesus merely PASSES IT ON to those who God wills. This is not the same as Jesus GIVING the Fathers Holy Spirit as if it was Jesus’ to give. The Holy Spirit is not OWNED by Jesus - it’s an acquisition put upon him just as it will be to other believers
  • “Stay in Jerusalem until send you THE PROMISE OF THE FATHER.” (Acts 1:4)
  • “you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.” (Acts 1:8)
The [holy] spirit is the property of the Father. It is not a single entity like something physical or limited. It is eternally fluid like a gas or like wind. It can fill any and every vessel (soul) that is required of it. It filled Jesus at his baptism because Jesus’ soul was clean but every disciple contained some element of sin that reduced the amount of ‘spirit power’ that person was able to contain hence all disciples, now apostles, received only lesser, limited AMOUNTS (abilities) of the Holy Spirit - due to sin - not because the spirit could not fill them entirely.

Is God everywhere?
 

Soapy

Son of his Father: The Heir and Prince
Is God everywhere?
God is everywhere by his Holy Spirit:
  • Everything is made by God.
  • Everything made by God expresses the glory of God.
  • The glory of God can be seen in everything that is Godly
“Where can I hide from thy presence, …”
  • “Where can I go from your Spirit? Where can I flee from your presence?” (Psalm 139:7)
  • “even the darkness will not be dark to you; the night will shine like the day, for darkness is as light to you.” (Psalm 139:12)
The latter verse shows that even a sinner (in darkness) has the presence of the spirit of God if that sinner allows God to shine out of them. Repentance is the key to allowing God’s spirit to shine through and out of the sinner.
If we sin and are sincere in our repentance, God’s spirit will shine through since God is in us even as a sinners - it just takes sincere repentance to flick the switch and turn on God’s light.
 

Soapy

Son of his Father: The Heir and Prince
How is God's Spirit (and so God) poured out onto people when God's Spirit and so God is already there?
That is a pretentious question.

I did not say that ‘God is there’. I said God is there BY HIS SPIRIT. Spirit is not a physical entity. My spirit is not with you in this forum. It is contending with you… at the same time my spirit is contending with all trinitarian and most JW in this forum… at the same time again my spirit is with my family, good friends, colleagues, etc. Spirit is not limited.

God SENDS his spirit into us if we are receptive to God (This means to show great light of truth… we all have the potential of God’s spirit in us because we are made in the image of God). All of us have the potential to utilise the spirit of God that is in us already and hence the scriptures says we must not GRIEVE the spirit (it is truth - and truth must not be grieved!)

You see that I say that my spirit CONTENDS with yours… I am not WITH YOU on what you say! But if you post the truth THEN I WILL BE WITH YOU - I will pour myself out on you (I WILL SUPPORT YOU!!). I am not physically nowhere except where I am now… but my spirit is many places at any one time.

So, though God’s spirit is everywhere positively IN THOSE who are true believers the spirit is not SUPPORTING them. But you might ask then how GOOD THINGS happen to wicked people…. You should know….!! Satan also has a spirit that DOES support unbelievers and therefore fool them to make them feel that it is God’s spirit that is with them. The spirit of God in us is the basal spirit of Goodness. Even wicked people have spirit of goodness, even pagan and heathens have spirit of goodness even if they do not glorify God for his gift of the spirit of goodness, right and wrong, truth and lie.

The ‘pouring out’ of the spirit of God is a fantastic actioning of the Holy Spirit of God. You will see from scriptures that even though the disciples were believers of God and Jesus Christ, even THEY DID NOT HAVE the Holy Spirit poured out on them until AFTER Jesus was taken up to Heaven.

Your question is related to exceptional situations not conducive with the discussion. This smacks of desperation and shows you have lost the basis of your original question (Moving the goal posts, in effect!)
 
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Brian2

Veteran Member
That is a pretentious question.

I did not say that ‘God is there’. I said God is there BY HIS SPIRIT. Spirit is not a physical entity. My spirit is not with you in this forum. It is contending with you… at the same time my spirit is contending with all trinitarian and most JW in this forum… at the same time again my spirit is with my family, good friends, colleagues, etc. Spirit is not limited.

The Bible tells us that God is too big to be housed in a temple made with hands and that the heavens and the heaven of the heavens cannot contain Him. So God is everywhere, literally.
The Bible also equates God's presence with the presence of His Spirit.
Psalm 139:7 Where shall I go from your Spirit? Or where shall I flee from your presence?

When the Spirit comes to dwell in a Christian both the Father and Son have come to dwell in that person.
The 3 are living in that person. Is that correct?
 

Soapy

Son of his Father: The Heir and Prince
The Bible tells us that God is too big to be housed in a temple made with hands and that the heavens and the heaven of the heavens cannot contain Him. So God is everywhere, literally.
The Bible also equates God's presence with the presence of His Spirit.
Psalm 139:7 Where shall I go from your Spirit? Or where shall I flee from your presence?

When the Spirit comes to dwell in a Christian both the Father and Son have come to dwell in that person.
The 3 are living in that person. Is that correct?
The SPIRIT of God and the Spirit of Jesus is present in such a person.

It is not ‘GOD ALMIGHTY’ and ‘JESUS CHRIST’ as persons who are literally dwelling in a person of goodness.

God is ONE ENTITY - Spirit Being.
Jesus is ONE ENTITY - a Man.

God, though Spirit entity, NEVER LEAVES HIS ETERNAL THRONE.

Jesus, though in spirit form in Heaven, is nonetheless, a human Being. His current role is to oversee reconstitution of goodness over the whole of creation. He, too, is seated on a throne while he carries out this enterprise given to him by almighty God.

They both never leave their thrones: Jesus leaves his after his role is completed and hands back the rulership to his Father and God, YHWH.

So, the presence of God and the presence of Jesus, IS BY THEIR SPIRIT…. Not their PERSON!

(Wow, you are getting desperate!! What kind of question was that - and, Yes, I know you presented a malicious question but I felt drawn to answer you anyway!)
 

Brian2

Veteran Member
The SPIRIT of God and the Spirit of Jesus is present in such a person.

It is not ‘GOD ALMIGHTY’ and ‘JESUS CHRIST’ as persons who are literally dwelling in a person of goodness.

John 14:16 And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another advocate to help you and be with you forever— 17 the Spirit of truth.
John 14:20 On that day you will realize that I am in my Father, and you are in me, and I am in you.
John 14:23 Jesus replied, “Anyone who loves me will obey my teaching. My Father will love them, and we will come to them and make our home with them.

It looks as if it is literally the Father and Son who dwell in Christians and it looks as if they dwell in us through the presence of the Spirit of Truth/Holy Spirit in us.

God, though Spirit entity, NEVER LEAVES HIS ETERNAL THRONE.

Jesus, though in spirit form in Heaven, is nonetheless, a human Being. His current role is to oversee reconstitution of goodness over the whole of creation. He, too, is seated on a throne while he carries out this enterprise given to him by almighty God.

They both never leave their thrones: Jesus leaves his after his role is completed and hands back the rulership to his Father and God, YHWH.

So, the presence of God and the presence of Jesus, IS BY THEIR SPIRIT…. Not their PERSON!

By their Spirit and not their Person.
Does this mean they share the same Spirit?
How does Jesus come back to earth in person if He is sitting on the throne in person?
To me it looks as if Jesus fills the universe as the scripture tells us (Eph 4:10) and also God is everywhere as the scriptures tell us (2Chron 2:6) and also the Spirit is everywhere as the scriptures tell us. (Ps 139:7-12)
 

Soapy

Son of his Father: The Heir and Prince
John 14:16 And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another advocate to help you and be with you forever— 17 the Spirit of truth.
John 14:20 On that day you will realize that I am in my Father, and you are in me, and I am in you.
John 14:23 Jesus replied, “Anyone who loves me will obey my teaching. My Father will love them, and we will come to them and make our home with them.

It looks as if it is literally the Father and Son who dwell in Christians and it looks as if they dwell in us through the presence of the Spirit of Truth/Holy Spirit in us.



By their Spirit and not their Person.
Does this mean they share the same Spirit?
How does Jesus come back to earth in person if He is sitting on the throne in person?
To me it looks as if Jesus fills the universe as the scripture tells us (Eph 4:10) and also God is everywhere as the scriptures tell us (2Chron 2:6) and also the Spirit is everywhere as the scriptures tell us. (Ps 139:7-12)
Why are you still trying to force a ‘One [physical] spirit’ concept into scriptures?

I said the spirit of Jesus AND the spirit of God. How are you still trying to claim ‘one spirit’ is ‘both’?

Spirit ‘of God’: The spirit that emanates from God.
Spirit ‘of Jesus’: The spirit that emanates from Jesus.

The acts of EACH of spirit is the same but the control of each spirit is the ownership of its corresponding entity: Jesus could (but does not) waver in his spirit:
  • ‘Father, IF THERE COULD BE ANOTHER WAY….., but NOT MY WILL BUT YOURS!’
Jesus’ directs his spirit towards that of the Father after wavering for a moment knowing what he was about to face the next day.

Everyone of Mankind EACH has their own spirit (their Will), but few (none but Jesus!) direct that Will completely towards God’s Will.

The rest of what you said: You are speaking in pagan tongues. I thought you were trinitarian?
 
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Brian2

Veteran Member
Why are you still trying to force a ‘One [physical] spirit’ concept into scriptures?

I said the spirit of Jesus AND the spirit of God. How are you still trying to claim ‘one spirit’ is ‘both’?

Spirit ‘of God’: The spirit that emanates from God.
Spirit ‘of Jesus’: The spirit that emanates from Jesus.

The acts of EACH of spirit is the same but the control of each spirit is the ownership of its corresponding entity: Jesus could (but does not) waver in his spirit:
  • ‘Father, IF THERE COULD BE ANOTHER WAY….., but NOT MY WILL BUT YOURS!’
Jesus’ directs his spirit towards that of the Father after wavering for a moment knowing what he was about to face the next day.

Everyone of Mankind EACH has their own spirit (their Will), but few (none but Jesus!) direct that Will completely towards God’s Will.

The rest of what you said: You are speaking in pagan tongues. I thought you were trinitarian?

The scriptures tell us that there is one Spirit.
Jesus breathed the Holy Spirit onto His disciples.
I just said what the scriptures say.
My speculation is that Jesus had His own spirit, human spirit that is but the scripture tells us that Jesus ascended and fills the universe. (Eph 4:10) When He ascended He took back the God attributes that He had left behind when He became a man and so He consciously shared the same Spirit as His Father, which is everywhere.
 

Soapy

Son of his Father: The Heir and Prince
The scriptures tell us that there is one Spirit.
Jesus breathed the Holy Spirit onto His disciples.
I just said what the scriptures say.
My speculation is that Jesus had His own spirit, human spirit that is but the scripture tells us that Jesus ascended and fills the universe. (Eph 4:10) When He ascended He took back the God attributes that He had left behind when He became a man and so He consciously shared the same Spirit as His Father, which is everywhere.
Brian2, it seems like Satan has taken control of your spirit. Beware he doesn’t take your soul, too.

Defending trinity has caused you to go dollally.

The thing is, you know it.

Stop digging the pit deeper for yourself.
 

Soapy

Son of his Father: The Heir and Prince
There is only one Spirit of God, as you say, but the Bible shows us that the Spirit of God is the Spirit of Christ. The Bible says there is one Spirit (Eph 4:4-6) and when Christians are given the Spirit of God we have the Spirit of Christ.
Why Is the Holy Spirit Called,



No, how can we ever be God, we are creations of God. Christians are united with Christ and so united to each other as the body of Christ.
1Cor6:16 Or don’t you know that he who unites himself with a prostitute is one with her in body? For it is said, “The two will become one flesh.” 17But he who unites himself with the Lord is one with Him in spirit.
We don't become Jesus when we have His Spirit, so why do you think that having the Spirit of God makes us into God.



I find it hard to understand your argument.
I just read the article you linked concerning why the Holy Spirit is called [the spirit of Jesus].

I must say that I now understand the delusion that you and other Trinitarians operate under.

And it’s not good!

Many, if not all, of the verses quoted are taken out of context. And even the ones that can’t be taken out of context are misrepresented.

In at least one verse, the spirit of God is shown as being ‘From the Father’. Yet the write up stated it is from Jesus. Now how can that be unlike you are going to say that Jesus is the Father?

But of course you do not. So how do you keep saying that the Spirit that was the promise from the Father is the spirit of jesus? Jesus said he was sending what the Father promised. That means the spirit is coming from the Father. And we know that the spirit is OF GOD… His Spirit!! Jesus is merely DELIVERING IT!!

I guess you would say that a gift delivered by the post person is a gift FROM the post person!!? And not from the person who SENT IT…!?

God’s spirit fills Jesus at his anointing/baptism.

God’s spirit fills the apostles at their anointing/baptism.

Who does the spirit of God come from to anointed them? What is the consequence of their anointing with God’s Holy Spirit?

Isn’t it that they take on powers and abilities that were unavailable before their anointing?
 

Brian2

Veteran Member
I just read the article you linked concerning why the Holy Spirit is called [the spirit of Jesus].

I must say that I now understand the delusion that you and other Trinitarians operate under.

And it’s not good!

Many, if not all, of the verses quoted are taken out of context. And even the ones that can’t be taken out of context are misrepresented.

In at least one verse, the spirit of God is shown as being ‘From the Father’. Yet the write up stated it is from Jesus. Now how can that be unlike you are going to say that Jesus is the Father?

But of course you do not. So how do you keep saying that the Spirit that was the promise from the Father is the spirit of jesus? Jesus said he was sending what the Father promised. That means the spirit is coming from the Father. And we know that the spirit is OF GOD… His Spirit!! Jesus is merely DELIVERING IT!!

I guess you would say that a gift delivered by the post person is a gift FROM the post person!!? And not from the person who SENT IT…!?

God’s spirit fills Jesus at his anointing/baptism.

God’s spirit fills the apostles at their anointing/baptism.

Who does the spirit of God come from to anointed them? What is the consequence of their anointing with God’s Holy Spirit?

Isn’t it that they take on powers and abilities that were unavailable before their anointing?

Romans 8:9-11
You, however, are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if in fact the Spirit of God dwells in you. Anyone who does not have the Spirit of Christ does not belong to him. But if Christ is in you, although the body is dead because of sin, the Spirit is life because of righteousness. If the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit who dwells in you.

1 Peter 1:11
seeking to know what person or time the Spirit of Christ within them was indicating as He predicted the sufferings of Christ and the glories to follow.

Galatians 4:6
Because you are sons, God has sent forth the Spirit of His Son into our hearts, crying, “Abba! Father!”

Christians have the Spirit of Christ, the same Spirit that Jesus gave to His disciples when He breathed on them (John 20:22). There is One Spirit (Eph 4:4) and that one Spirit is also called the Spirit of God. Through that one Spirit the Father and the Son come and dwell in a Christian. (John 14:23)
Christians are the body of Christ because His Spirit is in us all.
Christians are the temple of God because His Spirit is in us all.(1Cor 3:14)
The One Spirit.
John 6:60 When many of his disciples heard it, they said, “This is a hard saying; who can listen to it?” 61 But Jesus, knowing in himself that his disciples were grumbling about this, said to them, “Do you take offense at this? 62 Then what if you were to see the Son of Man ascending to where he was before? 63 It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh is no help at all. The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and life.

Jesus is the Word of God and the words that Jesus spoke to the disciples are spirit and life and are the body and blood of Jesus which we are to eat.
2 Corinthians 13:5
Examine yourselves, to see whether you are in the faith. Test yourselves. Or do you not realize this about yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in you?—unless indeed you fail to meet the test!
And now I will send the Holy Spirit, just as my Father promised. But stay here in the city until the Holy Spirit comes and fills you with power from heaven (Luke 24:49 ).
(So Jesus sent the Holy Spirit)
However, the helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you everything. He will remind you of everything that I have ever told you (John 14:26 ).
(The Father sends the Spirit also.)
For I know that through your prayers and the help of the Spirit of Jesus Christ this will turn out for my deliverance (Philippians 1:19 ).
And after they came to Mysia, they were trying to go into Bithynia, and the Spirit of Jesus did not permit them (Acts 16:7).
 

Soapy

Son of his Father: The Heir and Prince
Romans 8:9-11
You, however, are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if in fact the Spirit of God dwells in you. Anyone who does not have the Spirit of Christ does not belong to him. But if Christ is in you, although the body is dead because of sin, the Spirit is life because of righteousness. If the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit who dwells in you.

1 Peter 1:11
seeking to know what person or time the Spirit of Christ within them was indicating as He predicted the sufferings of Christ and the glories to follow.

Galatians 4:6
Because you are sons, God has sent forth the Spirit of His Son into our hearts, crying, “Abba! Father!”

Christians have the Spirit of Christ, the same Spirit that Jesus gave to His disciples when He breathed on them (John 20:22). There is One Spirit (Eph 4:4) and that one Spirit is also called the Spirit of God. Through that one Spirit the Father and the Son come and dwell in a Christian. (John 14:23)
Christians are the body of Christ because His Spirit is in us all.
Christians are the temple of God because His Spirit is in us all.(1Cor 3:14)
The One Spirit.
John 6:60 When many of his disciples heard it, they said, “This is a hard saying; who can listen to it?” 61 But Jesus, knowing in himself that his disciples were grumbling about this, said to them, “Do you take offense at this? 62 Then what if you were to see the Son of Man ascending to where he was before? 63 It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh is no help at all. The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and life.

Jesus is the Word of God and the words that Jesus spoke to the disciples are spirit and life and are the body and blood of Jesus which we are to eat.
2 Corinthians 13:5
Examine yourselves, to see whether you are in the faith. Test yourselves. Or do you not realize this about yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in you?—unless indeed you fail to meet the test!
And now I will send the Holy Spirit, just as my Father promised. But stay here in the city until the Holy Spirit comes and fills you with power from heaven (Luke 24:49 ).
(So Jesus sent the Holy Spirit)
However, the helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you everything. He will remind you of everything that I have ever told you (John 14:26 ).
(The Father sends the Spirit also.)
For I know that through your prayers and the help of the Spirit of Jesus Christ this will turn out for my deliverance (Philippians 1:19 ).
And after they came to Mysia, they were trying to go into Bithynia, and the Spirit of Jesus did not permit them (Acts 16:7).
Jesus is the word of God.

Yes, Jesus is the word of God… The word God gave to Jesus is what Jesus speaks… so, yes, Jesus speaks God’s word…. Just as a good emissary speaks the words of the king who gave him the words to speak:
  • ‘The words I speak are not my own, but my Father who lives in me does his work through me.” (John 14:10)
‘The words” spoken by Jesus ARE NOT HIS… but those given to him BY GOD…. Just as the a good emissary speaks only the words given to him by his king.

The emissary is not the king but he speaks only the works of the king.

Jesus is not God (who gave him the words) but he speaks the words of God (who gave him the word)

The spirit of Jesus mimics the spirit of God. It is aligned with God’s own spirit and so as mankind we can also align our spirit with that of Jesus…

While Jesus was on earth the disciples basked in the spirit of Jesus which acted as a shield around them.
When Jesus was taken up to Heaven Jesus’ shield was removed until the promise of the Father - the Father!s Holy Spirit - was given to them. That is why Jesus told them:
  • ““And now I will send the Holy Spirit, just as my Father promised. But stay here in the city until the Holy Spirit comes and fills you with power from heaven.” (Luke 24:29)
The Holy Spirit is from the Father; YHWH; God. God is in Jesus when the spirit of God is in him. And when the spirit of God is in us then both God and Jesus are in us, too… via THEIR spiritS: Jesus’ spirit is shielded in God’s spirit; and the believers spirit is shielded in Jesus’ spirit - which is shielded in God’s spirit.

Going back: The words Jesus speak are shielded in truth. But Jesus says they are not ‘his words’.,, Whose words are they, then?
 
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