Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: bgsuvax!kutz@cis.ohio-state.edu (Kenneth J. Kutz) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: Deity of Christ, H.S. etc. Message-ID: Date: 14 Apr 91 03:26:31 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Organization: Bowling Green State University B.G., Oh. Lines: 50 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu In article , c9037544@cc.newcastle.edu.au (David Williams) writes: > THE DEITY OF THE SPIRIT. > A. Proven by His names. > 1. Names which relate the Spirit equally to other Persons of the Trinity > (I Corinthians 6:11). > 2. Names which show Him doing works which only God can do (Romans 8:15; > John 14:16). > D. Proven by His being equally associated with other Persons of the Trinity > (Acts 5:3-4; Matthew 28:19; II Corinthians 13:14). A hearty AMEN to your posting David. Lord willing I would like to post several articles in the near future on the deity of the Holy Spirit and the idea of the Trinity - One God, three persons. After careful study, it has become clear to me that in viewing the Bible, we must come to one of two conclusions: (1) The Deity of the Spirit (2) The Bible has errors As far as I am concerned, the Jehovah Witness must choose, either 1 or 2. Let me give one example. As you read Jer 31:31-34 ask yourself, who said it? JER 31:31 Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah: JER 31:32 Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they brake, although I was an husband unto them, saith the LORD: JER 31:33 But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people. jER 31:34 And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the LORD: for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the LORD: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more. Who said it? The Lord of course. Now look at Hebrews where these words are quoted. According to Hebrews 10:15, who says this? HEB 10:15 Whereof the Holy Ghost also is a witness to us: for after that he had said before, HEB 10:16 This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, saith the Lord, I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them; HEB 10:17 And their sins and iniquities will I remember no more. HEB 10:18 Now where remission of these is, there is no more offering for sin. The Holy Spirit says what the Lord says. ALL Scripture is God breathed (II Tim 3:16) and no speaking forth from Scripture is without the Holy Spirit's direct guidance (II Peter 1:21). Scripture is God breathed and Spirit inspired. The Lord and the Spirit are one. More later, Lord willing. -- Kenneth J. Kutz Internet kutz@andy.bgsu.edu Systems Programmer BITNET KUTZ@ANDY University Computer Services UUCP ...!osu-cis!bgsuvax!kutz Bowling Green State Univ. US Mail 238 Math Science, BG OH 43403