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Originally Posted by UntoHim
Did you listen to the short video there in the quote of the day. It's only about 7 or 8 minutes. I'm sorry that you still think that 2000 years of Christian teaching should be thrown out the window for the make-it-up-as-he-went-along theology of some dude who couldn't prove he passed a vacation Bible school pop quiz.
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I'm not throwing out 2,000 years of Christian teaching. I'm only saying that the emphasis on "3 Persons" is not scriptural, and in fact may be misleading. As such, we should not build our theology of God around it, or around traditions, or around ancient creeds, but on the scripture, and only the scripture. Neither am I supporting WL's teachings here, except for those I can support with the Bible.
But on to your other questions ...
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Originally Posted by UntoHim
Did you actually read the quotes I provided?
"and the Son is also the Spirit"
"the Man who ended the old creation became the life-giving Spirit"
"He became the Spirit who gives life"
Who is "the Son"? Is there another Son who is not Jesus?
Who is "the Man"? Is there another Man who is not Jesus?
Who is "He"? Is there another He who is not Jesus?
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Yes, I read and reread your quotes. And the Bible. 1st and 2nd Corinthians.
Technically, we can say with all assurance that He, the resurrected Jesus Christ, "
the Christ" (2C.3.14), or "
The Lord," (v.17) is now "
the Spirit," (v.17) and Apostle Paul then concludes his thought with the new phrase the "
Lord Spirit." (v.18)
Technically, we can also say with all assurance that the resurrected Jesus Christ (I Cor 15.3-23), the "
Him" and "
the Son" (v.27-28), the "
Last Adam" (v45), and the "
Second Man" (v.47) became "a/the
life-giving Spirit." (v45) Whether "
a" or "
the" is in question.
To be accurate according to the scriptures, we should not say that "Jesus Christ is the Holy Spirit." For WL to say this was to take ministerial liberty. I understand his goal was to shake up traditional thinking. Some of that was good, some was not, especially the side of him that condemned all others.