                                THE TRINITY

The  word  TRINITY is not found in the BIBLE.  There  is  no religious
significance or value in the word,  alone. What is special is the
understanding of the TRIUNE nature of the ONE GOD. We can best explain this
by stating that we, ourselves, exist as a triune entity.

We have a BODY (flesh) that we walk and talk and touch with.  We have a
MIND (soul) that is our will and our intellect.
We have a SPIRIT that controls our very nature - this can be the  old  or
"worldly" spirit or the NEW spirit received  by being "born again".
If you could take away your mind,  you no longer are you. If you  take
away  your  spirit,  you  cease  to  behave  like yourself.  If you take
away your body - well,  that  doesn't need  to be expressed,  does it?
Only when all THREE of you are  "together"  are you really the ONE person
that  we  all know and love (?).

Within  the  NATURE  of ONE GOD,  there  are  THREE  eternal MINISTERS or
persons:  God the FATHER,  God the SON and  GOD the HOLY SPIRIT.  One GOD
by essence, eternally complete and immutable   (meaning  without
possibility  of  change  - or unchanging).  Many "cults" today attempt to
deal with  these MINISTERS  as  separate GODS;  However,  the  BIBLE
clearly states that there is but ONE GOD.

Deuteronomy 6:4 and 32:39 - Isaiah 43:10 to 11 and 44:6 to 8 Psalm  86:10
- Mark 12:29 - Galatians 3:20 - I  Corinthians 8:4,6
While ONE GOD is expressed,  THREE MINISTERING ENTITIES  are shown
throughout the Bible. EACH entity is shown to have the same  attributes
and authority that is given to  the  other entity.  At  no  time is one
entity shown to be  greater  or lesser  than  the other.  It may be best to
express this  by stating that each ENTITY  ministers to us in a SPECIFIC
and clearly  designed  manner  as needed by each  of  us.  These attributes
are:
                          CREATOR
    FATHER              JESUS               HOLY SPIRIT
    ____________________________________________________
    Isaiah 64:8 & 44:24   John 1:3      Job 26:13 & 33:4
    Genesis 1:1           Hebrews 1:2
    Revelation 4:8,11     Colossians 1:15-17
                          INDWELL US
    FATHER                JESUS               HOLY SPIRIT
    ____________________________________________________
    2 Corinthians 6:16  Colossians 1:27     John 14:17
                        Romans 8:10         Romans 8:9
                        Galatians 2:20      I Cor 3:16
                        FIRST AND LAST
       FATHER                                  JESUS
    ____________________________________________________
Isaiah 43:10                             Revelation 1:17
Revelation 21:6                          Revelation 2:8
                                               and 22:13

                      ALPHA AND OMEGA
        FATHER                                  JESUS
    ____________________________________________________
Revelation 1:8                        Revelation 22:13,16 Revelation 21:6
                            I AM
       FATHER                                  JESUS
    ____________________________________________________
    Exodus 3:14,15                             John 8:58 IMMANUEL
       FATHER                                  JESUS
    ____________________________________________________
   Isaiah 8:8                                Isaiah 7:14 Matthew 1:23
                        RESURRECTION
    FATHER              JESUS               HOLY SPIRIT
    ____________________________________________________
  I Thessalonians 1:10  John 2:19          Romans 8:11
  Acts 2:32 17:30,31
                     DRAWS AND CONVICTS
    FATHER              JESUS               HOLY SPIRIT
    ____________________________________________________
  John 6:44             John 12:32         I Cor 12:3
                        John 12:32         John 16:13-15
                        LIFE GIVER
    FATHER              JESUS               HOLY SPIRIT
    ____________________________________________________
  Genesis 2:7           John 1:3,4 17:2     2 Cor 3:6,17

                           SAVIOR
       FATHER                                  JESUS
    ____________________________________________________
     Isaiah 43:3                            John 4:42
     Psalm 106:21                           1 John 4:14
     Isaiah 45:21-23                        Acts 4:12
                                                20:28
                    TO  BE  WORSHIPPED:
       "EVERY KNEE SHALL BOW, EVERY TONGUE CONFESS.."
       FATHER                                  JESUS
    ____________________________________________________
     Isaiah 45:22,23                    Philippians 2:10
     Romans 14:10,11                    Matthew 28:18

                           JUDGE
    FATHER                 JESUS               HOLY SPIRIT
    ____________________________________________________
     Joel 3:12             2 Cor 5:10          John 16:8
     Genesis 18:25         2 Timothy 4:1
                           IS GOD
    FATHER                 JESUS               HOLY SPIRIT
    ____________________________________________________
   John 5:18             John 1:1,14           Acts 5:3,4
   I Cor 1:3             John 20:28
                         THREE PERSONS
   I John 5:7 | Matthew 28:19 | Romans 8:9 | Titus 3:4-6
   Jude 20,21 | Matthew 3:16,17


                            THE REAL HOLY SPIRIT

In Mormonism the "Holy Ghost" is a personage,  or a god, but the "Holy
Spirit" is an impersonal force.  The Mormons refer to  verses that the Holy
Spirit is symbolized by  oil,  fire and  water and show that these are
"impersonal".  The  Bible referes  to  the  Father and the Son  as  "bread
of  life", "living water" and other "impersonal" terms.  Again, we must
look at the context.  In John 16:7,  our Lord is placing His emphasis  on
His going away and the Holy Spirit's being sent by the Father to replace
our Lord himself.  This change  (or replacement),  Jesus  says,  would  be
beneficial  for  His disciples.  AN  IMPERSONAL FORCE COULD HARDLY IMPROVE
ON THE PERSONAL PRESENCE OF OUR LORD, JESUS CHRIST!
The  word  in Hebrew and the word in Greek  for  SPIRIT  and
GHOST  both  mean  the  same,   "breath  or  wind"  and  the "translators"
of the King James Bible noted that the  Greek word  denoted  a  neuter
gender and mistranslated to  be  an "IT",  but  they did utilize the word
Ghost and  Spirit  and interchanged   them  on  many  occassions.   The
words   as translated are from only ONE word in Hebrew and ONE word in
Greek  - therefore  there is NOT two words  for  SPIRIT  and GHOST - only
ONE.  Now, let's look at this ONE entity called the HOLY SPIRIT. In John
16:13 and 14 we see our Lord, Jesus telling  us this about the Holy Spirit,
"HE shall not speak of HIMSELF ...  HE shall glorify me ...  HE shall
receive of mine  ....".  NOTE  that our LORD gives PERSONALITY  to  the
Spirit.  Otherwise  our Lord would have used the  term  that Mormons use
"IT".

Jesus  repeatedly (John 16:7-15) uses the MASCULINE PERSONAL pronoun  "He"
when referring to the Spirit.  Jesus used  the term clearly to tell us that
the Spirit had personality  and intimacy.  Ananias  was struck dead for
lying to the HOLY SPIRIT  (Acts 5:3).  You cannot lie to an impersonal
force!  It would  be like  walking  up  to a window box fan,  turning it
on  and facing its "force" and then telling lie after lie to it - IT WOULD
NOT CARE THE SLIGHEST,  WOULD IT?  Now, you look  at Ananias and,  if you
are not a complete idiot, you would not repeat his behavior,  now would
you? The Holy Spirit and the Holy  Ghost are not two different items
mentioned  in  the Bible.  There  is  only one entity referred to as both
HOLY GHOST and HOLY SPIRIT.

The  Holy Spirit is a person.  The Spirit may  be  "grieved"
(Ephesians   4:30)  and  "sinned  against"  by  UNFORGIVABLE blasphemy
(Mark 3:29). None of these things are possible for an "impersonal force".

 The  Holy Ghost does things which only a person COULD do.  He  SPEAKS:
   "The Spirit said unto Philip,  'Go near'" (Acts 8:29)

                        He STRIVES:

 "My Spirit shall not strive with man forever" (Genesis 6:3) - "The  Spirit
also helpeth our infirmity ...  [and]  MAKETH INTERCESSION for us." (Romans
8:26)
              He REVEALS, SEARCHES, and KNOWS:
"But God hath revealed them unto us by His Spirit;  for  the Spirit
searcheth all things ... the things of God knoweth no man but the Spirit of
God" (I Corinthians 2:10,11).
Other  verses  can be shown that the Spirit IDENTIFIES  with believers
(Acts  15:28),  The Spirit  is  ETERNAL  (Hebrews
9:14),   OMNIPRESENT  (Psalm  139:7-10),   DOES  GOD'S  WORK
(Genesis   1:2),   INVOLVED  IN  REGENERATION  (John   3:8), participates
in the RESURRECTION (Romans 8:11).
Paul  identifies the Spirit as the speaker to  Isaiah.  Acts 28:25-26  and
Isaiah 6:8,9.  An impersonal force  does  not counsel,  speak,  feel,  or
anything resembling personality.  The  HOLY SPIRIT is a person - one of the
THREE ENTITIES  of the ONE TRUE GOD.

There is but ONE GOD.  Yet the THREE PERSONS or MINISTERS  -the  FATHER,
the  SON  and the HOLY  SPIRIT  (GHOST)  - are eternally  linked  and
spoken of as ONE in their  existance, authority  and power.  You cannot
separate them  into  three separate gods.
           If A=D and B=D and C=D, then A=B=C=D!
                    If the Father is God
                            and
                     If the Son is God
                            and
                  If the Holy Sprit is God
                            then
The Father equals the Son equals the Spirit equals TRUE GOD 







