In 1Cor 2, above, the thoughts of God is to the Spirit or mind of God as our mind is to our Spirit. Then it says that Christ is the mind of Christ or the Spirit of God. In Romans, Paul, as we might expect, said the same thing:
Rom 8:2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus
hath made me free from the law of sin and death.
But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his. Romans 8:9
And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the Spirit is life because of righteousness. Romans 8:10
If the Spirit of Christ is not the One Holy Spirit then we have two Spirit s. If the Spirit of God is not the Holy Spirit then we have three Spirits. This would seem to make six Gods.
To solve this problem the Spirit is the Spirit of God is the Spirit of Christ. Paul tightens the noose by concluding that this means Christ in you. This is not God which would make us God Incarnate but it is God's mind or mental disposition which enlightens our Spirit so that our bodies do not go off on their own.
Within one physical body there is only one Spirit. There are not, therefore, three Spirit s in the Godhead.
There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling; Ephesians 4:4
This makes it very convenient in understanding that if the third person is the "Spirit" of the Godhead this leaves Father and Son without a Spirit. Colossians makes this clear by showing that-
To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory: Colossians 1:27
But even unto this day, when Moses is read, the vail is upon their heart. 2 Corinthians 3:15
Nevertheless, when it shall turn to the Lord, the vail shall be taken away. 2 Corinthians 3:16
Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. 2 Corinthians 3:17
But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord. 2 Corinthians 3:18
God used His Breath or Spirit to Speak the Word through His double-edged sword or the lips of His mouth. God, Breath and Word are not three persons. Rather, the three "tenses" of God's mind expressing Itself in Words helps explain how God made man "in His own image." That is, man is God's visible "stamp" or imprint in the Physical world. When we see the regenerated human being we see how God, Who is pure or holy Spirit, wanted to be identified in the visible world.
The mind of Christ is the Holy Spirit of the Prophets Up
Next, let us look at Paul's explanation of the Spirit (mental disposition) of God's mind (the deep factual thoughts by which He created the universe). God hid wisdom or deep wisdom. These Words relate to God's secret plans for the earth. Jesus said that these mysteries were hidden in parables from the foundation of the world. However, He came to reveal them to those with open ears.
First, look again at what Paul wrote about the Spirit of wisdom given through Messiah:
But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the world unto our glory: 1 Corinthians 2:7 (Wisdom is personified in Proverbs)
But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart (thoughts or feeling) of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him. 1 Corinthians 2:9
But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth (finds and belches out) all things, yea, the deep (profound) things of God. 1 Corinthians 2:10
When we prepare to teach information, our Spirit searches throughout the mental storehouse of what we know. After we have the thought clearly in one place we then tell our mouth to speak.
Second, Paul understood that the Spirit Who revealed the Word to the prophets spoke to the apostles through the Son which is the visible or material manifest ion of Himself in the physical world:
GOD (Spirit), who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets, Hebrews 1:1
Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also; Hebrews 1:2
The Christ ( Spirit Anointed) has always been God. When He breathed on the prophets before His Incarnation, He was either invisible or was an angel to speak in the physical world. In the wilderness He gave water as the Rock. When God was manifest in the flesh, He became the Son which means "the name bearer" or "the family builder." When God found no human intercessor He sent His own right arm or His power but we don't expect to see the "finger of God" writing to most of us.
And the Spirit of the Lord came upon him, and he judged Israel, and went out to war: and the Lord delivered Chushan-rishathaim king of Mesopotamia into his hand; and his hand prevailed against Chushan-rishathaim. Jud.3:10
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Third, Peter shows that the One and only Spirit was the Spirit of Christ:
Searching what, or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them did signify, when it testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ, and the glory that should follow. 1 Peter 1:11 Or in the LIV:
They wondered what the Spirit of Christ within them was talking about, for he told them to write down the events which, since then, have happened to Christ: his suffering, and his great glory afterwards. And they wondered when and to whom all this would happen. 1 Peter 1:11 LIV
Wherefore I will not be negligent to put you always in remembrance of these things, though ye know them, and be established in the present truth. 2Pe.1:12
Yea, they made their hearts as an adamant stone, lest they should hear the law, and
........... the Words which the Lord of hosts hath sent
........... in his Spirit by the former prophets:
........... therefore came a great wrath from the Lord of hosts. Zech 7:12John wrote:
And I fell at his feet to worship him. And he said unto me, See thou do it not: I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren that have the testimony of Jesus: worship God: for the testimony of Jesus is the Spirit of prophecy. Revelation 19:10
This is why Jesus could say, "My Words are Spirit and they are Life."
The Spirit God came in the flesh to give testimony. He was the same Spirit or audible mental disposition revealed to the prophets. This is why ignoring the prophets is blaspheming the Spirit Who spoke through them.
Four, The Word was God. To operate in the physical dimension He sent His arm or finger or shoulder but these are symbols because God does not have "feathers" with which to hover over us like a mother hen.
In the three human-like person view of the One God, the Father and the Spirit could have said "let's send the Son to die for us so that He can be the translator with humans." However, there was no man and no other Intercessor or Redeemer:
Yea, truth faileth; and he that departeth from evil maketh himself a prey. And the Lord saw it, and it displeased him that there was no judgment. Isaiah 59:15
And he saw that there was no man, and wondered that there was no intercessor: therefore his arm brought salvation unto him; and his righteousness, it sustained him. Isaiah 59:16
God then laid aside His garments of glory and majesty (1 Timothy 3:16) and put on the garments of truth and righteousness:
For he put on righteousness as a breastplate, and a helmet of salvation upon his head; and he put on the garments of vengeance for clothing, and was clad with zeal as a cloak. Isaiah 59:17
According to their deeds, accordingly he will repay, fury to his adversaries, recompense to his enemies; to the islands he will repay recompense. Isaiah 59:18
There was no human who could intercede or redeem. Therefore, God sent Himself in various manifestations. He was His arm and He put on the garments of a warrior. His Spirit is God decreeing these manifestations and "showing the flag" as God operated through natural and unnatural enemies.
So shall they fear the name of the Lord from the west, and his glory from the rising of the sun. When the enemy shall come in like a flood, the Spirit of the Lord shall lift up a standard against him. Isaiah 59:19
And the Redeemer shall come to Zion, and unto them that turn from transgression in Jacob, saith the Lord. Isaiah 59:20
As for me, this is my covenant with them, saith the Lord; My Spirit that is upon thee, and my Words which I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed, nor out of the mouth of thy seeds seed, saith the Lord, from henceforth and for ever. Isaiah 59:21
Earlier, Isaiah said much the same thing speaking of the Branch or Messiah. He would have the dove (or pigeon) rest upon Him as a sign of His carrying the message of God. This Spirit would not be a person moving into His human body but it would rest upon Him to show that He had the mind or Spirit of God:
And the Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him, the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and might, the Spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord; Isaiah 11:2
And shall make him of quick understanding in the fear of the Lord: and he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes, neither reprove after the hearing of his ears: Isaiah 11:3
The Word in Greek is:
Logos (g3056) log'-os; from 3004; something said including the thought... also reasoning, the mental faculty or motive; by extens. a computation; spec. (with the art. in John) the Divine Expression (i.e. Christ)..
IN the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. Jn 1:1
Before anything else existed,[a] there was Christ, with God. He has always been alive and is himself God. John 1:1LIV
a1 literally, "In the beginning." Christ, literally, "the Word," meaning Christ, the wisdom and power of God and the first cause of all things;
God's personal expression of himself to men.
And Thomas answered and said unto him, My Lord and my God. John 20:28
The
only way the
Word could be with God and
be God is if the
Word is God's verbal
expression of Himself
in the physical world.
Therefore,
the mind of Christ is the Spirit
or mental disposition of the full Deity Who dwelled within His
fleshly body:
For in Christ all the fullness of the Deity lives in bodily form, Colossians 2:9
Again, Paul shows that the Spirit of a person knows what is stored in their mind or thoughts. The person, their mental structure and their Spirit must never be separated or the person will be dead.
For as the body without the Spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also. Ja.2:26
The body is the temple of the Spirit. In a parallel sense, faith is the holy temple where doing God's commandments dwells in reality. I believe that you are hungry. My temple is empty because it has no bread to give you. My faith might as well not exist.
Until "God could die" in the nineteenth century, the Holy Spirit was never called a person. Rather, God has always explained Himself in human terms: Body, Soul or Life and Spirit. He has arms, shoulders, nostrils, lips, breath.
However, Jesus said that truth was spoken in parables from the foundation of the world to hide the mysteries from those who would use it for their own advantage: repackage it and sell it to you.
God never left any doubt to those who will read the whole truth:
And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory. 1 Timothy 3:16
Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: Philemon 2:5
who, though he was God, did not demand and cling to his rights as God, Philemon 2:6LIV
but laid aside his mighty power and glory, taking the disguise of a slave and becoming like men. Philemon 2:7LIV
And he humbled himself even further, going so far as actually to die a criminal's death on a cross. Philemon 2:8LIVYet it was because of this that God raised him up to the heights of heaven and gave him a name which is above every other name Philemon 2:9LIV
First Corinthians and the Spirit Up
It was through charismatic speaking and singing that the Corinthians had been "carried away" to idolatry. Now, we understand that they were not physically carried. Rather, the mind or Spirit of the preacher reached inside the mind or Spirit of the worshiper and they fell into insane ecstasy. Words, Word patterns, speech, songs and musical instruments are the only way the pagan preacher could reach the innermost being or mind of another. In the same way, the mind or mental disposition of God does not carry people away. It is quiet, sane, Spiritual or mental persuasion:
NOW concerning Spiritual gifts, brethren, I would not have you ignorant. 1 Corinthians 12:1
Ye know that ye were Gentiles, carried away unto these dumb idols, even as ye were led. 1 Corinthians 12:2
Wherefore I give you to understand, that no man speaking by the Spirit of God calleth Jesus accursed: and that no man can say that Jesus is the Lord, but by the Holy Ghost. 1 Corinthians 12:3
The Spirit of the dumb idols would be the mental disposition of idolatry. The Spirit of God is having the mental disposition which acknowledges that Jesus is the Lord God Who is the Spirit.
To be carried away is from the Greek:
Apago (g520) ap-ag'-o; from 575 and 71; to take off (in various senses): - bring, carry away, lead (away), put to death, take away.
The meaning of "Spirit" in Greek means that this is the "mental disposition" of God which causes us to speak. If a personal Holy Spirit must make us speak then we can never confess and never be saved unless the personal Spirit moves our lips. Howeer, this is not so. Spirit ual gifts, even that of healing, is the power of the spoken Word of God:
Pneumatikos (g4152) pnyoo-mat-ik-os'; from 4151; non-carnal, i.e. (humanly) ethereal (as opposed to gross), or (daemoniacally) a Spirit (concr.), or divinely supernatural, regenerate, religious: - Spiritual. Comp. 5591 (higher or renovated nature).
A person's mind is the thinking machine God gave us to direct our physical brain and body. The Spirit is the mental disposition of that mind. Therefore, Paul insisted that his Spirit must earnestly want to pray to God. If his mind shifts into gear to repeat some formula pray or prayer under charismatic control, then his prayer is not Spiritual:
For if I pray in an unknown tongue, my Spirit prayeth, but my understanding (mind) is unfruitful (barren, plucked of fruit). 1 Corinthians 14:14
What is it then? I will pray with the Spirit, and I will pray with the understanding also: I will sing with the Spirit, and I will sing with the understanding also. 1 Corinthians 14:15
The Greeks identified 5 languages and 70 minor dialects which were called "tongues." Many held that languages like Hebrew and Latin were supernatural languages. Many lesser dialects were held with the same honor. The oten held that prayers or comments or songs had not power unless spoken in these languages, even wen the "worshiper did not really understand the language." See tongues and dialects
Like James' temple of faith which is empty without action, speaking is the vehicle of power to exercise Spiritual power. If the Words are empty of meaning to those being addressed then the temple of the tongue is empty, dead, useless.
Mankind must exercise over their own Spirit. Yet, man who thinks and controls is not one person and his Spirit another:
And did not he make one? Yet had he the residue of the Spirit. And wherefore one? That he might seek a godly seed. Therefore take heed to your Spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife of his youth. Malachi 2:15
Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in Word, in conversation, in charity, in Spirit, in faith, in purity. 1 Timothy 4:12
Paul's "mental disposition" might be control by charismatic music and noise. As a result, his mind or brain is put out of commission and his Spirit or mental disposition is "gross or demonic."
We are normally faced with two choices: we can choose to fill our mind or Spirit with the mind or Spirit of non-Spiritual teachers or we can fill our Spirit with the mind of Christ which is the Spirit of God. Unless we believe that the literal Holy Spirit is going to be our spiritual teacher outside the Word of God, we should settle for the mind of Christ.
The Spirit of Christ is the Holy Spirit is the mind of Christ. When we have the Holy Spirit in our hearts we have the mind of Christ and not a little person.
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