Jesus The Comforter:

How Jesus is Proven to Be the Holy Spirit

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by Steven M. McCalip

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As you probably know by now, my site does not promote the Roman Catholic/Babylonian/Protestant Trinity in any way. It promotes and exalts Jesus Christ, the Man and his Spirit. Most of my articles against the Trinity and for Jesus Christ have concentrated on how the Lord Jesus is the Father himself (Is. 9:6-”The everlasting Father,” etc.). For this article in particular, I want to focus more on how the Spirit of Jesus is identical to the Holy Ghost, the Holy Ghost just being a different description of Jesus in us. Also, I want to show how the Father’s Spirit is the same identity as the Holy Spirit. The Roman Catholic “church” originated the Trinitarian doctrine, and it teaches that the Spirit of the Father is a different Spirit and person than the Holy Spirit and, of course, that both are different persons and Spirits than Jesus Christ. We must remember that Jesus Christ is not just a man. He is also a Spirit. When Jesus was on earth speaking to his disciples, he said he was in heaven at the same time as recorded in John 3:13-”even the Son of Man, which is in heaven.” That is a crucial verse for Jesus’ Godhead and identity. Of course it is changed in all major versions. Since Jesus was in heaven and on earth at the same time, this verse teaches that Jesus is the one Spirit in addition to being God in flesh. The Spirit that followed the Israelites and was their cloud by day and fire by night was Jesus Christ according to Paul: “Moreover, brethren, I would not that ye should be ignorant, how that all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea;…And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ” (1 Cor. 10:1,4). It was the one Spirit of God that helped the Israelites in the wilderness, and that one Spirit was Jesus Christ. The fire by night and the cloud by day was not 2 or 3 persons. It was Jesus Christ and him only. Paul said Moses, the Old Testament saint, did everything for Jesus Christ, not some Trinity: “Esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt: for he had respect unto the recompence of the reward. By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king: for he endured, as seeing him who is invisible” (Heb. 11:26-27). He didn’t endure by seeing THEM who were invisible, but HIM, Jesus Christ.

The thing that confuses many people is all this talk of more than one person or more than one Spirit living in us. I want us to begin here by looking at what I feel are very overlooked passages that will shed great light on this issue. I will begin by looking at Romans 8:9-11. Next will be another overlooked passage in 1 Cor. 12:3-11. I will then look in-depth at John chapters 14, 15, and 16. Lastly, I will refer to a few other miscellaneous passages.

Romans 8:9-11

These are three verses that show how God himself uses the names for himself (Spirit, Jesus, God etc.) interchangeably. In other words, what you are about to see is how several names of God and Jesus are used in place of each other, proving that these names are names of the one and the same person. Paul is making the point that Jesus dwells in the believer, yet he calls Jesus by many names. Pay attention to the bold titles of God and how they change from God to Spirit to Jesus Christ, yet they are talking about the same person:

“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. And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the Spirit is life because of righteousness. But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you.

If you noticed, Paul said the following dwells in the believer: “the Spirit,” “the Spirit of God,” “the Spirit of Christ,” “he”, “Christ,” “the Spirit of him that raised Jesus,” “he that raised up Christ,” and “his Spirit.” Paul goes back and forth with these titles as if they are speaking of the same identical person. Is the Spirit of Christ different from the Spirit of God in this verse? Is “Christ in you” different from “the Spirit of God that dwells in you”? Are not these identical? Of course they are. There is only one Spirit, not one Spirit in three persons. If not, you have many people dwelling in you as a believer. These are all one person, the Lord Jesus Christ.

I Corinthians 12:3-6

“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.

Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit. And there are differences of administrations, but the same Lord. And there are diversities of operations, but it is the same God which worketh all in all.”

If you were to ask most Trinitarian theologians, “Are the Holy Spirit, God the Spirit, and the Spirit of Christ the same Spirit?” they might say, “Yes,” but in the same breath would say “No” to them being the same person. In the previous verse in Corinthians, we see right away that the phrases “the Spirit of God” and “the Holy Ghost” are used by scripture as one and the same. Notice that a man can’t call Jesus accursed “speaking by the Spirit of God,” and that same man can’t say he is the Lord but by “the Holy Ghost.” One Spirit is not performing one activity and one Spirit another. That activity is by the same man having the same Spirit. That man has “the Spirit of God” and it is also called “the Holy Ghost.” These are not two different Spirits performing two different activities.

The conclusion from the above verse is this: the “Spirit of God” (supposedly the 1st person) and the “Holy Ghost” (supposedly the 3rd person) are one and the same. They are identical. They are the same person. More proof now follows:

“the same Spirit”

Now notice from the next verses in Corinthians the most important part: the phrase “the same Spirit“:

“Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit” (verse 4).

Paul is telling us that no matter what gifts of the Spirit are being manifested, it is the same Spirit that does all of them. If we believe that the Father is a Spirit (Jesus said “God is a Spirit”), then “the Spirit” is the same as “the Holy Spirit,” for Paul states explicitly that they are THE SAME SPIRIT. That word “same” is very important. It identifies not only that the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost are the identical Spirit, but also that they are “the same” in all aspects of person. If each of the so-called three persons in the Trinity is distinctly different in person, then they cannot be said to be “the same Spirit,” for “Spirit” includes person. It certainly doesn’t exclude person. You cannot separate “Spirit” and “person.” A person’s spirit is his person, not someone else’s. In Deut. 2:30, we are shown that the spirit of a man is his heart. They are one and the same. It is the same person: “But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass by him: for the LORD thy God hardened his spirit, and made his heart obstinate, that he might deliver him into thy hand, as appeareth this day.” Since scripture states directly that it is “the same Spirit,” then the supposed three persons have to be the same person or you are forced into saying “Spirit” and person are not the same. In other words, to be the same Spirit is to be the same person or those two terms are completely different. They are not different as to how the Bible uses them.

In Trinitarian teaching, 1 Corinthians 12 would better suit their position if the verses said they are “not the same Spirit.” But, naturally, it does not. They cannot be “the same” as to “Spirit” and not be the same as to “person.” They are either the same or they are not. That would have to include the same person or confusion will be the rule. You would then have three Spirits inside you, with one not being the same as the other, or you would have one Spirit inside you, with one person not being the same as the other two. You would then have three persons living inside you. Where is that in scripture? It is not in scripture.

How are you going to divide your worship up to worship each person separately since you are commanded to worship each? Worshipping three persons separately is the worship of three gods since you can worship each one separately and distinctly. That is why this issue is so important. If Satan can get our worship divided between three persons, he has effectively got us away from worshipping the true Jesus. He has accomplished his purpose of getting us to worship a false god which is ultimately him anyway. Worship Jesus Christ and him only and you can never go wrong. Worship something in addition to him and it is idolatry, no matter who or what it is, be it a Trinity, a rock star, or a statue.

“the same Lord”

Now let’s look at the next verse: “And there are differences of administrations, but the same Lord” (1 Cor. 12:5).

Just in case you weren’t convinced that the Holy Ghost and Jesus or the Holy Ghost and the Father are the same just because they are the same Spirit, God now gets more specific and even more revealing-they are the same Lord. This verse is the dagger in the heart for them being different. Yes, they are the same Spirit, and now they are declared to be the same Lord: “one Lord, one faith, one baptism” (Eph. 4:5). To be one Spirit or the same Spirit is one thing, but to be one Lord and the same Lord is another. The words “Spirit” and “Lord” are not the exact same meaning. The word “Lord” speaks of one person or personality. It speaks of a personal relationship between the Lord and an individual man. It is a one-on-one relationship with God now becoming man’s Lord when he gets saved. It is a person to person relationship, not person to person(s). When God is spoken of as “Lord,” he now takes on a much more closer kinship to man. The word “lord” with a small “l” was always used with reference to one person in scripture; for example, Abraham was called “lord”: “Even as Sara obeyed Abraham, calling him lord” (1 Peter 3:6), and the word “Lord” is also used of God’s person with a capital “L” because he is God and he is one person as well, the Lord Jesus Christ. The fact that the titles Lord and God are not synonymous is shown by their first usage in scripture. God is referred to as “Lord God” in Genesis many times (for ex., “in the day that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens” Gen. 2:4). Basically, the term “Lord” shows he is a person who rules, and God shows he is a Spirit.

The point here is that Trinitarians will cry out that the Holy Spirit and Jesus might be the same God (in a broad sense), but as to one’s personal “Lord,” they are different “Lords” because you can have a separate, personal relationship with each. The Holy Ghost as “Lord” is not the same as Jesus “the Lord” they would say. The Trinitarians would have to say they are different Lords because the word “Lord” includes person. If Trinitarians say they are the “same Lord,” then they don’t understand that “Lord” carries with it the meaning of one man, a “he.” The first time “Lord” is used in scripture, it is used as “Lord God” (Genesis 2:4), showing that Lord and God are not the same terms. He is the “Lord God” because he is a person, a personal God, but he is also a Spirit, i.e., “God.” Of course, when Jesus was asked what the greatest commandment was, his reply speaks of exactly what we’re discussing now: “Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord” (Mark 12:29). Jesus did not answer with “Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is a Trinity.” To hear Trinitarians explain it, this is their typical answer: “There is one Lord, but there are three that are called Lord.” Confusion, confusion, confusion. A trinity of confusion. God is not the author of confusion, yet the Trinitarians like to smokescreen it by calling it a “mystery” and too wonderful to understand. If we don’t understand who God is, we are lost: “a good understanding have all they that do his commandments: his praise endureth for ever” (Psalm 111:10); “But let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth me, that I am the LORD” (Jer. 9:24); “Except ye believe that I am he, ye shall die in your sins” (John 8:24). I could spend quite a bit of time on this last verse, John 8:24. It is a verse that is frightening to say the least if you don’t know who Jesus is. I’ll leave it alone for now, but you really should read the context of John 8 and see who it is he claims to be. The answer will be related to what the Jews didn’t understand. You’ve got some homework.

Let scripture clear away all the smoke and mirrors of the Trinitarians: “And the LORD shall be king over all the earth: in that day shall there be one LORD, and his name one” (Zech. 14:9). This Lord mentioned here is referred to as “his” and has one name. One Lord, one name, one person.

“the same God”

Lastly, in 1 Cor. 12, Paul says, “And there are diversities of operations, but it is the same God which worketh all in all.”

We started off talking about how Jesus, the Father, and the Holy Ghost are the same Spirit. Then we saw how they are the same Lord. Now we look at how they are the same God. Why did God differentiate between “Spirit,” “Lord,” and “God”? He is making the point that I am making. He is stating that there is no difference between who is being talked about. He uses the word “same” three times in reference to God’s supposed three persons: Spirit, Lord, and God. Paul in Corinthians is repeating the fact that God is the same as to Spirit, Lord, and Godhead. Three times he says that God, no matter how you describe him, is the same in every aspect of his identity which includes person. Paul is stating three times that it is the same identity no matter how you consider it. How could Paul spend all these verses talking about how every aspect of God is the same, the same Spirit, the same Lord, and the same God and then not mean that they are the same person? That Trinitarian logic goes against everything the verse is saying and repeating. The verse is emphasizing the utter and complete sameness of all of who God is. No matter how you divide God up, by Spirit, by flesh, or by Holy Ghost, they are the same, and not just the same God. They are the same Lord, the same Spirit. They are identical to each other. They are the same identity; therefore, they are the same person.

The Bible talks of “Christ in you, the hope of glory “(Col. 1:27). He is in us by his Spirit, the Spirit of Christ that Paul talks about that was in all the prophets in the Old Testament as well: “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). We do not have three spirits of God living in us. In fact, Paul said if the Spirit of Christ was not in us, we are lost: “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). This verse teaches, then, that if there are two other spirits and they live in you, without Christ living in you, you are lost. It also teaches that all we need is the Spirit of Christ living in us, and we are his.

God is one Spirit, so if Jesus is a Spirit, which he is, and he lives in us, which he does if you’re a Christian, then there is no other Spirit in us. The fact that there is one Spirit is taught many places in scripture. Nowhere does it say that that one Spirit consists of three personalities within it: “For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit” (1 Cor. 12:13). “There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling” (Eph. 4:4). Where oh where are the three persons within that Spirit?

I will proceed with the rest of this teaching by taking an in-depth look at John 14, the first place where Jesus speaks of the Comforter which he said is the Holy Ghost. I will first set out to prove that the Comforter, i.e., the Holy Ghost, is the same as “the Spirit” which is the Father. After that, I will show that the Holy Ghost is also none other than Jesus Christ. Though it may seem that the Holy Ghost is another personality on occasion, Jesus leaves no doubt in this passage that he and the Holy Ghost are one and the same and that the Holy Ghost and the Father are one and the same. They are different titles of the same person.

John 14:16 -18

“Another Comforter…even the Spirit of truth”

The Holy Spirit is the same as “The Spirit”

And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever; Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you. I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you.

Let me give the simple and clearly convincing part of this teaching first. Jesus talks of the Comforter, the Holy Spirit, coming to dwell in the believer. He then reveals who this Comforter is because the world doesn’t know him but the disciples do know him (because they know Jesus). The Lord Jesus says immediately that HE HIMSELF will COMFORT and come to dwell in the believer. Jesus is clearly and unequivocally stating that he and the Holy Spirit are one and the same. Jesus was not talking about two different indwellings or comings or comfortings. He first says that the Comforter will come to live in the disciples, and then he specifies who that Comforter is: “I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you.” The fact that Jesus is the Comforter is solidified by teaching them that he will not leave them COMFORTLESS. He will not leave them comfortless because he was teaching that He himself would comfort them. That is how he would not leave them comfortless. That is the only way he could totally say he would not leave them comfortless, by he himself comforting them. After he said the Comforter will be “give(n) you,” Jesus says “I will come to you.” There can be no mistake who is coming to dwell in the believer. It is Jesus Christ, the Comforter.

Now we look at it even more closely. First off, notice that Jesus declares the “Comforter” is “the Spirit of truth.” It says “another Comforter…EVEN the Spirit of truth. “Even” means “the same as” in many other verses. Now this is interesting because it proves another point, and that is that the Comforter is the same as the Father, for the Father is called “the Spirit” in numerous places: “For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father which speaketh in you” (Matt. 10:20)… The scriptures made a point to show that “the Spirit” and the Comforter are the same. Keep in mind that the Father is called the Spirit in many places in the Old Testament.

In several places in scripture, you have mention of the “Spirit” as the Father and “the Holy Spirit” as the supposed third person. Just to show you how ridiculous it is to call God the Father and the Holy Ghost two different spirits and two different persons, consider these scriptures:

“…ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise” (Eph. 1:13). (Is that the Father’s Spirit which is holy or “the Holy Spirit” which is the 3rd person??) The “h” on the word “holy” is not capitalized here. Capitals change doctrine all throughout scripture. If you don’t think so, try it on the word “god” or “God.”

“And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption” (Eph. 4:30). I thought we were sealed with the Holy Ghost, but this verse says we are sealed with the Father’s Spirit, again no capital “h” on “holy.” We are not sealed with two different Spirits, (a holy Spirit and the “Holy Spirit”).

“He therefore that despiseth, despiseth not man, but God, who hath also given unto us his holy Spirit” (1 Thess. 4:8).

“Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy spirit from me” (Ps. 51:11).

Then he remembered the days of old, Moses, and his people, saying, Where is he that brought them up out of the sea with the shepherd of his flock? where is he that put his holy Spirit within him? Is. 63:11

Do we have 2 or 3 “Holy Spirits” now? One is capitalized partly and two are not (”Holy Spirit,” “holy Spirit,” “holy spirit”). I thought the “Spirit” was the Father and the “Holy Spirit” is the 3rd person?? If that were the case, then you have at least two holy Spirits, one is “Holy Spirit”-the 3rd person, and one is “holy Spirit”(small “h” who is the Father who is holy and a Spirit as well. You now have two Holy Spirits.

In other words, the Father is called “Spirit” and is also holy, yet Trinitarians make another Holy Spirit person out of the “Holy Spirit”.

Here is the conclusion of the matter. There is one Spirit, and he is called “Spirit, holy Spirit, Holy Spirit, holy spirit, the Spirit of Christ, the Spirit of the Father,” etc.). They are not separate persons as the next verses will clearly show from the book of John.

Now notice the second half of this verse from John 14: “And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever; Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you. I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you.

Jesus says the world doesn’t know the Spirit of truth, but his disciples “know him.” How did they know him? They knew Jesus who has walked with them all along. Jesus has been dwelling with them and shall be in them. Jesus is not the same person as the Holy Spirit according to Trinitarians, so knowing Jesus is not knowing the Holy Spirit entirely. They are different persons according to these tritheists. Jesus will not leave them comfortless. He (Jesus) will come to them and live in them. Their comfort will come from the same one that has been comforting them all along. It won’t be a different comforter, just another comforter, another manifestation of himself to them. Trinitarians make the mistake of thinking that “another” means a separate person. That is a deadly assumption.

Now here’s another point from that scripture. Jesus said, “Even the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not…” Jesus said the world cannot recieve the Spirit of God because the world cannot see the Spirit of God. Spirit is invisible, so how can anyone see it? Jesus said the disciples could see the Spirit because they knew him (Jesus). Jesus was teaching that by looking at him, they could see the Spirit of truth. It was the same thing he said a few verses earlier in the chapter when he said, “He that hath seen me hath seen the Father.” When Jesus said the world cannot “receive” the Spirit BECAUSE it cannot see it, he was declaring that the Spirit can be seen; otherwise, no one could receive the Spirit since no one can see it. His clear teaching is the Spirit can be seen directly by looking at him because he is that Spirit. The Father is a Spirit, and Jesus was claiming to be that Spirit and that Spirit’s flesh and bone body. Praise God for ever and ever.

To repeat, Jesus is telling his disciples that “the Comforter” and “the Spirit of truth” dwells with them and shall be in them, but he details this prophecy by IMMEDIATELY telling them, “I will not leave you COMFORTLESS: I will come to you.” That is critical. After just mentioning the Holy Spirit as “the Comforter,” Jesus tells them that he is the one who will dwell in them and not leave them “comfortless”. He uses the word “comfort” to describe himself as the Spirit that will live in them. He is declaring that he himself is the Comforter because he said, “I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you.” The Comforter will be Jesus in Spirit form living in their bodies, “Christ in us, the hope of glory.”

John 14:19-20

Yet a little while, and the world seeth me no more; but ye see me: because I live, ye shall live also. At that day ye shall know that I am in my Father, and ye in me, and I in you John 14:19-20…

Now here is a teaching that is a little deep and very revealing. It is the unity of the Godhead like you have probably never been taught. Let me ask you the reader a question. How is Jesus in the Father? Have you ever thought about that? How is that possible if one is equal to the other? How about this one. How is the Father in him? In this same chapter just a few verses earlier, Jesus said, “Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? (John 14:10). Now many Trinitarians will say the Father’s Spirit dwells in Jesus, and that is how the Father is in him. That is correct. But how is Jesus in the Father? Jesus said, “I am in the Father.” Is his flesh inside the Father’s Spirit? No, that is not possible. Is his Spirit inside the Father’s Spirit? That doesn’t even make sense and promotes inequality even if it did make sense. The answer? Jesus is in the Father because Jesus is the Spirit, and that Spirit dwells inside the man Christ Jesus. Jesus could say that he is in the Father simply because his Spirit indwells the flesh man who is the Father. That also proves that the man Christ Jesus is the Father because Jesus says he is indwelling the Father’s body. That is intricate unity. Jesus is claiming to be the one Spirit, and he is claiming to dwell in the Father. The only way he could dwell in the Father would be for the body of Jesus to be the Father’s body, and that is exactly the case. This teaching alone proves that the Jesus is the Spirit and the man and that both are the Father. “He that hath seen me that seen the Father.” That verse cannot be refuted with any soundness of doctrine. Jesus didn’t claim to in “unity” with the Father. He claimed to be “IN” the Father. Think about that difference for a while, and I pray that the Lord Jesus will show you what he has shown me.

John 14:23

Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.

Now this verse at first glance does SEEM to teach more than one person because of the word “we.” However, just as the word “us” does not teach more than one person (see my article “The Trinity Debunked”), neither does the term “we.” By the way, if you haven’t read the article yet, a brief summary is in need here. God could speak of himself as “us” in Genesis 1 for this reason: He said he was going to create man in his image (”Let us make man in our image”). However, God didn’t have an image at creation. Jesus is the image of the invisible God according to Colossians 1. So God created man in the image he was going to become 4000 years later. It is a beautiful prophecy of the fact God would become a man. He could use “us” to refer to his Spirit at creation and the man he was going to become at the birth of Jesus. “Us” simply referred to God’s two natures of Spirit and flesh, and he was going to create man in that likeness and image. He could say “us” because he was referring to himself as Spirit and himself as a man thousands of years into the future. “Us” didn’t mean two people, for God created man in the image that he himself was going to become. Man is in God’s image. That image includes being one person. All men are one person. God is one person. Man is in that same image of God’s one person, not three. Man would have to be three personalities to be in God’s image if God is a Trinity. “Us” referred to that image of God as a Spirit and God as a man. It was still one person of God in two natures of Spirit and flesh.

Now, back to the “we” in the previous verse. Jesus is doing the same thing that he did at creation, referring to himself as a “we” because he is referring to both of his natures. He is speaking as a man and as a Spirit. Both natures could be called a “we” and yet still be one person. God’s characteristics as a Spirit and as a man would dwell in the believer. That is why “we” could dwell in the believer, yet it would still be one person dwelling in the believer.

John 14:25-27

These things have I spoken unto you, being yet present with you. But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you. Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.

Having just proven in previous verses above that Jesus is the Comforter, Jesus again tells us that the Comforter (Jesus in Spirit form) will teach them and be with them. He said the Comforter is sent “in my name.” It is sent in his name because it is his name. Jesus calls it “my peace.” Jesus is leaving “my peace” with the disciples. He is leaving them to be comforted by the Spirit of God, yet he calls it “my peace.” It is Jesus giving of himself to the disciples, giving them “my peace” or his Spirit. God has thousands of titles in the scriptures, but that doesn’t make him a thousand persons.

John 15:4-5, 26

Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me. I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing”

Again, Jesus is telling the disciples that it is he that will abide in the disciples (”I in you” and “I in him”). As long as we have Jesus in us, what need do we have of another person? How is this other person going to give us more than what Jesus could give us in his own Spirit? Does the Holy Ghost as a separate person have something to offer us that Jesus can’t? Of course not. We are complete in Jesus or “complete in him” as Colossians says.

John 15:26

…But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me:

The Holy Spirit, even though it is Jesus, always points to, glorifies, and exalts the Man Christ Jesus. The Spirit of God has chosen to not only become a man himself, but to give that man all the honor and praise. We are not told to worship the Spirit per se. We are commanded to honor the Son and worship him, for he is the image of that Spirit. He is the embodiment of all of that Spirit and all of God’s character and person. So it is not another person that shall “testify of me” but simply the Spirit of God pointing to the Man of God and commanding us to praise that flesh and blood man. It is Jesus’ own Spirit telling us to worship the man Christ Jesus. This is further demonstrated in the last major verses on the Holy Spirit in John below:

John 16:7

…Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you.

Why couldn’t the Comforter come to us without Jesus going to heaven first? One reason is that the man Christ Jesus has to first be exalted on the throne. Jesus will take charge of the throne and then direct his Spirit to our hearts. Notice that it is he that does the sending of the Holy Spirit, yet he said earlier that the Father sends the Spirit. He is that Father.

John 16:13-15

Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come. He shall glorify me: for he shall receive of mine, and shall shew it unto you. All things that the Father hath are mine: therefore said I, that he shall take of mine, and shall shew it unto you.

Again, as mentioned above, the Holy Spirit, who is Jesus, always directs our hearts to worship the man Christ Jesus- “he shall not speak of himself.” What this means is that the Holy Spirit is not glorifying himself. He does not speak of himself as a Spirit even though it is Jesus. We don’t glorify the Spirit. We glorify the risen flesh and blood Saviour- “he shall glorify me.” We are undoing the work of the Spirit if we pray to the Father or Holy Ghost separate from Jesus. Our only access to God is by going directly to Jesus Christ, not going around him or bypassing him to pray to some Father or Holy Ghost. “No man cometh unto the Father but by me.” You can’t even go to the Father anyway without going to Jesus according to that verse. That is proof in and of itself. All prayers prayed to the Father that are not talking to Jesus are prayed in vain. We are to go to the Son. That is like the Earth trying to get light from something other than the “Sun”. It can’t. It can’t go around it. The Sun is its light. It is the light of this world just the same way as the “Son” is to us. We are told to worship the Son of God. He is the true God and eternal life. Let us keep ourselves from idols. The way we glorify the man Christ Jesus is to worship him and him only. We are never told to glorify two other persons.

A Few More Scriptures Proving Jesus is the Holy Spirit.

2 Cor. 3:17

Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. 2 Cor. 3:17

The Lord is Jesus. This verse says the Lord is that Spirit. Jesus is the Spirit. He is the Holy Spirit. This is as direct and clear as scripture could put it. Notice that the scripture says he is “that” Spirit which is very specifically pointing out that the Lord (the Lord Jesus that is mentioned in the context) is, in particular, that Holy Spirit that is being talked about in the context. Notice also that it is the “Spirit of the Lord.” It is his Spirit because it comes from him. It is not independent of him or some other person. It is the Lord’s Spirit, the Spirit of Jesus Christ. It is Jesus Christ.

Acts 1:2

Until the day in which he was taken up, after that he through the Holy Ghost had given commandments unto the apostles whom he had chosen:

This scripture is easily overlooked but contains a powerful truth. After Jesus resurrected from the dead, he gave commandments to the apostles. However, the scripture says he spoke through the Holy Ghost. It was the Lord Jesus speaking, yet the scripture says it was the Holy Ghost speaking. If they are not the same person, then one of them sure does a good ventriloquist job.

John 20:22

And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost:

In this passage of scripture, we see that the Holy Ghost can be received by the mere breath of Jesus. Is this a 3rd person coming from inside Jesus Christ and from his own breath? No, it is not. It is the Spirit of Jesus himself which is coming from him, for it is own breath. The Holy Ghost comes from Jesus, not separate from him. Jesus breathes on another and breathes himself on them. He breathes his own Spirit, his own breath.

Let me ask you the reader another question. Who is talking in the following verse, which is repeated 7 times in Revelation? The answer should be quite simple.

Revelation 2

“He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches” Rev. 2:7

Jesus is talking to the seven churches and says this verse to each one. Jesus is talking, yet he says for the church to hear what the Spirit is saying. So then, the Spirit is talking because Jesus is talking. How could they be different persons if one talks for the other? They are one and the same. It is simple and easily overlooked. He says it 6 more times:

He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; Rev. 2:11

He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; Rev. 2:17

He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches. Rev. 2:29

He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches. Rev. 3:6

He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches. Rev. 3:13

He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches. Rev. 3:22

Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me. Rev. 3:20

He that hath an ear, let him hear.