johnny guitar
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Man is BOTH body and soul.If I said only begotten person would that make sense to you? The soul is the person of anyone. We save souls because that is the part of the human that survives the death of the body. The soul is who we are. The scriptures show that both Jesus and the Father have souls, or beings/persons. They are two distinct persons/souls. The scriptures also make the distinction between the soul and the spirit. The spirit is a different element than the soul. The writer of Hebrews shows us in 4:12, that soul and spirit are distinct and are likened to bone and marrow. They are two different elements that are one. So it is with the Father and Son. They are two distinct persons/souls. They are unified by the one Spirit that is God the Father which is the Holy Spirit. God is one Spirit and He has a person/soul. Like bone and marrow, the souls are a different element from the spirit but are one. Jesus' person/soul was begotten from the Father and unified with the Father's person through the Holy Spirit. We see that unification taking place in Isaiah 42:1. Because the persons of the Father and Son are unified by one Spirit, when the Holy Spirit comes into us, so does the persons of Jesus and the Father. See John 14, verses17,18 and 23.
The Scriptures do NOT show Father and Son have souls, or persons. Please produce the scriptures which say so.
True, Father and Son are distinct Persons. So????
The ONE Spirit is God. The Father is NOT The Holy Spirit and vice versa.
God does NOT have a person or soul. Incomprehensible mysticism.
The Son is eternally begotten of The Father.
All THREE Persons in The Trinity dwell in all believers.
Strive to keep it simple.