[UntoHim]

Originally Posted by Ohio

I agree with this. I still feel that Lee leaned toward the side of "one-ness" just to be different and to counteract the prevailing Christian tendency to lean towards the side of "three-ness." Whichever side you lean towards, there are verses which will blast you out of the water.

When it comes to the Trinity, the BIBLICAL Trinity, there really aren't "sides" at all. Only people like Witness Lee would have us believe there are sides to the Trinity. The very word itself - Trinity - or Triune - does a very good job of describing (or defining if you will) the nature of the God who has been revealed to us in the Bible. He is ONE - "Hear O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one" (Deu 6:4) But the Lord Jesus Christ, the proclaimed Son of Man and Son of God, revealed to the chosen people and gentiles alike, that such a holy Trinity existed. He clearly revealed that the Father God existed - "Our Father in heaven" (Mat 6:9), then he clearly proclaimed himself as the Son of our heavenly Father - "Truly, truly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of his own accord, but only what he sees the Father doing. For whatever the Father does, that the Son does likewise" (John 5:19), then he clearly stated the existence of and even the purpose or mission of the Holy Spirit - When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth, for he will not speak on his own authority, but whatever he hears he will speak (John 16:13)

This Bible does not reveal to us a modelistic God - a God who is our Father, then "becomes" the Son, then "becomes" the Spirit. This kind of teaching is foreign to, and actually antithetical, to the Trinity that is clearly revealed in the New Testament.

Ok, now let's get back to 1 Cor 15:45