[UntoHim]

Jesus Christ "differentiated" himself from the Father all throughout the Gospels. "Our Father", "In my Father's house", "for the Father seeks such", "Father, take this cup from me" and "Father forgive them". There are countless others I could cite. The Father differentiated himself from the Son. "This is my Son, my Chosen One; listen to him!". At the very same time the Spirit was differentiated from the Father and the Son "descending as a dove". Jesus Christ clearly and strongly differentiated himself from the Holy Spirit when he proclaimed: And whoever speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven, either in this age or in the age to come

All this being said, "differentiating" the Person's of the Godhead is not a central, core item of the faith as far as I'm concerned. However, proclaiming that "The Spirit, the Lord, and the things above, are all the same" is not only nonsensical, it's unbiblical. Maybe my dear brother and friend Ohio would care to reconsider and restate?

For the life of me, I cannot see how my dear brothers Sons to Glory!, Ohio (and I'll throw in Raptor for good measure) fight so hard against what has been taught, believed, imbibed, wrote about and sung about throughout church history - over 2,000 years now. Their only arguments and contentions come from straight from the teachings of two men who chose to abandon what has been taught, believed, imbibed, wrote about and sung about for these 2000+ years.

But I love and respect you all. And I appreciate you all the more for coming and "reasoning together". After all, what could be more important than haggling over the nature and character of the Creator of the universe and every living thing! And what could be more important to us as believers then to "come to the full knowledge of the truth" (1 Tim 2:4)
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