How The Holy Spirit and Christ are
the ONE MEDIATOR--ONE INTERCESSOR—One Comforter
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First
Objective of This Study The first purpose of this study is to determine if
the ONE Mediator, the Man Christ Jesus, is also the Holy Spirit, the
Comforter. In this study, we will find texts that say the Holy Spirit is our
Mediator Intercessor. We will find texts that say Christ is the ONE
MEDIATOR—INTERCESSOR, who ever lives to make intercession (mediation). This
is another fulfillment of Ellen White's definition of the Holy Spirit as
being Christ. It will prove as well that Christ is God because only God can
search and know the heart of man. “And Jesus said He would
give us the Comforter. What is the Comforter? It is the Holy Spirit of God. What is the
Holy Spirit? It is the representative of Jesus Christ, it is our
Advocate that stands by our side and places our petitions before the Father
all fragrant with His merits. There
He accepts the petition of the humblest saint. He doesn't ask you how much
money you have, or how heavy you are loaded with property, but the very
humblest saint that brings his petition to God, and [his] thank offering is
made fragrant with the riches of His grace, and the Father accepts it as your
offering, and the blessing comes to you, grace for grace.” {RC 285.4} The Comforter is the Holy Ghost: It is not essential for you to know and be able to define just
what the Holy Spirit is. Christ tells us that the Holy Spirit is the
Comforter, and
the Comforter
is the Holy Ghost, "the Spirit of
truth, which the Father shall send in My name." "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" [John 14:16, 17]. This refers to the omnipresence of the
Spirit of Christ, called the Comforter.
Again Jesus says, "I have yet many things to
say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now. Howbeit when He, the Spirit of
truth is come, He will guide you into all truth" [John 16:12, 13]. {14MR
179.2} July 16, 1892: The Saviour is our Comforter. This I have proved Him to be.
{8MR 49.3} Personification “The Holy Spirit is the Comforter, in
Christ's name. He personifies Christ, yet is a distinct
personality. We may have the Holy
Spirit if we ask for it and make it [a] habit to turn to and trust in God
rather than in any finite human agent who may make mistakes.” {20MR 324.2} "Christ declared that after his ascension, he would send to
his church, as his crowning gift, the Comforter, who was to take his place. This Comforter is the Holy
Spirit,--the soul of his life, the
efficacy of his church, the light and life of the world. With his Spirit
Christ sends a reconciling influence and a power that takes away sin. In the gift of the Spirit, Jesus gave to man the highest good
that heaven could bestow.... The Spirit was given as a regenerating agency, and without this
the sacrifice of Christ would have been of no avail.... It is by the Spirit that the heart is made pure. Through the
Spirit the believer becomes a partaker of the divine nature. Christ has given
his Spirit as a divine power to overcome all hereditary and cultivated
tendencies to evil, and to impress his own character upon the church."
E.G. White, Review and Herald Articles,
May 19, 1904, vol. 5, p. 42. The soul of Christ’s life is the Comforter, the Holy Ghost Spirit
that He emptied Himself of at His Incarnation. This is the only way the Holy
Spirit could be a separate distinct person and still be the soul of Christ’s
life. TOKENS OF DIVINITY "7. Made himself of no
reputation. Literally, 'emptied Himself.' This emptying was voluntary
(see on John 10:17, 18). It was not possible for Christ to retain all
the tokens of divinity and still accomplish the Incarnation. The outworking of this emptying is detailed
in the remainder of Phil. 2:7 and in v. 8.
See Vol. 5, p. 918." SDA Bible Commentary, Vol. 7, p. 155, col. 1. Phl 2:7 But made himself of no reputation, and took
upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men: Phl 2:8 And being found in fashion as a man, he
humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross. “5. The Subordination of
Christ. Voluntarily assuming the
limitations of human nature at the incarnation, the Lord Jesus Christ thereby
subordinated Himself to the Father for the duration of His earthly ministry
(see ps. 40:8; Matt. 26:39; John 3:16 4:34; 5:19, 30; 12:49; 14:10; 17:4, 8;
2 Cor. 8:9; Phil. 2:7, 8; Heb. 2:9; see on Luke 1:35; 2:49; John 3:16; 4:34;
Phil 2:7, 8). ‘Laying aside His royal robe and
kingly crown’ (DA 22, 23). “He voluntarily assumed human nature. It was His own act, and by His own
consent.” (EGW ST Jan 20, 1890; cf 5T 702).
“He humbled Himself, and took mortality upon Him.” (EGW RH Sept. 4,
1900). “The Son of God was surrendered to the
Father’s will, and dependent upon His power. So utterly was Christ emptied of
self that He made no plans for Himself. He accepted God’s plans for Him, and
day by day the Father unfolded His plans” (DA 208; cf. 664. ‘While bearing human
nature, He was dependent upon the Omnipotent for His life. In His humanity, He laid hold of the
divinity of God’”{EGW, ST, June 17, 1897 par. 8} "What saith our Saviour? "I
will not leave you comfortless I will come to
you." "He that hath my commandments and keepeth them, he it
is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father and I
will love him and will manifest myself to him" When trials overshadow
the soul, remember the words of Christ, remember that He is an
unseen presence in the person of the Holy Spirit, and He will be the peace and comfort given you,
manifesting to you that He is with you, the Sun of Righteousness, chasing away your darkness. "If a man love me,"
Christ said, "he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we
will come unto him, and make our abode with him" Be of good cheer light
will come, and your soul will rejoice greatly in the Lord".-Letter 124,
1897. Sons and Daughters of God, p.185. Problem: How is the Comforter the Holy Spirit and yet the Saviour?
How does the Holy Spirit personify Christ and yet is a distinct personality.
Only by my presentation of the Godhead. Second
objective of This Study Some who do not believe that Jesus was God (Like Confidential),
interpret 1 Timothy 2:5 to mean that Jesus was only a divine man, but was not
God in the sense of being equal to God. This study will prove that the ONE
mediator is the Holy Spirit of Christ AND HIS HOLY SPIRIT DIVINE NATURE, for
the human nature of Christ could not search out the mind of men. Confidential and 1 Timothy 2:5, say that there is one God, and one mediatory between
God and men, the man Christ Jesus. Confidential uses this verse to try to
prove that Jesus was not equal to God. The purpose of this post is to
determine if the Mediator, the Man Christ Jesus, is also the Holy Spirit. In
this study, we will find that the Spirit is our Mediator Intercessor. This is
another fulfillment of Ellen White's definition of the Holy Spirit as being
Christ. It will prove as well that Christ is God because only God can search
and know the heart of man. Psa 44:21 Shall not God search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart. Rom 8:27 And he that searcheth
the hearts knoweth what [is] the mind of the Spirit, because
he maketh
intercession for the saints
according to [the will of] God. From the above two verses we can conclude that only
God searches out and knows the secrets of the heart (mind). Christ is God, because
it is He who searches our heart. Hbr 4:12 For the word of God [is]
quick, and powerful, and sharper than any two edged sword, piercing even to
the dividing asunder of soul and spirit,
and of the joints and marrow, and [is] a discerner
of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
It was Christ’s who was clothed with a vesture
dipped in blood. He is the Word of
God. He makes intercession for us. He is the ONE mediator. He is the
Comforter. He is the Holy Spirit Ghost. The word Holy Ghost does not appear
in Scripture until Matthew 1:18. Christ as God: "The Word was with
God, and the Word was God." Before men or angels were created, the Word
was with God, and was God. {RH, April 5, 1906 par. 5}
Exd 8:10 And he said,
To morrow. And he said, [Be it] according to thy word: that thou mayest know
that [there is] none like unto the LORD our God. Did Moses not know that there is ONE LORD AND ONE
GOD, and that Jesus is Lord and God? The Third
Objective of This Study The third objective of this study is to prove to
Bryan Bissell that there is ONE MEDIATOR—INTERCESSOR--COMFORTER, because He
believes that all three, the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost Spirit are
all Comforters. My objective is to prove that although they all come to us,
John 14, there is ONE MEDIATOR, INTERCESSOR, COMFORTER, the Holy Spirit Ghost
of Christ, which He emptied Himself of at His Incarnation. 1Ti
2:5 For [there is] one God, and one mediator between
God and men, the man Christ Jesus; God is a Spirit: Jhn 4:24 God
[is] a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship
[him] in spirit and in truth. All three persons of the Godhead are of that ONE
ETERNAL SPIRIT, THE ETERNAL
SPIRIT[RB1] , Gal 3:19 Wherefore then [serveth] the law? It was added because of transgressions, till
the seed should come to whom the promise was made; [and it was] ordained by
angels in the hand of a mediator. Gal 3:20 Now
a mediator is not [a mediator] of one, but God is one. 1Ti 2:5 For
[there is] one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man
Christ Jesus; Hbr 8:6 But now hath he obtained a more excellent
ministry, by how much also he is the mediator of a better covenant, which
was established upon better promises. Hbr 9:15 And for this cause he is the mediator
of the new testament, that by means of death, for the redemption of the
transgressions [that were] under the first testament, they which are called
might receive the promise of eternal inheritance. Hbr 12:24 And to Jesus the mediator of the new
covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than
[that of] Abel. Intercessor--Mediator The Same Thing Rom 8:26 Likewise the
Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know
not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot
be uttered. Rom 8:27 And he
that searcheth the hearts knoweth what [is] the mind of the Spirit, because
he maketh
intercession for the saints
according to [the will of] God. Isa 53:12
Therefore will I divide him [a portion] with the great, and he shall divide
the spoil with the strong; because he hath poured out his soul unto death:
and he was numbered with the transgressors; and he bare the sin of many, and
made intercession for the transgressors. Jer 7:16 Therefore pray not thou for this people,
neither lift up cry nor prayer for them, neither make intercession to me: for I will not hear thee. Jer 27:18 But if they [be] prophets, and if the word
of the LORD be with them, let them now make intercession to the LORD of hosts, that the vessels which are left in the house of the
LORD, and [in] the house of the king of Judah, and at Jerusalem, go not to
Babylon. Rom 8:26
Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities:
for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which
cannot be uttered. Note: The Spirit ITSELF makes intercession for us.
There is ONE MEDIATOR, Christ.1Ti 2:5 For [there is] one God, and one mediator
between God and men, the man Christ Jesus; Rom 8:27 And
he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what [is] the mind of the Spirit, because
he maketh
intercession for the saints
according to [the will of] God. Rom 8:34 Who [is] he that condemneth? [It is] Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again,
who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us. Rom 11:2 God
hath not cast away his people which he foreknew. Wot
ye not what the scripture saith of Elias? how he
maketh intercession to God against Note: Did Elias not know who to make
intercession to? He made intercession to God. He made intercession to Christ
who is God. He made intercession to the Holy Ghost Spirit of Christ who is
God. Jhn 14:6
Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. Note: Thus, Elias, in making intercession
to God, made intercession to Christ, because no man cometh unto the Father
but by Christ. This confirms that Christ is God. It also confirms that Christ
is the one mediator, the Holy Ghost Spirit. Hbr 7:25 Wherefore he is able also to save them to
the uttermost that come
unto God by him, seeing he
ever liveth to make intercession for them. Note: Who ever lives to make intercession for us?
Who does the Bible say that we must come to God through? Christ! And then he,
as the one mediator, Holy Ghost Spirit, makes intercession for us. The definition of mediator in 1 Tim. 2:5 is as
follows: Number 3316
Transliteration: mesites {mes-ee'-tace} Word Origin: from 3319 TDNT: 4:598,585 Part of Speech: noun masculine Usage in the KJV: mediator 6 Definition:
TDNT - Theological Dictionary of the New Testament Meaning of Intercession in Romans 8:34: Rom 8:34
Who [is] he that condemneth? [It is] Christ that died, yea rather,
that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us. Number 1793
Transliteration: entugchano {en-toong-khan'-o} Word Origin: TDNT: 8:242,1191 Part of Speech: verb Usage in the KJV: make intercession 4, deal 1 Definition:
TDNT - Theological Dictionary of the New Testament God bless, Ron |