Who is Christ's Father?
People who believe in the Trinity doctrine claim that their beliefs in the birth of Christ and the Trinity are based on the Bible.
Yet, if we believe the biblical account of Christ's birth, we simply cannot accept the Trinity. Let's understand why.
Son of the Holy Spirit?
The
story of Jesus' conception is told by two Gospel writers Matthew and Luke. Those
who believe in a Trinity may use Matthew's account to back up their theory. But
let's see what it says.
"Now the birth of Jesus Christ was as follows: After His mother Mary was betrothed to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Spirit" (Matthew 1:18).
Later, an angel appeared to Joseph and said, "Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take to you Mary your wife, for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit" (verse 20).
Taken at face value, these verses seem to indicate that the Holy Spirit was a person responsible for Mary's pregnancy. But can that be so?
Get all the facts
The
Bible is written so that it takes a little digging to get all the facts about a
subject (Isaiah 28:10, 13). Let's see what Luke has to say about the same event.
The angel who came to Mary with the news of her impending conception said, “He [Jesus] will be great, and will be called the Son of the Highest- (Luke 1:32). Clearly, whoever the "Highest" is, that person will be Jesus' Father. "Highest" implies that there can be no one higher. That, in itself, shows that Jesus was the Son of the greatest being in the universe.
But, lest any should argue the point, Luke throws further light on the subject: "Therefore, also, that Holy One who is to be born will be called the Son of God" (verse 35).
If the Holy Spirit were an individual and if, as a person, the Holy Spirit caused Mary to conceive, then Jesus would have to be called the Son of the Holy Spirit.
Spirit is power
The
truth is - and it would shock millions to know - that the Holy Spirit is not
a person. Rather, it is the agency by which God the Father works. In
the same verse in Luke this is made plain: “The Holy Spirit will come upon
you"-and what is the biblical definition of the Holy Spirit? - "the power of the
Highest" (Luke 1:35).
Again the word Highest is used. The Holy Spirit is an agency, a force, a power that is used by the Highest - God the Father - to achieve his purpose.
As an analogy, we might say, "The words on this page are of the printing press." The printing press is used as a medium - a power - to transfer words from the writer's mind to the paper you are reading. No one would assume that the printing press produced the words of its own volition. Yet without the printing process you wouldn't be reading these words.
Similarly, God the Father used the medium of the Holy Spirit to cause the impregnation in Mary's womb. Without that power, the supernatural conception couldn't have taken place. It follows, therefore, that the biblical account tells us that Jesus was the Son of the Highest God himself - and that the conception was achieved by the power that emanates from God.
The Holy Spirit, we repeat, is not a person!
What Jesus says about it?
Just in case any should have doubts, let's review what Jesus Christ himself said
about this matter.
During one of his frequent brushes with the self-righteous religious leaders of his day, Jesus was accused of blasphemy. Why? Because he had referred to himself as the Son of God (John 10:36). The Jews believed there was only one God being.
A short while later Jesus explained the reason why his friend Lazarus was ill: "This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God may be glorified through it" (John11-4).
Notice that the Son of God - not the Son of the Holy Spirit - might be glorified. Jesus called himself God's Son.
If further proof is needed, we can look at some of Jesus' final words as a human on earth. In John 14, Jesus was talking to his disciples, giving them some last encouraging thoughts before his crucifixion.
In verse 26, Jesus promised his disciples that they would receive “the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name." The Holy Spirit and the Father -Jesus' Father - are referred to as two distinct entities.
The Holy Spirit was to be given to the disciples after Jesus had returned to his Father. This further proves that God was Jesus' Father, not the Holy Spirit. This Helper that Jesus Christ promised his followers is the agency by which God's power is executed. It is the same power that God used to cause Christ's conception.
The Holy Spirit is not a third person in the Godhead.
Is the Trinity biblical?
The
concept of a Trinity is nowhere found in the Bible. Like so many religious
ideas, it has been formulated by men under the influence of Satan.
One Bible authority points out that the Trinity is not a scriptural doctrine and
that it wasn't until the fourth century that the idea found a place in theology.
Yet, even after admitting this truth and recording that there is no scriptural basis for believing the doctrine, this respected author says the idea of a Trinity must be accepted as fact. Such is the depth of the deception!
Many scriptures clearly show that the Holy Spirit is not a person. But does it matter just what the Holy Spirit is?
Emphatically yes!
For, simply put, it is by the Holy Spirit that God gives you eternal life! It is through his Holy Spirit that God begets you as his child and makes you part of his family.
The Trinity hides from man God's plan of salvation. The Trinity doctrine maintains that the Godhead is a closed unit into which no one else can enter.