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PART FIVE-WHO IS SPEAKING
“God speaks to us; by His great power we’re led....” So goes the hymn basedon John 14:1-3. Yes, God does speak to us in many places in his word, theHoly Bible. But is all the speaking done by just one being or spirit that isGod, and no others? Is every “thus saith the Lord” from this supposed “oneGod”? In this part five will be examined scriptures involving one claiming to be God speaking. However, the answers reached will not support there beingonly one spirit that is God. Only one spirit called God does not do all thespeaking in the Bible.In the previous two parts we saw clearly that the Father is God, and thatJesus Christ is God also. We saw that before the human Jesus Christ was thespirit called Lord, or Eternal. This God was the personal God of those in theOld Testament. The Father God was not this personal God. The Father Goddid not have intimate contact and interaction with those in the OldTestament. The truth is there always was, always has been, and still are twospirits called God. In this part, we will see how who speaks as God will prove the above further.The first scripture to be examined is Genesis 1:26: “And God said, let usmake man in our image, after our likeness....”Moses inspired by God writes down God thinking and saying, then creatingmankind. But notice this verse says “us.” “‘God said, let us.’” It would causeconfusion to think there is only one spirit called God and then come acrossthis verse. But the Bible tells us that in the Old Testament there were twospirits called God. Read:“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Wordwas God” (John 1:1, New International Version).This says there was a spirit called the “Word” that was God. And this spiritcalled the Word was
with
another spirit that was called God. Obviously thespirit that was with the Word was the Father. But remember the Word wasGod also. John 1:1 clearly says there where two spirits called God.Therefore it is plain why Genesis 1:26 says, “‘God said, let
us...
in
our 
....’”Genesis 1:26 is one of very few, if any other, scriptures where the one word“God” means two spirits that are such. The context of Genesis 1:26 bears
 
this out. So also does John 1:1.Genesis 1:26 shows “God” speaking but it is in the total agreement of twospirits that are each God. Just because Genesis 1:26 does not say “Gods”causes some to think it is a figure of speech regarding “us” and “our” in thecontext. But John 1:1, John 20:17, John 20:28, and Psalm 110:1 absolutelydisprove this claim. So who is speaking in Genesis 1:26? Either the “Word”,The Lord, or the Father God is. But because their nature is one, the singular “God” is used. If only one spirit called God is all there is, how are Psalm110:1, John 20:17,28 explained then? Next look at Genesis 1:29:“And God said, behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed....” Notice carefully this verse uses the singular “I,” which therefore makes“God” here singular. Read also Genesis 1:31. Verse 31 uses “he” in thethings God made. Again, the context of this verse, like Genesis 1:29, usesthe singular for God. But this does not mean Genesis 1:26 is a figure of speech because there has to be only one God based on singular usage. Butwho is speaking in Genesis 1:29 if it is just “I”? The answer is found partlyin Genesis 1:31. But also in John 1:3:“All things were made by Him; and without Him was not anything madethat was made.”The “him” here is the spirit called the Word that was God. All things weremade by the Word. John 1:3 is singular in talking about that spirit called theWord. But this does not mean the Word was or is the only spirit that is God.John 1:1 states the Word was with another spirit which was also God. Now, just because Genesis 1:29 and 31 use the singular for God does not prove there is only one God. If a verse uses a singular usage, then by thecontext one of two spirits called God is speaking. Lets us go further toconfirm this. Read:“And the Lord God said, it is not good that the man should be alone; I willmake him an help meet for him” (Genesis 2:18).This God said he would make man the “help meet” woman (v.22). Butwhich God is this from John 1:1 and Psalm 110:1? The indications are that itis the “Word” in John 1:1 and “my Lord” in Psalm 110:1. Remember thataccording to John 1:3 the Father God made all things-including man andwoman- by or through the Word. And also remember, “...the Word was
 
God.” So the Word that was God did the actual creating from the thought process of the Father God. Genesis 2:18 is identifying the creator God calledthe Word. But the Father God existed, too. So this reveals two spirits calledGod not one.Other places in Genesis are chapters 6:7, 9:12 and 22:14-16. In each case ithas to be identified who is speaking, the Father or the Word. When theidentifying is done it will confirm even more that two spirits are called God.The Holy Bible does not support the teaching that only one spirit is God. Now we look at a scripture in the book of Exodus. Exodus 3 reveals Godcalled Moses to go to Egypt and free the Israelites from their oppressiverulers. But the question now needs to be asked: who is speaking? Is just oneGod speaking, and does all the speaking in the Bible? See how the Biblegives us the answer:“And Moses said to God, behold when I come to the children of Israel, andshall say to them, the God of your fathers has sent me to you; and they shallsay to me, what is his name? What shall I say to them? And God said toMoses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said thus shall you say to the children of Israel, I AM has sent me to you” (Exodus 3:13-14). So “I AM” is a name of God. But which spirit called God? Or is there just one? John 8:58 and John18:5 tell the answer. First John 8:58, in response to the Jews Jesus Christsaid:“I solemnly declare it: before Abraham came to be, I AM” (New AmericanBible).This is the same thing that Exodus 3:14 says. But who was Jesus Christ before his human birth? See the plain answer:
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And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld hisglory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth”(John 1:14). Before Jesus Christ’s human birth he was the “Word.” But this “Word”according to John 1:1 was God. And this is the God that said his name was“IAM” to Moses. Jesus Christ called himself “I AM” in John 8:58 becausethat is exactly who he was. So Exodus 3:13-14 are talking about the “Word,”which took other names as the Lord God or Yahweh. The God that spoke to
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