Jeremiah 9:23-24 Legacy Standard Bible <\/p>\n\n\n\n
23 Thus says Yahweh, \u201cLet not a wise man boast in his wisdom, and let not the mighty man boast in his might; let not a rich man boast in his riches, 24 but let him who boasts boast in this, that he understands and knows Me, that I am Yahweh who shows lovingkindness, justice, and righteousness on earth; for I delight in these things,\u201d declares Yahweh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Galatians 6:14-15 Legacy Standard Bible <\/p>\n\n\n\n
14 But may it never be that I would boast, except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world. 15 For neither is circumcision anything, nor uncircumcision, but a new creation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This is very interesting, taking into account the texts inspired by The Spirit of the living God above, and the fact that St. Paul was a first-century Pharisee by blood (Philippians 3:5, Acts 23:6). From reading his epistles, we can tell he knew his Tanakh in and out. Why would Saul, the killer of Christians (Acts 26:10-11), go from ruthlessly denying the deity of Our Lord, to boasting in the crucifixion and death of a Jew?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Philippians 3:3 Legacy Standard Bible <\/p>\n\n\n\n
3 For we are the circumcision, who worship in the Spirit of God and boast in Christ Jesus and put no confidence in the flesh,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But wait, the Old Testament says to make our boast in YHWH\/LORD, God of Israel (Psalm 34:2), and that YHWH’s glory by nature will be shared with no creature (2 Corinthians 4:6, Isaiah 42:8), so is St. Paul, the Hebrew Apostle of Christ Jesus, blaspheming? No! He knows in his very being that the Christ who appeared to him on the Damascus Road (Acts 9:1-9) and gave him continuous revelation throughout the Book of Acts (Acts 18:9-10), is YHWH God of the Hebrew Scriptures in the flesh. Of course St. Paul is going to worship the Lord Jesus Christ and encourage others to do the same; he is just being honest to the fulfillment of prophecy and reality itself. We worship in the Spirit of God, because The Spirit is God (John 4:23-24).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
1 Corinthians 8:12 <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Legacy Standard Bible 12 And in that way, by sinning against the brothers and wounding their conscience when it is weak, you sin against Christ.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Please go read 1 Corinthians 8 and take into account the context of the chapter. This chapter is about the sin of idolatry, turning against The One Sovereign LORD to worship an idol, replacing God with your own pride, or passions, or adultery (or spiritual adultery), etc. When we commit this sin, we sin against Jesus Christ? St. Paul is a Hebrew monotheist, believing in One God, although from these texts, Paul clearly does not only believe God is one person.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
1 Corinthians 8:6 Legacy Standard Bible <\/p>\n\n\n\n
6 Yet for us there is one God, the Father, from whom are all things and we exist for Him, and one Lord, Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we exist through Him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Here we see earlier in the same chapter that St. Paul glorifies The God and Father of Our Lord Jesus Christ, while explaining to the Corinthians that His only Begotten Son is not just the Messiah (John 4:25-26), not only risen and incorruptible (John 20:24-29), and ascended to Heaven (Luke 24:50-51), but is that same God and LORD, uncreated in essence, outside of all creation because “we exist THROUGH HIM,” and “BY WHOM are ALL things,” not some things.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
St. Paul not only teaches that Jesus is the One God of the Old Testament in essence, distinct from The Father in person, but by nature of Jesus being The living Christ, and The Spirit being The Anointing, he shows that every attribution of divinity to Jesus is an attribution of divinity to The Holy Spirit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Acts 10:38 Legacy Standard Bible <\/p>\n\n\n\n
38 You know of Jesus of Nazareth, how God anointed Him with the Holy Spirit and with power, and how He went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with Him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Christ” is the English translation of “Christos,” which is the Greek translation of “Mashiach” (Messiah), the Hebrew term for “Anointed One.” This is not to be confused with the heresy of adoptionism. Christ did not receive The Spirit at His Baptism; He was always in perfect union with The Father and The Spirit by the nature of the mystery of The Holy Trinity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
2 Corinthians 3:17-18 Legacy Standard Bible <\/p>\n\n\n\n
17 Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. 18 But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as from the Lord, the Spirit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But wait, I thought Jesus was the One Lord, St. Paul? At the time of St. Paul, this is how a Greek-speaking monotheistic Jew would express that YHWH was One, by using “Kyrios.” He is expressing the same word used for “LORD” in the Shema (Deuteronomy 6:4) from the Greek Septuagint, which is the translation of the Hebrew Scriptures that the apostles used, and read, and quoted from, and applying it to The Holy Spirit. Therefore, we see that The Spirit is of the very same essence as Jesus Christ, who is YHWH God, consubstantial with The Father. The Spirit is also given the very same glory as The LORD, who The LORD says He will give to no other. He is transforming us (Titus 2:11-13), guiding us (Psalm 51:10-12), conforming us to the witness of The Son of God Incarnate (Luke 9:23), like the Lord Jesus said He would (John 15:26).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I ask Him to grant us all the gift of the understanding of His Scriptures, to His glory. To lead you, the reader, God willing to The Catholic Church. To be baptized in The Spirit of living waters (John 3:5), washed and regenerated, to receive Holy Communion, and love The Holy Trinity for the rest of your life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
2 Corinthians 3:6 Legacy Standard Bible <\/p>\n\n\n\n
6 Who also made us sufficient as ministers of a new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Christ is Lord.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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