“Grace be to you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ…in whom … ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise” – Ephesians 1:2
Paul was not confused about the Holy Trinity. He held the oneness of God with the diversity of persons without complaining or confusion.
Being both one and more at the same time is and every day occurence – in ourselves. Who do you argue with when your conscience tells you something? Or, how do you know your body is hungry? Do you give it everything it wants or tell it to pipe down?
This is spirit, soul, and body 1 interacting normally. My conscience is its own person, my mind is its own person, my body is its own person – each acting independently, yet still only one of me.
Which one rules? Well, in my imperfection, sometimes its my body, sometimes my will, sometimes my conscience. I accomplish great things when my conscience confirms what my mind envisions and my body obeys.
God acts together. There is no struggle for attention or dominance. The Father loves, plans, feels and directs. The Son acts in voluntary obedience, and the Spirit communicates God’s motives, intentions, and joy.
It is God, our Father, who planned the way of Salvation. It is God, the Son, who of his own free will chose to obey, even to the cross. It is the Holy Spirit who gives us a taste of heaven and tells us God’s true intentions and motives.
– fritz
1 – 1st Thessalonians 5:23
