That's an interesting theology, but it seems odd that you simply switch the personality "extension" however you need to in each specific context. We have a real distinction being made in Scripture and you'd have to simply ignore it to discount it:Paidion wrote:The Father and the Son are two distinct Persons, though they are also One in purpose, love, and all other divine attributes. The Son is Another exactly like the Father. He is the exact imprint of the Father's essence (Heb 1:3). They share the same spirit, and they extend this their shared spirit into the hearts of the faithful. So Paul wrote of "the spirit of God" as well as "the spirit of Christ."
Jesus said these words to Judas (not Iscariot):
If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word; and My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our home with him. (John 14:23)
How do the Father and the Son come and make their home with those who love Jesus? The Father is in heaven, and the Son is seated at his right hand.
The answer: They extend their shared spirit into those who love Jesus.
I might add, that when Jesus was on earth, his spirit was confined to his body. When the Holy Spirit descended upon Him, it was the spirit of the Father alone.
Jesus said these words:
But I am telling you the truth. It is to your benefit that I go away, for if I do not go away, the advocate will not come to you. But if I go, I will send it to you. (John 16:7)
I think it is universally accepted that the advocate is the spirit of God and/or Jesus. Why could the spirit of Jesus not come until after his death? Because prior to his death, it was confined to his body. But afterward, after He BECAME a life-giving spirit (1 Cor 15:45), He could extend Himself by means of his spirit to any location that He wished.
And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Counselor to be with you forever --
If words mean anything "another" can not mean "the same."
And everyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man, it will be forgiven him; but he who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit, it will not be forgiven him.
If words mean anything, these cannot be the same identities.
But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but the Father alone.
So one of the Holy Spirits knows the day and hour, and the other Holy Spirit doesn't know it? It seems a killer blow to that theology.