02-28-2012, 08:30 PM
Actually, thinking about it now, yea', some (non-Christians) do say that this "I" is the the Way to Life. They claim that "I" is consciousness - though they don't associate this "I-ness" with Jesus, so it seems a bit suspect to me.
Let me ask you guys this, though: Does the Holy Spirit have a name? When Jesus said, "I am the Way", seeing as how it's the, "Spirit who gives life" and that, "the flesh profits nothing", is it at -all- possible that when Jesus said "I", He wasn't referring to Himself, but rather it was the Spirit within Him that was speaking?
John 12:49-50::
For I did not speak on my own, but the Father who sent me commanded me to say all that I have spoken.
John 7:16-17:
16 Jesus answered, ?My teaching is not my own. It comes from the one who sent me.
The Father's name is "I Am That I Am." Jesus never once called Himself "I Am That I Am", as that was a name the Father, and the Father only, which Jesus said was "greater than Him", held.
The Living Word has a name: Jesus
So what is the Spirit's name? Could it possibly be "I?" Not the false "I" (or ego) but the pathway into some (or all) form(s) of consciousness / Life / whatever you want to call it? I know this may sound ridiculous to some of you, so if you'd rather not touch on anything mentioned above, please just zero in on whether or not the Spirit has a name.
Thanks.
Let me ask you guys this, though: Does the Holy Spirit have a name? When Jesus said, "I am the Way", seeing as how it's the, "Spirit who gives life" and that, "the flesh profits nothing", is it at -all- possible that when Jesus said "I", He wasn't referring to Himself, but rather it was the Spirit within Him that was speaking?
John 12:49-50::
For I did not speak on my own, but the Father who sent me commanded me to say all that I have spoken.
John 7:16-17:
16 Jesus answered, ?My teaching is not my own. It comes from the one who sent me.
The Father's name is "I Am That I Am." Jesus never once called Himself "I Am That I Am", as that was a name the Father, and the Father only, which Jesus said was "greater than Him", held.
The Living Word has a name: Jesus
So what is the Spirit's name? Could it possibly be "I?" Not the false "I" (or ego) but the pathway into some (or all) form(s) of consciousness / Life / whatever you want to call it? I know this may sound ridiculous to some of you, so if you'd rather not touch on anything mentioned above, please just zero in on whether or not the Spirit has a name.
Thanks.