A common question

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Bro. Amos wrote,

> "Did Jesus have a human spirit besides the Holy Ghost?" 

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> The situation seemed pretty clear to me. Being God incarnated in
> the flesh, the only Spirit residing in Him was the Holy Ghost and no other
> spirits. 

Well, what/who is the Holy Ghost?  Gained and understood completely
by revelation only.....

Luke  1:35 And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall
           come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow
           thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of
           thee shall be called the Son of God.

Or, the Holy Ghost fathered what we call the Son.  Father == Holy Ghost.
Remember, "God is a Spirit."  They that worship him must worship him in
spirit and in truth.  The Spirit of the "Father" is no different than the
Spirit of the "Holy Ghost".  One God.  One Spirit.  One being.

Paul said in Ephesians:

Eph 3: 14  For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus
           Christ,

       15  Of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named,

Trinitarias would say, they are leaving out one of the holy trinity.  
Not so!  First of all... no such thing.  There's God.  And God manifested
himself in the flesh *PERSONALLY*.

Paul said in 1 Tim:

1 Tim 3:16 And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God 
           was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of 
           angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, 
           received up into glory.

Anyway, Jesus said these things of himself in John.  It probably helps
most to think of this not as just a *lowly man* speaking these words as
he is asked on the fly.  But God Almighty speaking through the 
ambassadorship of Jesus (himself manifested here on earth *PERSONALLY*):

John 14:8  Philip saith unto him, Lord, shew us the Father, and it
           sufficeth us.

        9  Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and
           yet hast thou not known me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath
           seen the Father; and how sayest thou then, Shew us the Father?

       10  Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in
           me? the words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself: but
           the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works.
 
       17  Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive,
           because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him;
           for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.

What!?!  The Spirit of Truth already dwellt with man at that time?  How
can that be????   Unless..... the fleshly manifestation of God on earth 
somehow contained that which was true and just.  The Eternal Judge.  The
Everlasting Father.  The Prince of Peace.  Hallelujah \o/

Right there among them apostles right in the middle of mankind, dwelt the
Spirit of Truth.  

When speaking of *spirits* of people.  Or that which defines them and makes
everybody unique.  We are no different than Jesus.  We have an eternal 
existence (hopefully live forever).  We have a body that pretty much contains
our *beings*.  When we die, our shell is lifeless, yet we exist...  That
which defines our beings isn't the shell but that which gave the shell life.
When a corpse is viewed in a casket, the *being* isn't in the body anymore.
It's gone.  What's viewed is the remains.  Just so happens, that which 
defined Jesus was that one everlasting being that spoke creation into 
existence.  That one being that formed man out of the dust of the ground.
That one being that pulled woman from man.  That one being, that needed to 
redeem man to himself.  That being's God.  That's why so many times you read
where Jesus says something like:  "That which I do, is not of myself, but of
the Father in me."  ...... think about it....  That's an exactly correct 
statement.  The Father that *defines* Jesus is that very being of ultimate
truth.

Genesis 22:8 And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb 
             for a burnt offering: so they went both of them together.

God provided *himself* as a lamb for a completely consumed sacrifice for
us all on the cross....

Bro. Tyler