Jesus is God

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In a message dated 10/13/98 1:27:23 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
LSVH37A@prodigy.com writes:

<< Well, I don't think that one needs a revelation to understand 
 Scripture. >>
     First let me say that I remember vividly the night that I received the
actual revelation of who the Lord Jesus Christ really is.  It was November 16,
1991.  I had already been saved for a few years.  And I believed in the
oneness because that was all that I had ever been taught.  I kinda held on to
it by faith.  Nobody could tell me that there was a trinity.  But as I began
to witness about this great truth,  people would begin to ask me questions
that I could not answer.  So I began to pray to God and ask Him who He really
is.  I wanted more than mental understanding.  I wanted to know beyond my own
logic.  I wanted understanding that could only come from God.
     Well, it took a few months,  but one day while visiting my grandmothers
house,  it happened.  She had this big diagram on her wall that was intended
to display the concept of the oneness.  As I began to read it,  the scales
fell from my eyes.  I  understood exactly how the Apostle Paul felt when he
understood that the Lord he had been fighting against,  was actually Jesus
Christ himself.  I was hungry.  My bible was flipping and flipping.  I stayed
up for hours and hours. Just reading the word.  I kept reading even while
everyone was sleep.  I was trying to tell my other family,  but they didn't
understand my joy.
      Before this time,  when I saw scriptural references to a Father and a
Son and a Holy Ghost,  I could understand how a person might believe in a
trinity.  But as I began to open up the bible that night,  every verse in the
bible began to sing out in chorus,  "Jesus is God!"  And that is how I
received the revelation.  I felt like I had just received the spirit again.  I
rejoiced and I cried.
     I think that there is a difference between having a mental understanding
of the oneness and the actual revelation that can only come from God.  I'm not
saying that anything is wrong with having a mental understanding.  We should
all have that.  But if all that you have is a mental understanding of the
scriptures,  then someone can easily give you a "logical understanding of the
trinity."  And you can be moved.  But when God speaks to you and shows you
himself.  Noone can tell you anything different.  Many times I have had to
fall back on the remembrance of that night on Nov. 16th.  Sometimes,  it was
the only thing that kept me in the faith.  But God keeps on opening up my
understanding.  As he gives revelation,  my understanding increases.  And
nobody.  And I mean nobody!  Nobody can tell me anything other than what Jesus
told me himself.  And that is that "Jesus is God."
     Your brother,
     Marlon