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The Begotten One

By Lary R. HaleOctober 13, 2016

The Father and Son sit as distinct figures in shared heavenly light above the earth. — © By One Spirit Ministries

“The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool” (Psm. 110:1). Who wrote this Psalm? David did. So who is David’s ‘Lord,’ and who is 'The Lord’ that told David’s Lord to sit on his right hand? How about we let Jesus give us the answer: “And he said unto them, How say they that Christ is David’s son? And David himself saith in the book of Psalms, The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, Till I make thine enemies thy footstool. David therefore calleth him Lord, how is he then his son?” (Lk. 20:41-44). So Jesus clarifies to us that it is he who David referred to as ‘my Lord,’ and he clearly said that David was speaking by the holy Ghost. In fact David didn’t even know about the son of God, but the Spirit that inspired him surely did. You may also want to note that the point Jesus was making was that he is the Son of God. Peter gave us some powerful confirmation of this truth in his sermon on the day of Pentecost, with an added element defined: “This Jesus hath God raised up, whereof we all are witnesses. Therefore being by the right hand of God exalted, and having received of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, he hath shed forth this, which ye now see and hear. For David is not ascended into the heavens: but he saith himself, The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, Until I make thy foes thy footstool. Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly, that God hath made the same Jesus, whom ye have crucified, both Lord and Christ” (Acts 2:32-36). Note that Peter also quoted our text scripture at the end of this passage, and he also told us who it is that is referred to as ‘The Lord’ in Psalm 110:1. Three times in this short passage Peter clearly says it was God that “raised Jesus from the dead,” that is God who “exalted Jesus to his own right hand,” and that is God that has “made Jesus both Lord and Christ.” So the simple and obvious answer is that it was and is God the Father who told his Son Jesus Christ to “sit at [his] own right hand till his enemies be made his footstool."

I don’t know if you’ve ever seen this particular oddity, or maybe you have experienced it; but people who are [heck] bent on the 'oneness’ doctrine, meaning 'Jesus Only,’ have a visible problem when you refer to Jesus as 'the Son of God.’ They always have to come back and pound this thing that he was "God manifest in the flesh.” OF COURSE he was God manifest in the flesh! What else could he be? He was directly begotten of the Father without a mother, so he couldn’t be anything but God. The Son of God was begotten by his Father in heaven long before anything or anyone else ever existed. HE’S THE ONE who created everything and everybody else (Prov. 8:22; Jn. 1:1-3; Col. 1:15-17; Eph. 3:9). God’s Son WAS BEGOTTEN, which is to say he had a beginning. He in fact “IS the beginning” (Col. 1:18). His substance was always in God who had no beginning, so in that way the Son is eternal. But as a person with body, soul, spirit, and consciousness, he had a beginning. He is the Son, and it was he who the Father told to sit at his right hand. Jesus is referred to in the scriptures also as “the only begotten” Son of God (Jn. 1:14,18; Jn. 3:16,18; Heb. 11:17; I Jn. 4:9). What this means is that Christ was not created as all else in creation were, but he alone was 'begotten’ directly from the Father’s substance, making him the only other 'God’ being that exists. So according to the scriptures there are two divine persons in the 'God’ family. The fact that Jesus Christ was begotten of God also proves that God the Father has a body as well as the Son; otherwise the Son could not be called “the express image of his person” (Heb. 1:3). If God were only a Spirit then he would not be a person, because a person is made up of body, soul, and spirit; as is the Son of God, as also is mankind (I Thess. 5:23; Gen. 1:26). So again, there are two persons in the God family in heaven, and there’s nothing wrong about that. Why should it bother us? I have a son, and he and I are two separate persons. In fact I have two sons, and my other son and I are two separate persons as well. You see? The Father and the Son in heaven, and the father and the son in the earth.

Nobody is one with their son by being squashed into the same body with them. Jesus prayed that believers would “be one, even as we [he and the Father] are one” (Jn. 17:22). In fact he went on to say that the 'oneness’ that he was talking about was by means of the Father being 'in’ him, and he being 'in’ believers (Jn. 17:23). So are the Father, the Son, and everyone who has ever trusted in Christ all smashed together into one physical body? Of course not. We need only see HOW he is in believers, and how believers are in him, to understand the true 'oneness’ of God: “For BY ONE SPIRIT are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into ONE SPIRIT” (I Cor. 12:13). This extremely integral verse tells us how we get into Christ and he into us, and it also shows us something else that is utterly significant. The baptism of the holy Ghost which always carries the sign of speaking in other tongues, is what puts us into Christ and makes us 'one’ with he and the Father the same way they are one. It is by having the same holy Spirit, which in fact is the divine, eternal life that dwells in both the Father and the Son; that puts us all 'in’ one another. So it is by the Spirit that the Father and the Son are one, and it is by the same Spirit that we are made one. What this also means is that the holy Ghost is NOT a third person as the 'Trinity’ doctrine upholds, but rather it is the very eternal life substance that first dwelt in the Father, and that naturally dwelt in the Son when he was begotten directly of the Father. No? Okay, then try this verse on for size: “For as the Father hath LIFE in himself; so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself” (Jn. 5:26). Not convinced? Okay, then there’s this also: “I am come that they might have LIFE, and that they might have it more abundantly” (Jn. 10:10). Still not enough? I understand, so let’s cap it off by what the scriptures says IS that life: “For the law of the SPIRIT OF LIFE in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death” (Rom. 8:2).

Yes my friend, only the life that dwells in the Father and the Son could reverse the death that our mortal bodies were sentenced to because of Adam’s sin (Rom. 5:12; I Cor. 15:22). “But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken [bring to life] your mortal [dead] bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you” (Rom. 8:11). So Romans 8:2 shows us that the life of God’s Spirit will deliver us from sin and from death, and Romans 8:11 makes it crystal clear that it is our dead bodies that God’s “Spirit of life” will raise back to life at the second coming of Jesus to this world. The Father and the Son are persons, and we are persons as they are persons, but the holy Ghost is THE LIFE that dwells in the Father and the Son; which the Son came to provide for us to have to dwell in us as well. It is not a person that makes persons 'one,’ but rather a shared inner life and nature in and between persons. The Spirit of God is “the divine nature” because “the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts BY the holy Ghost,” and the nature of God is love (II Pet. 1:4; Rom. 5:5; I Jn. 4:8). That is why there is no mention of the holy Ghost in the two passages where Jesus said that he and the Father are one (Jn. 10:30; Jn. 17:21,22). That is also why there is no mention of the holy Ghost in the salutations of Paul in his epistles, where he says, “from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.” The Spirit is ONLY Spirit,it is not body, soul, and spirit. We have bodies, as do God and his Son; and we have a spirit IN our bodies, as do the Father and the Son. Our own spirit that we were born with is PART of our person, and the holy Spirit is also PART of the persons of both the Father and the Son. We are made in the image of God, and therefore it is impossible for these things to be any other way. Why do you think God required Abraham to give up his son’s life in order for his covenant to be established with him? Sound familiar? Yeah, another shadow type of the Father and the Son, which types are all through the Bible. There are no shadow types however for ‘the Father, the Son, and this other mysterious person called’ holy Spirit.’ For all who will heartily and gladly embrace this greatest of all truths, the unifying process of God’s elect in the end time can now begin. So be it.

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In loving memory

Lary R. Hale

November 13, 1954April 21, 2024

Lary smiling with his beloved dog Champ — Lary with Champ

Obituary

A Hero Finally Rests.

Lary Redman Hale of Louisville, KY entered into his greatest joy, the presence of King Jesus himself, welcomed by the cheers of angels and the saints of God on Sunday night, April 21, 2024.

What the outside world would see as the untimely passing of a humble, local minister, heaven saw as the triumphant finale of a valiant warrior's life. He fought the good fight, having kept the faith, and received what Christ himself called "The Champion's Wreath of Victory".

Lary was born November 13, 1954 to Marvin and Norma Hale. Being the youngest of his siblings ensured he had lots of time with his loving mother, from whom he undoubtedly developed his profound sensitivity, heartfelt sentimentality and emotional comfortability - characteristics that were trademarks of his life. He grew up surrounded by cousins and classmates that became his best friends.

At his 50 year class reunion he was overjoyed and excited to catch up with so many of them, smiling and laughing more than he had in a long time. He would often tell stories of how he treasured those times as a young boy riding bikes, shooting B.B guns and playing with his childhood dog Peanuts; all while getting into assorted harmless mischief. He cherished the time he spent living on his parents houseboat and helping his dad, a united states marine veteran, take care of the boat and dock.

His relationship with his dad was only strengthened in their later years as they watched boxing matches almost every weekend for the remainder of his dad's life. He admired his brother Gary for his athleticism and industrious attitude, and thought his sisters Vicki and Mila had hearts of gold just like his mother. In his teen years Lary developed three of his lifelong loves: swimming, cool cars and lifting weights.

Some people said Lary was part fish because of how well he swam, but Lary would correct them, he was actually part dolphin. As a young man he managed a health club where he helped multiple people lose weight and counted that a huge joy. He loved nature and taking photos of it, honing his skills and knowledge in cameras. His vocabulary was second to none and he enjoyed learning new words and using them especially in his writings.

Before he passed he still exercised as much as his body would allow and he longed to return to the ocean and the white sands of Destin, Florida.

Like most disenfranchised teens in the early 70s, Lary indulged in countless vices that left him empty and searching for more. Although his long black curly hair, loud clothes, muscles and muscle cars made him the envy of the boys and the heartthrob of the girls, none of these things satisfied his heart. He pursued a college education briefly, desiring to be a marine biologist or philosopher but found that this was not what he was missing either - he longed for true fulfillment.

Depressed, empty, and feeling hopeless, Lary heard about a particular beautiful girl he had a crush on that was attending a small church where the "Spirit of God" was changing people's lives. After wondering why someone like her would attend a church like that, he began to attend also.

After a few months, he made a simple prayer on his hands and knees, saying "God I can't stop smoking, drinking, raging or any of the other countless vices I have - but if you can set me free from these things, I'll know you're real and that you want me to serve you". The next morning Lary woke up and described the next few hours as "walking on air" realizing he was, in his words "delivered" and never going back to those vices.

This began his life long commitment to glorifying Jesus, the king of glory, for how he transformed Lary's life from darkness to light. Lary would marry that same beautiful girl, the love of his life, Fay Kustes, and they would have two sons together, Benjamin Isaac and Elisha Daniel. Lary's greatest joy in life was being a husband and father.

He was happiest when he was sharing what he was learning in the bible with his family, and teaching them that knowing God was simplistic and yet powerful - that God was not merely a religious concept, but a powerful savior on a day to day basis. As Lary made it his life's goal to find "the lost sheep", he would tap into his multifaceted creativity that went largely underappreciated.

Lary produced well over a thousand episodes of gospel presentations: self-producing, mixing, editing and encoding both a radio and television show. Between the two, he broadcast for over 30 years. All of this in the analog age, where self produced radio and TV shows were nearly unheard of, especially without any budget whatsoever.

Lary was an evangelist in Louisville and southern Indiana, being asked to preach and teach in multicultural and multi-generational churches across the city. The churches he was most loved and welcomed by were the African-American Baptist and Pentecostal churches that loved and welcomed his passionate, excitable and action packed style of preaching.

Once the dawn of the internet came, he immediately worked to have a website published, making his literature and gospel teachings available. Eventually he'd use social media to teach, preach and encourage believers all across the world. He would spend every night praying with and encouraging christians from every nation until the end of his life. Many of which saw him like a second father and all of whom greatly mourn his passing.

Even though he produced over a thousand episodes of media, taught in multiple churches, mentored in multiple countries, and had multiple printed works of literature, he considered his greatest life's work to be his two sons. One of their earliest memories is Lary saying "the most important job in the world is not preaching the gospel, it's raising kids in the gospel". This threaded through his entire life.

In his final week on earth, he reminisced on his life saying "I see my life as the highest success, because my life's work are my two sons, who I am so incredibly proud of - not for their natural achievements but for their love, humility and personal faith in Jesus that is not only evident in their lives but also in their love. Because of them, I know my life is a true success - and I credit Jesus for all of it".

His sons today see him as the most successful man they will ever know. He succeeded in loving them and never hurting them. Leading them and never controlling them. Being there for them and never leaving them. He was a man that would apologize quickly, forgive quickly, and always encouraged his sons to "get up and go from here". He succeeded in teaching them faith, hope and love in a world starving so badly for all three. His ministry lives on in them.

The lives of everyone touched by their lives are forever indebted to this humble, prayerful man of faith.

He is preceded in death by his father Marvin, mother Norma, sister Mila, sister-in-law Marlene, nephew Adam, aunts, uncles, treasured cousins, and his beloved dog of 18 years, Champ.

Until they are reunited in the glory of heaven, he is survived and will be missed by his sons, Benjamin and Elisha (Katrine), his wife of 30 years, Fay, his brother Gary, His sister Vicki (Dan), his cousins, nieces, nephews, his friends, and those that called him their pastor and teacher.

"The righteous perish, and no man lays it to heart: merciful men are taken away and no one considers that the righteous person is being spared from the evil to come. He shall enter into peace: he shall rest in his bed, having walked in uprightness." Isaiah 57:1&2

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