how about no trinity because the Bible has no facts of it - only "church" doctrine.
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Thank you for your opinion... if I want it next time, I'll ask That is NOT what this thread is about, and also, I believe in the Church as a meaningful and required way to get together with other Christians and praise and worship the Lord, God our father.webboffin said:try to believe in God rather than the Church
webboffin said:Well explain this so called Christian trinity to the Jews. They will tell you that they never in their entire history knew or recognised God being 3 persons in 1. They were once God's own specially chosen people who DID have the truth. Judaism knows of no God Trinity! Why because it was a fabrication out of the Roman Empire centuries after Jesus' death.
Challenger:challenger said:Do Christians actually believe that God is physically divided into Father, Son and Holy ghost/spirit? Or is it a metaphor for the actions of God according to Christianity? If I'm honest, I'm stumped by this one.
Bible Addict said:Thank you for your opinion... if I want it next time, I'll ask That is NOT what this thread is about, and also, I believe in the Church as a meaningful and required way to get together with other Christians and praise and worship the Lord, God our father.
The verse means God will not fall for temptation, not that some one cannot try to.webboffin said:If Jesus was God then why did Satan try to tempt Jesus in the desert? Matt 4:1
God cannot be tempted! James 1:13 and God tempts no other man.
Did Satan forget?????
Angels can be tempted to sin even perfect ones hence we have Satan who sinned.
Don't give use the weak excuse....... that Jesus (claimed God person #2) could be tempted as he was in the flesh. That is nonsense because it would still violate James 1:13 [God cannot be tempted] if Jesus was God. We can't have scripture being violated! Bible is Truth and every utterance of God is unchangeable.
Now if Jesus was an angel even an archangel then it is a different matter Jesus could possible be tempted to sin like the third of angels in heaven that followed Satan. Satan knew that! Hence Satan already proves that Jesus is a creation of God - His begotten Son. Jesus is a loyal angel of God and stayed loyal to his Father. The Trinity came about in the 4th century over 400 years after Jesus's death. Stuck with the Church ever since. But it is a lie - an untruth. The trinity can be exposed in so many ways for it's fallacy that the Truth that God is one person is the only true light that can shine from the evidence. But people won't care. Satan is a master at deception. 1 John 5:19
Here is my answer:challenger said:Do Christians actually believe that God is physically divided into Father, Son and Holy ghost/spirit? Or is it a metaphor for the actions of God according to Christianity? If I'm honest, I'm stumped by this one.
All the more reason why we must not try to explain things using "scripture only" (solo scriptura), we must understand what the Church through the Apostles have taught us about the triune nature of God...Thunderchild said:Isaiah has declared: "For unto us a child is born and his name shall (have been/be [either is a valid interpretation of the Hebrew]) called "Eternal Father, Prince of Peace, Mighty God, Wonderful Counsellor." - While the Bible does refer to the Eternal Father, it does so only in relation to that Father to whom Jesus prayed while the latter walked the Earth. The appellation is not shown to apply either to the person of Jesus nor to the Holy Spirit. Similarly, the appellation "Prince of Peace" is applied only to the Christ, Jesus. Finally, The counsellor is applied neither to the Father nor to the Christ, but to the Holy Spirit alone.
However the Septuagint (translated by Hebrews circa 300 BC) gives no such clear statement.
It is clearly stated though, both in the Gospel according to John and in the Epistle to the Hebrews, that the Logos is God himself - and that the Logos is the Christ, Jesus - and that Jesus is praying to and deferring to someone greater than himself.
How much we don't understand about other dimensions and life. We have science unlocking some keys to understanding things like light, gravity, and timelessness just with the mathematics used in relativity. They point us towards many things we do not see or know. The Bible has said that all that we see is made of things unseen, so is it a wonder that we do not understand how God can be plural yet one? The Bible says that someday, we will know as we are known, but until then we see as through a glass darkly the things of the eternal dimension and of spirit.challenger said:I still honestly don't understand, if they share the same essence/spirit/soul/whatever you wanna call it and always think the same things (agree on everything), then how could they be anything more than aspects of the same person?
Orthodoxyusa said:All the more reason why we must not try to explain things using "scripture only" (solo scriptura), we must understand what the Church through the Apostles have taught us about the triune nature of God...
Forgive me...
good breakdown of it... I was wondering about this myself and youve made it virtually idiot proof. thanks so much!HumbleBee said:The Trinity is 3 expressions of the Personhood of God...
God the Father...as Creator
God the Son...Jesus (God Incarnate) as Saviour
God the Holy Spirit...as indwelling Counselor
Read on
http://www.bible.org/docs/theology/proper/joy/joy-03.htm
The link provided does a good job of explaining... but, unfortunately, the summary above can be misleading; the three Persons of the Holy Trinity are Creator, Saviour, and Counselor. There are some things which are unique to each - but the above list is not it...HumbleBee said:The Trinity is 3 expressions of the Personhood of God...
God the Father...as Creator
God the Son...Jesus (God Incarnate) as Saviour
God the Holy Spirit...as indwelling Counselor
Read on
http://www.bible.org/docs/theology/proper/joy/joy-03.htm
a pregnant woman with twins : 3 separate persons , 1 bodychallenger said:Do Christians actually believe that God is physically divided into Father, Son and Holy ghost/spirit? Or is it a metaphor for the actions of God according to Christianity? If I'm honest, I'm stumped by this one.
Novaknight1 said:He is 3 in 1 like this: Ice, water, and vapor. Ice is the Father, water is the Son, and vapor is the Holy Spirit.