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CoffeeSwirls said:Why is the sky blue? And can we debate this?
JesusFreak786 said:tulip rocks, but another one is GFSS, but it doesnt realy sound cool
G-God saves sinners
F-Father elects
S-Son redeems
S-Spirit regenerates
JesusFreak786 said:Well, prayers are mostlikly going to be answered if your right with God, ex:He'll give you more chances/oppertunities to share and will give you wisdom and remebrence of the verses in the Bible
Antman_05 said:When is tomorrow ??
as i saw a sign at a shop saying free food tomorrow the next day i go and its there again.
How can God be One and Three at the same time?
God is a trinity of persons: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. The Father is not the same person as the Son; the Son is not the same person as the Holy Spirit; and the Holy Spirit is not the same person as Father. They are not three gods and not three beings. They are three distinct persons; yet, they are all the one God. Each has a will, can speak, can love, etc., and these are demonstrations of personhood. They are in absolute perfect harmony consisting of one substance. They are coeternal, coequal, and copowerful. If any one of the three were removed, there would be no God. (See also, "Another Look at the Trinity")
Jesus, the Son, is one person with two natures: Divine and Human. This is called the Hypostatic Union. The Holy Spirit is also divine in nature and is self aware, the third person of the Trinity.
There is, though, an apparent separation of some functions among the members of the Godhead. For example, the Father chooses who will be saved (Eph. 1:4); the Son redeems them (Eph. 1:7); and the Holy Spirit seals them, (Eph. 1:13).
A further point of clarification is that God is not one person, the Father, with Jesus as a creation and the Holy Spirit is a force (Jehovah's Witnesses). Neither is He one person who took three consecutive forms, i.e., the Father, became the Son, who became the Holy Spirit. Nor is God the divine nature of the Son (where Jesus had a human nature perceived as the Son and a divine nature perceived as the Father (Oneness theology). Nor is the Trinity an office held by three separate Gods (Mormonism).
The word "person" is used to describe the three members of the Godhead because the word "person" is appropriate. A person is self aware, can speak, love, hate, say "you," "yours," "me," "mine," etc. Each of the three persons in the Trinity demonstrate these qualities.
The chart below should help you to see how the doctrine of the Trinity is systematically derived from Scripture. The list is not exhaustive, only illustrative.
The first step is to establish the biblical doctrine that there is only one God. Then, you find that each of the persons is called God, each creates, each was involved in Jesus' resurrection, each indwells, etc. Therefore, God is one, but the one God is in three simultaneous persons. Please note that the idea of a composite unity is not a foreign concept to the Bible; after all, man and wife become are said to be one flesh. The idea of a composite unity of persons is spoken of by God in Genesis (Gen. 2:24).
Reformationist said:How about Sproul's acrostic:
RSDEP:
R-Radical Corruption
S-Sovereign Election
D-Definite Atonement
E-Efficacious Grace
P-Preservation Of The Saints
God bless
reformedfan said:I've always thought of Sprouls as a 'scratch the surface' kinda dude.
His point R confirms this. I don't think that goes deep enough, we are totally depraved, dead;
There are recipes in old cookbooks, f'rinstance, that say when cheeses gets moldy, which is a real life definition of 'radically corrupt', just cut away the mold, there's still plenty o' good cheese under there waiting. (I just love cookbooks written right after the depression. So obsessed with being frugal, the authors are!!)
Catholics & Arminians would agree perfectly with him that we're just radically corrupt & all we need is a little help.
I guess i just like other theological authors better, but Sproul would be great for whoever started this thread, that heard something about Calvinism from church once & thinks it sounds interesting.
Well whatever that is, that'd be a dandy book. Very simple & straightforward, but then read Boettner, he'll fill in the blanks.
JJB said:How can you even type that? My keyboard doesn't have that letter!
I really need to learn how do it myself, seeing that I'm learning French.
Try this;
To customize key sequences for input languages
Notes
- On the Languages tab, under Text services and input languages, click Details.
- Under Preferences, click Key Settings.
- In the Advanced Key Settings dialog box, under Hot keys for input languages, click the action for which you want to change the key sequence, and then click Change Key Sequence.
- If necessary, select the check box to enable an action, and then click the key sequence you want to use.
- Click OK four times.
- To open Regional and Language Options, click Start, click Control Panel, and then double-click Regional and Language Options.
- The Key Settings button is available only if you have added multiple languages or keyboard layouts.
JJB said:Aaaah, bon chance avec votre estudios (sorry, it's been a looong time)! I also took Spanish, can you tell?
JesusFreak786 said:any one have any questions?
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