To the point Trinity

[MissytheButterfly]

Originally posted by 2002 Christian
But doesn’t the Bible say that God and Christ are one?

Yes. But in the same way it says that Christians should be one. Christians do not become one human. Neither do the Father and His Son become one God. It simply means that They are in unity as we are to be in unity.

That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me. And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one. I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one. (John 17:21-23)

So 2002 christian..does this mean you do not believe in the Trinity ?

 

[2002 Christian]

These links present my current understanding.

http://smyrna.org/Studies/God_of_the_Bible.htm

http://smyrna.org/Studies/Truth_About_God.htm

http://smyrna.org/Studies/Which_God.htm

http://smyrna.org/Studies/Importance/importance_of_knowing_the_truth_about_god.htm

 

[MissytheButterfly]

My goodness..lol..you just couldn't say yes or no???..since it is a yes or no question...

Man that's a big ole picture..

 

[Martin]

God is spirit and we are made in His image i.e. we were given a spirit. No other physical living being has a spirit.

The fact that we are visible and God is invisible and yet we are made in His image, is not inconsistent.

 

[LouisBooth]

"We were created in the image of Jesus, who is the image of God. "

ummm...Christ is not God's image, he is God. I think you might not be thinking about the right terminology here. We are made in God's image, for the word used in Genesis 1:27 is clearly translated as image..

"06754 tselem {tseh'-lem}

from an unused root meaning to shade; TWOT - 1923a; n m

AV - image 16, vain shew 1; 17

1) image
1a) images (of tumours, mice, heathen gods)
1b) image, likeness (of resemblance)
1c) mere, empty, image, semblance (fig.)"

We are the image of God. I think you might like the term likeness better. No difference in the point being made though.