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1 | explain Deut 6:4 | John 3:13 | Bows44 | 154247 | ||
Exactly...one not three. God is Spirit and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth. People can be one in spirit and separate physically. But God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit are not separate physical beings. 39'See now that I, I am He, And there is no god besides Me; It is I who put to death and give Life I have wounded and it is I who heal, And there is no one who can deliver from My hand. Jehovah, is the Great I am, not the great we three. Regarding your comment about God making man in his image as male and female is true. First he made Adam complete with both the female and male attributes, then he put Adam to sleep and took out of him a rib and fashioned Eve which he gave the female attributes. Man and woman being married is symbolic of God and the church not God 1 (Father) with God 2 (Son) with God 3 (Holy Spirit.) If we can believe that God is omnipresent (everywhere present at once,)then it shouldn't be hard to believe that he was in Heaven as Father at the same time He was in Jesus as son on earth. John 1:105 1In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2He was in the beginning with God. 3All things came into being through Him, and apart from Him nothing came into being that has come into being. 4In Him was life, and the life was the Light of men. 5The Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it. (Copied directly from online Bible. Tense changes not my fault.) Isaiah 9:6 For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, [ Or Wonderful, Counselor ] Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Note this verse says that Jesus is the everlasting Father. Previously I mentioned a verse where Jesus says he is the Holy Spirit. And, yes, Jesus really did mean what he said to the disciples that if they have seen him, they have seen the father because they are one having the same Spirit. I do understand this oneness with my husband better than a lot of other people because my husband and I have the same spirit. We think the same, frequently finishing each other's thought and saying the same thing at the same time. We feel each other's emotions, and know what each other is doing and going through. We are truly one. Sadly, many married couples do not walk in this oneness and end up in divorce. Hope this helps. Bows44 |
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2 | explain Deut 6:4 | John 3:13 | DocTrinsograce | 154256 | ||
Hi, Bows44... The history of the Nicene Creed, as brother Steve makes reference, can be quite helpful in understanding the doctrine of the Trinity. Personally, I've found the following simple expression to be helpful: "Three Whos and one What." I doubt we can explain the mechanics or metaphysics of the Trinity, but we can affirm clearly what the Scripture reveals. You might also find the following interesting. Sometimes the Providential journey of non-Trinitarian cultists into orthodox theology can reveal things that might otherwise be overlooked. That is the basis of the following: http://www.onlinetrinity.com/TRIUNE/triune0.html Here is also a handy chart comparing the major heresies faced by the church over time. Many of them are still extant! http://www.aplacefortruth.org/doctrinal2.htm In Him, Doc "There are three persons within the Godhead; the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost; and these three are one God, the same in substance. equal in power and glory." --Westminster Shorter Catechism "God eternally exists as three persons, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, and each person is fully God, and there is one God." --Wayne Grudem "God remains hidden to all philosophical speculation; he is above all mathematical logic and beyond all biological analogies. The reformers were adamant that we cannot rightly know God except as he meets us in his Word... Christ himself." --Korey D. Maas Some important terms, by John Hendryx: Perichoresis: All three persons of the Trinity mutually share in the life of the others, so that none is isolated or detached from the actions of the others. Homoousion: A Greek term, literally meaning "of the same substance," which came to be used extensively during the fourth century to designate the mainstream Christological belief that Jesus Christ was "of the same substance as God." The term was polemical, being directed against the Arian view that Christ was "of similar substance" (homoiousion) to God. To say that A is homoousios with B is to say that A is of an identical substance with B. Economic Trinity: When we describe the acts of the triune God with respect to the creation, history, salvation, our daily lives, etc, we describe the Economic Trinity. Refers to how the Trinity operates within redemptive history as we think of the roles or functions performed by each of the persons of the Trinity. The Ontological Trinity: speaks of the essence (John 1:1-2), nature or attributes of the Trinity. Or more simply - the ontological Trinity (who God is) and the economic Trinity (what God does). The economic reflects and reveals the ontological. |
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