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1 | Explain the Holy Trinity-verysimple form | Numbers | Aixen7z4 | 103619 | ||
Methinks, my friend, that you make the matter much more difficult than it is. You ask, “How can something be three distinct persons, yet all be one person?” I do not know anywhere that the Bible says that God is “something”. “Only one ‘What’: God”?!? Where did that come from? And please do not say from Honegraf? Where did Honegraf learn that God is a thing? Nor does the Bible say that God is “one person”. It does say (Deuteronomy 6:4) that “The LORD our God is one LORD”. We would have no idea how three persons can be one person. But we know that three persons are one God. Why do I need to pretend that this is a difficult concept? Is the idea of a team, or a group, or a family, likewise beyond our human understanding? |
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2 | Explain the Holy Trinity-verysimple form | Numbers | Jesusman | 103669 | ||
But I did hear that from Hank Henegraf. If you don't believe me, call him yourself and ask him. 1-800-ask-hank. That's the number to his radio program. Call about 5 pm central time. You say that it's not a difficult concept. If so, then I must think that you don't fully understand it to begin with. The trinity isn't merely a family, a group, or some team wirking together. The Bible describes God as one single being. I used the term "person" because it conveys the same meaning. However, The Bible also describes The Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit as each being separate beings, or persons. The Bible further tells us that all three of these eternally distinct beings are the one and the same God. How do you resolve that? There is not one single "thing" in nature that even comes close to reflecting this. This is a concept beyond human understanding. The Trinity isn't a family like yours is. The Tinity isn't a group like AARP or the MOOSE lodge. The Trinity isn't a sports team like the Yankees. Hank describes the Trinity as three "Who's" in one "What". That, I have found, is the simplest and easiest to understand of every analogy, example, and formula that I have ever heard. I have heard the Trinity described as an Egg, A person with multiple personality disorder, a human with multiple responsibilities to multiple people, a sports team, and on and on it goes. All of them have their problems. Even Henegraf's example has it's flaws, but it's also the simplest, and closest to what the Bible teaches. Jesusman |
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