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1 | Need to understand the Trinity... | Bible general Archive 1 | richilou_2003 | 71297 | ||
First of all, many passages back up the Trinity even though the word itself is not in the Bible. It is the same with the word "Hell". To understand the Trinity we would have to be God, but let me illustrate by a poor, but helpful way to grasp the concept. For example, water can be seen in three way: Ice, liquid and vapor. But it is still the same water. | ||||||
2 | Need to understand the Trinity... | Bible general Archive 1 | rferg | 71347 | ||
My friend, We do not need to be God to understand the Trinity! God certainly wants his creation to understand who and what God is. God is not a God of confusion. I studied the Trinity for a long time. I received these kinds of responses to my questions. How can you expect someone to know who God is by an explanation like this? There is no love, effection, no life or anyone to have a relationship with. I will explain it in a word picture so to speak. The Trinity (God) is a family. Just like we have an earthly family on earth the Father God, Jesus -Son of God and the Holy Spirit-God are a spiritual family in heaven. Like in our earthly families we have a last name and several members in our families so does God of course he created us in their likeness. There are 5 members in my family we are all different and have different functions but we are all know by the same family name, our last name. There is a chain of command the Father being the first and the son the second and the so on and we have the same in our earthly families. The spiritual family of God are all righteous they have the same nature and are in unity with each other even with their different funtions. Our earthly families are born with a sin nature until we are baptized into the body of Christ and become spiritual (no I don't mean a God) I mean we are righteous because Jesus died for us. Like our earthly families we can add to them the spiritual family of God can be added to. When we are born again we become the children of God. The confusing part is we say God and know one can figure out who God is because there seems to be three but the bible tells us there is but one God. We don't address people by their last names first. Re-read the NT and ask yourself God who when it is referring to God. Abba Father-God, Jesus Christ the Son of -God or the Holy Spirit of God. You will see them individually or collectively (all together). When Jesus is being baptized you see Jesus being baptized and the heavens upen and the Father saying this is my Son in whom I am well pleased and the Holy Spirit descending upon Him. We see all three individually all working together. In the OT God was referred to usually collectively. One God. Abba Father hadn't sent his Son Jesus to the earth yet. John1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. Who was the Word? Jesus John 1:14. And Jesus was with God. God who? God the Father. And the Word (Jesus) was God. God Who? The Son of God. 2 He was in the beginning with God. Who is He? Jesus He was in the beginning with God. God who? God the Father. Read Prov. 8:22 3 All things came into being by Him, and apart from Him nothing came into being that has come into being. Read Gen.1:1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. God who? The Father, Son and Holy Spirit. 2 we see the Spirit of God was moving over the face of the waters. Gen 1:26 Then God said, Let "us" make man in "our" likeness, according to Our likeness. Notice that us and our are plural. More than one. But the bible says there is only one God. Here we see that the family of God are working together to create man in his image. Hope this helps you to see there is one family of God with three distinct persons in that family they are a spiritual family. |
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3 | Need to understand the Trinity... | Bible general Archive 1 | richilou_2003 | 71380 | ||
I see that your reasoning is quite useful to a certain point, but I would like to challenge you with one more question. You said that God is not a God of confusion and we can understand the Trinity because God wants to reveal Himself to us properly, right? So, the question is: "Peter himself wrote in his letter that there were many things that are hard to understand, only in what Paul wrote (2 Peter 3.16). Therefore, would you dare to say publicly on this christian site that you fully understand the mystery of the Trinity? Let me tell you something. Many illustrations have been given in the history of the Church and nobody pretended to understand fully the Trinity. So...who are we to say that we could fully? | ||||||
4 | Need to understand the Trinity... | Bible general Archive 1 | rferg | 71444 | ||
Hello I'm not a history buff but I have been a christian a long time and could not find the answer that made any sense to me. But I have studied this subject for a very long time and I prayed and asked God to help me understand Him. So I could love something and someone who was real to me and that I knew had a plan for me and loved me. I have a limited education and it takes me a long time to understand. This is when one night I recieved this word picture. I took a piece of paper and drew a line at the top of the left side I wrote (earthly family) at he right side I wrote (heavenly famil) things unfolded from their. After I wrote Abba Father -God, Jesus Son of -God and Holy Spirit of -God they were on top of each other and I could see that God was like our last name and then I realized God was a family. Things unraveled from there and still are. I don't know why God Showed me this. But I have been asking for a long time. Seek and you shall find, knock and the door shall be opened, ask and you shall recieve. It has bothered me for years that know one could explain this to me. Most Pastor's use the Jesus when they should be using the Father's name and viceversa. In my heart I feel it is a clear message I can share with others so they can believe in a real God and when they read their bible for themselves they can understand it and thirst for more of it. God Bless! |
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5 | Need to understand the Trinity... | Bible general Archive 1 | richilou_2003 | 71493 | ||
Therefore, as I see you are a sincere chistian, I will suggest to you a very good book to read on the subject. It is written by one of the best theologians in the world, Dr. Millard J. Erickson, and the book is entitled: "Making Sense of the Trinity: Three crucial questions". You could find it on the website of CBD (Christian Books Distributor), in Peabody, Mass. So I invite you to go on Google and type CBD or "CBD christian library" and you will be on the right place to find it. So, let us keep in touch concerning that. God bless you and make you a blessing. Richard |
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6 | Need to understand the Trinity... | Bible general Archive 1 | rferg | 71498 | ||
Richard, Thanks for the info. I now understand what the Christian church referrs to as the trinity (the family of God). Sincerely, |
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