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NASB | John 1:2 He was in the beginning with God. |
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Bible Question:
Hi, A. 1.God is God. 2.Jesus is God 3.They are one and the same. B. 1God thy father 2Jesus the son. 3God and Jesus belong to the family of God. Therefore, they are Gods. C. In view of B,God and Jesus are two distinct individuals, though they belong to the same family of God. Your enlightenment, please. With love in Christ FytRobert |
Bible Answer: Good question and one that is quite difficult to answer completely as there are some things that the human mind cannot quite comprehend. To answer this I am turning to an exerpt from a book by AW Tozer called "Knowledge of the Holy". It reads as follows: "A popular belief among Christians divides the work of God between the three Persons, giving a specific part to each, as, for instance, creation to the Father, redemption to the Son, and regeneration to the Holy Spirit. This is partly true but not wholly so, for God cannot so divide Himself that one Person works while another is inactive. In the Scriptures the three Persons are shown to act in hamonious unity in all the might works that are wrought throughout the universe. In the Holy Scriptures the work of creation is attributed to the Father (Gen. 1:1), to the Son (Col. 1:16), and to the Holy Spirit (Job 26:13 and Ps. 104:30). The incarnation is shown to have been accomplished by the three Persons in full accord (Luke 1:35), though only the Son became flesh to dwell among us. At Christ's baptism, the Son came up out of the water, the Spirit descended upon Him and the Father's voice spoke from Heaven (Matt. 3:16, 17). Probably the most beautiful description of the work of atonement is found in Hebrews 9:14, where it is stated that Christ, through the Eternal Spirit, offered Himself without spot to God; and there we behold the three Persons working together. The resurrection of Christ is likewise attributed variously to the Father (Acts2:32), to the Son (John 10:17, 18), and to the Holy Spirit (Rom. 1:4). The salvation of the individual man is shown by the apostle Peter to be the work of all three Persons of the Godhead (1Pe. 1:2), and the indwelling of the Christian man's soul is said to be by the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit (John 14:15-23). The doctine of the Trinity, as I have said before, is truth for the heart. The fact that it cannot be satisfactorily explained, instead of being against it, is in its favor. Such a truth had to be revealed; no one could have imagined it." I hope that helps a bit - it is but a couple paragraphs from a whole chapter discussing the Trinity. I would highly recommend the aforementioned book - it is relatively short but one increadible read! ISBN #: 0-06-068412-7 Phil |