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Bible Question:
Hi Sharp! As I've said in an earlier post, we would agree on almost everything you say about the Godhead. Is Jesus fully God? Of course He is! The only difference between the doctrines of Modalism and Trinity is on the question of whether or not Father, Son, and Spirit are three modes of God or three disinct 'persons' within the Godhead. Is there only One God and Father of all? Of course there is only one God. The doctrine of the Trinity does not teach that there are three Gods. It simply accepts the reality of three distinct Persons, who are all God. It is definitely not easy to understand God's nature. However, Modalism does not seem to do just to the reality of the Three. Jesus prays to the Father. Jesus ascends to the Father. Jesus is sent by the Father. Jesus and the Father both send the Holy Spirit. How do you explain the interaction? Let me ask a question which is similar to my first question. In John 14:23, why does Jesus use a plural 'we' when He speaks of the Father and the Son coming to live within the believer? Let me be clear, I do not believe in multiple Gods! There is only one God. Yet, within that one God, there appears to be three distinct persons, not just modes. They interact with one another. They can be obedient to one another. How can a mode pray to another mode? I'm looking forward to your reply! God Bless, Tim Moran |
Bible Answer: Tim thanks for your post it is very informative. I have been arguing with several concerning oneness/trinity issue ...please address the following if you get timeI would like to look at a passage in Revelation 21, which clearly indicates that Jesus is the Father. Starting at verse 5 it reads And He who sits on the throne said, Behold, I am making all things new we are made new by being in Christ 2 Cor. 5:17 And He said, Write, for these words are faithful and true in Rev. 3:14 and 19:11 Jesus is called faithful and true 6 Then He said to me, It is done. compare to John 19:30, "it is finished I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. [In the very next chapter Jesus says this same thing, 22:13-16 I will give to the one who thirsts from the spring of the water of life without cost Jesus gives the water of life, John 4:10-14; Rev. 7:17. 7 He who overcomes Jesus spoke these words seven times to each of the seven churches in the beginning of this epistle, 2:7,11,17,26;3:5,12,21 will inherit these things, and I will be his God and he will be My son emphasis added. Everything in this passage points towards Jesus as the speaker, yet at the end of the passage we realize that it is God the Father. |