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NASB | Acts 2:38 Peter said to them, "Repent, and each of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins; and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Acts 2:38 And Peter said to them, "Repent [change your old way of thinking, turn from your sinful ways, accept and follow Jesus as the Messiah] and be baptized, each of you, in the name of Jesus Christ because of the forgiveness of your sins; and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. |
Bible Question:
Dear Johnny, Greetings in the name of Jesus! Friend, this is a bit confusing. I have never heard a 'Trinitarian' say that the Father is the Son is the Holy Spirit. This sounds a lot more like 'Oneness' or 'Modalism' to me. However, to say that the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit are not the same person is a bit beyond traditional 'Trinitarian' theology. Perhaps you mean that the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit are the three Persons of the Godhead, and He is one God? Another common way to state it is that the Father is God, Jesus is God, and the Holy Spirit is God, and there is but one God. Would this be your belief? Blessings to you, too. In Christ Jesus, charis |
Bible Answer: HELLO, I HAVE ALWAYS FELT THIS TO BE ONE OF THE MOST CONFUSING DOCTRINES IN THE BIBLE. HOWEVER, I KNOW GOD'S WAYS ARE NOT LIKE OUR WAYS. TO UNDERSTAND GOD AND HIS BEING WOULD BE LIKE AN AMOEBA TRYING TO FIGURE US OUT! I TRULY BELIVE ONE OF THE REASONS WHY GOD CAME DOWN TO EARTH IN JESUS CHRIST IS TO RELATE TO US AND FOR US TO UNDERSTAND GOD'S NATURE. GOD IS THE FATHER, THE SON AND THE HOLY SPIRIT, EACH FULFILLING THIER GODHEAD ROLES, DISTINCT YET THE SAME. GOD HAS REVEALED HIMSELF TO US AS THE FATHER THROUGH CREATION OF THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH, THE SON AS JESUS CHRIST TO SHOW US THE LOVE HE HAS FOR US, AND AS THE HOLY SPIRIT, AN INVISIBLE GUIDENCE IN OUR DAILY LIFE, THE COMFORTER. THIS IS HOW I SEE OUR GOD THROUGH THE BIBLE! GOD BLESS |