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NASB | James 2:19 You believe that God is one. You do well; the demons also believe, and shudder. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | James 2:19 You believe that God is one; you do well [to believe that]. The demons also believe [that], and shudder and bristle [in awe-filled terror--they have seen His wrath]! [Deut 6:4; 11:13-21; Mark 12:29] |
Subject: Is God ONE or is God THREE? |
Bible Note: Greetings Tim! I haven't read every one of your posts on this topic yet, so you may have answered this before. However, I came across a statement that confused me. You wrote: "According to my theology, the Father is Spirit. The Father was in the Son, and the Son was in the Father. The Son suffered on the cross, yielded up the spirit of the Father that was in Him, and died. It is impossible for God the Eternal Spirit (the Father) to die." In modalism, aren't the names Father, Son, and Holy Spirit all just titles for the same Person. Therefore, how can the spirit of the Father be in the Son? How can the Son yield up the Spirit of the Father? The Son is God, right? Maybe I'm just missing something, but this sounds almost like the Gnostic teaching that the Divine Spirit of Christ came upon the man Jesus and then left him before his death. Under this view, Jesus was just a man and not fully God. This hasn't bee my understanding of what modalism teaches. Modalism fully recognizes the full Deity of Jesus, but denies that there are three Persons in the Godhead. Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |