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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: Hello, Just because someone didn't sit down and put pen to paper, and wrote down the concise doctrine of the trinity until after the New Testament period was done, does not mean that the Doctrine did not exist. For example, the scientific comunity didn't really formulate the laws surrounding many of the basic fuctions of nature until well into the 1800's. However, these same laws were seen and commented upon in the Bible. Most of these biblical comments are found in the later chapters of Job, which dates back to the time of Abraham. Now, since these scientific laws weren't written down until the 1800's, does that mean that these functions of nature did not happen before then? No, it means that no one took the time to write it down in a concise manner until then. Now, as with the Trinity Doctrine, it is seen all through out the Bible: Old and New Testament both. You asked about my comments about Denying the trinity is to deny Jesus as God in the Flesh. Simply this. The Doctrine of Jesus Christ as God in the flesh is universal within the christian community. This doctrine implies that Jesus was God in his earthly form. Now, when we read the gospels involving Jesus talking about or to God, he speaks of another person altogether. Jesus refers to himself as another person from The Father. He refers to the Holy Spirit as being different from himself and the Father. So, from Jesus' talks about The Father, we find that there are three aspects, essences, people, or whatever term you choose within the God-head. So, now we change gears to God being one God. Again, this doctrine cannot be denied because many verses come right out and declare it. So, when you put this all together, you have the doctrine of the Trinity. So, you see that the doctrine that Jesus is God in the flesh, a universal doctrine, is undeniably linked to the Doctrine of the trinity. Now, for the point about at hand, because of this link, you cannot pick one and deny another. When you reject the trinity doctrine, yet believe the Doctrine that Jesus was God in the flesh, you get a contradiction in theology. How can God be in heaven, as Jesus clearly says, while he is on the earth as Jesus? Does God have some cosmic form of Multiple personalities? The only way to smooth out this contradiction is the doctrine of the Trinity. That God, being one God, manifests himself as three (insert term here). Jesusman |