polite_gandalf wrote on Sep 27
th, 2015 at 7:15pm:
Matthew 28:19 - Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.
No?
gandalf,
To what part of the trinity did the individual who met with Abraham belong [i.e. the individual who met with Abraham, as recorded in Genesis 18] ?
Was he the
Father, or the
Son [...or perhaps he was
the Holy Ghost] ?
Oh, yes. .....it is no use asking you, a moslem, ....because you [the moslem] don't accept three God's, a trinity.
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I claim to be a Christian,
and for myself, there is no 'trinity', there is no triune 'godhead'.
What about Jesus ?
Jesus
was is the only begotten son of God. [Jesus, raised, .....is the 'first-fruits' of many brethren, the children,
sons and daughters of God. see, 2 Corinthians 6:14-18]
Reading scripture, to me, Jesus was also, a man of flesh and blood and bone.
But at the same time
Jesus was a man [of flesh] imbued with the essence of what God is.
e.g.
Matthew 17:5
While he yet spake, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them: and behold a voice out of the cloud, which said, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him.
Again, for myself, there is no 'trinity', there is no triune 'godhead'.
The defining verses [for myself] are;
Deuteronomy 6:4
Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD:
John 4:24
God is a Spirit:....
John 10:30
I and my Father are one.
John 14:8
Philip saith unto him, Lord, shew us the Father, and it sufficeth us.
9 Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou then, Shew us the Father?
Read your Bible.
Holy scripture reveals, that the God of Israel has manifested himself in many forms, to mankind.The man Jesus, was not the first time that God manifested himself, as a man, to men.
e.g. Genesis 18
But, scripture is definitive, Jesus stated, that God's 'essence' is spirit.
But the essence of what 'spirit' is, is still a mystery to me.
I barely understand what this 'flesh' [that i 'inhabit'] is! ....except i know that it is a clay 'prison' of sorts.
Yadda said...
http://www.ozpolitic.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1233665290/44#44 Quote:
You are mistaken, i don't worship a pagan deity, or a 'trinity'.