tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17921384.post115993247870482842..comments2023-06-16T05:34:01.068-04:00Comments on (Insert Catchy Title Here): Trinity: Part 1Warriorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04630447376443236671noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17921384.post-1161947335176694582006-10-27T07:08:00.000-04:002006-10-27T07:08:00.000-04:00GreetingsThe reason why The trinity is one of the ...Greetings<BR/>The reason why <I>The trinity is one of the most difficult ideas to wrap our heads around</I> is because it is a totally manmade idea, which does <B>not</B> come from Scripture.<BR/>No OT patriarchs or prophets taught it.<BR/>Jesus the Messiah did not teach it.<BR/>None of his Apostles ever taught it.<BR/><BR/>What they all had in common however, is their staunch, unshakable belief in solely ONE BEING WHO IS ALMIGHTY GOD.<BR/>They all confessed the Shema [Deut 6.4], the Scriptural affirmation that there is solely ONE BEING WHO IS ALMIGHTY GOD, namely, YAHWEH i.e. <BR/><I>Hear O Israel,<BR/>YAHWEH OUR GOD,<BR/>YAHWEH IS ONE.</I><BR/><BR/>Let's hear it from our Lord and Master, Jesus the Messiah ...<BR/>(Mark 12:28-32) And one of the scribes came, and having heard them reasoning together, and perceiving that he had answered them well, asked him, Which is the first commandment of all? 29 And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, <B>Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord:</B> 30 And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment. 31 And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these. 32 And the scribe said unto him, Well, Master, thou hast said <B>the truth: for there is one God; and there is none other but he:</B><BR/><BR/>Both Jesus and the scribe were obviously <B>not</B> trinitarians. They had no concept of a triune being. They had a simple belief in solely ONE Being who is Almighty GOD.<BR/>The scribe obviously understood Jesus to be stating the very same belief.<BR/><BR/>So you are correct, the doctrine of the trinity is indeed <I>shaky</I><BR/><BR/>In contrast, the Scriptures teach ...<BR/>YAHWEH GOD alone is Almighty GOD.<BR/>The man Jesus of Nazareth is His Son whom YAHWEH has made both Lord & Messiah.<BR/>The holy spirit is simply the spirit of GOD; and especially in the NT, is the spirit of <I>GOD in Christ</I> operating in the church.<BR/><BR/>God Bless ...Adam Pastorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15340033095309858240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17921384.post-1160008119109032802006-10-04T20:28:00.000-04:002006-10-04T20:28:00.000-04:00Chris Massie may be your twin, but I always got yo...Chris Massie may be your twin, but I always got you confused with Joe Wells! (Well, only for the first year. :-)Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07798633018252280609noreply@blogger.com