How can God be a trinity when Jesus said, "YHWH/Jehovah our God is ONE YHWH"? MARK 12:29?

Question

How can God be a trinity when Jesus said, "YHWH/Jehovah our God is ONE YHWH"? MARK 12:29?

Answer 1

The trinity was introduced at the Nicene council in 325 AD. It isn't part of the bible.

Answer 2

He also said that the Father is greater than he is (John 14:28).

Generally, the Scripture that people use to prove the Trinity is John 1:1.

However, later on pagans were trying to worship Paul and Barnabas as gods. The same Greek word is used there as the one in John 1:1. People say that an indefinite article should not be added because Greek did not have indefinite articles, but if you are going to translate it, you need to put it into your own language (how many other places in the Bible did they include indefinite articles?). In order to have that verse agree with the rest of the Bible, an indefinite article needs to be included.

Actually, the New Catholic Encyclopedia (1967 Vol. XIV, p. 299) states: "The formulation of 'one God in three persons' was not solidly established...among the Apostolic Fathers, there had been nothing even remotely approaching such a mentality or perspective.'

The Bible never admits the Trinity. The idea of a trinity, or triad, of gods started in ancient Babylon. So the Trinity started with pagan worship.

Answer 3

This debate is endless! People who believe the trinity say that JWs are "programmed" but the unyielding belief in the trinity doctrine fits the description of "programmed" more accurately. There is no direct statement in the bible to indicate a trinity, yet there are several direct statements, including those by Jesus himself, that indicate that Jesus is not God and in subjection to the Father. Of the few "proof" texts that people use to try to prove the trinity, ALL of them can have dual meanings but the trinitarian always reads/explains it in a way so as to "prove" their belief. Example; we always hear the trinitarians quote John 10:30- "I and the Father are one." What did Jesus mean by that? John 17:20- 22 gives a direct explanation- "I make request, not concerning these only, but also concerning those putting faith in me through their word; 21 in order that they may all be one, just as you, Father, are in union with me and I am in union with you, that they also may be in union with us, in order that the world may believe that you sent me forth. 22 Also, I have given them the glory that you have given me, in order that they may be one just as we are one." Clearly, when Jesus says I and the Father are one, he's not talking about a trinity, he's talking about their unity in purpose. He's basically saying, "We're on the same team ; the same "page." Then he asks God to help his disciples and everyone else who follows him to be in unity just as he and God are. Trinitarians, however, choose to interpret the statement "I and the Father are one" to mean that they are the same being, because it supports what they already are "programmed" to believe. The bible CLEARLY does not teach that Jesus is God. A few basic points to consider (and I have heard a few laughable "explanations" for these sound points);

1. God CANNOT die. Jesus died. Therefore, Jesus is NOT God.

2. God knows EVERYTHING. Jesus admits he doesn't know everything, only the Father (Matthew 24:36) Therefore, Jesus is NOT God.

3. God is not subject to anyone. The bible says that Jesus is subject to the Father (1 Corinthians 7:3). Therefore, Jesus is NOT God.

These three things are undeniable, sound evidence that Jesus is NOT God. To try to create a "workaround" is to deny the truth.

Answer 4

Jehovah's Witnesses are Christians; they teach that Christ was and is divine and of the same nature as God.



Jehovah's Witnesses teach that no salvation occurs without Christ, that accepting Christ's sacrifice is a requirement for true worship, that every prayer must acknowledge Christ, that Christ is the King of God's Kingdom, that Christ is the head of the Christian congregation, that Christ is immortal and above every creature, even that Christ was the 'master worker' in creating the universe!



Jehovah's Witnesses love and respect and honor Christ. However, Jehovah's Witnesses believe that the Scriptures quite plainly demonstrate that Jesus and the Almighty are separate distinct persons, and the Almighty created Jesus as His firstborn son.



(Colossians 1:15) the firstborn of all creation



(Mark 10:18) Jesus said to him: 'Why do you call me good? Nobody is good, except one, God.



(Revelation 3:14) the Amen says, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation by God



(Philippians 2:5-6) Christ Jesus, who, although he was existing in God's form, gave no consideration to a seizure, namely, that he should be equal to God



(John 8:42) Neither have I come of my own initiative at all, but that One sent me forth



(John 12:49) I have not spoken out of my own impulse, but the Father himself who sent me has given me a commandment as to what to tell and what to speak



(John 14:28) I am going my way to the Father, because the Father is greater than I am



(1 Corinthians 15:28) But when all things will have been subjected to him, then the Son himself will also subject himself to the One who subjected all things to him



(Matthew 20:23) this sitting down at my right hand and at my left is not mine to give, but it belongs to those for whom it has been prepared by my Father



(1 Corinthians 11:3) I want you to know that the head of every man is the Christ; ...in turn the head of the Christ is God



(John 20:17) I am ascending to my Father and your Father and to my God and your God.



(Deuteronomy 6:4) Jehovah our God is one Jehovah



(1 Corinthians 8:4-6) There is no God but one. For even though there are those who are called "gods," whether in heaven or on earth, just as there are many "gods" and many "lords," there is actually to us one God the Father, out of whom all things are, and we for him



Thanks again for an opportunity to share what the bible actually says about the distinct persons of Jesus Christ the Son and Jehovah God the Father!



Learn more!

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Answer 5

God was never a trinity; you're absolutely right. Not all christians believe in the TRINITY.

http://www.mindspring.com/~anthonybuzzard/trinity.htm

http://anthonybuzzard.home.mindspring.com/whoisjesus.htm#21



1JOHN 4:1 = "Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because MANY FALSE PROPHETS are gone out into the world."

(In reference to the crowd = Matt.7:13; 24:24; some departing from the faith = Acts 20:29-30)false prophets are gone out into the world."



PROVERBS 28:11 = "The rich man is wise in his own conceit; but the poor that hath understanding searcheth him out."

{conceit = Prov.26:5; Rom.11:25; 12:16}

(In reference to Heb.5:14= "knowing good and evil"; 1Thess.5:21= "prove all things")



TRINITY is defined as "A three-fold personality existing in one divine being or substance; the union in one God the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit as three infinite co-equal, co-eternal persons as; one God in three persons."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trinity



The Trinity Doctrine came from paganism.

(Pagan means no religious beliefs; in the 1984 New Concise Webster's Dictionary--Pagan defined : "A heathen; one having no religious beliefs")

http://www.thunderministries.com/Beast/Apostasy.html

http://www.sabbatarian.com/Paganism/HecateTrinity.html

http://www.cornerstone1.org/trinity1.htm

http://www.biblicalunitarian.com/html/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=140

http://mikeblume.com/pagantr.htm



Most of the majority(Matt.7:13) leads people away from the Truth.



(KJV BIBLE)There are 3 that protestants claim about the trinity; they're JOHN 14 & 15 and 1JOHN 5:7. To start out 1JOHN 5:7 was never in any of the inspired Greek manuscripts; so this knocks out one. As for John 14 & 15; the Greek word for "helper" is paracletos; one who helps inwhich points to the Holy Spirit. In Greek, the word "He" is neuter such as "hand" is feminine whether it is a woman's hand or male's hand. As for the word "paracletos" it is masculine and always require a masculine pronoun. This however doesn't prove personhood as you've noticed.

But as you've noticed, these texts don't prove Jesus is God or the Holy Spirit.

I don't believe in the TRINITY! The Bible texts that I'm going to mention contradict the Trinity teaching.

MATT.12:32 "AND WHOSOEVER SPEAKETH A WORD AGAINST THE SON OF MAN, IT SHALL BE FORGIVEN HIM: BUT WHOSOEVER SPEAKETH AGAINST THE HOLY GHOST, IT SHALL NOT BE FORGIVEN HIM, NEITHER IN THIS WORLD, NEITHER IN THE WORLD TO COME."

JOHN 14:28 "IF YE LOVED ME, YE WOULD REJOICE, BECAUSE I SAID , I GO UNTO THE FATHER: FOR MY FATHER IS GREATER THAN I."

1COR.11:3 "BUT I WOULD HAVE YOU KNOW THAT THE HEAD OF EVERY MAN IS CHRIST; & THE HEAD OF THE WOMAN IS THE MAN; AND THE HEAD OF CHRIST IS GOD."

LUKE 18:19 "AND JESUS SAID UNTO HIM, WHY CALLEST THOU ME GOOD? NONE IS GOOD, SAVE ONE, THAT IS, GOD."

****SEVERAL OTHER TEXTS SAY THERE'S ONLY TWO PERSONS:

1COR.1:3; 8:6; 1TIM.1:2; 2:5; GAL.1:3; PHILIPP.1:2; ROM.1:7; 2COR.1:2-3; 1THESS.1:1; 2THESS.1:2; 2TIM.1:2; PHILEMON 1:3; 1PETER 1:3; 2PETER 1:2; 1JOHN 1:3; 2JOHN 1:3.



Now touching on the HOLY SPIRIT; the Holy Spirit is a power(Luke 1:35= "And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the "Son of God.") where God and Jesus make their presence known in the hearts and minds of believers(1John 3:24 = "And he that keepeth his commandments dwelleth in him, and he in him. And hereby we know that he abideth in us, by the Spirit which he hath given us."). The believers of god and Jesus will have this love poured on them (Rom.5:5 = "And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given to us.") It will teach them understanding and wisdom of God's Word (John 14:16,17,20,23,26 = "And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever; Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you. At that day ye shall know that I am in the Father, and ye in me, and I in you. Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him. But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.") Jesus had the Holy Spirit in him when he made the lame walk and the deaf to hear and etc.(Luke 5:15-17) God works in our minds to give us stength to overcome (Genesis 6:3 = "And the Lord said, my Spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years.") Other texts are: John 7:38-39; Rom.8:11,13-14,16 and Psalm 104:30.



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Another text that Trinitarians use to say Jesus is the same being as God is John 10:30.

Well many confuse this text in John 10:30 to say Jesus and God are one and the same person; but this text doesn't mean that.

Go back to verse 29; doesn't it say that Jesus's Father is greater than him. In fact what does Jesus/Bible tell us in these texts; doesn't it say that Jesus and God are seperate people?



JOHN 14:28 = "YE HAVE HEARD HOW I SAID UNTO YOU, I GO AWAY, AND COME AGAIN UNTO YOU. IF YE LOVED ME, YE WOULD REJOICE, BECAUSE I SAID, I GO UNTO THE FATHER: FOR MY FATHER IS GREATER THAN I."



JOHN 20:17 = "JESUS SAID UNTO HER, TOUCH ME NOT; FOR I AM NOT ASCENDED TO MY FATHER: BUT GO TO MY BRETHREN, AND SAY TO THEM, I ASCEND UNTO MY FATHER, AND YOUR FATHER; AND TO MY GOD AND YOUR GOD."



1COR.11:3 "BUT I WOULD HAVE YOU KNOW THAT THE HEAD OF EVERY MAN IS CHRIST; & THE HEAD OF THE WOMAN IS THE MAN; AND THE HEAD OF CHRIST IS GOD."



LUKE 18:19 "AND JESUS SAID UNTO HIM, WHY CALLEST THOU ME GOOD? NONE IS GOOD, SAVE ONE, THAT IS, GOD."



MATT.19:17 = "AND HE SAID UNTO HIM, WHY CALLEST THOU ME GOOD? THERE IS NONE GOOD BUT ONE, THAT IS, GOD: BUT IF THOU WILT ENTER INTO LIFE, KEEP THE COMMANDMENTS."



****SEVERAL OTHER TEXTS SAY THERE'S ONLY TWO PERSONS:

1COR.1:3; 8:6; 1TIM.1:2; 2:5; GAL.1:3; PHILIPP.1:2; ROM.1:7; 2COR.1:2-3; 1THESS.1:1; 2THESS.1:2; 2TIM.1:2; PHILEMON 1:3; 1PETER 1:3; 2PETER 1:2; 1JOHN 1:3; 2JOHN 1:3.



So what does John 10:30 really means--when it says "I and my Father are one?" Well let's go further down to John 10:38. Doesn't it tell us that God and Jesus are alike and similar in actions, features, and etc? Take a Father with his son or a Mother with her daughter; do they have characteristics like you; but does that mean they're you? No of course not; they're seperate, but are alike in different ways.



JOHN 10:38 = "BUT IF I DO, THOUGH YE BELIEVE NOT ME, BELIEVE THE WORKS: THAT YE MAY KNOW, AND BELIEVE, THAT THE FATHER IS IN ME, AND I IN HIM."



JOHN 5:19-20 = "THEN, ANSWERED JESUS AND SAID UNTO THEM, VERILY, VERILY, I SAY UNTO YOU, THE SON CAN DO NOTHING OF HIMSELF, BUT WHAT HE SEETH THE FATHER DO: FOR WHAT THINGS SOEVER HE DOETH, THESE ALSO DOETH THE SON LIKEWISE. FOR THE FATHER LOVETH THE SON, AND SHEWETH HIM ALL THINGS THAT HIMSELF DOETH: AND HE WILL SHEW HIM GREATER WORKS THAN THESE, THAT YE MAY MARVEL."



JOHN 17:21-22 = "THAT THEY ALL MAY BE ONE; AS THOU, FATHER, ART IN ME, AND I IN THEE, THAT THEY ALSO MAY BE ONE IN US: THAT THE WORLD MAY BELIEVE THAT THOU HAS SENT ME. AND THE GLORY WHICH THOU GAVEST ME I HAVE GIVEN THEM; THAT THEY MAY BE ONE, EVEN AS WE ARE ONE."



JOHN 14:10-11 = "BELIEVEST THOU NOT THAT I AM IN THE FATHER, AND THE FATHER IN ME? THE WORDS THAT I SPEAK UNTO YOU I SPEAK OF NOT MYSELF: BUT THE FATHER THAT DWELLETH IN ME, HE DOETH THE WORKS. BELIEVE ME THAT I AM IN THE FATHER, AND THE FATHER IN ME: OR ELSE BELIEVE ME FOR THE VERY WORKS' SAKE."



JOHN 5:36 = "BUT I HAVE A GREATER WITNESS THAN THAT OF JOHN: FOR THE WORKS WHICH THE FATHER HATH GIVEN ME TO FINISH, THE SAME WORKS THAT I DO, BEAR WITNESS OF ME, THAT THE FATHER HATH SENT ME."



JOHN 10:25 = "JESUS ANSWERED THEM, I TOLD YOU, AND YOU BELIEVED NOT: THE WORKS THAT I DO IN MY FATHER'S NAME, THEY BEAR WITNESS OF ME."



Also many others such as:

JOHN 8:28,42,49-50,54; 5:19-20,26-27,30; 6:38,57

MATT.20:23



Jesus Christ came here on earth to show people who God is by his actions and features. So if we knew Jesus in our heart; we would know God because Jesus showed us when he was on earth. (JOHN 17:3)

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Is Jesus God?

The Answer is definately "NO".



Is Jesus God?

Jesus Christ is not God {he was figuratively God(Logos) in the Old Testament; the spokesperson for God} = John 1:1. So does the Bible say Jesus is God; no it says that Jesus is the son of God = 1John 4:15.

References of the devil or demons calling Jesus Son of God:

Matthew 4:3

Matthew 4:6,

Matthew 8:29

Mark 3:11

Luke 4:3

Luke 4:9

Luke 4:41



References to humans calling Jesus Son of God:

Matthew 14:33

Matthew 27:54

Mark 1:1

Mark 15:39

John 1:34

John 1:49

John 11:27

John 20:31

Acts 9:20

Romans 1:4

2 Corinthians 1:19

Galatians 2:20

Hebrews 4:14

Hebrews 6:6

Hebrews 7:3

Hebrews 10:29

1 John 3:8

1 John 4:15

1 John 5:1

1 John 5:5

1 John 5:10

1 John 5:13

1 John 5:20

Matthew 14:33

Revelation 2:18



Jesus referring to himself as the Son of God:

John 3:18

John 5:25

John 10:36

John 11:4

http://www.lcg.org/cgi-bin/tw/magazine/tw-mag.cgi?category=Magazine3&item=1103832467

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To understand this better; most people say Jesus is God; how can this be? What happened to Jesus then, if Jesus is God or what happened to God if Jesus is God?

1John 2:22-24.



In reference to Old Testament Isaiah 9:6; most people assume in this passage that it says Jesus is God. If they searched in the Hebrew writings; they would know what Isaiah 9:6 is really talking about.

http://www.ccg.org/english/s/p224.html

http://www.angelfire.com/space/thegospeltruth/theology/deity/Isaiah9_6.html

http://www.biblicalunitarian.com/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=66





Hosea 11:9 = "...: for I am God and not man; the Holy One in the midst of thee: and I will not enter in the city."

Numbers 23:19 = "God is not a man; that he should lie: neither the son of man, that he should repent..."

Acts 2:22 = "Ye men of Israel, hear these words; Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you..."



Now from these two texts; it tells us there's two persons: one is God and one is Jesus the son of God; a man approved of God. Now as we have determined Jesus can't be God.



The Bible contradicts the Trinity teaching over and over. Now if Jesus was a trinity (which is unbiblical), that would mean he didn't come fully in the flesh = 1John 4:3.

How can Jesus be God and talk to himself? Also if Jesus was God on the earth; that would mean he was a spirit; we know this wasn't true because of 1John 4:2-3 and 2Jn.1:7.

http://family.webshots.com/photo/1472651266051497771QlfGdY



Is God really a TRINITY?

http://lcg.org/search/search.php?query=IS+THERE+A+TRINITY&%24results_per_page=10&search=1

http://www.lcg.org/cgi-bin/tw/booklets/tw-bk.cgi?category=Booklets1&item=1104363708

Answer 6

the trinity is the most obvious definition in the bible that makes one sure that the bible present nowadays is a human made one.and it could not be the word of god. read the following and see how Jesus and god or father as written are two, not one!

John, chapter 5-30: "I can do nothing on my own authority; as I hear, I judge; and my judgment is just, because I seek not my own will but the will of him who sent me.

Hebrews, chapter 10-9: then he added, "Lo, I have come to do thy will." He abolishes the first in order to establish the second.

Ephesians, chapter 1-17: that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you a spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of him,

Luke, chapter 24-19: And he said to them, "What things?" And they said to him, "Concerning Jesus of Nazareth, who was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God ....

Answer 7

The answer is there is NO trinity. It is a bunch of RC hocus-pocus. And even protestants fell prey. Because if they had taken scripture as a whole into account the two's and two's simply do not add up. And if the two's and two's do not add up, they cannot justify their existence any more than the Vatican et al. can justify theirs. Short answer: they are all liars.

Answer 8

To think that Jesus and God was the same would mean that God and Jesus were both liars and imperfect because several time in the Bible Jesus was called God's SON and God was callled Jesus' FATHER.



Here is a few examples

Matt. 26:39 “Going a little farther he [Jesus Christ] fell on his face and prayed, ‘My Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as thou wilt.’” (If the Father and the Son were not distinct individuals, such a prayer would have been meaningless. Jesus would have been praying to himself, and his will would of necessity have been the Father’s will.)



John 8;17,18 “[Jesus answered the Jewish Pharisees:] In your law it is written that the testimony of two men is true; I bear witness to myself, and the Father who sent me bears witness to me.” (So, Jesus definitely spoke of himself as being an individual separate and distinct from the Father.)



John 14:28 “[Jesus said:] If you loved me, you would have rejoiced, because I go to the Father; for the Father is greater than I.”



1 Cor. 11:3 “I want you to understand that the head of every man is Christ, the head of a woman is her husband, and the head of Christ is God.” (Clearly, then, Christ is not God, and God is of superior rank to Christ. It should be noted that this was written about 55 C.E., some 22 years after Jesus returned to heaven. So the truth here stated applies to the relationship between God and Christ in heaven.)



So we can see from these scriptures that Jesus and God are definately not the same.



Oh and don't let us forget Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him:



And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. So here we have Jesus, God's voice and God's Spirit al three are separate individuals.

Answer 9

God isn't a trinity, and never was. However, Jesus was God, just as the Father is God. but Jesus emptied himself of his Godliness, became fully human, begotten of God, died, rose from the dead as the firstborn son of God -- in other words, he is God again. And there still is no trinity.



God the Father has become the only true God, having never died. Jesus was born in his present Godliness -- a pioneer of our salvation; the firstborn of many brethren.

Answer 10

i can't understand id too,when you know,tell me

Answer 11

The Bible clearly teaches that Jesus is God (cf. John 8:58, 10:38, 14:10; Col. 2:9). It also clearly teaches that the Holy Spirit is God (cf. Acts 5:3–4, 28:25–28; 1 Cor. 2:10–13). Everyone agrees the Father is God. Yet there is only one God (Mark 12:29, 1 Cor. 8:4–6, Jas. 2:19).



Jesus tells his apostles to baptize "in the name [notice, singular, not plural] of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit" (Matt. 28:19). This is a proof-text: three distinct Persons united in the one divine name. In 2 Corinthians 13:14, Paul writes, "The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all." We see this same unity of divine Persons in 1 Corinthians 12:4–11, Ephesians 4:4–6, and 1 Peter 1:2–3.

Answer 12

The Father was not made, nor created, nor generated by anyone. The Son is not made, nor created, but begotten by the Father alone. The Holy Spirit is not made, nor created, nor generated, but proceeds from the Father and the Son. There is, then, one Father, not three Fathers; one Son, not three sons; one Holy Spirit, not three holy spirits. In this Trinity, there is nothing before or after, nothing greater or less. The entire three Persons are coeternal and coequal with one another. So that in all things, as is has been said above, the Unity is to be worshiped in Trinity and the Trinity in Unity.

Answer 13

The Bible speaks of God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. When Jesus comes to earth as a man, He worships the Father, because He has become human. He can't worship Himself. But when Jesus died and rose again, we recognize Him as God's beloved Son, because God the Father said it was so. There is much that we do not understand about God and His Word, the Holy Trinity being one of those things.

Answer 14

Trinity is seeing the three as One so once you talk of yet another ur additionally touching on the two others. Jesus God and the Holy Spirit (additionally see the tale of the tower of Babel) God says "enable us to grant them differnt lagnuages to confuse them" so in that ext this is touching on God Christ and The Holy Spirit, and specific sure Christ did exsist in the commencing up alongside with the two.

Answer 15

Jesus our Lord was saying the commandment as it came in De 6:4 and it's saying " Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD" & Jesus said "And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord" So Jesus was saying the Commandment , in onther hand the Unity of the Core Of Th great IAM Yhwh dosn't Conflict with the trinity of the nature of God , as the human has eye , ear & leg although that he is on human not three but he also has three and more senses , in few words , the unity is in a thing and the trinity is in onther thing



God bless all



Christian Coptic

Answer 16

The doctrine of the Trinity is encapsulated in Matthew 28:19, where Jesus instructs the apostles: "Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit."



The parallelism of the Father, the Son, and the Spirit is not unique to Matthew’s Gospel, but appears elsewhere in the New Testament (e.g., 2 Cor. 13:14, Heb. 9:14), as well as in the writings of the earliest Christians, who clearly understood them in the sense that we do today—that the Father, the Son, and the Spirit are three divine persons who are one divine being (God).

Answer 17

there is only One God and his name is Jesus



Jesus Christ is God

manifest in the flesh (revealed in the flesh)

1Ti 3:16 And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh,



God did not send anyone He came himself

God is a spirit and had no body until the birth of the Christ



Isa 9:6 For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.



notice in this list that the comin g Christ will be The mighty God, The everlasting Father.



the only number for God is 1

I could put so much more to show you there is only One God just as Jesus said in:

Mark 12:29 And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord:





this link may have a Bible study that will answer your question fully.

http://www.ebiblestudies.com/BibleStudies.htm

Answer 18

i think its beyond our understanding really .. the fact of the matter is that Jesus was with God from the beginning ... the world was created through Him ... He was born into the world as a man ... and is now seated at the right hand of God where God said "sit thou at my right hand until thine enemies are made thy footstool" ...

Answer 19

1 + 1 + 1 = 1 heheheheehe

Answer 20

1X1X1=1. Jesus also said "before Abraham was, I am!", "I and the Father are One", "You shall not tempt your God (Jesus speaking to the devil about himself)", plus, He never denied being God even when someone called Him God.



Father = 1

Son = 1

Holy Ghost = 1

1x1x1=1

Answer 21

Jesus also said "I and the Father are ONE" and in the Greek, it means exact same kind.



He also told the disciples that when they have seen Him they have seen the Father (again, part of the same)



Read John 17, John 1 in its entirety. Find a good Greek lexicon and read the Greek.

Answer 22

because over centuries, religions (not just christianity) take what they like and leave what they dont. thus, creating a whole new religion. there are so many different things in the bible that are contradictory. it was just a bunch of stories thrown together.

Answer 23

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Answer 24

fair question...



http://www.jesus-is-lord.com/trinity.htm

Answer 25

how can three be one?

How can an egg be three, or water be three?

Because HE is, the I AM.