reply to post by Locoman8
This post will most likely fall on deaf ears, but anyway.
So if they are all "separate" deities as you say they are, then Monotheism goes out the window.
No this just proves that theres a contradiction, Which raises the question, How can there be three claiming to be the one and only true God?
This was one of the first questions ask by the early church fathers like Quintus Septimius Florens Tertullianus and Theophilus of Antioch.
Oh, by the way thats where Yeshua's disciples were first called Christians.(Acts 11:26).
From studying the scriptures they determined that God is one being in three personal dimensions
And it only makes sense. Here are a few examples in which they wrote on.
In order to understand What the Bible says about God we must first understand what the Bible says about man.
They came to the conclusion that man is a triune being that consists of a spirit, soul, and body.
1 Thessalonians 5:23 confirms: " And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved
blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ".
And since man is made in Gods Image,God must also be a Triune being.
Scripture also confirms.
In Genesis 1:26 God said, Let us make man in "our" image, after "our" likeness:
Notice the word "our" ? more than one.
Again Genesis 11:7 , let "us" go down, Notice the word "us"? more than one.
So If mans triune being consists of his soul, his body, and his spirit, Than Gods triune being also consists of soul, body and Spirit
Matthew chapter three speaks of the Baptism of Jesus where God the Father is speaking from Heaven, The Son is being baptized, and the Holy Ghost is
descending like a dove.
When Jesus gave the Great Commission in Matthew 28:18-20, He said in verse 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."
It only made sense for the church fathers to make the distinction between the father being the soul, the son being the body, and the Holy Ghost being
the spirit. This is also confirmed separately many more times in the bible.
If you actually think about it,Gods creation alone declares Trinity.
Psalms 19:1 The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork
The universe consists of three parts: Time, Space, and Matter.
Time consists of three parts: Past, Present, and Future.
Space consists of three parts: Length, Width, and Height.
Matter consists of three parts: Energy, Motion, and Phenomena.
There are three heavens in 2 Cor. 12:2, and on earth there are three forms of life: Man, Plant, and Animal. These forms of life are found in three
places: Land, Sea, and Air.
I could go on and on all day, point is is that God just loves the number three.
not to be egotistic, but moreso to be logical in my thinking verses your limited thought process on the subject
Since my "limited thought process" has proved to you that the Holy Spirit is a deity, and he among the Father and the Son are one triune being =
God. Where does he fit into your "logical" explanation of the Two Jahovahs?
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By the way how did you" logically" come to the conclusion that G-ds name is Jehovah.?
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