If the bible is the word of .... Why is it Christians Can't agree on WHO "GOD" IS ?

Question

Some Chirstians Say Jesus is god others say the Father is God ... The word TRINITY is not in the bible ... I read there is only one god ! some bibles read different on John 1:1.2 or Isa. 9:6 some read (the verb was god others read verb "a god" different bible differ. If Jesus is god who is he in front of in Heb. 9:24, John 7:24, & John 17:3, &
John 20:17, Cor 8: 5,6 ... Why is this not clear if it is GOD'S WORD ??? I need some answers.

Answer 1

One God- three parts. Like an egg- there is a shell, a white, and a yolk. One God- Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

Answer 2

I think your question touches on Christian history. I am a Roman Catholic, and the Church teaches the Holy Trinity, which is one God in three divine persons: God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. No, the word trinity is not in the bible, but the concept is. I think you can find a scripture in the book of Matthew, where Jesus instructed the apostles to baptise all nations, "...in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit." Most non-Catholic demoninations also believe in the Holy Trinity.

The reason for so many different beliefs is because there are so many different Christian churches. The reason for that is what is called the Protestant Reformation, which happened around the year 1500 or 1520. Before that, there was only one Christian church - the Roman Catholic Church. It was the only Christian church in existence for over 1500 years, which had one teaching on who God is, and still has one teaching today on who God is.

It wasn't until the protestant split that hundreds and now thousands of different interpretations have emerged about who God is.

Answer 3

I don't know of any true Christians who cannot agree on who God is. God exists as a Trinity. You are right that the word TRINITY does not exist in the bible. It is a word that was invented by man to explain the fact that the bible says in no uncertain terms that
1) There is only one God
2) The Father is God
3) Jesus is God
4) The Holy Spirit is God
5) Father, Jesus and Holy Spirit interact with one another and are not just different forms at different times.

No true Christian dispute the above points. It may be difficult to understand but that does not mean it is not true.

Answer 4

I was told that the Trinity was supposed to be a mystery, and that to reveal the true face of God, would merely lend to meaningless categorization. The Trinity is an idea that touches all people using different points of view, a father, a son, and a binding holy spirit. It's like trying to define love, or using one person's definition of love for everyone. Each person has a different interpretation. Some would even say that God is love, and that to really understand God, or begin to understand God, one must learn about love, and reach a point where that love continues to grow-- as one grows in the understanding of the ways of God, and why it is wise to live, for example, by the Golden Rule-- not just to follow, but to make life have a deeper meaning for one's self and others.

Answer 5

God would never be a part of something that no one can possibly figure out. He wants to be known as the only true God.
1 Chronicles 17:20__"O LORD, there is none like thee, neither is there any God beside thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears."
Mark 12:29 __"And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord."
Even the people who try to explain what the trinity is are not in agreement. I get confused by all the different views.
God has a personal name and Jesus said in the model prayer at Matthew 6:9,10__"After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven."
What name was to be hallowed ( or sanctified)? It was his Fathers name who was in heaven and that name is found at Exodus 6:3, Isaiah 26:4, Isaiah 12:2 and Psalms 83:18.

Answer 6

The existence of God is assumed in the Christian bible. The Christian believes (note the word believes) that the Christian bible is God's words as spoken by the prophets. The book interprets itself, so it there is something that is not clear; we can find its meaning by working the scriptures.

This is what we know about God: God is spirit (wind). God's name given to Moses is "I am that I am". We worship God in spirit and in truth. That answers your question about God.

Your question is not about what/who God is, it is what you believe. It starts with Jesus: Is he God only, is he God and man, or is he man only. Jesus is man leads to the Unitarian movement; Jesus is both God and man is the accepted Christian belief; and Jesus is God is found in the Gnostic gospels. You probably can find bible verses to support all three.

But this is what we know from the four accounts: God kept his promise with Jesus (Jesus means God helps/saves/delivers); God raised Jesus from the dead (our hope for eternal life); and Jesus will return. This is the Christian message.

Here is a reference to an interlinear text, www.scripture4all.org. If you have doubts to what the words are, here is a quick way to find out.

Last, the bible is a religious text written an Eastern style. It exists as a tool for the believer; it is not a conversion manual or a book for logical argument. When sections conflict, you must dig (yes dig) to find out what is being said.

Before you give part of the story, you need to find out what the story is about. So far, you have not worked the verses you have given.

Before you try logic, try belief. Find out what you believe and see if it is Christianity.

Answer 7

God is: Father, Son & Holy Ghost All were the creators, all exist together and seperately...

Jesus was the manifestation of creator and creature---100% God, 100% Man (the only 200% entity)

The Holy Ghost/Holy Spirit is just that a supernatural influence/presence/force

The Father is, well, the Father---that part of God which does not walk with us any more (after the fall in the Garden of Eden)

Answer 8

You are correct, you will find many arguments between religions. These questions still are being argued in each different Christian sect.

I think an answer that all Christians agree on is that The Creator is God, and that Jesus is the son of God.

There is only one creator which everything goes back to that one source. That one source is god. Because Jesus is from God, he is/was apart of him. GOD is the creator he created everything and we all are from him. Because Jesus was given the title son of god, from God, he is also considerd to be part of that "trinity" .

Answer 9

God's word is perfect, none of us is. So we do our best to understand it. As we study the bible, we learn more about who God is. One does not simply read it and suddenly know everything about it. One of my favorite things about the bible is finding more and more ways that the scriptures are linked together. Some of these you won't see until you read it over and over. Don't pull out one verse here and another there. It is important to read the entire bible and to learn about the culture of the time. This way you are less likely to take things out of context.
As for the trinity, one God has revealed himself to us as three different persons. God being omnipotent, is able to be one three.
Hope this helps. And remember the most important thing you can learn about God has nothing to do with the trinity. Just learn more about how he loves you. How he has shown his love for us. Read Hosea. The cheating wife is still loved by her faithful husband. No matter how bad she sins, he always accepts her back. That's our relationship to God.

Answer 10

First of all.. I believe that Jesus is the only Begotten Son of Our Heavenly Father (God)...

here is my interpretation of "Jesus is God"

Jesus is God in the Old Testament... he was the one talking to the Prophets (at the direction of God the Father)...

I am not sure where you found that there is only one god...

Jesus told his Deciples...

Psalms 82: 6 I have said, Ye are gods; and all of you are children of the most High.

What is the first commandment? most people state it as "Ye shall have no other Gods"...

Exodus 20: 3 Thou shalt have no other gods before me.

Why would we be told to have no other gods before Our Heavenly Father if there were no other gods?

now.. something to think about... if we are all children of our Heavenly Father... are we not all potentially gods?... after all... if you were the child of a crocodile.. would you would expect to grow up into a baboon?

Trinity.... you are right.. it is not in the Bible.

Answer 11

This is a tough question to answer because it is so complex and requires a little "out of the box" thinking.... so follow me here:

First... everyone is more than one person. To my mother, I am her son... to my gf, I am her bf... you see where this is going... part of understanding the "Trinity" is understanding that all beings have more than one aspect, based on the relationship being investigated.

Second, remember that one substance can have more than one form... H20 (sorry, I don't know how to make subscripts... so right now i am praying that I don't get harassed by chemists), in its liquid form is water. Cool it to below 32deg(F) and it becomes Ice. Heat it to 212deg(F) and it becomes steam.

Now, I'm not saying that God is a liquid with a personality complex, but I am saying that we can't think of God the way we think of each other because He is quite different...

When you look in the book of Genesis, we actually find God refered to in two different personages: El Shaddai and Adonai. In effect, we have the Creator and His Creative Power. They are both God, just different aspects of God. Think of it this way:

God the Father is in heaven and has always been. He needed to redeem man, and so he sent his creative power to earth in the form of a human baby (Jesus), who grew up, lived and dies... rose again and then ascended into heaven. The Holy Spirit then is the aspect of God that He sends to assist believers as they live here on earth.

Something else to keep in mind is that scripture wasn't WRITTEN by God... it was inspired by God... in other words... God gave it to men to write... but it came through their minds and hands... so there are bound to be instances that don't always compare exactly with each other... and considering the times in which the books were written and in which they were translated, it is not outside the realm of possibility that there are just some things we don't have a clear understanding of... that's where faith comes in...

Incidentally... the word Trinity came into religious context to help people understand the three-fold personages of God.