Confusion about Cristianity, Help needed!?

Question

mean no harm to any one don't want to hurt or blame any one Just want help. First READ it completly, if you want to answer , answer seriously & answer with their respected number Kindly answer on yahoo please dont give any links.Thankyou.
1 I can be father, son & husband at the same time But how can I be my own Father & my own son & a third person, it can be said that father & son are one as son is half the part of his father but how can a third HOLY GHOST can be part of the one?
2 Consept of God is all mighty, with out any need why God needed to do a play of disgracing his own im-mortal son by mortal humans? why can't he just do it any other way? & regarding upper lines true why he firstly used NOHA , ABRAHEM , ISOQ , JOSEPH , MOSES , DAVID , SOlAMAN , JOAN What was their roll.
3 Why I can or must go to heven if I am sinful, by just having faith on Jesus?
4 God Knows every thing in advance why He first made me sin full & then by making my kind(human kind) insult his son, he gave my kind incentive to have faith & be blessed, & what about those how were born before Jesus?
5 What is proof of bible being true in words which we belive is our faith?(where as in every other aspect there are so many mistakes , mistakes can't be word of God so they are changed part we only khow it because of science but what about our belife part we can't test it).
6 why son Jesus prayed to father wile they are one & God has every information in advance, why he him self need a thing & to get it he has to ask to him self? but God is God only if he is needless.
7 why he has to prais him self as son praised father while father son are one?
8 What has the need of God to create his third image the holly ghost?
9 if our Cristianity has no law for us why our Cristian Goverment all over the world has law as we are now free from our sin ?
10 if every human in world becomes a true Cristian & dont get married like pop & nuns, wouldent humanKind end.
I Hope Answer Will Be In True Cristion way which is very humble kind & loving.

Answer 1

To understand Christianity, one must start with honest questions. Assuming that is what lies behind your questions, I will try to give as honest answers.

1. Humans try to define God in terms they can understand, hence the use of Father, Son and Holy Spirit. We are using concrete terms to describe an abstract, as we best understand the Being we call God. To better understand and define our relationship with the Almighty, it is easier understood if we refer to the Creator in terms of a parent/child relationship. As the parent is creator of the child, hence the term of Father. As God in human form, created by the Creator, the relationship becomes Son. The term Holy Spirit is when the human is influenced or inspired by a a third presence, that of God, within him/her. Lacking a better term for this abstract, we use either Holy Spirit or Holy Ghost to define the presence of God, in a Person not seen, interacting with us. The true nature of God is not one that mortals can completely comprehend. The terms we use are terms we chose, to define something as best we are able to understand.

2. Humans feel now, and felt then, a gulf between themselves and God. It is very difficult to approach a Being you know is a Superior Being, in comparison to yourself. If you use the analogy of God as Father, and think in human relationship terms, how comfortable were you talking to your parents about things when you knew you were in the wrong? Or when they were in the position of authority, and you needed their indulgence in some matter? As a way of bridging this gulf, so man would find it easier to have a relationship with Him, God chose to send His Son, Jesus. In human form, He could experience humanity as we do, and we could more easily interact with somebody we saw as fully human. Jesus opened the way for us to approach God. We understand love on several levels, and the ideal expression of ulitimate love is when we are willing to suffer or do actually suffer death, in the place of another human being. The concept is not unknown. Parents have been willing to do this on behalf of the children since time began. Husbands, wives, brothers, sisters, and sometimes even strangers, have been willing to express their love in such ultimate terms. By accepting death on a cross, Jesus expressed this same love for mankind. God loved mankind that much, to be willing to sacrifice a Son, on our behalf.

3. Noah, Abraham, Issac, Joseph, Moses, David, Soloman, and I presume you mean Jonah, were all instruments of God. They were willing tools, used by God to interact with other men who were not willing or able to listen to Him directly. These men were open to doing God’s Will, and He used them. Noah was a means by which God spared mankind from total annihilation in the flood. Abraham was the means by which God reminded mankind of His existence, and introduced Himself to a mankind who had forgotten Him. Moses brought mankind the laws which guided the lives of people wishing to live properly, and follow God’s Will. Joseph teaches us not to despair, that God always has purpose for us, even when we ourselves may not see what that purpose may be. Solomon received his gift of wisdom because he asked for it, and remained a faithful servant of God. He became the example of a just, wise ruler. Jonah reminds us that God reaches out to everyone, that His Word is not only the possession of the faithful, but the unbeliever and unfaithful as well. That God did not wipe out Nineva, in spite of Jonah expecting Him to, and even gladly anticipating it- shows a merciful God. His mercy was not deserved, but it was given anyway. We hope for mercy, we don’t deserve it. And if God can extend mercy to those undeserving, how can we offer any less? Especially if we are going to want mercy ourselves someday?

3. If you accept that God is a loving Father, wouldn’t you want to return to His presence for all eternity? I don’t suppose you would have to, if you didn’t want to. Faith is the ticket. Again, we are depending on the mercy of God for this reunion. God is willing to take us, even as sinful as we may choose to be, providing we have faith in Him and His mercy. That’s not actually such a big thing to ask, is it? But faith is the one thing that is hardest for humans to have. We want hard proofs, guarantees, and we want it on our terms. We don’t want to submit to anyone, even a Supreme Being. We are supremely arrogant beings. Having faith requires us to subjugate those desires, which is why it comes so hard to us. This is one thing that non-Christians struggle with, and the answer is that the peace of faith comes once one surrenders will to God. Faith comes much easier when you quit trying to be the big boss and dictating everything on your own terms. Faith is surrender to the will of God.

4. God did not create you sinful. He created you a being with power of CHOICE. He gave you the ability to sin or not. He gave you the mind to understand the consequences of your actions. He gave you the world to live in, and a life to live. He did not preprogram you with instincts, like he did the animals. Animals eat what they are designed to eat. They kill or graze because that’s what they are created to do. Lions do not debate the morality of killing, they either kill or starve. Animals do not decide, gee- do I really want to choose a mate this season, raise a family, and then work myself to thinness trying to feed them? No, they come into mating season, and seek out a mate because that is what their instincts tell them to do. Do birds debate what kind of nest to build? Animals are born with pre-written instructions for their lives. They have no choices about any of it. Humans, on the other hand, do. We are sinful because we choose to do things which we know are wrong.

Heaven is not a “reward” as you put it. Rather it is a consequence of our right choices. If you choose to have faith, and try to live correctly, as a consequence of these choices when you die, you will be reunited with your Creator. If you choose otherwise, you are not. God is all-good, all-perfect. He cannot exist in the same place as those who will not be. So if you choose in life not to believe, and choose to behave in a sinful manner, the consequence of these choices is that in death you will not be reunited with your Creator.

I can’t speak from direct knowledge about the disposition of those born before Jesus came. I can tell you what I believe. I was taught that Christ released the souls of those worthy to be reunited with God. I believe this is so. I believe in a merciful God, a Father who would wish to have as many of His children return to be with Him as possible. I do not believe He would bar them from His presence just because they were born before Christ.

5. The Bible is the product of men of faith. They preserved the knowledge as it was given them to understand. It was passed on to the hands of other men, each with the desire to preserve it, and pass it on it turn. The language of the Bible is not what is important. Words are the creation of man, to express the ideas we have. Many of those ideas are the same, no matter what language you choose to speak. The truths which the Bible speaks of have not changed. They are still expressed, in many languages. The exact spelling of the names, even the names themselves are not what is important. It isn’t critical matter, if indeed Adam’s name was not actually Adam. What is important is that he was the first man, made in the image of God, out of the clay of the earth. The point of the story is that we are creations of the Supreme Being, not the name of the character created. The Bible is the story of man, recording the laws given by God. It was written by men of faith, not men of science. It tells us how to go to heaven, not how the heavens go. It is not a history book, though we can see history in it.

Why must everything have proof? You breathed many years without knowledge of the atoms which comprise air. When you first learned of atoms, did you ask for a picture? Not that it would matter if you did- because there are no pictures of atoms. There is film that records the presence of something, but it’s still anybody’s guess what it is exactly. You accept the existence of a great many things without definitive proof, so why is this any different? Why should God have to prove He exists just to satisfy us? And if He did, there would be no need of faith. But then, we wouldn’t have any freedom of choice in the matter, either. We would have to admit He existed, and that everything else was right. We’d believe because we had no other choice.

6. Jesus Himself explained that He prayed aloud because He wanted other people to hear Him speak to God. It was proof He believed, that He recognized God’s existence. Jesus was leading by example, which is the best way to teach anyone.

7. Jesus praised God for the same reasons I explained above, to provide example and proof of His belief.

8. God does not “need” the Holy Spirit, in the sense that you need things. The Holy Spirit is part of God. As humans, we are unable to comprehend God in His true form, or being. Some things about God are not understandable to us, at least not as long as we are in human, living form. We would probably be overwhelmed, to say the least. As a loving Father, God would not want to endanger us in any way- so He does not appear to us as He is. The Holy Spirit is that part of God which we do perceive. The term itself is of our use, given to us by Jesus as a way to explain what it was we would encounter. When we experience God in our lives in a way we are aware of, we say we are being guided by the Holy Spirit. But it is we, not God , who need this.

9. We are not free from sin. We still have a tendency to sin. What we are is forgiven for them, when we recognize our guilt and ask for forgiveness. We have laws for the same reasons your parents gave you rules as a child. The rules gave you guidance for the times when you were not able or willing to govern your own behavior. Punishment for infringement of the rules was the consequence suffered for choosing to break the rules- grounding maybe, loss of the car keys, early bedtime, etc. Eventually you learned to govern your own behavior, so the rules were unnecessary. At least that is what a parent hopes will happen. But, we all grew up, and left the parental controls behind. Unfortunately, not everyone outgrew the need for rules. Which is why we have laws, and punishments for breaking them. When a child is taught rules, at first they obey to avoid the punishment. Eventually they learn the rightness of following the rule for the correct reasons. A small child doesn’t hit others because he wants to avoid being punished for it. Eventually he learns that hitting others is not right for several reasons, and quits hitting because it is the wrong way to behave, rather than to avoid being punished. Some folks really never reach this point, though- of behavior based on the right thing to do because it’s the right thing to do. Most people, however, even when inclined to break a law, will be restrained by the thought of the punishment which will come for it. And choose to obey the law to avoid the punishment rather than the rightness of the decision. Meantime, they don’t need punishment, since they actually did not break the law.
If the world were populated by sinless persons, who never chose to sin, we would indeed not need laws. Unfortunately, the world is populated by persons with a strong inclination to choose just the opposite. A great many will be held in check by the laws. They will chose to be law abiding not because it is the correct way to behave, but because they wish to avoid the punishment demanded by societies.

10. All believers are True Christians. Not all are called, nor do all wish, to dedicate their lives completely to the service of God as nuns, monks, or priests. God has a use for anyone who wishes to do His Will, whether they marry or remain single. A good many of the saints were fairly ordinary people, who happened to do some pretty extraordinary things in service of God. They were not born saints, they chose to live lives as they understood God wished them to do. They imitated Christ, and followed His examples. Serving God is not solely the job of celebate nuns, monks, or priests. It is the duty and responsibility of anyone who professes to be a Christian. They are not perfect people, these followers of Christ. They still have a great desire to do sinful things, they face the same temptations as anybody else. So long as we have the freedom of choice between right and wrong, some people will choose badly and sinfully. The world will continue because of it.

Perhaps you have heard people say they do not go to church, belong to a church, or join a church, because Christians are a bunch of hypocrites. They may well be correct, in some cases. Churches are filled with Christians, who are by nature a sinful natured people. Jesus Christ did not come to the world for the perfect folks, as He Himself said. A well man doesn’t need a doctor. Perfect people don’t need a church, but the rest of us do. You don’t expect to find all well people at the hospital, and you shouldn’t be looking at churches to find perfect Christians either. Physically ill folks go to the doctor, spiritually ill folks go to church.

Faith is not easily found, nor easily maintained. It is not a wonderful thing you just wake up with one morning. It begins with asking questions. I can’t say the search for perfect faith every ends, at least it hasn’t for me. The world in general is full of doubters and people who will try hard to convince you that what you are seeking doesn’t exist. The choices between doing what you know is right and what you know is wrong can sometimes be hard to make correctly, and sometimes not easily. It will always be easier to give in to the temptation to do what is wrong, especially if it is easier or more pleasant. It’s always easier to eat dessert than the green beans, and even green beans look good compared to other things. Some choices will be no brainers. I mean, child porn?? But what about the pictures of that sweet thing in the adult shop? Well, for some folks, resisting temptation and lusting in the heart can be toughies.

I believe in a just and merciful God. I depend on it, actually. I know I have sinned. I know I’m not perfect. I know I fell short and will fall short of the mark. I’m sure I’m going to be surprised by who I do meet in Heaven, and just as surprised to discover who I won’t see. I think in the end, we will discover none of us had it exactly right.

I also don’t believe God is the exclusive property of Christians. God belongs to the Muslims, the Jews, everyone. I think anyone who seeks to serve God’s will, to live their life in faith that He does exist, and who depends on His mercy, will eventually reunite with Him.

I also hope I have managed to answer your questions, at least to the best I am able. But for goodness sake, don’t just take my word for it all. You asked some honest, and honorable questions. Obviously you have the first twinges of faith, and should seek out the answers you need for yourself from those who know even better than I. Hopefully, you will be able to speak face to face with ministers, rabbis, priests, imams, and others who are more learned than I about the Bible and other Holy Scriptures. I urge you to find people who will accept your questions and give you answers without judgement. It may take some looking, but there are those out there. Seek them out and you will find them. Best of all, if you are truly seeking God, know that He has always known where you are- and you are on your way to finding Him.

Answer 2

From a Christian perspective:
1) Because you are human, you can't have three aspects of yourself that are at once the same and separate. Did you ever see Meet Joe Black where Brad Pitt played the incarnate of death as a human?
2)Because he made the rules and didn't want to break them. What kind of lesson is that? Putting JC here was a way to help them change the rules from within the rules by offering a perfect sacrifice that God realized humans would never be able to do by themselves. It was also a pretty nifty way of showing humanity by example that you can lead a sinless life.
3)People have the wrong idea about heaven. It's not a reward, it's a consequence. Hell is eternal separation from God, not a fire and brimstone place. Therefore, heaven is merely and existence that still has God in it. Could be another Earth if you were to ask me.
4)Just because God knows you will sin, doesn't mean he makes you do it. I don't remember him making anyone insult his son either. As to the last question, Christians assume that they're ok, but I don't remember the Bible actually saying anything about them.
5)There is no proof that Bible is true and in fact, there's lots of proof both historical and logical that it isn't.
6)The human god (jesus) was an aspect of god. Haven't you ever argued with yourself (man, I really shouldn't eat that last peice of cake...). It's something like that I imagine.
7)Each time he did it, he was saying to the others, "God is great! Well DUH!" He was telling THEM to praise God.
8)I think that it's no so much a reality as the description of a function. For example, if you are both a Father and a Son, you aren't actually two different people, but one person and two roles.
9)I don't understand this question
10)True christians get married and have kids. The only people who become nuns and such are ones who feel that their faith is so important, they forsake earthly pursuits such as wealth, family, personal possessions etc.

Answer 3

With no offence to any person, race, customs or beliefs, the concept of God seems a bit weird to me.
Most of the examples with the names you have given above are mythologies formulated by we mortals.
We mortals also have a certain limits beyond which we do not have authority to think or understand. There are concepts and there are lost links to a dynasty and a higher truth that is beyond our reach. Wemight be able to understand and say the same, but we might not be able to convince others of the same.
There are groups and communities devoting all their available time to understand the concept of God, but none has been successful so far.

I think you should rather take a close look at what other religions and communities teach about their beliefs and religion systems besides only christianity. You would find a huge number of things similar.

For example - not only christianity, but also Hindu religion has a concept called - 'Brahmchari' - its a term used for a person who has given up all material desires like sex, money, women, success etc and have retired to unknown regions and stay far from the world as we see it around us.

You can never say for sure whether God does or doesn't exist. When the concept of God will be solved, all your and everyone's questions will be answered instantly.

Cheers.

Answer 4

Best place to start to answer what you have asked is to read the 4 Gospels carefully. Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. The answers you seek are there. Pray to the Lord for understanding, and read His word, and the Holy Spirit will teach you all truth.

You can find an online Bible at www.biblegateway.com

By the way, the comment that the Bible was invented by the Romans, is as far from the truth as the east is from the west. That claim can certainly not be supported by documented history.

Blessings in Christ

Answer 5

Your questions are quite thought-provoking. There is a book, written in 1793, called "The Age of Reason" that addresses each of your points and a few more. It is by Thomas Paine, one of the Founders of the United States, and is available to read online. I will give answers, not links, but I will provide the link at the end so that you can read the book if you choose.

First, a committee met in a town called Nicaea in 325 AD, and put togehter this whole Christian religion. Like anything done by a committee, it came out with lots of complications. Three-gods-in-one, virgin births, rising from the dead, saints, angels, bibles, everything came from these councils at Nicaea.

After reviewing their work, it became clear that science disproves all the hard work they had done, so they gathered all the science and literature and other books of learning and burned them. They also made rules to jail or kill anyone who figured out that their ideas made no sense (heresy) or anyone that became a scientist.

There is no proof that a Jesus ever existed. The town, Nazareth, where he came from, was only a burial ground (necropolis) when he supposedly lived there. Other than the Beatitudes, most of the stories about Jesus create an artificial guilt and false gratitude, which are morally weak, not strong. (Be grateful to those who help you, not to an abstract idea that someone died on your behalf as decided at Nicaea.)

The government of the United States is not Christian. It is deliberately separated from any church. It is a government of laws and reason, created by a committee called the Second Constitutional Convention. The basic idea of the United States is opposed to the basic idea of Christianity: since all men are created equal, no one can be better than others (or 'saved') solely by believing in the stories of the Nicaean councils. Christian attempts to put religion in government includes an attempt to change this basic government idea to match their agenda.

So, the rules of Christianity do not count. Only the rule of law and reason of the US government count. Develop your own moral code and stick to it, and it will help you throughout your life. Be kind and patient with Christians as with all others.

Answer 6

I'm going to try to answer a couple of your points, but it's late and I need to go to bed :)

The trinity is not physical, it's spiritual. Let me give you an example: on a physical level, the person who gave birth to you is your mother. But on an intellectual level, your "parent" might be a teacher who changed the way you think.

Matters of spirit deal with the "will," and so Jesus is the product of God's will, but in the sameness also IS God's will, just as technically Christians are all part of "the body of Christ." Most of the issues people have are due to them thinking on a physical level.

Ultimately, if the spiritual realm is real (Jesus said his kingdom was of the Spirit, not of the World, also refer to war not between countries, but between powers and principalities -> angels and demons) then it doesn't really matter if the body suffers and dies. What matters is how you react to it, and how your Spirit grows from it. Do you cower, get angry, give in, and thereby weaken the "real" you, or do you act according to the teachings of Christ and strengthen the part of you that matters.

For the non-believers in the house, this doesn't just apply to Christianity. There are ideas, people and things you would most likely take a bullet for, or at the very least do something distasteful, so sit back for a minute and think about it from a different perspective.

Answer 7

1. Unintelligible.
2. Sure, God could've easily simply wiped our sins away eternally by himself. Why didn't he? Good question.
3. Heaven is, theoretically, a reward. You want to go there. But I'm sure if you asked, you wouldn't HAVE to.
4. If you sinned before Jesus died, then you were unlucky. Sorry.
5. There is no proof for the bible's truth.
6. I don't think Jesus prayed, so much as he sort of talked to God through himself.
7. He doesn't praise himself. (I think.)
8. So we can hang him from walls during the Christmas season. (Sorry, you said holly ghost, I couldn't resist.)
9. You aren't free from sin, but you can clean it up.
10. Christians can get married. There are questions about divorce, however, and premarital sex.


All of this assuming Christianity is correct, of course.

Answer 8

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Answer 9

Well - Very intelligent questions !

I wish I could answer than as a Christian - I do have answers - but from the Book called the Bible.

But, I prefer to answer realistically.

Bible is a kind of a Fairy Tale - not to be taken seriously - It was made up by a few Romans who wanted something to be in power. This was 2000 years ago - High time we get out of it !

So the answer to all your questions are very short - I would use a Slang word - bull S H I T!

Answer 10

Wow. That is a looooooooooooooooooong set of questions!

You probably won't be able to have them all answered here. This forum is not set up for massive theological debates or instruction.

Your best options are to:

A. Take a basic theology course. There may be a Christian liberal arts college near you, that you could investigate.

B. Join a Christian discourse group on the net. There are a lot of these! Start looking under "Yahoo Groups".

C. Read the book "Basic Christianity" by C.S. Lewis. You will find quite a lot of your answers there, and it is an easily-read book. While Lewis was a language professor, he put this book into laymen's terms.

Have peace with your quest.

Answer 11

You are really having problems with the nature of God. First let me say that God is three persons. To understand how they can be one is difficult but I think I can help. There are three dimensions in geometric space Height Width and Breadth. Since each is infinite by that definition each contains all space, it's everything. The three dimension make up infinite space. Each one different yet all three the same.. Each person of the one true God is all God. There is not one less than the other the each are infinite therefore are all the God there can be. Yet these three persons make the one God christian worship. That is how God explained His nature to me. I think that answers most of your questions. Number 4 is still about the nature of God. God has a need to love far greater than we can understand. He created man so He could express that love. He knew we would rebel and had a plan to use LOVE to save us from our rebellion. That why Jesus was born. His sacrifice is the tangible evidence of God's love for Us, mankind. We are NOT free from sin. we are free of the result of sin. Though our bodies of sin and death fail we have eternal life in our spirits though Christ. We will lay down these bodies of death and in the last day be raised in incorruption. I think this covers your question you can always email me if you want more input.. I would be happy to share the Joy Christ has filled me with, with you.... Jim