Christians; how do you reconcile Deut. 6:4 with the concept of the Trinity?

Question

"Hear, O Israel; the L-RD our G-d, the L-RD is one".

Answer 1

Christ was spiritually one with God, but he never said that he was God....In fact, he tells one man who called Christ good, that there is no good but God. He also told the disciples that God is greater than himself.

Christianity has invented the concept of the trinity and since the modern day Christian church is learning from man instead of the Holy Spirit, they believe whatever they are told.

Answer 2

No one scripture can be pulled out of context and used as an absolute standard. This passage is balanced with what Jesus stated about His relationship with the Father. When asked His name the Father responds "I AM" Do you see what He is saying? I just am, I am what I am, for whatever reasons He chose not to get into name, title, station etc. He is who He is and that is all we need to know in remembering who is the creator and who is the creature. He just is, take it or leave it.
I personally believe the relationship between Father, Son and Spirit goes far beyond what we understand, they are three yet they are one, HUH? Humans like to have all the answers, an explanation for everything, take Darwins madness for instance. There was a big bang and then ooze turned into monkeys who eventually became human. There are so many problems with this explanation it is pretty much outdated by any rational thinker today but people are so desperate for explanations they will even accept poor ones. Can you accept that the relationship between the Godhead is above your understanding? Probably not :-)

Answer 3

I am a Christian, but I'm not a Catholic Christian. You must remember that not all followers of Christ, are the same type of Christian that believe in any trinity. Trinity is a man's concept, and it says that there are 3 separate Gods. That just isn't true.

The following quotes from the bible say this:
1. There are 3 that bear record in heaven,
God the father, God the Word, and God the Holy Spirit. THEY ARE ALL GOD!

2. In the beginning, was the word, and the word was God, and the word was with God.
Trinity belivers say: the word was a god, and the word was with God. This is not what the bible says.

3. In Genesis, the word was walking through the garden, and the conversations with Adam and Eve, were through the word of God.

The concept of a trinity is totally false, in that one would have to believe that people spoke directly to God Almighty, and not through God' s
word. But if any man actually had God speak to him directly, his heart would explode. That's how powerful He is. One blast from his nostril could part the seas. No man has seen God's face, so God wanted to be able to have His word made into flesh, like His creation, so God's Holy Spirit overshadowed the virgin Mary, and Jesus was born. Catholics and some other religions believe that Mary is to be revered for this, but she was only a vessel. The Lord used Moses too, but I don't see people praying to him. Besides, Mary was a virgin when she was impregnated, and when she had Jesus. But after Jesus was born, she had sex later, with her husband, Joseph, and they had other children. So Mary can't still be called a virgin, after Jesus was here.
When God said, Let us make man in our own image, doesn't every person have his/her self,
his/her word,and his/her spirit?
But all of them are you. One being. And so is God.

Answer 4

what about it, He is one, He is 3 deities in one, only one God.

The Bible clearly speaks of God the Father, God the Son (Jesus Christ), and God the Holy Spirit...and also clearly presents that there is only one God. Thus the term: "Tri" meaning three, and "Unity" meaning one, Tri+Unity = Trinity. It is a way of acknowledging what the Bible reveals to us about God, that God is yet three "Persons" who have the same essence of deity.

God the Son (Jesus) is fully, completely God. God the Father is fully, completely God. And God the Holy Spirit is fully, completely God. Yet there is only one God. In our world, with our limited human experience, it's tough to understand the Trinity. But from the beginning we see God this way in Scripture. Notice the plural pronouns "us" and "our" in Genesis 1:26 -- Then God said, "Let us make man in our image, in our likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, over all the earth, and over all the creatures that move along the ground."

Though not a complete list, here is some other Scripture that shows God is one, in Trinity:

"Hear, O Israel! The LORD is our God, the LORD is one!" (Deut. 6:4)

"I am the LORD, and there is no other; Besides Me there is no God." (Isa. 45:5)

There is no God but one. (1Cor. 8:4)

And after being baptized, Jesus went up immediately from the water; and behold, the heavens were opened, and he saw the Spirit of God descending as a dove, and coming upon Him, and behold, a voice out of the heavens, saying, "This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well-pleased." (Matt. 3:16-17)

"Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit." (Matt. 28:19)

Jesus said: "I and the Father are one." (John 10:30)

"He who has seen Me has seen the Father." (John 14:9)

"He who beholds Me beholds the One who sent Me." (John 12:45)

Answer 5

My text says that God was telling the Isrealites that He is in divine control as a single being. All parts of the trinity are one in creating and controling every thing. Keep in mind, it does not say "the Gods are one". No where in the bible does it speak of more than one God, there is obviously one God. In the begining of Genisis, it speaks that the Holy Spirit of God had a part in creation, and in John, it says "In the begining was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the begining. The fact that it refers to the word "He", is substantial evidence that it is Speaking of Jesus, especialy speaking that He was with God in the begining. I hope this explains it.

God bless, and happy hunting.

Answer 6

He is one but Three in One. Three Divine Persons in One God! It's called a Mystery.
John 10:30: "I and my Father are one."

John 14:9: Jesus says, "he that hath seen me hath seen the
A. The Holy Spirit is equated with God: Acts 5:3-4; 2 Cor. 3:17-18

Answer 7

The trinity is three in one therefore yhis passage of scripture just puts all questions aside regarding the trinity, that the three combine to be one.

Answer 8

This verse has nothing to do with the "Trinity".

Deu 6:4 "Listen, Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is One.

Answer 9

The Catholic church is the one who believes in the concept of the trinity. The protestants and Jews do not.

You're targeting the question to the wrong group.

Answer 10

The concept of the Trinity affirms that God is One. It says that there are three persons in ONE God.