You are confusing true Christians with false ones. True Christians do not pray to Jesus. Jesus instructed his followers to pray to "our Father in the heavens", whose name is Jehovah. See Ps. 83:18 and Matt. 6:9. Believing in God and his son is an essential Christian requirement. At John 3:36, Jesus said: "He that exercises faith in the Son has everlasting life, he that disobeys the Son will not see life, but the wrath of God remains upon him." At John 17:3, Jesus said that taking in knowledge of the only true God and Jesus Christ is necessary to gain everlasting life.
Jesus Christ is no longer human. Sometime after his resurrection from the dead, he returned to the human realm.
True Christians do not believe in the confusing trinity doctrine. They worship one God, whose name is Jehovah. See Ps.83:18. He is not made up of three co-equal, co-eternal persons.
2006-10-18 13:54:18
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answered by LineDancer 7
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I pray to the Father (God), his Son (Jesus) and the Holy Spirit.
Within Christianity, the doctrine of the Trinity states that God is a single Being who exists, simultaneously and eternally, as a perichoresis of three persons : Father (the Source, the Eternal Majesty); the Son (the eternal Logos or Word, incarnate as Jesus of Nazareth); and the Holy Spirit (the Paraclete or advocate).
Scriptural texts cited as implicit support for the doctrine of the Trinity
This is a partial list.
Matthew 28:19: "Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit" (see Trinitarian formula).
John 1:1 "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God." together with John 1:14 "The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the One and Only, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth." and John 1:18 "No one has ever seen God, but God the One and Only, who is at the Father's side, has made him known."
John 8:23-24: "You are from below; I am from above. You are of this world; I am not of this world. I told you that you would die in your sins; if you do not believe that I am [the one I claim to be], you will indeed die in your sins."
John 8:58 "'I tell you the truth', Jesus answered, 'before Abraham was born, I am[13]!'"
John 10:38: "But if I do it, even though you do not believe me, believe the miracles, that you may know and understand that the Father is in me, and I in the Father."
John 12:41: "Isaiah said this because he saw Jesus' glory and spoke about him." - As the context shows, this implied the Tetragrammaton in Isaiah 6:1 refers to Jesus.
Colossians 2:9: "For in Christ all the fullness of the Deity lives in bodily form"
Revelation 1:17-18: "When I saw him, I fell at his feet as though dead. Then he placed his right hand on me and said: "Do not be afraid. I am the First and the Last. I am the Living One; I was dead, and behold I am alive for ever and ever! And I hold the keys of death and Hades." This is seen as significant when viewed with Isaiah 44:6: "This is what the LORD says - Israel's King and Redeemer, the LORD Almighty: I am the first and I am the last; apart from me there is no God."
2006-10-18 19:33:24
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answered by Anonymous
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we christians believe in Jesus AND God. we christians pray to both. Jesus was not a human. Jesus was not a mammal. mary became pregnant with Jesus becuz Jesus 'leaped' into her womb. yes you are right God IS an extraordinary being, and he is not a human as well. the trinity is God the father, God the son, and God the holy spirit. no we don't have 3 gods. the father, son, and holy spirit are all one. i understand you are curious. it's sometimes good to be open minded. no hard feelings are made. but it's the other way around. RELIGON IS RELIGION, reality is reality.
2006-10-18 13:27:37
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answered by thee wojc 2
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In Reality, Christians believe in God the Father Almighty, maker of Heaven and Earth. And in Jesus Christ His only Son our Lord. Who was concieved by the Holy Ghost, born of the Virigin Mary, suffered under Pontious Pilate, was crucified, died and was buried. We do believe in God. And In His Son. And in the Holy Ghost(Spirit ) It is no joke and to be very serious, we Christians, Believe in God. It can't be that difficult to understand.
This is the Trinity, the Father , Son and Holy Spirit . It is not three God's. We believe in one God. He is the top of the Trinity. Jesus is part of the Trinity. The Holy Spirit is part of God's Trinity. You can't have one without the other two. They are the Trinity and it quotes that in the Holy Bible. Good question. Hope you can understand this. If not read in the Holy Bible. You will find it all there.
2006-10-18 13:35:46
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answered by Norskeyenta 6
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I know what you are saying but here is where the confusion comes in. Jesus is a god, he is a divine one and as the Trinity people like to point out in John 1:1, he is with God. Now, the Father, is Jehovah. He alone is Almighty God. As it is explained, Jesus the son is in the "bosom position" of the Father. He is "First Born" going back eons of time. Everything else came into existence through this order. People are particularly confused because of the churches taking Jehovah's name out of the bible close to 7,000 times. Instead they put the word God or Lord. So, naturally, people think that Jesus Christ is the almighty. This is one of the most "crafty acts" that Satan does to mislead. He is misleading the whole earth. Re 12:9 (This is why the world is in chaos)
2016-05-22 00:51:21
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answered by Anonymous
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What make you think that Christians do not believe in God? Where in the world did you ever hear that or get that information?
I believe in God ..God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. I pray to God I talk to Jesus and thank him for being the pass over sacrifice to take away my sins..I talk to the Holy Spirit and ask him to guide me and live in me to teach me and to keep me loving God and loving people..ALL people!!!
2006-10-18 14:04:17
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answered by candi_k7 5
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Christians, in essence, believe on G0d and when they pray, most pray directly to G0d and at the end mention "we ask this in the name of your son, Jesus Christ" so they are actually praying to both. However, so absolutely pray only to Jesus (like my mom) I ask her, why just not pray to G0d? She says, they're the same person.
The trinity thing, I never get. I used to believe in it until one day I realized G0d has no body and is in spirit form so why is there a need for him to have another spirit form?
Now the evil part...my G0d is not a single parent (couldn't resist)
2006-10-18 13:27:55
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answered by Anonymous
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Christians do believe in God, we pray to God, Jesus, and other saints, one common thing between Jewish people and Christians are they both believe in God, The old Testament in the Bible and the Torah have a alot of similar stories because they both believe in it. I know this because my mom is Christian and my dad is Jewish, but I chose to be Christian because they have Christams, no i'm just kidding.
2006-10-18 13:26:26
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answered by Anonymous
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Asalam Mualaikum
How come Muslims cannot face up to the fact that mohamad are not prophet of Allah ??,
Because Allah, will not allow man to have 2/3/4 wife by any excuse. So all the pervert, sex maniac, child molester cannot be good man.
Because Allah, will not allow their beleiver to kill, torture, harash, hate other beleiver. Allah never teach full of hate with each other human being that He created. Also Christians, Chatolics, Jews have the same God, Allah of Abraham, I dont know about Islam because if your prophet from the same God your prophet will not teach you to hate the same beleiver.
Infront of Allah, all human are the same right. But Mohammad that claim him self as prophet teach many discrimination against women ????
Allah never teach with violent, full of hate, full of pleasure, so do you think Mohamad is the real prophet from Allah ???
Wake Uppp !!! I am EX-MUSLIM 10 years ago, and I am happy after I change to Christians, because there is no hate and violence.
Please stop spreading the Lie all over the internet
2006-10-18 13:27:04
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answered by OpenMinded 3
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I can explain this, and perhaps lots of Christian don't realize this, in this way....
Trinity is GOD the FATHER
Trinity is Jesus son of the FATHER
Trinity is Holy ghost of God that's always on earth
God is Spirit not body
Jesus is God in man form, God in body
Another example... if you were to die and go to Heaven.... you would see Jesus come OUT of God's Spirit. you wouldn't be able to see God if you were in Front of him, because his glory is to much for us, we would get weaker by the minute, therefore Jesus comes out from with in God's Spirit, as God in body form, so you can talk to him, and bare that much of God's glory.
2006-10-18 13:50:43
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answered by inteleyes 7
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