Okay then, when Jesus was baptized and the voice came from the sky?

Question

and said "this is my beloved son in whom I'm well pleased," was that Jesus talking about himself - and was that Jesus desending in the form of a dove - was Jesus in all three places at once - and why would he call himself his son? And why would he try to confuse everyone?

Answer 1

I have heard this statement some many times by Mormons.. I believe that is what you are.. You sure don't understand the nature of God.. God is the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Three Persons, one God.. Here is how I explain it to God haters and cultist...

God reveals Himself to us many times through nature and science. Science explains that there are three dimensions. Height width and breadth. Each is infinite therefor by that definition each contains all space. Yet each is a dimension separate from the others. These three make up one infinite space.. Each Person of God is all the God there can be because each in infinite yet these three make one infinite God... Jim

Answer 2

This is the classic example of the Most Holy Trinity. Although the language is somewhat symbolic, it teaches the truth that God is everywhere at all times, and the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, while of the same essence (the divine essence), may take on different roles, such as the Son's humanity of Christ, the watchful role of the Father, and the peace-filled Spirit of the Holy Spirit. Again, they're all of the same essence, but distinct, separate persons. No, Jesus was not in all three places at once -He was in the River Jordan being baptized. Jesus' spirit (God) was in all three places, however, Jesus' physical body was not.

Answer 3

Exactly!! And at John 14:28, Jesus admits himself that the Father is greater than himself... so how can folks think that Jesus and God are the same if Jesus himself says God is greater? Beats me! :)

Answer 4

God the Father said, "This is my beloved Son in whom I am well pleased." And the Holy Ghost appeared in the form of a dove as the outward sign of His affirmation of the divinity of Jesus Christ.

All three are distinct Holy Personages with a singleness of mission. That is why They are called three-in-one.

Answer 5

You are referring to Modalism which is generally rejected by Christians and has been since the Nicean Council.

In Christianity, Sabellianism (also known as modalism or modal monarchism) is the belief that the Heavenly Father, Resurrected Son and Holy Spirit are different modes or aspects of one God (for us only), rather than three distinct persons (in Himself). The question is: "is God's threeness a matter of our falsely seeing it to be so (Sabellianism/modalism), or a matter of God's own essence revealed as three-in-one (orthodox trinitarianism)?"

It is attributed to Sabellius, who taught a form of this doctrine in Rome in the third century. Hippolytus knew Sabellius personally and mentioned him in the Philosophumena. He knew Sabellius disliked Trinitarian theology, yet he called Modal Monarchism the heresy of Noetos, not that of Sabellius. Sabellianism was embraced by Christians in Cyrenaica, to whom Demetrius, Patriarch of Alexandria, wrote letters arguing against this belief.

The chief opponent of Sabellianism was Tertullian, who labelled the movement "Patripassianism", from the Latin words patris for "father", and passus for "to suffer" because it implied that the Father suffered on the Cross. It was coined by Tertullian in his work Adversus Praxeas, Chapter II, "By this Praxeas did a twofold service for the devil at Rome: he drove away prophecy, and he brought in heresy; he put to flight the Paraclete, and he crucified the Father."

It is important to note that our only sources extant for our understanding of Sabellianism are from their detractors. Scholars today are not in agreement as to what exactly Sabellius or Praxeus taught.

Today, Sabellianism is rejected by most types of Christianity. It is accepted primarily by some Pentecostal groups, sometimes referred to as Oneness Pentecostals or "Jesus Only" Pentecostals.

Historic Sabellianism taught that God the Father was the only person of the Godhead, an antitrinitarian belief also known as Monarchianism. This teaching purports that the identity of God the Father and Jesus is the same. According to this belief, the terms "Father" and "Holy Spirit" both describe the one God who dwelt in Jesus. Some Oneness detractors call this the "Jesus-Only doctrine".

Answer 6

That was the voice of God the Father. You guys are trying to confuse what really happened. Read the book for yourself then you'll know.

Answer 7

JESUS WAS WITH GOD BEFORE THE WORLD WAS

John 17:3,5,24 [ Jesus is with God before the world, before Abraham. Rev.22:16 Jesus is the bright and morning star. Col.1:15-17; Rev.3:14 Jesus first creation created in image of God, by him all is created. Matt.16:16,17 Jesus is son of the living God. God is God of the living Matt.22:32; Jesus is Lord of the dead and the living Rom.14:9; Job 38:4-7 Angels see focus on earth, called morning stars and sons of God. Rev.5:11 Angels are vast in number and do not die Luke 20:34-36; Gen.1:26 God said, " Let us make man in our image, after our likeness." Spirit of God is life in soul, all can perish but God's Spirit is His. Num.16:22; Eccl.12:7; Psm.104:29,30. Job.2:1,2 Satan with sons of God Isa.14:12-14; Eze.28:13-15 The cherub anointed over Eden, called Lucifer means day star and compares world rulers to him. 3:1-5 [ Satan as serpent , decieved Eve. Gen.6:2,4[ Jude 6; 1Pet.3:18-20; 2Pet.2:4 Angels did sin, have judges 1Cor.6:2,3 ]; Gen.3:15; From Genesis is Satan and unholy angels, Michael and holy angels, at Moses death Jude 9 ]; John 8:44 Satan is responsible for every death of the offsprings of Adam and the age of the world LOST to SAVED. Satan is the god of this world that will end. Matt,24:3-38 [ Only God knows when ]; 2Cor.4:3 But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost: 2Cor.4:4 In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them. John 3:16 Salvation under heaven is Jesus. Above heaven is Jehovah Gen.22:14; Exo.6:3; 17:15; Judges 16:24; Psm.68:4; 83:18; Isa.12:2; 26:4 Hallowed be thy name in Jesus name. What did Jesus say, or ask for when he prayed to God? Eph.2:7; 3:21 The world with Jesus is without end.

Answer 8

no that was not Jesus talking to himself. it was his Father Jehovah that said This is my Son the Beloved. Jesus is the son of God, not God himself.

Answer 9

That was the Father and the Holy Spirit descending to him. Three Persons, one God. Come to the Saint Ignatius High School in Cleveland and take a Theology course if you seriously have to ask that. We can never fully undertand what that means until the judgment day.

Answer 10

the trinity is a polytheistic belief but Christians believe that they are monotheistic because they believe that these three people are three parts of one deity, which is NOT supported by the bible,

this belief was created by emperor Constantine, who was a pagan but converted to Christianity and wanted every other pagan too also, so he made the church start this dogma, it is not true the father the son and the holy spirit are three different beings, the son and the holy spirit are NOT to be worshiped.