I would like Christians to answer this question?

Question

I have heard people tell other christians that they are hell bound because they do not believe in the trinity. If salvation is not based on understanding the trinity, then why are people saying it?

Answer 1

Jesus said that he was returning to the Father and that he would send the Paraclete, or Holy Spirit, to his faithful after his departure.

So whether or not salvation is "based on understanding the trinity" is really a moot point. Part of salvation is coming to know God the Father after accepting Christ's mercy, after which you are sent the Holy Spirit.

This is the way it goes.

As far as telling people they are hellbound, that is just a bad idea all around. God is the only competent judge of human souls there is.

Answer 2

who's to say who's hell bound and who's not if the Trinity was of any importance wouldn't the bible talk about go have a pastor explain the "Trinity" to you and then have a person that goes to a Pentecostal church explain what the "Trinity" is. Isn't salvation based upon what is in your heart anyways

Answer 3

I don't know. The principle of the trinity is difficult for some people to accept, and I can understand that. If our salvation is based on understanding every single thing in the bible, not many would be saved. Salvation is dependent of belief in Jesus Christ as one's savior.

Answer 4

well that's what some religions teach, so they're just repeating what they were taught. Personally, I don't see what the trinity has to do with God's saving grace.

Where is this in the Bible anyway? And where does it say you have to accept it? God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit are all the same thing er something??? Whatever.

Answer 5

Many Christians begin to learn about the Trinity through knowledge of Baptism. This is also a starting point for others in comprehending why the doctrine matters to so many Christians, even though the doctrine itself teaches that the being of God is beyond complete comprehension. The Apostles' Creed and the Nicene Creed are structured around profession of the Trinity, and are solemnly professed by converts to Christianity when they receive baptism, and in the Church's liturgy, particularly when celebrating the Eucharist. One or both of these creeds are often used as brief summations of Christian faith by mainstream denominations.

One God
God is one, and the Godhead a single being: The Hebrew Scriptures lift this one article of faith above others, and surround it with stern warnings against departure from this central issue of faith, and of faithfulness to the covenant God had made with them. "Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD" (Deuteronomy 6:4) (the Shema), "Thou shalt have no other gods before me" (Deuteronomy 5:7) and, "Thus saith the LORD the King of Israel and his redeemer the LORD of hosts: I am the first and I am the last; and beside me there is no God." (Isaiah 44:6). Any formulation of an article of faith which does not insist that God is solitary, that divides worship between God and any other, or that imagines God coming into existence rather than being God eternally, is not capable of directing people toward the knowledge of God, according to the trinitarian understanding of the Old Testament. The same insistence is found in the New Testament: "...there is none other God but one" (1 Corinthians 8:4). The "other gods" warned against are therefore not gods at all, but substitutes for God, and so are, according to St. Paul, simply mythological or are demons.

So, in the trinitarian view, the common conception which thinks of the Father and Christ as two separate beings, is incorrect. The central, and crucial affirmation of Christian faith is that there is one savior, God, and one salvation, manifest in Jesus Christ, to which there is access only because of the Holy Spirit. The God of the Old is still the same as the God of the New. In Christianity, it is understood that statements about a solitary god are intended to distinguish the Hebraic understanding from the polytheistic view, which see divine power as shared by several separate beings, beings which can, and do, disagree and have conflicts with each other. The concept of Many comprising One is quite visible in the Gospel of John, chapter 17, verses 20 through 23.

God exists in three persons

The "Shield of the Trinity" or "Scutum Fidei" diagram of traditional Western Christian symbolism.This one God however exists in three persons, or in the Greek hypostases. God has but a single divine nature. Chalcedonians — Catholics, Orthodox, and Protestants — hold that, in addition, the Second Person of the Trinity — God the Son, Jesus — assumed human nature, so that he has two natures (and hence two wills), and is really and fully both true God and true human.


The singleness of God's being and the multiplicity of the Divine Persons together account for the nature of Christian salvation, and disclose the gift of eternal life. "Through the Son we have access to the Father in one Spirit" (Ephesians 2:18). Communion with the Father is the goal of the Christian faith and is eternal life. It is given to humans through the Divine union with humanity in Jesus Christ who, although fully God, died for sinners "in the flesh" to accomplish their redemption, and this forgiveness, restoration, and friendship with God is made accessible through the gift to the Church of the Holy Spirit, who, being God, knows the Divine Essence intimately and leads and empowers the Christian to fulfill the will of God. Thus, this doctrine touches on every aspect of the trinitarian Christian's faith and life; and this explains why it has been so earnestly contended for, throughout Christian history.

Answer 6

While belief in the Trinity is the foundation of Christianity, it is only those who reject God's grace and mercy that will go to hell.

For a Christian to say otherwise is to show a lack of faith and stupdity.

And trust me, being a Christian myself, I have known a LOT of stupid and faithless Christians. A LOT.

Answer 7

Hi
The reason is a this.
The difference between ALL OTHER RELIGIONS and Christianity(the teachings of Jesus Christ) is the TRIUNE EQUALITY.
THE DEITY OF CHRIST it is called.
That is to say that.....This is WHY Jesus is GOD., and the Holy Spirit likewise. 3n1.
You see the foundation is the trinity.
We would not have Christianity without a truine(3n1) Godhead.
**think about it.....
IF Jesus LITERALLY DIED THAN.......HOW DID HE COME BACK TO LIFE???
THE BIBLE SAYS THAT "THE FATHER" RAISED HIM FROM THE DEAD.
And......... you/me/the next person could not have God dwelling inside us if Jesus/God are in heaven alone.
You see the truine God COMPLETES OUR FAITH. (THE WORD OF GOD-BIBLE)
**WE pray through the HolySpirit(being bornagain) to the SON of God-(our mediator) to the Father (God).
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My youth pastor once told me this:
If you had 1 piece of gum, and you broke it up into 3 EQUAL pieces...is it not still 1 piece of gum, but completely equal still?!!
YES!
Godbless you as you seek the truth-through His word.
1JOHN5:7 (KJ) FATHER,WORD,HOLYGHOST. THESE 3 ARE 1

-LIVE4TRUTH=] GODBLESS.
**ALL OTHER RELIGIONS DO NOT PROFESS THE TRUINE DEITY(EQUALITY) OF GOD. THIS IS THE DIFFERENCE.
AND SO ARE........NOT WITH A(THEE) SAVIOR. takecare.

Answer 8

most christians are a bunch of dumbas s es, so don't listen to them.

just pull out your bible and read the gospels. everything you need to know for salvation is in the gospels. the god fearing christians will lead you down the wrong path, because they obey out of fear and not out of love for god.

your heart will tell you everything. a lot of these azzes on here also think that mother theresa is going to hell.

Answer 9

good answer Esther,

Salvation by grace through faith, not by works.
Ephesians 2:8-9

Answer 10

no one has the right to condemn anyone to hell and I am a Christian.... I am humble and fear God enough to know only he has the right to judge mankind....

"For a Christian to say otherwise is to show a lack of faith and stupdity."

huh?

Heb 12:23
23You have come to the assembly of God's firstborn children, whose names are written in heaven. You have come to God himself, who is the judge of all people. And you have come to the spirits of the redeemed in heaven who have now been made perfect.
(NLT)

Matt 7:1-2
1Judge not, that ye be not judged.
2For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.
(KJV)

Rom 14:4
4Who art thou that judgest another man's servant? to his own master he standeth or falleth. Yea, he shall be holden up: for God is able to make him stand.
(KJV)