Can you and your son be the same person? No. God, Jesus and the Holy Spirit aren't a person.
Jesus is God's first creature."He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation"-Colossians 1:15.
The Holy Spirit is God's active force.At Genesis 1:2 the Bible states that "God's active force ["spirit" (Hebrew, ru'ach)] was moving to and fro over the surface of the waters." Here, God's spirit was his active force working to shape the earth.
Many centuries before the time of Christ, there were triads, or trinities, of gods in ancient Babylonia and Assyria. The French "Larousse Encyclopedia of Mythology" notes one such triad in that Mesopotamian area: "The universe was divided into three regions each of which became the domain of a god. Anu's share was the sky. The earth was given to Enlil. Ea became the ruler of the waters. Together they constituted the triad of the Great Gods."
The book "The Symbolism of Hindu Gods and Rituals" says regarding a Hindu trinity that existed centuries before Christ: "Siva is one of the gods of the Trinity. He is said to be the god of destruction. The other two gods are Brahma, the god of creation and Vishnu, the god of maintenance. . . . To indicate that these three processes are one and the same the three gods are combined in one form."—Published by A. Parthasarathy, Bombay.
A Dictionary of Religious Knowledge notes that many say that the Trinity "is a corruption borrowed from the heathen religions, and ingrafted on the Christian faith." And The Paganism in Our Christianity declares: "The origin of the [Trinity] is entirely pagan."
WHY, for thousands of years, did none of God's prophets teach his people about the Trinity? At the latest, would Jesus not use his ability as the Great Teacher to make the Trinity clear to his followers? Would God inspire hundreds of pages of Scripture and yet not use any of this instruction to teach the Trinity if it were the "central doctrine" of faith?
2006-12-13 23:51:19
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answered by Alex 5
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Alexa, the voice of reason! The bible is very logical, however people make it illogical by holding on to false teachings. The concept of the trinity is not scriptural, the few scriptures that trinitarians use are taken out of context. Jesus bought back what Adam lost, this would not of made sense if Jesus was the Divinity.
Jesus had a very close relationship with his father. John 3:16 " For God love the world so much that he gave his only begotten son....will be saved"
2006-12-14 02:09:39
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answered by nicky 3
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Trinity Doctrine - Foundation of the Christian Faith
What is the Trinity Doctrine? In a nutshell, there is one God, eternally existing in three persons: Father, Son (Jesus Christ) and Holy Spirit. The three persons of the Godhead are coequal and co-eternal
Above is what I copied and pasted from a Catholic website. Is there any verse in the Bible that confirms this doctrine? No. The Bible at Ps. 83:18 says that Jehovah is the Most High. When announcing to the virgin Mary that she would conceive a son, the angel Gabriel said at Luke 1:32: "This one (Jesus) will be great and will be called SON of the Most High."
Going by the above definition, is Jesus part of the trinity? Well, what did Jesus say about himself? At John 10:36, he called himself God's Son, not God himself. At John 17:3, he said his Father was the ONLY true God. Did Jesus say he was God's equal? At John 14:28, he said: "The Father is greater than I am."
So, is Jesus part of a trinity? The answer is no.
2006-12-13 23:02:51
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answered by LineDancer 7
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Jesus is God.
2006-12-13 22:43:51
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answered by Gre2000 3
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The Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit are one. GOD!!
2006-12-13 22:35:55
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answered by tracy211968 6
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Jesus was God's son?
You know what I would do to anybody who did to my son what they did to God's son?
God did not do that. That proves Jesus was not God's son.
2006-12-13 22:38:07
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answered by curious 4
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we refer to him as God the father ( son and holy spirit). there is only one God but he has shown himself to us in 3 ways.
2006-12-13 22:55:55
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answered by Mim 7
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God is a power- know this and be at peace on this question.
2006-12-13 22:40:32
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answered by Anonymous
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Jesus loves you.
2006-12-13 22:31:08
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answered by Preacher 6
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Heh
2006-12-13 22:31:38
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answered by wolf560 5
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