So basically you cannot access your god directly you first need to go through your god who can't be access directly....
Sounds like an endless loop.
2006-12-20 01:11:04 · 24 answers · asked by Quantrill 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Well if they are 3 parts to the same being I guess it's like saying you can't talk directly to god's head. You have to talk to the hand.
2006-12-20 01:18:13 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 2⤋
‘But isn’t Jesus called a god in the Bible?’ someone may ask. This is true. Yet Satan is also called a god. (2 Corinthians 4:4) At John 1:1, which refers to Jesus as “the Word,” some Bible translations say: “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.” But notice, verse 2 says that the Word was “in the beginning with God.” And while men have seen Jesus, verse 18 says that “no man hath seen God at any time.” (Authorized or King James Version) So we find that some translations of verse 1 give the correct idea of the original language when they read: “The Word was with God, and the Word was divine,” or was “a god,” that is, the Word was a powerful godlike one. (An American Translation) Clearly, Jesus is not Almighty God. In fact, Jesus spoke of his Father as “my God” and as “the only true God.”
Did Jesus ever say that he was God? No, he never did. Rather, in the Bible he is called “God’s Son.” And he said: “The Father is greater than I am.” Also, Jesus explained that there were some things that neither he nor the angels knew but that only God knew. (Mark 13:32) Further, on one occasion Jesus prayed to God, saying: “Let, not my will, but yours take place.” (Luke 22:42) If Jesus were the Almighty God, he would not have prayed to himself, would he? In fact, following Jesus’ death, the Scripture says: “This Jesus God resurrected.” (Acts 2:32) Thus the Almighty God and Jesus are clearly two separate persons. Even after his death and resurrection and ascension to heaven, Jesus was still not equal to his Father.
As for the “Holy Spirit,” the so-called third Person of the Trinity, this is not a person but God’s active force. John the Baptizer said that Jesus would baptize with holy spirit, even as John had been baptizing with water. Hence, in the same way that water is not a person, holy spirit is not a person. (Matthew 3:11) What John foretold was fulfilled when, following the death and resurrection of Jesus, holy spirit was poured out on his followers gathered in Jerusalem. The Bible says: “They all became filled with holy spirit.” (Acts 2:4) Were they “filled” with a person? No, but they were filled with God’s active force. Thus the facts make clear that the Trinity is not a Bible teaching. Actually, long before Jesus walked the earth gods were worshiped in groups of three, or trinities, in places such as ancient Egypt and Babylon.
2006-12-20 15:24:13 · answer #2 · answered by BJ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No,unlike the catholics, christians believe that we ourselves have the power to comunicate with our God.What this verse means is that first we have to belive in Jesus before we can have salvation and God can save us.
Have you heard the saying that god ,the holy spirit and jesus are like an egg?Well this saying applies to this verse.The shell is like Jesus we can't see jesus for ourselves but we do have the bible that tells us about him.Then there's the white part which is like the holy spirit,then there's the yellow part which is God.First we have to believe that Jesus did walk on this earth and that he did die for our sins and then pray that he forgives us our sins and then the holly spirit will enter our heart and then we can communitcate with god.
I am just a person of course god says people are all speacial but I still only have a normal brain and even the most studied christians have a hard time explaining and understanding these sort of sayings and verses.
You obviously have alot of critical questions and you address them without a political stutter but if you have more questions like this i suggest you read the bible.
2006-12-20 09:42:30 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jesus is my Father God in the flesh, silly. He is the words of God in human form. Father God cannot show His face to man because we would all be evaporated instantly. Father God is a Spirit, the most powerful force in the universe. Like trying to stand at ground zero in an atomic blast and live. Impossible. But if Father God took on human form, enter Jesus, then He could talk to man face to face. Because so many have seen the face of Jesus then this is what we will see when we go to live with Him in heaven. Simple isn,t it?
2006-12-20 09:30:01 · answer #4 · answered by martha d 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You are misguided in your logic.Like any relationship it begins with an invitation. and the name Jesus is , was and always will be the only way. A believer has access in a moments notice.The only endless loop is when you passed by the way, the one you did not want to enter into.
2006-12-20 09:22:35 · answer #5 · answered by Conway 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Jesus said, " I am the Way, the Truth and the Life, no one gets through the Father except by Me"
How do you get to the Father through Jesus? You must believe that Jesus is God's Son. That He is the Savior of sins. That He died and rose again on the third day.
2006-12-20 09:22:37 · answer #6 · answered by Kat 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
They are both God in the sense of their diety but they are not the same being. God the father is the creator. God the son is the savior. There is also another God.... the Holy spirit who is the communicator between believers and God.
2006-12-20 09:25:13 · answer #7 · answered by sassinya 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Not all answers are directly proportionate to every question. But first, the Anatomy of a question must be examined.
What is a "question?" This is weird because one is forced to use the very entity being examined to examine the question of what a question is. This is an indication that there is something lacking in man's logic or his communication systems or both or something else.
The answer is within the answer...never the question. For if we answer before we are even asked, the answer is already there; isn't it? The answer my friend is blowin' in the wind, the answer is blowin' in the wind.
Hope you got your answer because I am not answering any more questions in this context nor am I questioning you any further.
2006-12-20 09:12:49 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Jesus prayed that all his followers become ONE, just as he and the Father are ONE.
So, when all the disciples are one, what does that mean?
We all become one spiritually, we speak truth, and are united in Love. John 17:11, 20, 21
All of us disciples are not one PHYSICALLY...but spiritually.
The opposing side has Satan as leader as father of the lie.
Jesus is called god in the Bible. Isaiah 9:6.
Webster's on line dictionary, defines god with different definitions.
god: powerful ruler-----so we can see that this definition fits Jesus, as all authority has been given him, in heaven and on earth.
2006-12-20 09:27:38 · answer #9 · answered by tienna 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
God the eternal Son became incarnate in Jesus Christ. Through Him all things were created, the character of God is revealed, the salvation of humanity is accomplished, and the world is judged. Forever truly God, He became also truly man, Jesus the Christ. He was conceived of the Holy Spirit and born of the virgin Mary. He lived and experienced temptation as a human being, but perfectly exemplified the righteousness and love of God. By His miracles He manifested God's power and was attested as God's promised Messiah. He suffered and died voluntarily on the cross for our sins and in our place, was raised from the dead, and ascended to minister in the heavenly sanctuary in our behalf. He will come again in glory for the final deliverance of His people and the restoration of all things. (John 1:1-3, 14; Col. 1:15-19; John 10:30; 14:9; Rom. 6:23; 2 Cor. 5:17-19; John 5:22; Luke 1:35; Phil. 2:5-11; Heb. 2:9-18; 1 Cor. 15:3, 4; Heb. 8:1, 2; John 14:1-3.)
Because of sin, we are witnesses of the reality of sin and what it does. That is why God had to die to redeem us and he will come again and save us and rid the universe of sin, sinners and the devil Satan forever.
Before there was sin, no one knew really what it was it was just a bad thing. But sooner or later it would arise and Lucifer initiated it and therefore in God's infinite wisdom sin is allowed to be played out so that the character of God will be seen and that all the warning before was warranted.
Sin will never again rare its ugly head because God will not allow it again and we wont either because we see what it causes.
Even God had to pay for sin by the death of His only son, which was no ordinary death - no man or woman on earth every had that death - he died for the world everybody who died already died for themself.
2006-12-20 09:13:31 · answer #10 · answered by Damian 5 · 2⤊ 2⤋