I know you believe they are one God but they are still two different entities.
In other words: the strict God of Old Testament or the man God of the New Testament?
2007-01-29 23:00:52 · 4 answers · asked by Kimo 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
You first, since you like to make pun of others.
Whom do you like more. Your father or Muhammad? and Whom do you like more Muhammad or Allah?
No you go, and be honest at least with youself. Before you ask a question, make sure you won't be asked the same.
2007-01-30 03:14:50 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 1⤋
In Genesis 2:7, the Bible records the creation of man in God's image. God forms his body from the elements of the earth, breaths into him a spirit, and the results is a living soul. Man was created as a "three-fold" being - spirit, soul and body.
Each part touches a different realm of live and operates by the principles of that realm. For example, the body touches the physical realm and is bound by the laws of physics, time and space. The soul operates in the mental realm (the will, mind and emotions). It is not bound by physical laws, but is limited in its affect on the the physical. The spirit operated in the spiritual or heavenly realm and communicates directly with God.
Your body is just as much "you" as your mind. Your spirit is just as much "you" as your body or soul. Take away any of the three, and you could not longer function. Three "beings" - spirit, soul and body - that work together to make "you".
God also exist in all three realms. In the heavenly realm he is called the Father. In the physical realm he was called Jesus the Son, and in the soul/heart realm he is called the Holy Spirit. Each operates in a different realm, with a different "name", but together form the single being "God".
In the early part of the Bible, God operates from the heavenly realm. He is outside of man, and limited in his ability to affect man. He can only use "outside" forces - laws, circumstances, consequences, physical force, etc. to guide and control.
But when he came in the form of Jesus, he gave his life so that man's spirit could be reborn. God, in the person of the Holy Spirit, could move into man. God when from the outside to the inside. Now he could move from within. He can use your own character and conscience to guide and control. He does not have to use outside circumstances to force us to obey, but rather can use our inside motivation to allow us to obey.
It is like raising a child. When they are two and three, you are limited to a firm word, a little swat to train and control. As they grow and mature, you can begin to explain and reason, and offer rewards. But the time they are grown, they should have developed character so that they behave because they know right from wrong and want to do right.
The same thing is seen in the Bible. God's relationship with his people grows from the "firm word" training state, to the "reason and reward" state, to the "character within that shapes who you are" state.
So it is not a change in dfference in God from the beginning of the book to the end of the book. Rather it is a change in how men relate to him. So whether you are under the "strict God" or the "loving God" is determined by you and how much you have grown and matured in your relationship with him.
2007-01-30 07:23:35 · answer #2 · answered by dewcoons 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I and my Father are one -John 10:30
This is a moot point beyond this.
Jesus is God, he is telling us to move beyond the Old Testament.
2007-01-30 07:12:08 · answer #3 · answered by great gig in the sky 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Without Jesus I would have no access to the Father, so Jesus.
2007-01-30 07:06:54 · answer #4 · answered by Last Ent Wife (RCIA) 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋