Classic......
Well logic tells us yes.
2007-02-07 02:16:35
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answer #1
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answered by Anonymous
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God is a trinity of persons: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. The Father is not the same person as the Son; the Son is not the same person as the Holy Spirit; and the Holy Spirit is not the same person as Father. They are not three gods and not three beings. They are three distinct persons; yet, they are all the one God. Each has a will, can speak, can love, etc., and these are demonstrations of personhood. They are in absolute perfect harmony consisting of one substance. They are coeternal, coequal, and copowerful. If any one of the three were removed, there would be no God. (See also, "Another Look at the Trinity")
Jesus, the Son, is one person with two natures: Divine and Human. This is called the Hypostatic Union. The Holy Spirit is also divine in nature and is self aware, the third person of the Trinity.
There is, though, an apparent separation of some functions among the members of the Godhead. For example, the Father chooses who will be saved (Eph. 1:4); the Son redeems them (Eph. 1:7); and the Holy Spirit seals them, (Eph. 1:13).
A further point of clarification is that God is not one person, the Father, with Jesus as a creation and the Holy Spirit is a force (Jehovah's Witnesses). Neither is He one person who took three consecutive forms, i.e., the Father, became the Son, who became the Holy Spirit. Nor is God the divine nature of the Son (where Jesus had a human nature perceived as the Son and a divine nature perceived as the Father (Oneness theology). Nor is the Trinity an office held by three separate Gods (Mormonism).
The word "person" is used to describe the three members of the Godhead because the word "person" is appropriate. A person is self aware, can speak, love, hate, say "you," "yours," "me," "mine," etc. Each of the three persons in the Trinity demonstrate these qualities.
The chart below should help you to see how the doctrine of the Trinity is systematically derived from Scripture. The list is not exhaustive, only illustrative.
The first step is to establish the biblical doctrine that there is only one God. Then, you find that each of the persons is called God, each creates, each was involved in Jesus' resurrection, each indwells, etc. Therefore, God is one, but the one God is in three simultaneous persons. Please note that the idea of a composite unity is not a foreign concept to the Bible; after all, man and wife are said to be one flesh. The idea of a composite unity of persons is spoken of by God in Genesis (Gen. 2:24).
2007-02-07 10:17:36
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answered by Anonymous
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This involves the understanding of the the trinity, The father, the son and the holy spirit. It's like water, at it's eutectic point it can sometimes exist in three phases...ice, liquid and gas but still if you look at it, it is still essentially water but bear in mind that the phases are in different forms. Hence, it can be true to claim that when Jesus ascended to Heaven God was beside himself but then again it is not entirely correct either to make such a claim. Like as in you can't say that ice is gas, can you?
2007-02-07 10:21:41
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answer #3
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answered by rennieboy 1
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Jesus is sitting at the right hand of God waiting to stand when it is time for him to come back for his church and to judge the world.
Yeah some of you might laugh or consider this a fairytale but on that day your laughter will turn into sorrow.
2007-02-07 10:24:08
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answered by Commander 6
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In the Summa Theologica, St. Thomas Aquinas gave this answer, which is the best I have ever read:
2007-02-07 10:17:27
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answered by Anonymous
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Absolutely
And when my son comes home we are the Carter family again. One Family three parts.
Great Question!
2007-02-07 10:17:56
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answered by Bye Bye 6
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Very funny! I'm laughing so hard that I am now beside myself...
Wait...
Does that make me God?
2007-02-07 10:19:40
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answer #7
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answered by gatewlkr 4
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His name was YAHOSHUA! In Ex 23:13 He tells us not to use pagan names unless we are worshiping pagan mighty ones.
2007-02-07 10:18:18
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answered by hasse_john 7
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He became part of the trinity once again.
2007-02-07 10:15:49
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answered by Anonymous
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LOL! I guess so!
2007-02-07 10:16:33
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answered by Anonymous
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