Christianity?

Question

I am trying to understand other religion's points of views. I just cannot understand how you can have a God, a Son and a Holy Spirit who are all the same person? It does not make sense, if you call the "Son" your God then who is God? Please enlighten.

Also, why do Christians use the NIV version, and not the original version of the Bible?

Answer 1

Ask Jesus to be your Lord and Savior. The Holy Spirit will come to live inside you. Ask the questions of Jesus and the answers will be given. If you believe!

Answer 2

The original Bible is written in Greek and Hebrew. NIV is a translation in modern english.

God is one and more than one at the same time.... We don't actually know everything about God. His nature is to some degree a mystery to us, we learn more and more as we go along.

I've heard the trinity explained by thinking of something simple like lemonade... it's three things: water, lemon juice, and sugar. Three substances, but also one substance: lemonade. Both one and more than one at the same time.

God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit are three natures, but the same God.

Answer 3

Here is an example that may help you. My mother is my parent, my counselor, and my friend, yet she is one person. There are different occasions in which she needs to relate to me in different ways.

God is a little bit different, because He actually is three people at the same time. God the Father is the Master and Creator of the Universe. God the Son, Jesus, is God come to earth as a human to accept the punishment for our sins and provide a way to bring us back into unity with God. God the Holy Spirit is God's presence living with us, revealing God's will to us, and interceding on our behalf to God the Father when we pray.

Read the opening of the gospel of John. "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God." "And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us." Word is referring to Jesus. When sin entered the world, the unity with God was broken. God became a man so that He could pay the price for the sin and restore us in unity with Him.

God is just so big, and great, and beyond our comprehension. it is hard. There are things that make sense to us that a 4-year old just can't understand, because of their stage of intellectual development, not because of stupidity or lack of reason or any other matter. Our understanding of God grows with our spiritual development, and will not be complete until we reach heaven.

Answer 4

God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit are like water, ice and vapor. All versions except the original, KJV, are corrupt and edited by mankind. (For instance, I know a bible that has a gay editor and they took homosexuality out of the bible)

Answer 5

No, it's not easy to wrap your mind around the concept of the Trinity, and it's not something that can be explained in one sentence. Do a google search for Trinity explanation and maybe there's an explanation out there that will make sense to you. I had to read a dozen explanations before it clicked in my head.

As to why we don't read the "original" version of the Bible: I can only read English, and there are some great new translations out that make understanding the Bible easier. If you don't like the NIV there are others available.

Answer 6

WOW! I read the answer that says you are a "dolt" because you don't understand this concept. Typical reaction from someone defending their stance with nothing better to say.

I understand your question but I don't have an anwer for it. As you do, I question a lot of things that other Christians shun me for.

For whatever it's worth here's my answer:

Rule 1 - the Bible says it so it must be so
Rule 2 - If you question antything the Bible says you are going to hell.
Rule 3 - Refer to Rule 1.

Answer 7

They don't use the original because it's in Hebrew and Greek...

The NIV and other "new" versions are translated directly from Greek and Hebrew.

As far as the trinity goes, see God as someone with multiple personalities, only his personalities are divided into separate "persons"...

Hope that helps.

Answer 8

Jesus is God's son. God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit are the trinity as they are all one. Jesus isn't God but He is God's son as He came to earth to tell people about God and die on the cross for our sins. The Holy Spirit enlightens Christians about God and helps change people who are Christians into men and women of God. God is the one who created this earth and also created you and me.

Answer 9

You are getting the point? The Doctrine that you are talking about is the central doctrine of professed Christianity today?, The trinity Doctrine, but no wherein the bible is it ever talked about, in fact it never appeared anywhere before the forth century CE.
The head of the Roman Empire at that time was Constantine, who was anxious to use apostate Christianity as “cement” to consolidate his shaky empire. For him, this theological controversy was counterproductive. He called the Trinity quarrel a “fight over trifling and foolish verbal differences.” Having failed to reconcile the two opposing parties by a special letter sent to Alexandria in 324 C.E., Constantine summoned a general church council to settle the matter either way. At this First Ecumenical Council held at Nicaea, Asia Minor, in 325 C.E., the assembled bishops eventually came out in favor of Alexander and Athanasius. They adopted the Trinitarian Nicene Creed, which, with alterations believed to have been made in 381 C.E., is subscribed to up to the present day by the Roman Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Church and most Protestant churches. Thus it was that Christendom came to worship a mysterious, incomprehensible, three-in-one “unknown God.”
But do not confuse this with bible teachings. Because the bible is very clear on just who God is? and who Jesus is?
(1 Corinthians 8:5-6) 5 For even though there are those who are called “gods,” whether in heaven or on earth, just as there are many “gods” and many “lords,” 6 there is actually to us one God the Father, out of whom all things are, and we for him; and there is one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom all things are, and we through him. (Matthew 16:15-17) 15 He said to them: “YOU, though, who do YOU say I am?” 16 In answer Simon Peter said: “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.” 17 In response Jesus said to him: “Happy you are, Simon son of Jo′nah, because flesh and blood did not reveal [it] to you, but my Father who is in the heavens did.

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Answer 10

Somebody asked this question earlier about Jesus' temptations.

and this is what i said.

according to Christians Jesus is supposedly God.
And Christians believe that Jesus went into the desert for 40 days and fasted to fight temptations.
Then how in hell could he be God.
How can someone believe that their so called Jesus God have temptations.
God does not have temptations.
He is perfect
He is immortal
He is One.


after many people saying yeas he did have temptations (and also my religion teacher at my christian school said that) i have concluded that there is NOOO wayyyy that i can possibly believe in Christianity.
Honestly no offense to Christians, i mean half of my friends are Christians. There is just no way i can believe in it.



peace+love=happiness

Answer 11

It doesn't make sense. There were four councils who decided to do that.

325 A.D.
First General Council at Nicea, declared that the Son was from the beginning of the same nature as the Father.

381 A.D.
Second General Council at Constantinople, declared that the Holy Spirit was to be worshipped with the Father and the Son.

431 A.D.
Third General Council at Ephesus, decreed that Jesus had two natures, a human and a divine; also that Mary was the "mother of God", in opposition to those who maintained that she was the "mother of Christ".

451 A.D.
Fifth General Council at Chalcedon, decreed that the two natures in Christ constituted only one Person and one will.

http://www.christadelphia.org/pamphlet/jesus.htm#12