why is believing the trinity...?

Question

a "requirement" in order to be a christian?

do you believe it's a requirement?

i think a christian is anyone who believes in jesus christ as the son of god, btw...but you can believe he is the son of god without believing the trinity....like jehovah's witnesses and mormons..

Answer 1

people who beleive in the trinity beleive GOD, Jesus and the holy spirit are all the same entity. I consider myself to be christian, however I don't beleive they are all the same. I beleive GOD is GOD, Jesus is GODS son and the holy spirit is a force that GOD uses to connect all living things. Jehovahs witnesses don't beleive in the Trinity. So, I suppose it depends on what religion you choose to follow and how you interpret the bible. : )

Answer 2

WHY WOULD IT BE A REQUIREMEMT, SINCE THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A TRINITY?

‘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.

Answer 3

The name "Christian" means "little Christ", which indicates one of the primary goals in the Christian walk...imitating Christ. Christ definitely believed in the Trinity:

"And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Helper, to be with you forever, even the Spirit of truth, whom the wolrd cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him. You know him, for he dwells with you and will be in you." (John 14:16-17). This indicates the existence of three separate persons...the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit (Spirit of truth).

If you do not believe in the Trinity, it gives rise to a few critical issues:
1) The belief that Jesus was not God (as he claimed), which would go against Jesus' direct words ("I and the Father are one" - John 10:30)
2) The belief that Jesus was not separate from the Father while he was on earth (if that is true, then why did he cry out "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me" on the cross?)
3) The belief that Jesus and the Holy Spirit are separate deities, which would also go against Jesus' direct words (see John 10:30 above).

Answer 4

Actually it is a fundamental concept. Without the Trinity, Christ and the Holy Spirit are both CLEAR violations of God's commandments. Because the Trinity IS God, it's not a violation of "you shall have no other gods before me."

In fact this is an argument that Muslims make against Christianity. The argument is that if you don't believe in the Trinity, then you are clearly violating the Commandments. If you do, then you violate their believe that God only exists beyond creating and is never manifested in a way that would limit him within the creation.

So yes, the concept of the Trinity is a fundamental concept of Christianity. While the word isn't specifically used, the concept is clearly described in the Old and New Testaments.

If you don't get it, that's ok, education is a journey.

Answer 5

The New Testament states the divinity of Jesus well over 40 times. Why is this a question?

If a person accepts the scripture as truth, then one would certainly expect that they would recognize the divine nature of Jesus...

I have found over the years that MOST Christians who oppose the concept of "trinity" HAVE CONFUSED IT with a theological position called SABELLIANISM which claims that Jesus and the Father are identically the same entity. A CORRECT understanding of the prologue of John's Gospel makes this point quite clear. The nature of the final clause of John 1:1 indicates that, while Jesus (the Word) and God are different "persons," BOTH possess the SAME divine attributes, or, as it is put in one translation, "What God was, the Word was."

Titus 3:13 ...while we wait for the blessed hope and the manifestation of the glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ.

John 1:18 No one has ever seen God. But God, the one and only Son, is at the Father’s side. He has shown us what God is like.

Answer 6

Christians believe in Christ as thier savour. Christ being the Father's Son, sent down to earth to save our souls. Hence the Father and the Son. A Christian also believes that Christ was Crucified on the Cross and rose 3 days later as the Holy Ghost. Hence the Term God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Ghost.

So yes, if you are a true Christian these are the beliefs that your faith is based on. Yes it is a requirement.

Answer 7

because christianity IS believing in christ.. aka jesus... who is the son of god. Thats the entire religion in a sentence. So theres 2 out of 3, and the holy spirit is how god works here on earth. You need all 3!

Answer 8

Because the Church struggled for centuries to define GOD,
& Trinity was the definition which all Christians agreed to.

The Jewish insight was that GOD was Spirit.
Then Jesus arrived, & was more than a Prophet.
He fulfilled all the promises GOD made in Scripture.
He predicted his own passion, death, & rising again.
No-one had ever risen from the dead like that.
This was not just a coma, he had a glorified body.
He could eat fish, but passed through walls.

They had to conclude that he was the Christ (anointed one),
& that he was also divine.
Then he ascended to heaven & gave us the Holy Spirit.
So that GOD was now revealed as three persons.
But by definition, there can only be one GOD.

Answer 9

Simple. Christianity = Belief in Christ as God/Son of God.

If you believe that, then you believe him and he said that you should believe in the Son the Father and the Holy Spirit.

Answer 10

The primary issue is who is Jesus Christ. Like Jesus said, "I told you that you would die in your sins; if you do not believe that I am the one I claim to be, you will indeed die in your sins."" Joh 8:24

For study guides on the Trinity and the Deity of Christ see:
http://www.bcbsr.com/topics/trinit.html
http://www.bcbsr.com/topics/jdeity.html