Many believe God to beThree SEPERATE persons but the truth is, God is One God MANIFESTED IN THREE WAYS not three persons, "Father in Creation, Son in Redemption and Holy Spirit in Regeneration".
Their is only One God who is our Father, Paul also points this out (1 Cor 8:6), This one God is known as the Father (Not Father, Son and Holy Ghost). This one God has a Holy Spirit and it is also God but its that same God who is the Father. This one God who is our Father manifested himself in Flesh (1 Tim 3: 16), it was not a second person of the Godhead that manifested himself, it was God IN GENERAL. This is why Jesus said "The Father is in me" (John 14: 10) "when you see me you see my Father also" (John 12: 45) I and my Father are One (John 10: 30)
Jesus is God because God is in him (2 Cor 5: 19) "not God the Son but God IN GENERAL.
Jesus and Paul claimed that the Father is the ONLY God (John 17: 3, 1 Cor 8: 6).
What about the Holy Spirit and Jesus?
2007-07-01 02:25:14 · 31 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
God who is the Father manifested himself in flesh, this is why Jesus says the Father is the only God, the Holy Spirit is also this one God who is known to be our Father, they are not seperate persons but one.
This is One God manifested in Three ways, not Three seperate persons.
If you disagree, please don't give me Matthew 28: 19, John 1:1, Gen 1: 26, Hebrews 3: 1-8, etc, I already know all of these and can explain all these to you, they don't mean a Trinity of persons but manifestations.
2007-07-01 02:28:35 · update #1
Jesus is the SON OF GOD, the Son pertains to flesh because he was born of a woman (Gala 4: 4) also the bible says the Son died, God the son can't die if he was a second person of the Godhead. Jesus is not just a man, he is fully the one true God and fully man.
2007-07-01 02:31:21 · update #2
Matthew 3: 16 also doesn't represent three person present, The dove was for John to see and believe that Jesus was the Messiah, the Voice was for the people to believe, This was not Three persons, God is omnipresent and can be in Jesus and Heaven at the same time.
2007-07-01 03:00:52 · update #3
YES! Jesus was God manifest in flesh. 100% human 100% divine. His humanity knew not fully of the power of His divinity, but oh yes, His divinity was fully aware of His fallen flesh. Sinless, spotless Lamb ... until his last breath, drinking the "cup", feeling the burden of our sins upon His humanity which separated his humanity from His divinity, ... until he rose, reconciling Himself as God, pouring Himself as the Holy Spirit, indwelling in those that surrender and repent to Him. The Father, Son, the Holy Spirit, three titles, One God, whose Name is Jesus, Jehovah, The Beginning, The Last, The Alpha, The Omega, the Great I AM.
Isaiah 9:6 KJV
2007-07-01 04:01:05 · answer #1 · answered by Dr. G™ 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
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2016-11-06 22:41:01 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Which ever way you try to get around it the Bible does not teach that Jehovah and Jesus are one and the same.
The Bible as a whole is harmonious and if you studied the entire bible and not just pick out scriptures to suit your claim you would realise that the Bible clearly teaches that Jehovah God is the only True God and is Almighty.Jesus Christ is the Son of God and not God the Son.He is referred to as Mighty God(Isa.9:6)but never Almighty.Holy Spirit is Jehovah Gods active force.It is what God uses to accomplish his purposes.It is not a person.
When you look at John 17:21,22,Jesus shows what he meant by his being "one" with the Father.Jesus and Jehovah are 'one' in that they are united in thought and purpose.The same applies to John 14:10.You are taking scriptures out of context to support your claim.
Of course Jesus would say that the Father is the ONLY true God.Because He was!
If you claim that Jehovah and Jesus are one,are you telling us that for three days the universe had no creator?
So in answer to your question - NO.
I believe what the Bible teaches and that is that Jehovah is Almighty God,the Sovereign Ruler.That Jesus Christ is His only begotten Son and that the Holy Spirit is not a person but Jehovah God's active force.
2007-07-01 05:47:07 · answer #3 · answered by lillie 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, Jesus does state that he is God. Especially when He refers to Himself as, "I Am." But there is a problem with what you are saying about there not being a triune Godhead.
When Jesus prayed He prayed to the Father, not Himself. He spoke of sitting next to His Father and spoke often of the Father as a seperate entity. He also spoke of the Holy Spirit as being someone different as well claiming even at one point that the Father would send the Holy Spirit once He Himself had departed.
The triunity is a difficult concept for us to accept because we do not see how one can be three at the same time. It is stange to us so we try to explain it away. The onesess doctrine is one of those attempts. You can also see it in the watchtower teachings as they teach that Jesus was a lesser, created God.
I don't know how the triunity works, but scripture and Jesus have never lied to me before. I have always found them to be a trustworthy source so I accept what they say on this as well.
2007-07-01 02:46:11 · answer #4 · answered by todd s 3 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Jesus is the only begotten son of God.
What does only begotten mean?
It means the only thing God actually made with his power.
So there is proof from the bible that Jesus cannot be God. God had no beginning or end. Jesus had a beginning.
And when Jesus was preaching a woman with a flow of menstruation touched the hem of his garment wanting to be cured. He turned around and asked who had touched him. Because he felt the power of the holy spirit leave him.
It is an active force that God gives to his son to work miracles.
2007-07-01 02:50:23 · answer #5 · answered by debbie2243 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yes ONE GOD
The Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost are ONE
"For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one." --1 John 5:7 (KJV) ...
Colossians 2:9 For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily.
Deuteronomy 6:4
Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God is one Lord:
There it is clear as can be over three times it say there is only ONE God in heaven and this is Jesus Christ.
Jesus gave the keys to Peter that after he returned to Heaven that Peter was the Rock to what the churct is to be built on.
Day of Pentecost Peter Said to Repent and be baptized ALL of YOU in the name of " JESUS CHRIST" who is the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Ghost.
You can not get to heaven if you don't get saved and except Jesus Christ as your savior.
2007-07-01 03:55:46 · answer #6 · answered by Sandy S 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Jesus is the son of God. Matthew 3:16 After Jesus was baptized, just as he was coming up out of the water, the heavens opened and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and coming on him. 3:17 And a voice from heaven said, “This is my one dear Son; in him I take great delight.”
God Bless
2007-07-01 02:39:39 · answer #7 · answered by channiek 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I believe Jesus is the son of God, that is why Jesus says i am going to the father, and ask the father anything in my name.
2007-07-01 03:00:37 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Jesus did not pray to himself in the garden of Gethsemane. and also on the cross before He died, He did not say "Why have I forsaken my self, unto my hands I commit my self" . Jesus Himself declared that He was the Son of God. That makes 2. The Holy Spirit makes 3. We are all apart of God.
2007-07-01 02:46:50 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
This always confused me at school as a young child, The priest use to hold up a shamrock (I'm from Ireland, if you were wondering about he shamrock,lol) and say "This shamrock has 3 leaves on it, yet it is still the one shamrock, then he went on to tell us about God & Jesus & The Holy Spirit and compared them to the shamrock! Did you also know that Jesus was mentioned in the time of Adam & Eve!
Take look at this it called "The Forgotten Books of Eden"
I just left it on this page for you but the full book is there! :-)
http://www.sacred-texts.com/bib/fbe/fbe047.htm
I hope you like it!!
2007-07-01 02:55:06 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋