2007-10-08 21:47:53 · 4 answers · asked by kloneme 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Paul is not the first to put this idea forth.
Jesus Christ Himself said at the close of the Gospels to go forth and Baptize, in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Paul came after that.
The Gospel writers...not Paul...also record Jesus as saying, "If you have seen me, you have seen the Father" and "The Father and I are one".
Jesus Himself establishes the Trinity for us in the New Testament.
2007-10-08 21:50:48 · answer #1 · answered by Augustine 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
In the same way that you Muslims choose to give "Allah" 99 names.
Is Allah the most beneficial, the most wise, the most merciful, the most etc....Which one?
The trinity is simply a way to express different manifestations of God without resorting to cheap flattery.
God acts as Father when he creates and disciplines us.
God acts as the Holy Spirit when he comes to inspire and influence us.
God acts as the Son when he comes as flesh to demonstrate that he can do ANYTHING without having to worry about Gnostics being able to understand it fully.
Some people believe God came as flesh to demonstrate that he could and would suffer humiliation, pain, and even physical death in our place, because he loves us so much.
Please refer to Sura 109 of your precious Qur'an
2007-10-09 05:03:01 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
AND,,,you are SO mistaken, go back and try the Bible next time,,also try the book of HEBREWS! See, Paul wrote the letter to the Jews, in Rome. read and learn! then come back and tell us. Someone said one ,,husband & wife is ----one also best to read John17 and see what ONE truely IS. Gee we were created in HIS image,,also HIS likeness AND???
2007-10-09 04:55:21 · answer #3 · answered by hamoh10 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Who ever told you Paul taught the trinity doesn't know what they were talking about.
Paul taught that the God of Jesus was to be worshiped.
(Romans 15:5-6) 5 Now may the God who supplies endurance and comfort grant YOU to have among yourselves the same mental attitude that Christ Jesus had, 6 that with one accord YOU may with one mouth glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
(1 Corinthians 15:24) 24 Next, the end, when he hands over the kingdom to his God and Father, when he has brought to nothing all government and all authority and power.
(2 Corinthians 1:3) 3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of tender mercies and the God of all comfort,
(2 Corinthians 11:31) 31 The God and Father of the Lord Jesus, even the One who is to be praised forever, knows I am not lying.
(Galatians 1:3-5) 3 May YOU have undeserved kindness and peace from God our Father and [the] Lord Jesus Christ. 4 He gave himself for our sins that he might deliver us from the present wicked system of things according to the will of our God and Father, 5 to whom be the glory forever and ever. Amen.
(Ephesians 1:3) 3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, for he has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in union with Christ,
(Ephesians 1:17) 17 that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give YOU a spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the accurate knowledge of him;
(Ephesians 4:6) 6 one God and Father of all [persons], who is over all and through all and in all.
(Ephesians 5:20) 20 in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ giving thanks always for all things to our God and Father.
(Philippians 4:20) 20 Now to our God and Father be the glory forever and ever. Amen.
(1 Thessalonians 1:3-4) 3 for we bear incessantly in mind YOUR faithful work and [your] loving labor and [your] endurance due to [your] hope in our Lord Jesus Christ before our God and Father. 4 For we know, brothers loved by God, his choosing of YOU,
(1 Thessalonians 3:11-13) 11 Now may our God and Father himself and our Lord Jesus direct our way prosperously to YOU. 12 Moreover, may the Lord cause YOU to increase, yes, make YOU abound, in love to one another and to all, even as we also do to YOU; 13 to the end that he may make YOUR hearts firm, unblamable in holiness before our God and Father at the presence of our Lord Jesus with all his holy ones.
1 Cor 3: 3But I want you to understand that Christ is the head of every man, and the man is the head of a woman, and God is the head of Christ.
These are just a few of the scriptures that PROVE Paul did not believe or teach the trinity.
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2007-10-09 09:10:34 · answer #4 · answered by TeeM 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋