2007-10-15 17:58:32 · 17 answers · asked by Old guy 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
A better question would be: If Jesus is called GOD and sometimes called GOD Incarnate, and if he said that he and the Father are one, should not the Father be called "The Father of GOD!"???
Another question would be: If Jesus is the son of GOD, doesn't that make The Father alone to be GOD; especially that Jesus said that the Father was greater than him, and that only the Father is good, and that he (Jesus) was the servant of The Father and the son of the servant (Mary) of the Father???
One last question: Why did the Catholics and Orthodox Christians fight over the statement that the Holy Spirit comes from the Father and Son (claimed by the Catholics), while the Orthodox INSISTED that the Holy Spirit comes from The Father ONLY???
In short, it is very clear that YAHWEH or ALLAH is The Father; which the Christians worshipped Jesus (whom they call the Son) and Gabriel (The Holy Spirit) beside HIM. Trinitarians have accompanied other gods beside YAWHEH or ALLAH...this is why they are polytheists; even if they claimed that they worship one god a trillion times.
Still don't wanna believe me: Ask the Jews and the Samaritians who were before the Christians...and ask the Muslims who came after the Christians, and ask the different Unitarian Christian sects (like Jehovah's Witnesses, Unitarians, Arians, etc) and all of these will tell you that the trinity is PURE POLYTHEISM!
Good luck with monotheism!
2007-10-16 03:13:58 · answer #1 · answered by Ash'ari Maturidi 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Because they are not one.
*** w57 7/15 p. 431 The Holy Spirit—Third Person of Trinity or God’s Active Force? ***
HOLY SPIRIT NEITHER A PERSON NOR A GOD
17 If the holy spirit is equal with Jehovah God, as claimed by the Athanasian Creed, and if the trinity is the central teaching of the Christian religion, as claimed by The Catholic Encyclopedia, should we not expect these things to be plainly stated in so many words in the Bible? And should this not especially be the case in view of the fact that it is stated that the trinity teaching is “of all revealed truths” “the most impenetrable to reason,” and yet salvation depends upon its acceptance? The fact that the Word of God does not explicitly mention, explain or teach a trinity is in itself strong proof that the trinity teaching is false. And this is also borne out by what the Bible teaches regarding the holy spirit.
18 Yes, how could the holy spirit be equal with Jehovah the Father when it is given such a secondary position in the Scriptures? Daniel, Stephen and John in visions saw representations of the Father and the Son, but never one of the holy spirit. Why not, if the holy spirit is equal to the Father and the Son in glory, power, etc.? The creed may state that unless we believe that the holy spirit is equal to God we shall perish, but Jesus, in giving us the rule for life, does not even mention the holy spirit: “This means everlasting life, their taking in knowledge of you, the only true God, and of the one whom you sent forth, Jesus Christ.”—John 17:3, NW.
2007-10-15 18:08:24 · answer #2 · answered by EBONY 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jesus does in John 14:18 when speaking of the Comforter and the Spirit of truth (the Holy Spirit)
I will not leave you comfortless. I will come to you.
2007-10-15 18:05:08 · answer #3 · answered by great gig in the sky 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
First of all I think the Holy Spirit is God's presence. Just before He left He said He would send a Comforter that could lead us into all truth.
2016-05-22 21:48:37 · answer #4 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
John: 15:26. But when the Paraclete cometh, whom I will send you from the Father, the Spirit of truth, who proceedeth from the Father, he shall give testimony of me.
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Whom I will send... This proves, against the modern Greeks, that the Holy Ghost proceedeth from the Son, as well as from the Father: otherwise he could not be sent by the Son.
My first impulse is to say to you that everyone back then understood that spirits, holy or not, could Not Be Seen. So He explained it differently. (Mind you, now that I mention it, I HAVE seen a picture of the Holy Spirit.) (Some church in Egypt.)
2007-10-15 18:15:49 · answer #5 · answered by Shinigami 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
He didn't have to say it, He Did It ! By coming back 3 days after death and came back as the Holy Spirit.
2007-10-15 18:04:38 · answer #6 · answered by *~Sandra V~* 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Because they are all different beings, the holy trinity The Father, The son and the holy ghost. The holy ghost is used as guidance it is what some would also call our conscience.
2007-10-15 18:05:17 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
He hadn't introduced the person of the Holy Spirit until the last night of his life.
The Jews understood him to be making himself out to be God when he equated himself to "the father". That was a theological concept they were well versed in.
The Holy Spirit was more of a mystery to them at that time, since references to him were very enigmatic in the Hebrew scriptures.
2007-10-15 18:04:01 · answer #8 · answered by TEK 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I don't know, but I remember the part where it says God "the Father" sent his Holy Spirit upon Mary, and Jesus was begotten.
2007-10-15 18:02:56 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
The Holy Spirit is God. Jesus is God Incarnate.
2007-10-15 18:08:40 · answer #10 · answered by majestic kev 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋