The TRINITY, Taking Another Lookunder construction - please come back soonThough we are are being transformed by the renewing of our Minds (Romans 12:1-3), and growing in wisdom, understanding and knowledge and may have some of these as Gifts of the Spirit (I Cor 12): Yet in this life we "See through a glass darkly, and only then, face to face." (I Cor 13). Trinity Teaching: Are We Careless?We talk about the three-in-one, and We understand the important of this equality. A couple of considerations: Consideration-A; Perhaps we would be wiser NOT to "explain" God in such a manner as almost no two people or groups agree, and the often confusing-contradicting definitions cause those in the intellectual category of society to resist a confusing-contradicting definition of anything. We preachers and theologians are used to being able to babble almost any incoherent concept and have it accepted without question because we are almost always "preaching to the choir" - OR teachers students who must agree to get the grade! Truly smart people - and many who so claim are not - (in fact you can often recognize the true genius as their mind seems helpless in rejecting "gobbeldy-gook" psycho-babel so prevalent in every profession) - but the true intellectual would far rather have an "I don't know" answer than a confusing, improper one. When asked to "explain God", the correct, intelligent answer is simple: "God cannot be explained by human beings: period!" If we humans could either explain or understand God, He would no longer be God: He would be one of us! . . . which leads us to the next consideration.
We seriously ask, > When did God become "a person?" > Jesus said "God is Spirit!" (John 4) > God never referred to Himself as a person, rather, God is Light, God is Love/Charity/Justice, God is a "consuming fire", God is eternal, . . . and NONE of these can be said for any person we have ever known of! > Scripture never calls God a person, so where do -"we, the finite, source of 10,000 diverse, disputing denominations - get the authority to lower God to a person? FACT: I am a person, you are a person, Adolph Hitler was a person, Osama bin Ladin is a person. FACT: God is NOT s person, God is Spirit! It may be that the modern practice of lowering God to our level has been caused by Bible teachers, continually teaching that God is a person! Thus society sees God as finite and opinionated, whose word is NOT absolutely true for all people, of all ages and all situations.
God Himself uses the Word "Godhead" - so why shouldn't we? There is God the Spirit (always Holy) God the Father, and God the Son.God is one, but humanly impossible to explain the complexity of God. Here are just a couple things the great minds of the ages from Thomas Jefferson to Voltaire struggled with: > God is immortal, He cannot die. Jesus was also God, yet it is said He literally died on the cross and rose again. So, did God die? > Blasphemy against God the Son or God the Father can be forgiven, but 'Blasphemy against the Holy Spirit never hath forgiveness.' > Jesus appeared in His resurrected body, ate food, etc., and declared 'a Spirit hath not flesh and bone as ye see me have. So does the Holy Ghost have a body? Why does the Holy Ghost not sit on a throne in Heaven as God the Father and Son are seen in the Revelation? > How could Jesus be 100% God and not know what The Father knew, and not know when He would return? > How could Jesus be 100% God and yet be the man, the "Second Adam" as Paul taught in multiple Scriptures, calling Jesus a man, contrasting Him to Adam. > How could Jesus be 100% God, and yet be "tempted in all points like as we are" as Scripture says, and yet be above temptation, as Scripture says "God cannot be tempted!" === Of course Jesus is God, is and was Divine, worthy of Worship, etc.,There have been enough councils and conferences in the last 2,000 years with splits and division and even death - all over one trying to make one group accept "another's definition".Jesus and Paul were far too smart to get into "straining at gnats" while swallowing camels. * * Do you realize neither Jesus or Paul never attempted to explain every detail of these nuances? * * Do you realize Jesus NEVER preached - not even one time - on many of the things most Bible preachers think must be preached continually? * * Truth Shock! "Grace came by Jesus Christ and He was the Fullness of Grace" [FOOTNOTE-1] but Jesus never mentioned the word Grace! * * Truth Shock! Jesus never preached to any crowd on "being Born again!" [Jesus only answered a question for Nicodemus, who came to Him privately, under cover of night, and Jesus explained why Nicodemus was "blind" to understanding who Jesus really was - otherwise, Jesus never mentioned it again!]. * * Truth Shock! Jesus never preached on - or ever mentioned - His virgin Birth to anyone (and neither did Peter, Paul, James or John, etc.) Now these are beautiful teachings and doctrines - and we believe them all. . . QUESTION: but why are we emphasizing what Jesus never mentioned? QUESTION: Shouldn't we be emphasizing what Jesus emphasized?
The word 'Trinity' is not in the Scriptures; The word 'Clergy' is not in the Scriptures; (makes a false "professional dichotomy) The word 'Laity' is not in the Scriptures; (makes for an "I'm just a spectator whose job it is to clap for the professional performer, and pay his keep) The word 'Sacrament' is not in the Scriptures, and there is not scriptural given number of sacraments; The word 'Christmas' is not in the Scriptures; (better called "the Birth of Christ") The phrase 'Good Friday' is not in the Scriptures; (better called "Passover") The word 'Easter' is not in the Scriptures; (better called "Resurrection Day") The phrase 'Worship service' is not in the Scriptures; The phrase 'Praise service' is not in the Scripture; The phrase 'Praise & Worship Leader' is not in the Scripture; The word 'rapture' is not in the Scriptures; (source of great confusion and division") The phrase 'The Antichrist' is not in the Scripture; The words / phrases (pre-trib, mid-trib, post-trib, no-trib, pre-mill, post-mill, a-mill, secret rapture, no rapture, imminent return of Christ, are not in the Scripture; The phrase 'end-times' is not in the Scripture; The phrase 'the 7 year tribulation' is not in the Scripture; Even the phrase 'The Second Coming' is not in the Scripture; These "man-made" words lead to doctrines and teachings that distract and divide, while detracting from the actual Words of the Lord - the "pure Words" - which help to achieve the unity and oneness of the body we are commanded over and over in Scripture.
  
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