Quest (03-11-2020)
Caused by....interesting concept....But that really is not the issue...the division is real....but so are all splits are they not?
The point is claiming superiority or accuracy of scriptural interpretation is based on those who decided ______ (whatever) makes is so has never been my source of confidence.
I can indoctrinate myself to any belief and convince myself it is true because of my systematic theology...Baptist do it...Catholics....Methodist...Church of Christ....in a debate everyone one of them has an answer for why the other is wrong in their interpretation.
Solid indoctrination can win a debate anytime...does not make it RIGHT.
Ezekiel 33 (03-13-2020)
Actually... both are right at the same time. It's part of the mystery of the Lord.
The Bible teaches there is One God.
The Bible also teachers there are 3 that bare witness in Heaven: the Father, the Word, and the Spirit.
It's quite simple actually.
We are 3 part beings according to the Word of God as having been created in God's image... but we are ONE person.
Ezekiel 33 (03-30-2020), Jew and Greek (03-30-2020)
1 John 5:7
For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.
See there... the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost are one.
So, you aren't yourself? God created man in His Image - 3 in one person, but yet 3 different parts or persons.
I would respectfully disagree.
If Trinity doctrine is wrong (and I staunchly believe it is), then it is an idol. It is the very Biblical definition of a false image of God and there are many 100s of millions led astray by it.
Will God judge every one of them definitively?
That's God's department, but it's a pretty serious misalignment with God's Word to be worshiping, and praying to, something (and thus someone) other than Almighty God.
Just my 2 cents.
ETA: I'm not a fan of Michael Brown at all. I have found him to be very insincere and unprofessional multiple times on the radio and on videos of his presentations. I don't find him to represent Scripture honestly or accurately.
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Look, as it were, through a telescope that will bring it up near to you; look into hell, and hear them groan; then turn the glass upwards and look at heaven, and see the saints there, in their white robes, with their harps in their hands, and hear them sing the song of redeeming love; and ask yourself--Is it possible, that I should prevail with God to elevate the sinner there? Do this, and if you are not a wicked man, and a stranger to God, you will soon have as much of the spirit of prayer as your body can sustain. -Charles Finney 'The Spirit of Prayer' from 'Lectures On Revivals of Religion'
ONEmeansONE (01-07-2024)