Posted by rayww on October 1, 2003, at 14:47:54
In reply to Re: Are You Willing? » rayww, posted by Dena on September 30, 2003, at 21:28:27
Thankyou for the clarification. I guess where you and I differ is in our understanding of who God is. Although I hold God in the highest regard, I still look to Him as "Father". I associate feelings I have for my earthly Father, with similar ones toward God, they link up somehow. I have a hard time thinking about one without thoughts of the other. They want the same good things for me. THey are both in heaven.
God to me is not an incomprehensible being, rather a personable intimate Father, ONE with whom I would feel comfortable counselling, worshipping, expressing my devotion to, or trusting. That's who God is to me, and also, the Father of Jesus Christ. They are two separate Gods. ANd, to include the Holy Ghost, would make three. Is that Trinity to you?
When I refer to the Trinity I think of three separate identities, three separate spiritual beings, each an individual, comparable to you and I as an individual, meaning they will never become someone else, just like you or I will never become someone else We have always been ourselves from the beginning. Male and Female, Woman or man. Those things do not get switched. Neither does their eternal purpose. THey are one in purpose, one in unity, but cannot physically join each other's mass in element and matter. Element and energy are eternal separate things too which cannot be destroyed.
THere are certain elements of the physical body that are inseparably connected to ourselves, and at the resurrection, will become eternally inseparably connected to our spirit. Some future day those who are worthy will be inseparably connected to God, never to be separated from him again and to our family even. This heavenly place is for those who desire to be there, more than they desire sin.
I cannot comprehend the incomprehensible theory of God. It doesn't make sense to a person who has grown up with the understanding that they have been seen and described as something different.
Perhaps the "one" God theory is a simple mininterpretation. Maybe He was trying to say there is only ONE, not three in him. I'm not trying to put down your faith in Him, just to examine our understanding of who He is. Faith can stand alone, because God knows who you have faith in, even though our misunderstandings of who we think He is.
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