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@Wrangler @APAK @Johann READ CAREFULLY PLEASE!

Johann's issue, along with many others, arises from the belief in a misleading fallacy—that the nature of Christ could NOT exist independently, without the support of Deity. Adam had only one nature, which could stand in no other way than unsupported and alone. The Trinitarian fails to understand that God's Son had to stand alone in his nature to overcome the flesh of sin. The entire point of God having a Son with a Woman of the fallen race is to overcome a nature which opposes His (Divine).

If Christ can sin THEN God can sin AND For God to have Victory over sin and our nature He required a Son who could sin to allow Him to condemn Sin in the Flesh.

8:1 There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. 8:2 For the law of the life-giving Spirit in Christ Jesus has set you free from the law of sin and death. 8:3 For God achieved what the law could not do because it was weakened through the flesh. By sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and concerning sin, he (God) condemned sin in the flesh (Christ), Rom 8:1-3

Goal - Free us from the Law of Sin and Death
God's Law - Was weakend because the Law increased Sin and Revealed Flesh for what it was!
God sending His own Son - Christ being raised up in Sin's Flesh allowed God to condemn sin within it's source i.e. Flesh & Blood Nature

If ever there was an opportunity for Paul to introduce dualism it was here as this is the most clearest of all the passages on Christs nature and the condemnation of sin within that nature.

@ProDeo quoted a verse recently which I assume went over his head??? But consider the importance of this principle:

I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. Gal 2:20

Only those who are in Christ, that is, constitutionally by faith, can have the condemnation of the Law of Sin and Death removed—because where was it removed? In Christ!

Furthermore, if God removed the condemnation of sin in Christ, then anyone found in Christ can also partake in his resurrection!

For if we have been united with him in a death like his, we shall certainly be united with him in a resurrection like his. Roman 6:5

See How God works?

Now if like Johann, you believe Jesus could not sin, did not have our nature and didn't really die - then what use is it to be in that Christ?

You are still in your sins!

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Christ was perfect and sinless.

Hebrews 4:15
For we do not have a High Priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but was in all points tempted as we are, yet without sin.
Wow did you catch that Scott? @David in NJ

What weaknesses do you and the Lord share?

2 Corinthians 13:4-5 For Jesus was crucified in weakness, but lives by the power of God. For we also are weak in him, but in dealing with you we will live with him by the power of God. Examine yourselves, to see whether you are in the faith. Test yourselves.

Com'on boys get the cogs moving!

What weakness did you and Jesus share? @Johann @Wrangler @APAK @ProDeo

You all know the truth, but something called the Trinity is holding you back from fully experiencing the vastness of God's abundant grace and mercy!

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You both realize those last two posts cannot be refuted! Johann knows he cannot present a Christ in which the Law of Sin and Death has been removed while maintaining dualism. He cannot explain the shared weakness we have with Christ because, in his view, Christ couldn’t be tempted, couldn’t sin, and couldn’t die.

He has no propitiation for sin!
 
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Wow did you catch that Scott? @David in NJ

What weaknesses do you and the Lord share?

2 Corinthians 13:4-5 For Jesus was crucified in weakness, but lives by the power of God. For we also are weak in him, but in dealing with you we will live with him by the power of God. Examine yourselves, to see whether you are in the faith. Test yourselves.

Com'on boys get the cogs moving!

What weakness did you and Jesus share? @Johann @Wrangler @APAK @ProDeo

You all know the truth, but something called the Trinity is holding you back from fully experiencing the vastness of God's abundant grace and mercy!

F2F
When the Word left Heaven, HE emptied Himself and became "weak" compared to His Eternal GLORY that
HE had with the FATHER, now get this, BEFORE the world was!!!
 

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In the end, it means that the Trinitarian is unable to truly identify with the Lord Jesus Christ because they have transformed Him into something he is not.

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When the Word left Heaven, HE emptied Himself and became "weak" compared to His Eternal GLORY that
HE had with the FATHER, now get this, BEFORE the world was!!!
And you are saying you also have emptied yourself of this Divine Power?

Try again....
 
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You both realize those last two posts cannot be refuted! Johann knows he cannot present a Christ in which the Law of Sin and Death has been removed while maintaining dualism. He cannot explain the shared weakness we have with Christ because, in his view, Christ couldn’t be tempted, couldn’t sin, and couldn’t die.

He has no propitiation for sin!
You are a master of deception-twisting and putting words in my mouth.

J.
 
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In the end, it means that the Trinitarian is unable to truly identify with the Lord Jesus Christ because they have transformed Him into something he is not.

F2F
The LORD Jesus Christ defined such comments as yours by including you in with the monotheistic atheists.

Then they said to Him, “Where is Your Father?”

Jesus answered, “You know neither Me nor My Father. If you had known Me, you would have known My Father also.”
 
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In the end, it means that the Trinitarian is unable to truly identify with the Lord Jesus Christ because they have transformed Him into something he is not.

F2F
Jesus in no way, shape or form relinquish His Deity.
Your miss-characterizing of me and the scriptures is going to find you out.

J.
 

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Christ was perfect and sinless.

Hebrews 4:15
For we do not have a High Priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but was in all points tempted as we are, yet without sin.
Great verse!
Wow did you catch that Scott? @David in NJ
Because of dualism, trinitarians take on Hebrews 4:15 is Yabut he couldn’t sin.
  • He was in. Yabut he was out.
  • He was up. Yabut he was down.
  • He was wet. Yabut he was dry.
  • He was dead. Yabut only part of him.
What’s odd about this is the draw the line with their IDOL. The trinity is totally not dualistic.
 

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@Wrangler @APAK

You both realize those last two posts cannot be refuted! Johann knows he cannot present a Christ in which the Law of Sin and Death has been removed while maintaining dualism. He cannot explain the shared weakness we have with Christ because, in his view, Christ couldn’t be tempted, couldn’t sin, and couldn’t die.

He has no propitiation for sin!
I doubt he’ll concede anything - too prideful.
 
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@Wrangler @APAK @Johann READ CAREFULLY PLEASE!

Johann's issue, along with many others, arises from the belief in a misleading fallacy—that the nature of Christ could NOT exist independently, without the support of Deity. Adam had only one nature, which could stand in no other way than unsupported and alone. The Trinitarian fails to understand that God's Son had to stand alone in his nature to overcome the flesh of sin. The entire point of God having a Son with a Woman of the fallen race is to overcome a nature which opposes His (Divine).

If Christ can sin THEN God can sin AND For God to have Victory over sin and our nature He required a Son who could sin to allow Him to condemn Sin in the Flesh.

8:1 There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. 8:2 For the law of the life-giving Spirit in Christ Jesus has set you free from the law of sin and death. 8:3 For God achieved what the law could not do because it was weakened through the flesh. By sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and concerning sin, he (God) condemned sin in the flesh (Christ), Rom 8:1-3

Goal - Free us from the Law of Sin and Death
God's Law - Was weakend because the Law increased Sin and Revealed Flesh for what it was!
God sending His own Son - Christ being raised up in Sin's Flesh allowed God to condemn sin within it's source i.e. Flesh & Blood Nature

If ever there was an opportunity for Paul to introduce dualism it was here as this is the most clearest of all the passages on Christs nature and the condemnation of sin within that nature.

@ProDeo quoted a verse recently which I assume went over his head??? But consider the importance of this principle:

I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. Gal 2:20

Only those who are in Christ, that is, constitutionally by faith, can have the condemnation of the Law of Sin and Death removed—because where was it removed? In Christ!

Furthermore, if God removed the condemnation of sin in Christ, then anyone found in Christ can also partake in his resurrection!

For if we have been united with him in a death like his, we shall certainly be united with him in a resurrection like his. Roman 6:5

See How God works?

Now if like Johann, you believe Jesus could not sin, did not have our nature and didn't really die - then what use is it to be in that Christ?

You are still in your sins!

F2F
Statement of the year....or nearly anyway

Again as you said,

Now if ....., you believe Jesus could not sin, did not have our nature and didn't really die - then what use is it to be in that Christ?

You are still in your sins!

And so because he was and is none of those things, and not in any state of sin, God desires us and is pleased today to follow him and listen to him in spirit to salvation.

We are in Christ because we now, and many did and do, attach ourselves to him in faith as he did it all for us, as one of us, as a human being capable of sin, as us, and and still did not sin - Heb 4:15. This is why we desired to be in him of course, and with it the hope of salvation. And it pleases the Father that we chose to be in spirit with his son, the human being who passed the test of perfection as Adam failed. He thus became our NT and beyond High priest F2F with God at the sacrificial altar and also the sacrifice on the altar.

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You are a master of deception-twisting and putting words in my mouth.

J.
Such a statement can only come from someone who has run out of points to make. Your theology has been exposed repeatedly, and this is the only response you have left.

My Christ can save me from the Law of Sin and Death.

Yours cannot!

You should, in humility, acknowledge this, repent of the false beliefs you hold, and seek to be found "in" the true Lord and Christ.

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When the Word left Heaven, HE emptied Himself and became "weak" compared to His Eternal GLORY that
HE had with the FATHER, now get this, BEFORE the world was!!!
what a bunch of manure David. You have 4 glaring errors in your post.. wow
 

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And you are saying you also have emptied yourself of this Divine Power?

Try again....
i was hoping you would make such a comment, as such it is an answer to prayer.

When the FATHER called me unto Christ, HE showed me the WAY the TRUTH and the LIFE.
Therefore, i emptied myself at His Feet as nothing in me was worthy of His Glory.
This delighted the LORD and HE prayed to the FATHER on my behalf.
The FATHER sent the Holy Spirit to fill me UP with His Truth and Joy and Peace.

JESUS emptied Himself so that we could be brought near to the FATHER and receive His Mercy.

Therefore, i HIGHLY recommend that you follow the WAY, the TRUTH and the LIFE and empty yourself
at the Feet of the Lord Jesus Christ that you also may be forgiven and Filled with the Righteousness of God.

But what things were gain to me, these I have counted loss for Christ.
Yet indeed I also count all things loss for the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord,
for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them as rubbish,
that I may gain Christ and be found in Him, not having my own righteousness, which is from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is from God by faith; that I may know Him and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death, if, by any means, I may attain to the resurrection from the dead.
 

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In the end, it means that the Trinitarian is unable to truly identify with the Lord Jesus Christ because they have transformed Him into something he is not.

F2F
The irony is per Deut 18:15-18, YHWH selected a man among the people of Israel so they could have a better relationship with their God without being terrified of being in his overwhelming presence.

In response to this loving, level setting action, Trinitarians put this God chosen mediator back on an unreachable pedestal, undoing the purpose of the New Covenant, us going through this man among the Israeli people mediator for our benefit, to only be able to go directly to a terrifying God.
 
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