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Ritajanice

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He is indeed but sent by his God and Father because the Father is immortal and cannot die. If Jesus was not 100% Human, he could not have offered his life in exchange for ours. He had to die the same death as Adam, but unlike Adam he was promised a resurrection. And after 40 days of strengthening his disciples he returned to heaven at his Father’s right hand as prophesied by David. (Psalm 110:1-2)
Very, very interesting Aunty.

24Jesus said to them, “Aren’t you mistaken, because you do not know the Scriptures or the power of God?

He’s not saying he was God here , was he.

Do you believe God anointed him with power on his earthly mission as the Messiah?

I didn’t even know that there was scripture in Jesus time, surly that must have been the Old Testament.

The New Testament was written after Jesus death,?

Plus the Holy Spirit is my Living testimony, I know nothing without him.

He testifies that we are Gods children, he also testified that Jesus was the Son Of God...to my spirit when it was birthed by him.
 
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Question: Is the Lord Jesus Coming again?
Are you familiar with Daniel’s prophesies? Daniel wrote about “the time of the end”….The time we are living in right now….(Daniel 12:9-10) His prophesies informed the first century Jews about when to expect their Messiah the first time, and also when to expect his return……the two dates calculated according to Daniel’s prophesy are 29 CE….and 1914 CE.

Christ has already returned and has been present for over 100 years, directing the work he said must be done in this time before his judgment. How can I say that? Easy…..once you read Matt 24:3-14, you will see that Jesus gave a “sign” to indicate, not his “COMING”…..but his “PRESENCE”…a completely different word with a completely different meaning.
The word is “parousia”and it is demonstrated in 2 Cor 10:10…..
Speaking about how others described him, Paul says….”For they say, “His letters are weighty and strong, but his personal presence G3952 is unimpressive and his speech contemptible.”

This word does not only mean coming, (which is “erchomai”) but a perceived presence, even though the arrival is unseen or unnoticed.
Note that the “sign“ Jesus gave would identify the time period of his presence with the identifying features of the prophesy….certain world events that accompanied his arrival, would indicate what was not beheld by the world in general…..if you recall, the angels told his apostles at his ascension that he would return “in the same manner” as he left. So how did Jesus leave this earth to return to his Father in heaven? Only his closest associates knew about it….the world at large was unaware…there was no fanfare or obvious sign, but world shaking events were to take place upon his return, starting with the first sign….


Matt 24:3-14….
As He was sitting on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to Him privately, saying, “Tell us, when will these things happen, and what will be the sign of Your coming, (parousia) and of the end of the age?” And Jesus answered and said to them, “See to it that no one misleads you. For many will come in My name, saying, ‘I am the Christ,’ and will mislead many. You will be hearing of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not frightened, for must take place, but is not yet the end. For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and in various places there will be famines and earthquakes. But all these things are the beginning of birth pangs. “Then they will deliver you to tribulation, and will kill you, and you will be hated by all nations because of My name. At that time many will fall away and will betray one another and hate one another. Many false prophets will arise and will mislead many. Because lawlessness is increased, most people’s love will grow cold. But the one who endures to the end, he will be saved. This gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all the nations, and then the end will come.” (NASB)

What was the first sign? War! (not the kind of wars that have always been fought down through history)…..this war was something completely different. “Nation against nation and kingdom against kingdom”….for the first time in history, all the nations of the earth were involved in a global conflict. WW1

And that was followed by the Spanish flu epidemic that took more lives than the war did…..and enumerable great earthquakes have rocked the planet……and food shortages caused by the war and famine connected to drought that has resulted in millions of deaths.
Hated by the nations for doing what Jesus did, and many falling away from the faith because religion is dead in many countries, conquered by materialism and pseudo science.
False prophets too, offering healing and often with promises of wealth, many with unfulfilled prognostication.

Love would be disappearing from the world as lawlessness increases and Jesus’ disciples would be preaching about God’s kingdom in all the world right up till “the end”.

Jesus is already here, but when he manifests as judge, then the whole world will know about it….
 
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Very, very interesting Aunty.

24Jesus said to them, “Aren’t you mistaken, because you do not know the Scriptures or the power of God?
This was in response to the Sadducees who did not believe in the resurrection of the dead. To try to prove that the resurrection would be an unreasonable thing, they put a tricky question to Jesus, one having to do with a woman who married seven brothers. Whose wife would she be in the resurrection?

To show that their problem would furnish no difficulty for God in the resurrection, Jesus said to these Sadducees: “You are mistaken, because you know neither the Scriptures nor the power of God; for in the resurrection neither do men marry nor are women given in marriage, but are as angels.

So those who are resurrected will not marry in the new world to come.

He’s not saying he was God here , was he.
There is not the slightest mention. Jesus resurrected the dead using the power of god’s spirit.
Do you believe God anointed him with power on his earthly mission as the Messiah?
Before his baptism, Jesus was just the son of Joseph and Mary. He had no special powers, no miracles, but being sinless was not prone to sickness, and he would have exhibited high intelligence.
His siblings would not have seen him as anything but their older brother. It’s the reason why none of them put faith in him until after his resurrection. He was no God/man.
I didn’t even know that there was scripture in Jesus time, surly that must have been the Old Testament.
Jesus and the apostles taught from the Hebrew Scriptures written by Moses and the prophets before Jesus was born.
The New Testament was written after Jesus death,?
Yes. The NT was written also by Jews, even though there were 12 apostles only Matthew, Peter and John were the only ones who wrote what became Scripture.
Paul was chosen after Jesus died, and contributed a great deal to spreading of the gospel, writing to the congregations he helped to establish.

Plus the Holy Spirit is my Living testimony, I know nothing without him.
God’s spirit is active among his people, leading many to his truth by their active evangelism.
He testifies that we are Gods children, he also testified that Jesus was the Son Of God...to my spirit when it was birthed by him.
Jesus never said he was God, but only ever claimed to the son of God…..I believe him.
Jesus is said to have brothers….God is said to have sons.
 
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QUESTION - Who did the Greater Work?

The FATHER delivering the Israelites from bondage under Pharoah/Egypt
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the SON who delivers those bound by sin unto Eternal Forgiveness and Eternal Life?
Grief, are you for real? what ignorance this question reveals!

The Father Yahweh did both!

John 3:16…”For God (the Father, Yahweh) loved the world so much that He sent His Son, so that everyone exercising faith in him might not be destroyed, but have everlasting life.”

You’re totally ignoring the Father, who is God. You should be ashamed!
 
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Question: Is the Lord Jesus Coming again?
He most assuredly is coming again. When? …at the 7th trump, after the tribulation of the 6th trump when the Antichrist is here. The saints aren’t going anywhere until then, until the King of kings and Lord of lords returns. :woohoo!:

Matthew 24:29-31 (NKJV) 29 “Immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken. 30 “Then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. 31 “And He will send His angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they will gather together His elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
 

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Before his baptism, Jesus was just the son of Joseph and Mary. He had no special powers, no miracles, but being sinless was not prone to sickness, and he would have exhibited high intelligence.
His siblings would not have seen him as anything but their older brother. It’s the reason why none of them put faith in him until after his resurrection. He was no God/man.
Ok Aunty...but didn’t he perform miracles in his Father’s Nane?

How could he have done that without the empowerment of the Spirit?

Do you not believe that the Spirit of his Father anointed him with great power?

How do you believe Jesus was able to do what he performed on earth, what about those loaves in a basket,

  • Then he took the five loaves and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he blessed them, and brake, and gave to the disciples to set before the multitude. And they did eat, and were all filled: and there was taken up of fragments that remained to them twelve baskets.




didn’t he also turn water into wine, how could he have done that?
Thank you for your post.,enjoyed the read.

Short commentary .

The miracle is told of in John 2:1-11. Jesus, his mother, and his disciples attend a wedding in the village of Cana. When the wine runs out at the feast, Jesus turns water into wine, thus demonstrating his divinity to his disciples.
 
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He most assuredly is coming again. When? …at the 7th trump, after the tribulation of the 6th trump when the Antichrist is here. The saints aren’t going anywhere until then, until the King of kings and Lord of lords returns. :woohoo!:

Matthew 24:29-31 (NKJV) 29 “Immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken. 30 “Then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. 31 “And He will send His angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they will gather together His elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.

More verses tell us of this too, this is a salvation to be revealed in the last day. First time He came was as a sacrifice for sin, second time for salvation, meaning our deliverance from the wrath of God coming on this world and this evil age will be destroyed.

Hebrews 9

23 Therefore it was necessary that the copies of the things in the heavens should be [j]purified with these, but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these. 24 For Christ has not entered the holy places made with hands, which are [k]copies of the true, but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us; 25 not that He should offer Himself often, as the high priest enters the Most Holy Place every year with blood of another— 26 He then would have had to suffer often since the foundation of the world; but now, once at the end of the ages, He has appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of Himself. 27 And as it is appointed for men to die once, but after this the judgment, 28 so Christ was offered once to bear the sins of many. To those who eagerly wait for Him He will appear a second time, apart from sin, for salvation.

1 Peter 1

3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His abundant mercy has begotten us again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, 4 to an inheritance [b]incorruptible and undefiled and that does not fade away, reserved in heaven for you, 5 who are kept by the power of God through faith for salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.

1 Thess 1
9 For they themselves declare concerning us what manner of entry we had to you, and how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God, 10 and to wait for His Son from heaven, whom He raised from the dead, even Jesus who delivers us from the wrath to come.

1 Thess 4 tells us when the resurrection happens and our gathering to Him in the clouds as HE returns

The Comfort of Christ’s Coming​

13 But I do not want you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning those who have fallen [b]asleep, lest you sorrow as others who have no hope. 14 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so God will bring with Him those who [c]sleep in Jesus.

15 For this we say to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord will by no means precede those who are [d]asleep. 16 For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. 17 Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And thus we shall always be with the Lord. 18 Therefore comfort one another with these words.
 
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And more on His returning, the future of them who do not believe and us whom He chose to obtain salvation.

2 Thess 2
Now, brethren, concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our gathering together to Him, we ask you, 2 not to be soon shaken in mind or troubled, either by spirit or by word or by letter, as if from us, as though the day of [a]Christ had come. 3 Let no one deceive you by any means; for that Day will not come unless the falling away comes first, and the man of [b]sin is revealed, the son of perdition, 4 who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God or that is worshiped, so that he sits [c]as God in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God.

5 Do you not remember that when I was still with you I told you these things? 6 And now you know what is restraining, that he may be revealed in his own time. 7 For the [d]mystery of lawlessness is already at work; only [e]He who now restrains will do so until He is taken out of the way. 8 And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord will consume with the breath of His mouth and destroy with the brightness of His coming. 9 The coming of the lawless one is according to the working of Satan, with all power, signs, and lying wonders, 10 and with all unrighteous deception among those who perish, because they did not receive the love of the truth, that they might be saved. 11 And for this reason God will send them strong delusion, that they should believe the lie, 12 that they all may be condemned who did not believe the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness.

Stand Fast​

13 But we are [f]bound to give thanks to God always for you, brethren beloved by the Lord, because God from the beginning chose you for salvation through [g]sanctification by the Spirit and belief in the truth, 14 to which He called you by our gospel, for the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. 15 Therefore, brethren, stand fast and hold the traditions which you were taught, whether by word or our [h]epistle.

16 Now may our Lord Jesus Christ Himself, and our God and Father, who has loved us and given us everlasting consolation and good hope by grace, 17 comfort your hearts and [i]establish you in every good word and work
 
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I believe in…

God the Father…Yahweh…God Almighty…Creator of Heaven and Earth and Adam and Eve…..

God the Son…Yeshua…the Son of God…Messiah…Savior…Redeemer.

The Holy Spirit…the unnamed God…helper…guide…teacher… strengthener….nurturer.

I believe the word Trinity expresses three Gods in unity....Tri-unity. Triune would be three in one.

I believe the Gods have substances that cannot be defined and probably different but alike enough to sit on thrones and I believe they have separate minds and presences. I believe the “ands” are important as in God the Father and God the Son and God the Holy Spirit.

I love Christmas and Easter and decorating the Christmas Tree and Easter Eggs.

I beleieve in the eternal punishment of a firey Hell where their screams of agony will be heard for eternity.

 
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Grief, are you for real? what ignorance this question reveals!

The Father Yahweh did both!

John 3:16…”For God (the Father, Yahweh) loved the world so much that He sent His Son, so that everyone exercising faith in him might not be destroyed, but have everlasting life.”

You’re totally ignoring the Father, who is God. You should be ashamed!
All 3 together did that
 
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I gave you scriptures in post #2,728:
In Matt.3:16-17 Father, Son and Holy Spirit were present
1 Pet. 1:2. F, S, HS
Only the Father is referred to as God in verse 2. In the next verse it says:

(3) Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to his great mercy caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,​

Eph. 2:18. F, S, HS
Ephesians 1:3
(3) Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ;​

1 John 5:7 For there are three that bear witness in heaven: the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit; and these three are one.
You surely know that 1 John 5:7 is a spurious verse. The Cambridge Bible Notes says (bold text is my highlighting):

If there is one thing that is certain in textual criticism, it is that this famous passage is not genuine. ... External and internal evidence are alike overwhelmingly against the passage. ... But there are three facts, which every one should know, and which alone are enough to shew that the words are an interpolation. (1) They are not found in a single Greek MS. earlier than the fourteenth century. (2) Not one of the Greek or Latin Fathers who conducted the controversies about the doctrine of the Trinity in the third, fourth, and first half of the fifth centuries ever quotes the words. (3) The words occur first towards the end of the fifth century in Latin, and are found in no other language until the fourteenth century. The only words which are genuine in this verse are, For there are three that bear record, or more accurately, For those who bear witness are three.​

Then Matt. 28:19 is a scripture AND command that you ignor.
Likewise this verse has also been corrupted. See the thread Matthew 28:19 - Trinity corrupted verse.
 

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Ok Aunty...but didn’t he perform miracles in his Father’s Nane?

How could he have done that without the empowerment of the Spirit?

Do you not believe that the Spirit of his Father anointed him with great power?

How do you believe Jesus was able to do what he performed on earth, what about those loaves in a basket,

  • Then he took the five loaves and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he blessed them, and brake, and gave to the disciples to set before the multitude. And they did eat, and were all filled: and there was taken up of fragments that remained to them twelve baskets.




didn’t he also turn water into wine, how could he have done that?
Thank you for your post.,enjoyed the read.

Short commentary .

The miracle is told of in John 2:1-11. Jesus, his mother, and his disciples attend a wedding in the village of Cana. When the wine runs out at the feast, Jesus turns water into wine, thus demonstrating his divinity to his disciples.
Jesus performed miracles, but it was the Father who made them happen. This is why the miracles are the Father's witness that Jesus is the Messiah.
John 5:36, 10:25, 10:38, 15:24
 

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Jesus performed miracles, but it was the Father who made them happen. This is why the miracles are the Father's witness that Jesus is the Messiah.
John 5:36, 10:25, 10:38, 15:24
How did God give Jesus the power to perform these miracles, that is what I’m asking...if he was just a mere human.how could he turn all those few loaves and feed how many?

Plus how did he raise Lazerath from the dead?


John 11:1-45

King James Version

11 Now a certain man was sick, named Lazarus, of Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha.
2 (It was that Mary which anointed the Lord with ointment, and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.)
3 Therefore his sisters sent unto him, saying, Lord, behold, he whom thou lovest is sick.
4 When Jesus heard that, he said, This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God might be glorified thereby.
5 Now Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus.
6 When he had heard therefore that he was sick, he abode two days still in the same place where he was.
7 Then after that saith he to his disciples, Let us go into Judaea again.
8 His disciples say unto him, Master, the Jews of late sought to stone thee; and goest thou thither again?
9 Jesus answered, Are there not twelve hours in the day? If any man walk in the day, he stumbleth not, because he seeth the light of this world.
10 But if a man walk in the night, he stumbleth, because there is no light in him.
11 These things said he: and after that he saith unto them, Our friend Lazarus sleepeth; but I go, that I may awake him out of sleep.
12 Then said his disciples, Lord, if he sleep, he shall do well.
13 Howbeit Jesus spake of his death: but they thought that he had spoken of taking of rest in sleep.
14 Then said Jesus unto them plainly, Lazarus is dead.
15 And I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, to the intent ye may believe; nevertheless let us go unto him.
16 Then said Thomas, which is called Didymus, unto his fellowdisciples, Let us also go, that we may die with him.
17 Then when Jesus came, he found that he had lain in the grave four days already.
18 Now Bethany was nigh unto Jerusalem, about fifteen furlongs off:
19 And many of the Jews came to Martha and Mary, to comfort them concerning their brother.
20 Then Martha, as soon as she heard that Jesus was coming, went and met him: but Mary sat still in the house.
21 Then said Martha unto Jesus, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died.
22 But I know, that even now, whatsoever thou wilt ask of God, God will give it thee.
23 Jesus saith unto her, Thy brother shall rise again.
24 Martha saith unto him, I know that he shall rise again in the resurrection at the last day.
25 Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:
26 And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this?
27 She saith unto him, Yea, Lord: I believe that thou art the Christ, the Son of God, which should come into the world.
28 And when she had so said, she went her way, and called Mary her sister secretly, saying, The Master is come, and calleth for thee.
29 As soon as she heard that, she arose quickly, and came unto him.
30 Now Jesus was not yet come into the town, but was in that place where Martha met him.
31 The Jews then which were with her in the house, and comforted her, when they saw Mary, that she rose up hastily and went out, followed her, saying, She goeth unto the grave to weep there.
32 Then when Mary was come where Jesus was, and saw him, she fell down at his feet, saying unto him, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died.
33 When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews also weeping which came with her, he groaned in the spirit, and was troubled.
34 And said, Where have ye laid him? They said unto him, Lord, come and see.
35 Jesus wept.
36 Then said the Jews, Behold how he loved him!
37 And some of them said, Could not this man, which opened the eyes of the blind, have caused that even this man should not have died?
38 Jesus therefore again groaning in himself cometh to the grave. It was a cave, and a stone lay upon it.
39 Jesus said, Take ye away the stone. Martha, the sister of him that was dead, saith unto him, Lord, by this time he stinketh: for he hath been dead four days.
40 Jesus saith unto her, Said I not unto thee, that, if thou wouldest believe, thou shouldest see the glory of God?
41 Then they took away the stone from the place where the dead was laid. And Jesus lifted up his eyes, and said, Father, I thank thee that thou hast heard me.
42 And I knew that thou hearest me always: but because of the people which stand by I said it, that they may believe that thou hast sent me.
43 And when he thus had spoken, he cried with a loud voice, Lazarus, come forth.
44 And he that was dead came forth, bound hand and foot with graveclothes: and his face was bound about with a napkin. Jesus saith unto them, Loose him, and let him go.
45 Then many of the Jews which came to Mary, and had seen the things which Jesus did, believed on him.
 

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A very peculiar coincidence? Nah.
Just seems odd to me ... I'm curious. You are always present to support whatever Amigo De Cristo posts, almost every post, within only minutes, he gets a like from you and or supportive scripture. He joined Sept. 12, 2020.. You joined 3 days later!
Are you guys married? Being from the UK doesn 't throw me off because it seems whenever he posts, you are right there. I doubt if you are in separate time zones 6-7 hours either.
A scenario of Amigo and wife might go something like this:
Amigo:"Okay honey, I logged another post"
Marveloustime: " I'll be right there ... you know I like and agree with everything you say". Nah, I don't think so. That would be like that movie Pleasantville where everyone was happy and in agreement with everything everyone did.
Now I have a very loving wife, but even she doesn't like everything I say; nor is she in agreement with me on every topic. Even if she was, she would not be posting right along with me side by side. So, thinking this through more,. likely you are not married.
>>> The other possibility is that you are Amigo de Christo, with a dual account - to like yourself and give yourself support.
It is very odd. Anyone else can check all your posts and see the two of you together as two peas in a pod.

Wow, I just examined over 100 of your posts - all in response to Amigo de Cristo.
Ronald i have been single for well over twenty years . some of us actually heed CHRIST
who said if one puts away their wife and marries another its adultery . Well back in my pagan days
though i could cliam i was a beleiver , i actually put away my wife . So no remarriage for me friend .
But sorrow not , By obeying the Lord he has filled my heart with joy .
Marvelous really does live in the UK and i live in texas .
And its not pleasantville , its call bibleville . I can promise if she sees error she would tell me i had error .
The same if i see error in her i would tell her .
 

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Question: Is the Lord Jesus Coming again?
You BET HE is my friend . and in that day and on that hour
the sheep rejoice but woe wail for the goats . IT be a one time event my friend .
And its on a day and in an hour no man knows . The signs of the times are swollen as to what days we are now living in my friend .
 

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Only the Father is referred to as God in verse 2. In the next verse it says:

(3) Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to his great mercy caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,​


Ephesians 1:3
(3) Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ;​


You surely know that 1 John 5:7 is a spurious verse. The Cambridge Bible Notes says (bold text is my highlighting):

If there is one thing that is certain in textual criticism, it is that this famous passage is not genuine. ... External and internal evidence are alike overwhelmingly against the passage. ... But there are three facts, which every one should know, and which alone are enough to shew that the words are an interpolation. (1) They are not found in a single Greek MS. earlier than the fourteenth century. (2) Not one of the Greek or Latin Fathers who conducted the controversies about the doctrine of the Trinity in the third, fourth, and first half of the fifth centuries ever quotes the words. (3) The words occur first towards the end of the fifth century in Latin, and are found in no other language until the fourteenth century. The only words which are genuine in this verse are, For there are three that bear record, or more accurately, For those who bear witness are three.​


Likewise this verse has also been corrupted. See the thread Matthew 28:19 - Trinity corrupted verse.
I understand your view, filled with suspicions, doubts and misinterpretation. I am aware of 1 John 5:7, , but do not need that verse to support my view ( if it was contrived), it's just one of many. Sorry, but I don't think there will be any resolve between Trinitarians and Non-Trinitarians until Christ comes, then you'll know.
 

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Going on vacation (from this topic as well ... put in my two cents for what it's worth).

Ya'll have a Merry Christmas.
 
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