Western Trinitarians, do not follow the early church teaching.

[Lizbeth]

Thank you brother @amigo de christo for these dire warnings. Keep trenching on in the Lord.
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Love is not rude and does not behave itself unseemly. So we do need to be led by the Spirit and wait upon the Lord to open an effectual door, and not be forcing ourselves through other people's doors/boundaries against their will.

There are many things in the bible that people want to discuss and learn and grow in, and God forbid that anyone would be found hindering or hampering that. Otherwise we stand in danger of making an idol out of one single thing or belief...and that is how denominations are "formed", as in set in cement of the flesh rather than being in spirit. They sort of rally around a single doctrinal belief or two, and are proud of it, instead of around Jesus, the whole of Him and all that He has to say in His Word.

 

[Lizbeth]

I suggest that you read through the Gospel of John. He presents three Persons of God--the Father, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit. And then search for the term "one God" in all of Scripture. You will see the Trinity emerging as its truth. The Trinity is a mystery that human minds cannot solve with our puny minds that cannot reach into the depths of our great God. We need to humble ourselves to accept the mysteries of God, who is far beyond us (Isaiah 55:8-9).

1Co 2:6-8

We speak wisdom, however, among them that are full grown: yet a wisdom not of this world, nor of the rulers of this world, who are coming to nought:
but we speak God’s wisdom in a mystery, even the wisdom that hath been hidden, which God FOREORDAINED before the worlds unto our glory:
which none of the rulers of this world hath known: for had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory


1Ti 3:16

And without controversy GREAT is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.

Everything we need to know is in scripture and we should not go beyond what is written. We don't need to go to anyone for the truth unless they are just pointing us to scriptures that we don't know or hadn't taken notice of. Personally I don't like to get into arguing the finer points of the concept of trinity, but I believe it's vital to understand and believe/accept Who Christ is in His deity.

If it's any help to anyone, I believe according to the scripture above, that Jesus was foreordained in the beginning....not that He was literally created and begotten in the beginning of the world. But I think we can take it that this is in the same sense that the Lamb was slain from the foundation of the world, not literally, but a done deal as far as God was concerned in His foreknowledge and foreordaining, and who exists outside the limitations of time.