Perry
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [TruthTalk] The Trinity Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2004 18:14:57 EST
In a message dated 3/9/2004 1:55:49 PM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> we get in to in these "Trinity" discussions arise not because of the
> threeness idea of the Trinity but because of the oneness idea we have about "God."
Another new guy on the list. Hi.
I am thinking that such discussions arise because we insist on speaking in
non-biblical terms. "Trinity" is our word. "Godhead" is the biblical word.
With "Godhead" there is little doubt that a bunch of first century flat
foots (the 12 apostles) would see a problem that was anywhere close to the first
century issue of considering Christ to be God. Let's not forget that in Old
Testament scripture, God Almighty and the Spirit of God are everywhere but the
Jews only thought in terms of oneness. There were no "dualist" nor
"trinitarians" in the Pentecost crowd the day of the first Christian sermon.
A second reason for the confusion (as I understand it) is that God did not
chose to explain Himself to us. Without "official" explanation, we have only
conjecture. Each of the three are there, in the inspired text. I am
afraid that if we try to explain what has not been fully revealed, we give the
enemy another target.
John Smithson
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