-Removed-I understand the point. So when Christ was praying to God he was essentially praying to himself asking God to give him the glory. For example :
And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent. I have glorified thee on the earth: I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do. And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was.
(John 17:3-5 KJV)
So Jesus says:
- God sent him
- He glorified God
- He is asking God to glorify Him in return
- Jesus had this glory before the world existed.
Its mysterious ... 😀
Divegeester,
You wrote -
This means that ostensibly the father, the son and the Holy Spirit are the same entity, revealed in different ways.
You mentioned three "ways" - the father, the son and the Holy Spirit.
That is a three - a "tri" of three different ways.
Could the ONE God be said to manifest Himself in "tri" ways above ?
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-Removed-If you can think of no better way then to invent the phrase "offices" why cannot others think of no better way then the phrase "triune God" to express this mysterious matter?
You had "tri" ways (three - father, son, Holy Spirit) to express the one God.
So why cannot Christians invent "Triune God" when "tri" ways are manifested of the ONE God at one time?
Ie Matthew 3:16,17 has at one time the "TRI" ways the ONE or (UNE) God is manifested.
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-Removed-You believe that Christ is the Son of God?
God was manifested in the flesh (1 Tim. 3:16)
"God was manifest in the flesh," (KJV)
So why was not Jesus Christ "God ...manifested in the flesh" coming up out of the waters of baptism in Matthew 2:16,17 not a manifestation of God?
Why was that only a manifestation of an office when the Bible says the Son Jesus Christ is "God . . . manifested in the flesh" ?
@Rajk999
The Bible is the living word meaning it can change meaning and understanding at different times throughout our lifetime due to many reasons.
Gods understanding of his Truth is much different than ours and our ability to understand it.
We don’t know every detail from the past, present or future so I trust and believe in Gods word even if my brain doesn’t have the ability to understand it as written sometimes.
@mike69 saidWho asked you all of that?
@Rajk999
The Bible is the living word meaning it can change meaning and understanding at different times throughout our lifetime due to many reasons.
Gods understanding of his Truth is much different than ours and our ability to understand it.
We don’t know every detail from the past, present or future so I trust and believe in Gods word even if my brain doesn’t have the ability to understand it as written sometimes.