GINOLJC, to all.
I am glad and encourage that many of christians here on the site are asking questions, and that's a good thing. one of the Last questions that was asked was this one which is a good one. "God was in Christ reconciling the world unto Himself (2 Corinthians 5:19)".
many say the TERM "God" here, who is a Spirit, is in reference to the "Father". but one forgets one thing, John 1:14 "And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth."
question time, is not the Word God himself? for John 1:1 states "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God." if the word is God then do we have two Gods? no. here many equate the Word with the "Son". so how is the Son "Made flesh", who is God according to John 1:1c and yet, it was God in Christ reconciling the world unto Himself. did a third of God become flesh? see the problem now?
well many would say see 101G, that's have to be two separate and distinct Persons. Good question, but also if the Word is a separate and distinct person who is God then you have two separate and distinct Gods, or one would have some of God or all of God in that flesh. but one might say well 101G, no it's just one God and two separate and distinct persons here. then my question is, if these two are separate persons how is the Son the make of all thing, and the Father is the maker of all things? there is not two makers. and on top of that the one who now many say is the same person in John 1:3 and isaiah 44:24 who made all things is the same person. (which is true), but now we have a big problem, for the same one persons said in Isaiah 44:24 that he was alone and by himself when he Made all things. now that puts a crimp in the two and separate person theory. well again one might say well their titles are interchangable. if so, then all the distinction goes out the window, as well as any seperatation. for if their titles are interchangable, then there is no distinction, which means there is no separation.
so what's the answer to this dilemma? have you consider that God who is One person "SHARED" himself in Flesh? this would answer all the trinity doctrine question without the added baggage of separation of persons and distinction of persons, which the believers of such doctrine run into all the time, and wined up in more confusion and more mystery. God is not the author of Confusion. when trinitarians run into such verse as here in 2 Corinthians 5:19, and John 1:1 and Revelation 1:4 & 5 just to name a few they are confused. but to know and UNDERSTAND that and who God is, meaning that he is only a single person who shared himself in flesh is the Game changer to knowing the truth. I struggle with those same dilemmas until I surrendered to the truth and all those mysteries, and confusions, and so called hard question vanish into thin air when I was taught by God himself the correct doctrine based on truth.
now I have no confusion about the scriptures, no mysteries about God, and the Godhead, nor any hard questions to understand. I have now only complete peace and full assurance in what I was taught by God.
it took only one thing. I gave up the ball and chain of being ignorant and in darkness. for to be made FREE IS freedom INDEED. for Life and peace in FOUND IN Christ Jesus.
PICJAG.