Alpha and OmegaThere are many other interesting questions that people ask in trying to understand the Trinity. You are certainly not alone in not understanding this doctrine. And, as stated more than once, it is very difficult to explain. The less one understands something the more difficult it is to explain.Many have stated that the word “Trinity” does not appear in the Bible. Why then would we want to promote, defend, and try to explain a word that is not in the Scriptures? I mean no disrespect to anyone’s beliefs – we are all accountable for our own choices and decisions. I just wanted to add some food for thought, concerning those "interesting questions."One of those “interesting questions” is about his birth. Jesus was born. Mary was pregnant, and then she had a baby. After he was born, after the cord was cut, they wrapped him in swaddling clothes and laid him in a manger. Was he God at that point? If not, when did he “become” God? God warned Joseph of Herod’s evil plan. If the child Jesus was God, why didn’t Jesus warn Joseph? The Bible indicates that Jesus didn’t receive spirit until he was about thirty years old.Another interesting question is from I timothy where it says, "For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus." Thus it shows 3, God, mankind (men), and Jesus. Galatians also says, "Now a mediator is not a mediator of one, but God is one." There are those who say that God became a man, a human being – that Jesus was both God and man. But another one of those “interesting questions” is when Jesus himself, in John 10, was about to be stoned to death. He asked them why they wanted to stone him. They said, because that thou, being a man, makest thyself God.” He did not respond to that accusation by saying, “Yes, you are right, I am God.” Instead he reminded them of Psalm 82 where it talks about people (human beings) being “gods.” And then, he went on to say that if the Scriptures called them “gods,” why do you say I am blaspheming because I said I am the son of God?That question about “who was he praying to in the garden” has other implications as well. Jesus himself said, “Nevertheless not my will, but thine, be done.” He was praying to the Father, and what he said, distinctly and clearly, shows two separate wills, not two identical wills. Jesus made the Father’s will his will. He said that he came not to do his own will, but the will of the Father Who sent him.In this thread, Watt said, “Everything that is true about GOD is true about THE FATHER, THE SON, AND THE HOLY SPIRIT. But, Jesus died; so does that mean that the Father can die too? The Bible says that God raised Jesus from the dead. Can one part of the Trinity die? If so, then all three parts can die. Since God raised Jesus, when one part of the Trinity dies, it will take one of the other two to raise the part that died?I do not wish to argue, and I’m not trying to be facetious This is a very sensitive issue to many Christians. I have heard some call the doctrine of the “Trinity,” the cornerstone of Christianity, or the foundation of Christianity. I personally believe the resurrection of Jesus Christ to be the cornerstone of Christianity. And, in the book of Acts, the early Church consistently preached, not the “Trinity,” but rather, they preached the resurrection of Jesus Christ.There will be continued arguments and debates on this topic until Christ returns. Until then, we ought to at least try to use words and terms that are found in the Scriptures, and try our best to understand what the Scriptures say, and not twist them around and then exclaim that the Scriptures say something that they really don’t say at all. Mike
