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Originally Posted by UntoHim
Actually, posts that don't address modalism as taught by Witness Lee are off-topic for this thread. Not sure why that's so hard of a concept for people to understand. I'm not sure how many times I have to say this: There are certain things that are not up for debate here on the main forum. One of them is the deity of Christ. Another would be that the Father so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son, and if we believe on him our sins our forgiven. Another would be that Jesus Christ was crucified and raised bodily on the third day, ascended to heaven and is now at the right hand of the Father. There are a number of other nonnegotiables as far as I'm concerned, but I won't take the time to reiterate them here.
My personal believe is the orthodox view/teaching/understanding of the Trinity, that God is one in Being and three in Person, has been a core element of the Christian faith since the beginning and is a nonnegotiable. However, since the very topic at hand is addressing Lee's non orthodox teachings, it seems reasonable for the various forum members to give their current views/understandings of the nature of the Trinity/Godhead. (Assuming that you even believe there is such a thing)
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Untohim, I see at least two large revealing errors in your post. First would be that God is one and three in person, being something core from the beginning. This is just not so. If this was taught by the apostles, we would not be having all of this discussion now. You need to consider what was preached and taught in the book of Acts to realize that the three person thing was not some core belief. Look at church history that led up to the various decree counsels. Be honest with yourself and with the scripture.
Second, and most revealing is you state " the Father so loved the world that he gave...". The error here is that John did not write the Father so loved, but God so loved... The one true God is the Father John 17.3 (Jesus's words as quoted by John- not mine) . But you can see that John's thought is God so loved. I think you altered the word to Father to preserve your trinitarian view, rather than the scriptural. John's thought of God, I'm afraid differs from yours. You reall should be calibrated by the scripture, and not try to mold the scripture to fit a man made theology.