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Originally Posted by Sons to Glory!
I'm glad you think you are all clear on the matter. I do see your point (3-in-1), but also see the other (1-in-3). Or is it visa-versa . . . ?  |
It’s not a question of me being “all clear”, rather it is just an acceptance that Paul told the believers that for them there is but one God, the Father. The whole trinity/ triune/3=1/1=3, is not a Christian discussion- it is outside the realm of scripture and faith (although I guess it takes a whole lot of some kind of faith to think that a man- made deity is more appropriate than what God had his apostle Paul tell us about God). If you expect some scriptural understanding to appear concerning a 3/1 1/3 understanding of God, well it just ain’t there. If you expect the Holy Spirit to witness to something that was a man- made theology, that would be foolishness. If we expect the church to be built on a 3/1 1/3 false theology, history proves that’s not happening. If you look for Christian oneness to come together over 3/1 1/3, that’s not what Paul prescribed.
SsofG, if the mystery of 3/1 1/3 is your view of God, you may really want to spend some of your quiet time pondering 1 Cor 8. Paul gives a “all clear” understanding of God in plain English (actually Greek, of course) , and you can set aside the whole modaliism argument .