Triune God, modalism, or are you heretic?

[Shawn]

Originally Posted by KSA

Seeing that red face and rolling eyes, I think you already caught perichoresis. You should visit a doctor.

I know theological discussions can be boring and look not important. But when we label someone a heretic and a cultist, we gotta know our theology. (I like this one).

My point is that Jesus was the Son sent by the Father. But the Father was in the Son, and the Son did only what He saw the Father was doing. Therefore, the Father was more than just an observer at the cross. Do you agree with this?

I'd like to again draw our attention to orthodox teaching that God is one in nature, but not in number. Does anybody agree with this statement?

I had been beating my head against a wall in trying to expound the mystery of the Trinity in previous forums (from my limited understanding), always coming up against the rejoiner "yes, but do you believe that the Son and the father are the same?" sorry, I had to get that out of my system!

Anyway, I fully embrace the One nature of God, but always am floored by the words our Lord spoke on the cross at His crucifixion; "My God, My God, Why have You forsaken Me?"

The pain of that experience is always too much to comprehend and causes me to wonder how deep of a chasm occurred in that moment of rejection of the Father for His Son, that our Salvation could be secured. I believe the One nature of God was never compromised, but still, how deep of a separation occurred at that moment....

Thank you Lord for bearing that pain, that we could recieve such a precious salvation and live with such a blessed hope!

Shawn