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FAQ # 139
QUESTION 139 : Is the Trinity a tradition of men, or is it taught, stated,
and commanded in the Bible; the Word of God?
One of its teachers
noted: "...The Bible does not explain to us how the three
Persons are the one God..."
Here
is how that statement is found:-
- "Although
the Bible does not explain to us how the three Persons are the one
God, it tells us most emphatically that the Spirit of God created
the world (Genesis 1:2), the Father created the world (Hebrews 1:2),
and the Son created the world (Colossians 1:16). If you check the creation
references in the New Testament, you will see that these particular
references are bolstered by several others teaching the same things.
- As creation has been attributed to the Father, the Son,
and the Holy Spirit singly and collectively, they are the one God. There
cannot be three gods. The Scripture declares, 'Look unto me, and be
ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none
else' (Isaiah 45:22). Hence there is unity in trinity and trinity in
unity."
Was the creator, according to the creation
references in Scripture, a Holy One, or a Holy Three? Who is the Creator?
"Thou, even thou,
art Lord alone; thou hast made heaven...the earth, and all things
therein..." -Nehemiah 9:6.
"At that day shall
a man look to his Maker, and his eyes shall have respect to the
Holy One..." -Isaiah 17:7.
"I am the Lord,
your Holy One, the creator..." -Isaiah 43:15.
"Thus saith the
Lord, thy redeemer... I am the Lord that maketh all things; that
stretcheth forth the heavens alone; that spreadeth abroad the earth
by myself...” -Isaiah 44:24.
"For thy Maker
is thine husband; the Lord... the Holy One... the God of the whole
earth shall He be called" -Isaiah 54:5. ("...One husband...Christ"
-2 Corinthians 11:2).
"...A throne was
set in heaven, and one sat on the *throne... The four and twenty
elders fall down before him that sat on the throne... saying, Thou art
worthy, O Lord... for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure
they are and were created" -Revelation 4:2,10-11.
"For by Him were
all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth... all things
were created by Him, and for Him: And He is before all things, and by
Him all things consist. And He is... the firstborn from the
dead..." -Colossians 1:16-18.
"In the beginning
was the Word... and the Word was God... All things were made by Him; and
without Him was not anything made that was made... He was in the world,
and the world was made by Him, and the world knew Him not. He came unto
His own, and His own received Him not" -John 1:1,3,10-11.
{Source: Tom R.}
[It
is surprising to me that many would cling to a doctrine so sacred to its
teachers as the Trinity with no biblical background yet jump over the
oodles of scripture Mr. Tom R. just presented to show that God unequivocally
is ONE.]
Answer Notes:
1. * denotes, they are in fact several thrones (figuratively) for chief
spirit beings that commune with God; namely the 24 elders. Similar to
a King’s throne on earth, they are other seats or thrones about him, for
the Queen and his trusted counselors. But there is one seat that pertains
to the King. There is one seat, figuratively, that pertains to God in
heaven. Not 3 thrones for 3 persons as God, or one throne with three persons
sitting on each other, so to speak.
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