God is not Trinity! The word trinity is not even in the Bible.

DeOTR:

Bible made it clear that Jesus is the Son of God. Jesus also said that he came out from God.
It's those preaching absurdities like only one person is the Father, Son and also the Holy Spirit that are misleading unbelievers.

You are right, Jehovah (Jesus Christ) is the son of God. And just as biology teaches you, the son of a lion is a lion.

YES, He is.

Jokanem:
Is God a Trinity?

Many Christian denominations teach that God is a Trinity. However, note what the Encyclopædia Britannica states: “Neither the word Trinity nor the explicit doctrine appears in the New Testament . . . The doctrine developed gradually over several centuries and through many controversies.”

In fact, the God of the Bible is never described as being part of a Trinity. Note these Bible passages:

“Jehovah our God is one Jehovah.”—Deuteronomy 6:4.

“You, whose name is Jehovah, you alone are the Most High over all the earth.”—Psalm 83:18.

“This means everlasting life, their taking in knowledge of you, the only true God, and of the one whom you sent forth, Jesus Christ.”—John 17:3.

“God is only one.”—Galatians 3:20.

Why do most Christian denominations say that God is a Trinity?

As simple as the bible is to read, it takes wisdom to interpret it. In my culture if a king send his messenger to anyone and give his messenger his staff of authority to go with, the receiver of the message, on sighting the king staff will accord the messenger full respect as his will accord the king. In this example, does it mean we have two Kings no, do not get confused by the trinity,

MightySparrow:


Yes, He is.

There is no God as you think. All is man made. i rest my case as this question makes no sense

Jokanem:
Is God a Trinity?

Many Christian denominations teach that God is a Trinity. However, note what the Encyclopædia Britannica states: “Neither the word Trinity nor the explicit doctrine appears in the New Testament . . . The doctrine developed gradually over several centuries and through many controversies.”

In fact, the God of the Bible is never described as being part of a Trinity. Note these Bible passages:

“Jehovah our God is one Jehovah.”—Deuteronomy 6:4.

“You, whose name is Jehovah, you alone are the Most High over all the earth.”—Psalm 83:18.

“This means everlasting life, their taking in knowledge of you, the only true God, and of the one whom you sent forth, Jesus Christ.”—John 17:3.

“God is only one.”—Galatians 3:20.

Why do most Christian denominations say that God is a Trinity?

Yes, 1 John 5:7

For there are three that bear witness in heaven: the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit; and these three are one. ... And it is the Spirit that beareth witness

BigBrother9ja:
Trinity is a concept of greek mythology, INCORPORATED INTO CHRISTAINITY.


VERY CONFUSED PEOPLE.

Wrong. Stop touting crack theories that have been debunked times and times again. It was your the adherents of your so-called Greek mythology that had issues with doctrine of Trinity. When people like you keep touting this very kind of ridiculous assertions, it begins to make us wonder who the early church fathers were refuting in their defence of the doctrine of the Trinity? Or can you tell us why the Greek pagans are one of the fiercest enemies of the doctrine of the Trinity?

Or which part of Greek mythology corresponds with the orthodox doctrine of the Trinity?

Jokanem:
Is God a Trinity?

Many Christian denominations teach that God is a Trinity. However, note what the Encyclopædia Britannica states: “Neither the word Trinity nor the explicit doctrine appears in the New Testament . . . The doctrine developed gradually over several centuries and through many controversies.”

In fact, the God of the Bible is never described as being part of a Trinity. Note these Bible passages:

“Jehovah our God is one Jehovah.”—Deuteronomy 6:4.

“You, whose name is Jehovah, you alone are the Most High over all the earth.”—Psalm 83:18.

“This means everlasting life, their taking in knowledge of you, the only true God, and of the one whom you sent forth, Jesus Christ.”—John 17:3.

“God is only one.”—Galatians 3:20.

Why do most Christian denominations say that God is a Trinity?

Except you a pushing a STRAWMAN!
According to most Christian denominations Does Trinity mean three Gods?

Venerable612:


You are probably the one who lacks understanding.

The doctrine of the Trinity means that there is one God! who eternally exists as three distinct Persons — the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

Stated differently, God is one in ESSENCE and three in person.

Just as a man is (I) BODY (ii) SOUL; AND (iii) SPIRIT. The difference is that Man is not co-eternal, like God. In the beginning (Genesis 1), God said let us create man in our own image - in the likeness of God.

It is never a contradiction to refer to God has 1 in 3 persons.

These things were express in the words of Jesus Christ, our Lord.

The word their for God in Genesis 1 is Elohim, which could include angels and princes.

searchlight:
God does not exist. It is only by the imagination of our heart that God is made.

Can I say you also exist by imagination?

Venerable612:


You are probably the one who lacks understanding.

The doctrine of the Trinity means that there is one God! who eternally exists as three distinct Persons — the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

Stated differently, God is one in ESSENCE and three in person.

Just as a man is (I) BODY (ii) SOUL; AND (iii) SPIRIT. The difference is that Man is not co-eternal, like God. In the beginning (Genesis 1), God said let us create man in our own image - in the likeness of God.

It is never a contradiction to refer to God has 1 in 3 persons.

These things were express in the words of Jesus Christ, our Lord.

See this gibberish you just typed up there!
God is not 3 in 1. God is one and Jesus is not God. He's the Son of God.
Jesus said He came out from the Father. He also said he from the Father and will return to Him. If it's not absurd to you that someone would come out of himself or return to Himself, I don't know how to to explain common sense to you.
And no, humans are not body soul and spirit.
The Bible said we were formed from the dust and God breathed into us and we were made a living soul.
Bible never mentioned we were given a soul. The breath of God made us a living soul. And what happens at death when God's breath leaves us? We go back to dust. That's common sense and it's simple as that.
There's God the Father and Jesus is His Son because He came out from Him. That doesn't make Jesus any less than His Father. Let's be guided.

Kobonaire4:
Yawn

Trinity is a concept brought in to explain an otherwise very incomprehensible Being.

The fact is, God is beyond our comprehension. At times he seems to be one, atimes he seems to be many persons at once.

( And attempts to describe God at once always ends up with some scary looking creature with many eyes and legs and bodies who is on fire and who is somewhat like a man and who has all sorts of appendages. And don't get me started on the seraphim ! Up till today.the first chapter of Ezekiel is still indecipherable to me)


But no matter how many things God seems to be, He ( Jehovah, YHWH, El) is one

Bros the bolded is called modalism which is a very heretical doctrine.

Genesis Chapter 1 vs 1. In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. [2] And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
Notice the bolded above. here the bible immediately introduces 2 parts of the trinity. God and the Spirit of God are 2 different entities here, the Spirit of God being whom we popularly refer to as the Holy Spirit.

I can go on and on with numerous instances where the trinity is manifested in the scriptures. Of course the word #trinity# does not exist in the bible but was coined to represent the Idea of the God-head. In the tripod though, God the Father is at the apex of the triangle and has the highest authority

God is a trinity as seen in the bible. Trinity as a word is not in the bible, just as bible is not in the bible. So that argument is dumb.

Trinity is a word used to describe the nature of God as revealed in scripture.

God is one, but exists as distinct but co-equal persons, equal in nature and essence but distinct in rank and authority.

1. The Father.. Highest rank, He is the source
2. The Son
3. The Holy Spirit

I hope you have learnt today....

The doctrine of the Trinity means that there is one God who eternally exists as three distinct Persons — the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Stated differently, God is one in essence and three in person. These definitions express three crucial truths: (1) the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are distinct Persons, (2) each Person is fully God, (3) there is only one God.

phemmyfour:
Yes, 1 John 5:7

For there are three that bear witness in heaven: the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit; and these three are one. ... And it is the Spirit that beareth witness

Please browse google for "interpolated bible verses"

GreatAchiever1:


Bros the bolded is called modalism which is a very heretical doctrine.

Aye, but at the end, I still believe the Lord is one

Janosky:


Polytheist,I sight you.

So who is Jesus Christ?

searchlight:
God does not exist. It is only by the imagination of our heart that God is made.

Haven't you heard, that human beings cannot imagin what doesn't exist in the universe. So whenever u imagine something there is a possibility of its existence.

Jokanem:
Is God a Trinity?

Many Christian denominations teach that God is a Trinity. However, note what the Encyclopædia Britannica states: “Neither the word Trinity nor the explicit doctrine appears in the New Testament . . . The doctrine developed gradually over several centuries and through many controversies.”

In fact, the God of the Bible is never described as being part of a Trinity. Note these Bible passages:

“Jehovah our God is one Jehovah.”—Deuteronomy 6:4.

“You, whose name is Jehovah, you alone are the Most High over all the earth.”—Psalm 83:18.

“This means everlasting life, their taking in knowledge of you, the only true God, and of the one whom you sent forth, Jesus Christ.”—John 17:3.

“God is only one.”—Galatians 3:20.

Why do most Christian denominations say that God is a Trinity?

1. You, like many others, confuse exegetical theology with philosophical theology. There are many philosophical terminologies that Christian theologians use that are not found in the scriptures - terminologies like transcendence, immanence, First Cause, Soteriology, Pneumatology etc. are not found in the Bible but does that mean that the concepts they label are missing from the scriptures? Concepts define terminologies and not the other way round.

2. The doctrine of the Trinity is not a one verse doctrine. In fact, the Bible forces Christian theologians to articulate a doctrine that no one has ever conceived (mind you, the Holy Spirit has always the Unitarian theologians at the fringe end of the theological spectrum). Right from the Old Testament, the Bible has been introducing us to three Divine figures, YHWH, Malak YHWH (the divine messenger of the LORD who is addressed and regarded as YHWH - the pre-incarnate Christ) and the Holy Spirit.

3. None of the verses you cited up debunk the doctrine of Trinity - the even support it. Or what about where Christ was referred to as the ONLY Lord and Master (Jude 4)? Does that mean that the Father is no longer our Lord and Master? Peter said that salvation is found in no one else apart from Christ (Acts 4:12), does that mean that salvation is neither found in the Father nor in the Holy Spirit?

4. The problem with you guys is that you have a skewed understanding of what the doctrine of the Trinity is. We are not saying that God is three persons who are super-added to one another. He is not triune in the sense that James, John and Peter are three different persons.
Let me give you an analogy from Biology. Humans are multi-cellular while amoeba is uni-cellular. There trillions cells in a living human being. Is that analogous to trillions of amoebas? If you have trillions of amoebic cells, you have trillions of different amoebas or living organisms. Does that mean trillions of human cells amount to having trillions of humans? Of course not, it is the same human.

You don't count a multicellular organism the way you count a unicellular organism.

Of course , this is an analogy. God is an infinite object and is without parts - so the our own mathematics (which is mostly built on reasoning in finite objects that have parts) fails in comprehending a God who is neither finite nor with parts.

5. Finally, go and get books about the doctrine of the Trinity. Read the reason why the doctrine was very tenacious that not even the Reformation had issues with it. Stop relying on hacks who know next to nothing about this glorious doctrine. There are books who which theologically proved the doctrine of the Trinity beginning with the Old Testament. I can recommend or give you some if you wish. Stop touting the arguments that Christian theologians have killed and buried for close to 2 millennia. Even some non-Christian Jews (a la Daniel Boyarian, Alan Segal) are coming to admit that the Christian doctrine of the Trinity was firmly rooted in Second Temple Judaism (which should not be confused with the Rabbinical Judaism we know of today).

Three in one God? That is three persons in one single God? aha ridiculous! God is one person, not three.

The Spirit of God comes from God and is not a separated part of him that may call it or him person, just as man's spirit flows from within man and is not a separate part of him. Let's call your spirit John, soul Peter and flesh Samuel, funny right? We cannot, for you are one person though having different parts in your makeup.

God's son is God's son, not God, the same way your child is not you. God's son has God's nature just as man's son has man's nature. God is the Father, The Father alone is God. The son declared often, "my Father and my God." What's hard to understand in that God is one and one person not two people.

John and James and Peter are three persons in one human, does that make any sense? aha

Most confused religion, Jesus is God same Jesus is the son of God, same bible tells us he's a massenger of God .Abeg which one make we take

Three in one God? That is three persons in one single God? aha ridiculous! God is one person, not three.

The Spirit of God comes from God and is not a separate part of him that we may call it or him person, just as man's spirit flows from within man and is not a separate part of him. Let's call your spirit John, soul Peter and flesh Samuel, funny right? We cannot, for you are one person though having different parts in your makeup.

God's son is God's son, not God, the same way your child is not you. God's son has God's nature just as man's son has man's nature. God is the Father, The Father alone is God. The son declared often, "my Father and my God." What's hard to understand in that God is one and one person not two people.

John and James and Peter are three persons in one human, does that make any sense? aha

Jokanem:
Is God a Trinity?

Many Christian denominations teach that God is a Trinity. However, note what the Encyclopædia Britannica states: “Neither the word Trinity nor the explicit doctrine appears in the New Testament . . . The doctrine developed gradually over several centuries and through many controversies.”

In fact, the God of the Bible is never described as being part of a Trinity. Note these Bible passages:

“Jehovah our God is one Jehovah.”—Deuteronomy 6:4.

“You, whose name is Jehovah, you alone are the Most High over all the earth.”—Psalm 83:18.

“This means everlasting life, their taking in knowledge of you, the only true God, and of the one whom you sent forth, Jesus Christ.”—John 17:3.

“God is only one.”—Galatians 3:20.

Why do most Christian denominations say that God is a Trinity?

The Trinity of God was not specifically mentioned in the Bible, but it was EVIDENTLY present right from the very 1st book of Genesis..
Without referring to the new testaments, the old testament alone gives a clear and precise description of God's nature..

God has always been ONE but his manifestation is in three persons..

God has that ability to manifest in 4, 5, 6 or even 100 persons and still remain ONE God..

Nigerians are the most amazing people on Earth.. creatures in heaven do not expect to a see any of us in hell considering how previledged and lucky we are

tctrills:

But Jesus Christ is God and he is Jehovah

Very true. Jesus isn't Son in heaven. He only became a son when he was birthed on earth.

Like a father at home, in his office he's regarded as OGA, with his friends he his a pal & with his family he's a Dad.

Jokanem:
Is God a Trinity?

Many Christian denominations teach that God is a Trinity. However, note what the Encyclopædia Britannica states: “Neither the word Trinity nor the explicit doctrine appears in the New Testament . . . The doctrine developed gradually over several centuries and through many controversies.”

In fact, the God of the Bible is never described as being part of a Trinity. Note these Bible passages:

“Jehovah our God is one Jehovah.”—Deuteronomy 6:4.

“You, whose name is Jehovah, you alone are the Most High over all the earth.”—Psalm 83:18.

“This means everlasting life, their taking in knowledge of you, the only true God, and of the one whom you sent forth, Jesus Christ.”—John 17:3.

“God is only one.”—Galatians 3:20.

Why do most Christian denominations say that God is a Trinity?

God is everything.

GUT

tctrills:

But Jesus Christ is God and he is Jehovah

I pity your soul after death.

Why are Muslims not made to take oat before commenting in this group just as Muslim groups?
The islamazation may start from this forum...

Let me explain the Trinity in a simple way..
There is God, the father, From him came forth his WORD, and his SPIRIT..

His word is not separate from him, making his word a part of him, that same word became flesh in his son Jesus Christ, and walked on earth.
God's word is also God himself, meaning that Jesus is God himself.

The Spirit of God is also not separate from God, his holy Spirit is not in human form but an unseen being that bears witness of God..
God's Spirit is also God..

Just the way you cannot separate ingredients from soup, the same way you cannot separate the Trinity of God.. Its that simple yet complicated for most people..

When he said "let US create man in OUR own image and likeness", he was talking to your father..