Recently someone who I was once close to, asked what I believed.(after the gods purpose for man spiel of how adam & eve screwed up and gods been making it right ever since.)
I have never really tried to write it down, or say it out loud to another person.
It is just how I feel. So dont rip me a new one over it.
Thought it might fit in this thread since a lot of people who try and prove or refute the trinity overlook a couple of key issues that I feel are important.
Well here goes.
The image of the invisible God. ( ) Hmmmm
How do you explain to a limited, yet evolving human mind, something that is almighty, eternal, no beginning, no end, all knowing, omnipresent, our creator, our judge etc., etc., yet is invisible?
How would you comprehend this? Or better yet, how would you teach this.
Our 5, or some say 6 senses are what humans use to learn/discover. We could be fooled by things we see, yet be corrected by what we hear. You could hear something & realize it is something else by touch or smell. You get the idea.
In the beginning was the word ( ).
we need to hear/read this personally to believe, to want to continue to discover whats it all about, why am I here?
If you have seen me, you have seen the Father ( )
..for those who need to hear/read & see to believe.
Happy are those who have not seen yet believe. ( )
The most compelling evidence is the feelingand knowing that the Spirit of God resides in your heart. The comforter, counsellor, teacher, etc.
So man first hears the word. It is handed down from generation to generation, eventually getting distorted as man records it all, fills in the blanks, introduces visual aids etc. Some begin idol worship since they just dont get it. The Law increases with more laws, each time getting farther and farther from the essence of the law. Man has taken over.
Enter Gods visual aid. We have seen and heard these ideas before and it was already known that this important lesson would come, that would be Jesus (as we have come to call him) in the flesh. Emanuel with us the God.
Jesus explaining the invisible must be careful that the ones that must see to believe, dont get confused and think that He, in the form of a human is their god. Shows his anger at how so many had got it wrong. The goofy laws (working on the Sabbath), the commercialism (making money off the god idea) the stifling restrictions of the free spirit within each of us (cant help or eat with someone that is not one of us the Samaritan, the prostitute).
He says that nothing he says or does is of his own human doing, yet what they see is him doing & saying these things. The ones that understand this realize that they identify the invisible, through Jesus the image for our eyes and the word for our ears to believe. He made known the fact that we, as imperfect humans, can have eternal peace, a guilt free conscience, die with the hope of not being internally tormented for the wrongs or the squandering of life we have committed. Embarrassed, ashamed forever.
True unconditional love, the kind that forgives, and forgives, and forgives. No grudges, no limitations, no tears. Do unto others as you would have them do unto you, be truly sorry when you fall short or make mistakes, and learn from them.
Knock and the door will be open ( )
Enter the spirit of God. The one who resides within your heart. Ask for guidance, forgiveness, comfort, anything. As the Word of the Visual said, ask anything of Me and I will do it. ( )
this spirit of God if allowed to live in your heart makes it easy to choose, if you listen.
Should I kill that person? No, I wouldnt want anyone to kill me.
Should I screw around on my husband/wife? No
Should I help that hobo in the gutter? Yes
Should I give money to feed the hungry? Should I deliver the food personally?
Should get involved with charities to do good on a larger scale?
What will I do with my life on earth ?
Thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.( )
Heaven - paradise, the bosom of Abraham, -- Love & compassion in its purest form.
Patient, kind, and not jealous. Never boastful, is not provoked, does not take into account a wrong suffered,..rejoices with the truth;..Love never fails, (like other things prophecy, tongues, knowledge) But now faith, hope, love, abide these three; but the greatest of these is love. ( )
The circle of life, God is love - love conquers all the almighty.
The infant student needs the laws spelled out. God uses his Word. Some men tell you that that is what you must memorize to know God acquire knowledge.
The intermediate can learn & identify with visual aids without the aid itself becoming the god. He understands it is God without making a human, or any other image, statue, etc. god, while at the same time using His human qualities to show us as humans the Way and the possibilities and rewards available to us for free. We should be so thankful, full of praise, but some will argue and tell you that you worship a cross or a Man.
Grow up.
The adult has learned and invites the spirit of the lesson of God to live inside. Now the flesh means nothing. You are on a different plane the spiritual. Where the minute details of what maob did, or the number of clean animals that went into the ark, blah, blah, is like being bottle fed before learning how to chew. And arguing about it makes me laugh.
Where 3 identified by Father, Son & Holy Ghost, are all different, they are also the same,
where 1+1+1 doesnt equal 3 different but ONE 3 different ways.
All 3 - the invisible, the visible (for our own use ), and the spirit that comes and changes us so that we are now a genuine child of God and born again into the real image of God.
When they say the path is narrow, you can see why, many sidetracks, hang ups come along, tools discarded, apathy. Some need others to crack the whip & tell them what they can and cannot do because they do not have the belief, the trust, the Spirit, the invisible, inside them (some because man has told them it is impossible crime) to live a life of love and compassion for the sake of the act of love towards others, not because of man's enforced rules but because the law is written on your heart ( ).
Even the bible follows this progression - from the old baby steps to the new spiritual.
If someone asked me if I believed in the trinity, I would have to ask first what their concept was. From what I see and have read the old saying
cant see the forest for the trees comes to mind.
Just my 2.
(brackets mean Ive read it somewhere in the bible but do not know which passage and to me it is unimportant)
Will
