I checked out your site and it looks pretty good but I have a question.
You have a great goal,
Introduce today's youth to a Biblical method of building and maintaining a REAL relationship with God.
But I was checking out your beliefs and I am wondering, why do you believe in a triune God?
@pretradition sorry for not getting back to you sooner! It's been somewhat of a busy day.
I did want to clarify when I say triune, I mean the Trinity. God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit.
Here's some insight into it, that if you believe in the other points of my beliefs should be pretty easy to understand.
First there is God the Father which is pretty well known and for the most part people accept that. In Genesis 1 He says, "Let US make... etc." When he says us, he is talking about the other parts of the Trinity, the Son and the Holy Spirit. Furthermore, in Genesis 15 God creates a physical covenant with Abram explaining how if any kind sins then those two pass in between the animals will have the same thing done to them. I know thats a horrible explanation. Please read that part for yourself.
Skipping to the all-famous verse John 3:16 its says that "For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son." But if that Son wasn't both fully man and fully human, then that covenant could not have been fulfilled because God was the only one who had passed through those animals.
There's plenty of reasons more why Jesus was God. But then we get to the Holy Spirit, and there is some other verses that can be used to show the Holy Spirit is also God. Acts 5:3-4 talks about how Ananias lied to the Holy Spirit, and through that God. There are further things to show in the New Testament which states that the Holy Spirit has the same characteristics as God.
Thank you for your question! I appreciate you letting me explain some of my thoughts on this topic.
Good reply, thank you for that!
I want to challenge you here. Not to start an argument but to help each other grow. I believe that when you decide to start teaching others about God you should be teaching truth. If you don't want to engage me, I understand. My stance is this, God is one and the Father alone is God. The trinity is a false doctrine and is a tradition of men. This is clearly proven through the Scriptures.
There is no hint of there being more than one god person here. You have to admit that it doesn't actually say who God is speaking to or of. Since the rest of the Bible tells us that God is one and God is the Father, we can safely assume that God is not speaking to other parts of himself. I think the safest and clearest answer is that God is speaking to the angels who were present at the creation of man and who are also made in Gods image. This is confirmed in Job:
Job 38:7 When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
They are called sons of God because they are made in God's image. We are made in the image of God as the angels are.
Even this verse teaches against a Trinity. He gave His(singular pronouns) only begotten(Jesus is made, had a beginning, brought forth) son. If Jesus is God then this verse makes no sense in itself.
The Holy Spirit is God because it is God's Spirit, not a separate person. God pours out His spirit, sheds forth His spirit, and baptizes with His spirit. The Spirit is never worshiped, never named, and doesn't have a throne in heaven.
The Bible tells us that there is one God and one mediator between God and Man, the man Christ Jesus.
You can't get much clearer than that. This is my plea to you. Start at the beginning and think about the Scriptures without the influence of the traditions of the church. We are told that the trinity is a mystery. It is a mystery because it is not found in the Scriptures. Those who adopt this teaching do so not because the Bible teaches it but because they were told it was true.
If Jesus is God, then he didn't die for us and he can't mediate for us. Sin and death comes to all through one man and likewise through one man, grace and life comes to many. Jesus is not just any man, he is the perfect man, the last Adam, born of God, who was chosen and sent to atone for our sins. God raised him, God exalted him, and God gave him the Kingdom.
I truly wish you blessings in your studies and an not trying to become your enemy.