Posted May 10th, 2008 in Ask a Bible Teacher
My mother, a former catholic, now born-again (praise GOD!) is having a terrible time understanding how Jesus can be God and God’s Son at the same time, and cannot at all comprehend how Mary became impregnated with Jesus.
Posted May 5th, 2008 in Ask a Bible Teacher
Q. I am looking for a deeper understanding of the trinity and its relation to each other. God is “one” being, three separate personalities. I get it on the surface but feel there is more to it than what I am seeing.
A. There’s more to it than anybody can see. The Trinity is beyond human comprehension, and the Bible never explains it. We’re only asked to believe it.
For example in John 1:1 speaking of Jesus, the disciple wrote, “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.” And in Genesis 1:2 the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters at the same time.
In John 10:30 Jesus said that He and the Father are one. Yet He often went away alone to pray to the Father, and did His miracles through the Holy Spirit. Some say that on the cross when Jesus cried, “My God, My God, Why have you forsaken me?” He was speaking to the other two.
When He left the Earth the Holy Spirit came to dwell in us, and yet we’re told that all three dwell in us. In 1 Cor. 3:16 we’re called God’s Temple. In 1 Cor 6:15 Paul said that our bodies are the members of Christ Himself, and in John 17:32 Jesus claims to be in us. In 1 Cor. 6:19 we’re called the Temple of the Holy Spirit, and Ephes. 1:13-14 says that the Holy Spirit is sealed within us.
After the Rapture we’ll understand, but for now we just have to believe.
Posted July 16th, 2007 in Ask a Bible Teacher
God in three Persons. Is each part of the Trinity called a “Person” because each one has a distinctive personality or is there another reason? How can you call a Spirit a Person?
Posted December 28th, 2006 in Ask a Bible Teacher
My problem in understanding the trinity reallly comes because Christ is characterized as a seperate being many times in the Bible. When He manefested Himself to Moses, and when He sits at the right hand of the Father being just two situations. Are the father and son (and holy spirit) only one in purpose or are they one in species, or are they in fact only one in being?
Posted October 24th, 2006 in Ask a Bible Teacher
I have a question about the Trinity. What do you think happened to the Trinity at the crucifixion - if Jesus was separated from His father by bearing the sins of mankind? Also if Jesus took everyone’s sin does that mean he descended into Hell before being resurrected and if so was that as Triune? Thank you and may God Bless you.
Posted August 28th, 2006 in Ask a Bible Teacher
Regarding the concept of the Trinity, I wish to ask, what’s the appropriate way to attempt understanding? Is this an issue that we won’t truly understand as long as we are in the flesh?
Posted July 10th, 2006 in Ask a Bible Teacher
I have always had difficulty understanding the trinity. I heard someone say it is sort of like water. Water can have three forms, liquid, gas and ice. They are all different, but they are all water. Would you say this is a good example of God’s trinity?
