The holy trinity is a befuddling belief at best, even for those that practice it. Purported in this doctrine is the belief that there are three divine persons the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost . Other statements of the dogma unequivocally state that these three “Persons” are not separate, distinct individuals; rather they are the three modes that encompass the whole of the divine being. Due to this belief, some Trinitarians claim that Jesus Christ is God, or that Jesus and the Holy Ghost are Jehovah. The Gospel does not teach of such a thing.
The New Testament does not contain the word trinity and the doctrine of such beliefs is also not found between its covers. Neither did Jesus and his followers have intention of contradicting the proclamation of the Old Testament; Listen, O Israel: Jehovah our God is one Jehovah, Deuteronomy 6:4.
Christianity is a derivative of Judaism and Judaism is strictly Unitarian, believing God is one person. The Platonic trinity, itself a mere rearrangement of older trinities, appears to be the underlying principle that gave birth to the three hypostases, or divine persons, taught by Trinitarian churches. All pagan religions reflect the Greek philosophers conception of the divine trinity.
The personal name of God, Jehovah, is revealed to us in the Gospel. The Holy Scriptures also tell us that the Son is Jesus Christ. However, nowhere in the Bible is a personal name applied to the holy spirit.
Acts 7:55, 56 But he, being full of holy spirit, gazed into heaven and caught sight of God’s glory and of Jesus standing at God’s right hand, and he said: Look! I behold the heavens opened up and the Son of man standing at God’s right hand.
Matthew 26:39 And going a little way forward, he [Jesus] fell upon his face, praying and saying: My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass away from me. Yet, not as I will, but as you will.
Such prayer would be meaningless providing that the Father and Son are not distinct individuals. In an instance such as this, Jesus would have been praying to himself, and therefore his will would be the Father’s will. Jesus would be making a schemer of himself, and thusly the Father, in perpetrating such a sham if the Trinitarian doctrine were the Truth. The Bible teaches us that God cannot lie.
Hebrews 6:18 …in order that, through two unchangeable things in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled the refuge may have strong encouragement to lay hold on the hope he set before us.
Additional corroboration of the falsehood of Trinitarian doctrine is provided at John 8:17,18 which reads: Also in your own Law it is written, The witness of two men is true. I am one that bears witness of myself, and the Father who sent me bears witness about me.
John 17:1-3 Jesus spoke these things, and, raising his eyes to heaven, he said: Father, the hour has come; glorify your son, that your son may glorify you, according as you have given him authority over all flesh, that, as regards the whole number whom you have given him, he may give them everlasting life. This means everlasting life, their taking in knowledge of you, the only true God, and of the one whom you sent forth Jesus Christ.
Later at John 20:17, following the resurrection of Jesus, Jesus spoke of the Father as my God. Also, in Revelation 3:12 Jesus again makes this reference. Distinctly absent from the text of the New Testament is any occurrence of the Father referring to the Son as my God, also absent are occurrences of the Father or the Son referring to the Holy Spirit as my God.
It seems as though Trinitarian doctrine is in direct opposition to the teachings of Jesus. A few scriptural references have been made in this article to support the idea that Jesus and Jehovah are two distinct personages, nevertheless, in a mind of brevity, many that denounce Trinitarian teaching have been occluded from this article. Jesus never claimed to be equal to the Father In John 14:28 Jesus says, …because the Father is greater than I am. | | Author Info: We hope you have found this article to be informative. Here, at http://www.dk-publishers.com , we strive to publish quality articles that are relevant to everyone. |
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