Reflection Of God Is God

To understand God you must first get a decent understanding of the bible. The bible has been translated from the

It is difficult for humans to ever fully understand God as his greatness is beyond comprehension. However, we do know about many different parts of God. The Old Testament fathers,

This God however does take on three forms known as The Trinity. The Christian doctrine states that God exists as God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit.

This was the question that popped up in my head after reading the first chapter of The Orthodox Way, God as Mystery. More ironically, before they answered my question did they tell me that Jesus Christ is God and Holy Spirit is God as well. Usually multi-identities are not an issue for me or for anyone, but this time is a little, or a lot, different when it comes to God. In the chapter, God as Trinity, “The Christian God is not just a unit but a union, not just unity but a community… He is Trinity: three equal persons, each one dwelling in the other two by virtue of an unceasing movement of mutual love” said Ware (P. 27). Ono thing that needs to be confirmed first is that there is only One God, and God is the one essence embracing three persons. Secondly, in the case of Trinity a person is not just an individual, as opposed to that three human persons always “retain their own will and own energy no matter how closely they co-operate together” (P. 30). This indicates the property of “distinction but never separation” within the three persons; they are distinct as in differentiation and they are never separate because of the relationship formed by the shared one will and one energy. As a consequence, we surely have to turn to the Father, the Son, the Holy Spirit if we want to know God holistically, especially the Oneness of God (Jones,

The definition of the Trinity according to the Merriam-Webster dictionary is “the unity of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit as three persons in one Godhead according to Christian dogma.” The basis of the Trinity is that there is God the Father, Jesus the Son, and the Holy Spirit. There are three separate parts, yet they make up one. While this is confusing to the naked ear, it actually makes logical sense on a deeper level. Scholars and philosophers struggled for years to give a valid explanation of the Trinity. It was not until Tertullian in the 2nd or 3rd century AD that a satisfactory explanation was given. Tertullian came up with the Trinitarian Doctrine, which basically

The Holy Trinity is a difficult thing to understand, much less to explain. This is true not just for non-Christians, but Christians themselves. The best explanation many young Christians get when they are growing up is that God is God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit are all one, but are different in their own ways (such was the case with my own upbringing in a Catholic household, so I speak from experience). This doesn’t seem to make much sense, especially considering that it is similar to another Holy Mystery that is often brought up: that of Jesus Christ being wholly man and wholly God at the same time. The answers are more often than not unsatisfying, seemingly feeling like placeholders, and this frustration is only

I believe in the Trinity, that God exists as a Three-in-One being as God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. I believe God the Father is the one true almighty God, even

It is important to begin by stating that there are many different doctrinal views of the Trinity. However I believe that the doctrine of Trinity defines one God who is eternally existent as three distinct Persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. “These definitions express three crucial truths: (1) The Father, Son, and

Christians believe the image of God to be three Gods merged into one. The Trinity’s components are the Father, Son, and the Holy Spirit and they are all equal. Each form of God has the same attributes of all-powerful, all-knowing, always present,

Trinity is one God. Each of the persons of the trinity, Father, Son, and Spirit “is God whole and entire”. I believe that the trinity of persons consists of one substance and one essence. Each of the persons is that supreme reality, the divine substance, essence or nature. Each of the three persons are distinct from one another, but known to be related to one another.

To help rid people of this inaccurate view of who God is, it is vital to walk through the salvation story with them. I learned in my Polity class about how the salvation story is all throughout Scripture. Not only can we see this in the New Testament, but it is throughout the entire Old Testament as well. This is something that I had never realized before, but once I did I was able to see how God truly desires relationship with us. Relationship is huge with God. This is not because He is in some way lacking relationship – for there is perfect relationship within the Trinity – but, because of His character of love, He desires for us to

Therefore, it is important to note that the doctrine of the trinity is not polytheistic as some of its critics proclaim. Trinitarianism is monotheistic by definition, and those who claim it is polytheistic demonstrate a lack of understanding of what it really is, the Trinity is God is three persons, each person is divine, and there is only one God. Theologians admit that the term "person" is not a perfect word to describe the three individual aspects/foci found in God. When we normally use the word person, we understand it to mean physical individuals who exist as separate beings from other individuals. But in God there are not three entities nor three beings. God is a trinity of persons consisting of one substance and one essence. God is numerically one. Yet, within the single divine essence are three individual

GOD reveals his name to us as “I AM” or “Yahweh”. I AM is the present tense. God is the current, past, and the future. The unique thing about our God is that he can be many things. The blessed trinity is our father God, which has three persons- God, Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit. God is one in nature . The nature part is his substance or essence. When God is referred to as one with nature, substance, and essence this is explaining and expressing the truth that there are not many God’s but only one God in truth. There are two terms describing the blessed trinity “what” and “who”. The term “what” is the nature of God. There is only one divine nature even if there are three distinct persons of the Blessed Trinity. The term “who” refers to who the trinity is. The trinity is three persons, God, Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit. There can be

Charles de Montesquieu said, “Talent is a gift which God has given us secretly, and which we reveal without perceiving it.” God has given me personal strengths which have affected how I act with my family and how I can relate better with my family in the future. The Clifton Strengths Assessment showed me the underlying strengths that I have used in the past. After reading Gene Veith Jr.’s God at Work I have a better understanding of the responsibility of a family, and combining that with my strengths my understanding of my present and future choices in family have grown. Through learning that Input, Restorative, and Connectedness are in my top five strengths I now see reasons behind what I have done in the past and how I can grow specifically in the areas of how I relate to my family.

It is completely impossible for man to fully understand God. The only knowledge man can have is through what god has provided. God has revealed Himself to mankind through creation. The Bible tells us “The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament shows His handiwork.” (Psalm 19:1 NKJV). God reveals Himself in His Word, “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God (John 1:1-2 NKJV).