In past few days folks have been debating over doctrines, denominations, scriptures meanings, or false religion. I believe I cannot judge a fellow Christian in his or her faith, belief, or journey with ABBA because that is between ABBA and that person.
How can I say to a elderly person who has been walking with ABBA for last fifty years of her life that she is not saved or her belief is wrong. Christians must learn how to be knowledgable, respectful, understand and respond in an intellectual manner in different beliefs. Main debating is on the Trinity(Godhead)or three persons because there is confusion on this topic.
Terminology: Christianity
How can I say to a elderly person who has been walking with ABBA for last fifty years of her life that she is not saved or her belief is wrong. Christians must learn how to be knowledgable, respectful, understand and respond in an intellectual manner in different beliefs. Main debating is on the Trinity(Godhead)or three persons because there is confusion on this topic.
Terminology: Christianity
- Christianity (from the Ancient Greek word Χριστός, Christos, a translation of the Hebrew מָשִׁיחַ, Māšîăḥ, meaning "the anointed one", together with the Latin suffixes -ian and -itas) is an Abrahamic, monotheistic religion based on the life and oral teachings of Jesus of Nazareth as presented in the New Testament.
Terminology: Monotheism- "Monotheism" is defined by the Encyclopædia Britannica as belief in the existence of one god or in the oneness of God. The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church gives a more restricted definition: "belief in one personal and transcendent God", as opposed to polytheism and pantheism.
the belief that there is only one God
[h=2]monotheism[/h] noun (Concise Encyclopedia)
Belief in the existence of one god. It is distinguished frompolytheism. The earliest known instance of monotheism dates to the reign of Akhenaton of Egypt in the 14th century BC. Monotheism is characteristic of Judaism, Christianity, andIslam, all of which view God as the creator of the world, who oversees and intervenes in human events, and as a beneficent and holy being, the source of the highest good. The monotheism that characterizes Judaism began in ancient Israel with the adoption of Yahweh as the single object of worship and the rejection of the gods of other tribes and nations without, initially, denying their existence. Islam is clear in confessing one, eternal, unbegotten, unequaled God, while Christianity holds that a single God is reflected in the three persons of the Holy Trinity.
Oxford Biblical Studies states the following on monotheism below:
[h=1]monotheism[/h]The belief in a single God, or a religion affirming that belief, as opposed to polytheism, belief in many deities. There does not seem to be a time when Israelite worship was officially, as portrayed in the sources, other than monotheistic, though historically it may have evolved out of henotheismsuch as was typical in the area. The 9th‐cent. Moabite Stone refers to the national god Chemoshwithout denying the existence of other divinities. The Hebrews worshipped Yahweh as their national god and there are OT allusions to other nations' gods which imply a belief in their existence, alongside Israel's Yahweh. Such gods, it was held, were worshipped legitimately in their own country (1 Sam. 26: 19). Now and then undisguised polytheism crept in by the monarch's back door, as when Yahweh was allocated a female consort (1 Kgs. 11: 5), and opposite the Temple were built shrines to Kemosh and Milcom. The prophets were zealous in opposition and in the 7th cent. BCE these shrines were demolished by Josiah. In Deuteronomy, monotheism was linked to strong ethical demands (Deut. 6: 4) and after the Exile there was no looking back: Second Isaiah (Deutero‐Isaiah) accepts that Yahweh is responsible for both good and evil (Isa. 45: 7). He can ridicule polytheism without serious comprehension of it but also without any expectation of being contradicted. Nevertheless, even when belief in the one God was fundamental, there remained traces of recognition of subordinate deities (Job 1–2) and the existence of angels and of Satan was also assumed.
Monotheism continues to be taken for granted in the NT (Mark 12: 29; 1 Cor. 8: 6), together with the existence of subordinate angels (Heb. 1: 4), and polytheism was blamed for the horrors of immorality (Rom. 1: 24–31). But trouble was imminent when Christians found themselves giving worship to Jesus. Jewish opponents accused them of abandoning monotheism. The Christian answer, after agonizing speculations and deviations, eventually issued in the doctrine of the Trinity.
Terminology: Polytheism
- It is interesting to note that even inpolytheistic religions, one god usually reigns supreme over the other gods, e.g., Zeus in Greek/Roman mythology and Brahman in Hinduism. Some argue that the Bible teachespolytheism in the Old Testament.
: the belief that there is more than one god
[h=2]polytheism[/h] noun (Concise Encyclopedia)
Belief in many gods. Though Judaism, Christianity, and Islam are monotheistic (see monotheism), most other religions throughout history have been polytheistic. The numerous gods may be dominated by a supreme god or by a small group of powerful gods. The gods originated as abstractions of the forces of nature such as the sky or the sea and of human and social functions such as love, war, marriage, or the arts. In many religions the sky god is powerful and all-knowing (e.g., Dievs), and the earth goddess is maternal and associated with fertility. Gods of death and the underworld (e.g., Osiris and Hel) are also important. In addition to many gods, polytheistic religions generally also include malevolent or benevolent spiritual forces or powers. See also god and goddess.
Is trinity monotheism or polytheism because it cannot be both? The word Godhead has many meanings:
elohim: God, godOriginal Word: אֱלֹהִים
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Transliteration: elohim
Phonetic Spelling: (el-o-heem')
Short Definition: God
theos: God, a godOriginal Word: θεός, οῦ, ὁ
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine; Noun, Masculine
Transliteration: theos
Phonetic Spelling: (theh'-os)
Short Definition: God, a god
Definition: (a) God, (b) a god, generally.
Listen Listen I found this very odd to me that the Mormon church says godhood!!
[h=2]Definition of GODHOOD[/h]
: divinity
Definition of GODHOOD. : divinity.
I am going to be obey ABBA because ABBA is YAHWEH to me and I will not longer debate on Trinity because I know the TRUTH!
- It is interesting to note that even inpolytheistic religions, one god usually reigns supreme over the other gods, e.g., Zeus in Greek/Roman mythology and Brahman in Hinduism. Some argue that the Bible teachespolytheism in the Old Testament.
- "Monotheism" is defined by the Encyclopædia Britannica as belief in the existence of one god or in the oneness of God. The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church gives a more restricted definition: "belief in one personal and transcendent God", as opposed to polytheism and pantheism.
Faith tells me they are one, my spirit understands this.