Can the Trinity be Biblically proven?

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popeye

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i have done my homework and thats why i am where i am today. my position is what the bible teaches not what councils decide.

and the doctrine doctrine dates back to rome and not before. thats the whole point of the roman councils in the first place, to give us their version of what the bible teaches. rome teaches they are the mediator, Jesus teaches the Son is.
Still waiting on an answer to a simple question.

You claim such great knowledge and place yourself high above myself and other Bereans,and yet you have no knowledge of who Jesus is.

One more time.

Who do you say Jesus is?

Creator?

Or created?
 
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popeye

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so the council of nicea had nothing to do with banning teachings of people like arian, and burning all his writings and any holy scriptures that lead him and his followers to their conclusions? wonder why they believed what they believed, guess we will never know as rome destroyed all the evidence.
i think its sad that when the church became corrupted they burned Christians because they had a different opinion, i think its sad that poor people for more than 800 years were told they were to stupid to read the holy scriptures for themselves, and i think its sad when people get banned for speaking their opinion from where the Spirit leads them.
Truth causes many problems.

Jesus brought a sword,not peace,to those that stumble and attempt to disenfranchise heaven.

That's WHY it is rare to see courage. Truth cuts.

Stop bad mouthing moderators. They are going to continue to ban people.

Those you defend are heretics. Destructive ANTICHRIST HERETICS.

SPEWING LIES AND TRASH FROM HELL.

ENEMIES OF THE CROSS. ENEMIES OF TRUTH.

WHAT PART OF Jn 1 and Heb 1 do you not agree with?
 
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jaybird88

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Still waiting on an answer to a simple question.

You claim such great knowledge and place yourself high above myself and other Bereans,and yet you have no knowledge of who Jesus is.

One more time.

Who do you say Jesus is?

Creator?

Or created?
does Jesus say He created all things? im not for sure, i dont spend a lot of time on it. Jesus does not put much focus on this, why do we?
funny that you call me arrogant and self centered concerning who Jesus is when its your group that has always wanted to ban, silence and call people heretics.
 
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jaybird88

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Truth causes many problems.

Jesus brought a sword,not peace,to those that stumble and attempt to disenfranchise heaven.

That's WHY it is rare to see courage. Truth cuts.

Stop bad mouthing moderators. They are going to continue to ban people.

Those you defend are heretics. Destructive ANTICHRIST HERETICS.

SPEWING LIES AND TRASH FROM HELL.

ENEMIES OF THE CROSS. ENEMIES OF TRUTH.

WHAT PART OF Jn 1 and Heb 1 do you not agree with?
so you agree with the book burning, and people being burned alive. when Charlemagne executed the four thousand Saxons in one day, this was a good thing?

why did Jesus and the 12 never do this? and no Jew before Jesus did this. i wonder why?
 

OathKeeper

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Truth causes many problems.

Jesus brought a sword,not peace,to those that stumble and attempt to disenfranchise heaven.

That's WHY it is rare to see courage. Truth cuts.

Stop bad mouthing moderators. They are going to continue to ban people.

Those you defend are heretics. Destructive ANTICHRIST HERETICS.

SPEWING LIES AND TRASH FROM HELL.

ENEMIES OF THE CROSS. ENEMIES OF TRUTH.

WHAT PART OF Jn 1 and Heb 1 do you not agree with?
Hi popeye. Like I said, I’m a new Christian who’s been trying to learn, but I always assumed that the reason that Jesus said that he brought a sword instead of peace, was because his testimony would not always bring universal agreement within families. Let’s say a family who practiced Hinduism, had a son or daughter who converted to Christianity. There wouldn’t be peace, but a sword of divisiveness among the family. Some would be pitted against their other family members, or even cut off, simply for not accepting their family’s religion. Am I wrong on this?
 

valiant

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Hi popeye. Like I said, I’m a new Christian who’s been trying to learn, but I always assumed that the reason that Jesus said that he brought a sword instead of peace, was because his testimony would not always bring universal agreement within families. Let’s say a family who practiced Hinduism, had a son or daughter who converted to Christianity. There wouldn’t be peace, but a sword of divisiveness among the family. Some would be pitted against their other family members, or even cut off, simply for not accepting their family’s religion. Am I wrong on this?
hi oath,

Jesus said about not bringing peace but a sword to the Jewish people. He knew that controversy would rage in families about the old Judaism and the new Judaism He had introduced. And Himself as the Messiah. He knew that His claim would result in persecution and murder because the old would persecute the New. Because the old had gone off the track.

You mustn't think that because people talk of having received their words and doctrine from the Spirit it is necessarily so. The bigger the heresy the more they will claim 'the Spirit'. But it is false claims that mean nothing, You must learn to discern from the Scriptures without claiming 'special guidance'. All claim 'the Spirit'. Christianity has survived for 2000 years. Someone must have kept it going. And the major doctrines were held by those people. This new heresy about Jesus being created, reviving an old one, has not stood the test of time.
 
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Hi popeye. Like I said, I’m a new Christian who’s been trying to learn, but I always assumed that the reason that Jesus said that he brought a sword instead of peace, was because his testimony would not always bring universal agreement within families. Let’s say a family who practiced Hinduism, had a son or daughter who converted to Christianity. There wouldn’t be peace, but a sword of divisiveness among the family. Some would be pitted against their other family members, or even cut off, simply for not accepting their family’s religion. Am I wrong on this?

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not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword.
Matthew 10:34

When Jesus said that He came not to send peace on earth,but a sword,He did advocate violence in the name of Christianity,but because there would be division because of Him laying down the truth,but so be it,for He had to come so that some could be saved.
 

OathKeeper

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not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword.
Matthew 10:34

When Jesus said that He came not to send peace on earth,but a sword,He did advocate violence in the name of Christianity,but because there would be division because of Him laying down the truth,but so be it,for He had to come so that some could be saved.
I always took it as a metaphorical sword. That becoming a Christian would cause divisiveness amongst one another. It’s why I thought Jesus told Peter to not use his sword. Sorry I’m just a little confused.
 

valiant

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Originally Posted by JesusRules1
When Jesus said that He came not to send peace on earth,but a sword,He did advocate violence in the name of Christianity,but because there would be division because of Him laying down the truth,but so be it,for He had to come so that some could be saved
I always took it as a metaphorical sword. That becoming a Christian would cause divisiveness amongst one another. It’s why I thought Jesus told Peter to not use his sword. Sorry I’m just a little confused.
I may be wrong but I think he meant to say NOT ADVOCATE VIOLENCE :)
 
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From post #1512 by JesusRules1 -- Jesus is Creator of all things,and according to His deity the Bible says He is from everlasting,which means he has no beginning(Micah 5:2),but according to His humanity He has a beginning.

Many versions of Micah 5:2, including the Complete Jewish Version say that he has an origin. You can't have an origin if you have no beginning. This, however does not necessarily change the trinity of God. If God created The Word, He then gave The Word full power and knowledge. Not that the power was in The Word, more like it flowed from God through Him. Being like minded there would be no hesitation of power flow from one to the other, so The Word had full power and direction from God to create all that was created. This last statement then begs the question: How did He create Himself? I have been pondering this for a while and have no answer other than that The Word was always in existence. As I said earlier, some bibles use the word origin, but other use the words "goings forth", which I am beginning to believe may be more accurate.

Of course, when He came to earth He gave up much of His "Godhood" to become a man to be tempted, but He was still God in the real sense and in the traditions of the times. The first born were given full rights of the father when they became of age, although I don't know when that was. I suspect that in Jesus case it was when he became 30 and began His ministry. The father was still in charge, but if the son or father was away, the son, wherever he was, being separated from his father could make legally binding deals for the family. He therefore had the power of his father and was considered the father, in legal matters. I am sure it was a similar situation with Jesus and God, but in their case God gave Jesus the power when he needed it, because Jesus said that He could do nothing without the Father.
Jesus is made after the order of Melchizedek forever,and He had no beginning of days,or end of life,without father,or mother,which means He was God Himself showing a visible manifestation to Abraham.

Jesus is God Himself showing a visible manifestation of Himself,the only way we can see the invisible God.
 
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popeye

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Jesus is made after the order of Melchizedek forever,and He had no beginning of days,or end of life,without father,or mother,which means He was God Himself showing a visible manifestation to Abraham.

Jesus is God Himself showing a visible manifestation of Himself,the only way we can see the invisible God.
No,God the Father is not God the son.

Not scriptural.

The bible CLEARLY,CLEARLY declares they are 2 separate beings.
 
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popeye

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I always took it as a metaphorical sword. That becoming a Christian would cause divisiveness amongst one another. It’s why I thought Jesus told Peter to not use his sword. Sorry I’m just a little confused.
Jesus depicted himself as a rejected cornerstone.

Truth confronts us. Causes us to choose.

It is that dynamic that brings division in humans. I can 100% agree with heaven,and have only a couple of believers agree with me.

And no unsaved will.

That's why he uses a sword to describe his advent.
 
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popeye

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I always took it as a metaphorical sword. That becoming a Christian would cause divisiveness amongst one another. It’s why I thought Jesus told Peter to not use his sword. Sorry I’m just a little confused.
I may be wrong,but jr1 may be "one ness" (Jesus only)

One ness is error.

Be a Berean. We are guaranteed to not be in deception.

Guaranteed.
 

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Odd that a singular non-triune God would say let US make man in OUR image is it not?
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Oh before anyone asks, Jesus is God
 
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Still waiting on an answer to a simple question.

You claim such great knowledge and place yourself high above myself and other Bereans,and yet you have no knowledge of who Jesus is.

One more time.

Who do you say Jesus is?

Creator?

Or created?
Jesus in respect to the Son of God or Jesus in respect to the Son of man the created version ?

I say Jesus in respect to His Spirit is not a man as us, he is God as no other . Supernatural (with out nature) Spirit of Christ has no beginning of day, He remains without mother or father or end of Spirit life.
 
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No,God the Father is not God the son.

Not scriptural.

The bible CLEARLY,CLEARLY declares they are 2 separate beings.
Two separate attributes. God is not a man as us. .

John 10:30 I and my Father are one.

Not will be one or was. Always have been never could they be separate. One Spirit per God.
 
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Two separate attributes. God is not a man as us. .

John 10:30 I and my Father are one.

Not will be one or was. Always have been never could they be separate. One Spirit per God.
Jesus would not say that if God was not triune, garee. Jesus is God, the Holy Spirit is God, and God the Father is God. Read the Old Testament and the New Testament and especially read it in context and God is still triune. Don't ask me how it works, it is a mystery. God bless. :)
 

bluto

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Two separate attributes. God is not a man as us. .

John 10:30 I and my Father are one.

Not will be one or was. Always have been never could they be separate. One Spirit per God.
First of all garee who says God cannot become a man? Secondly, John 10:30 is teaching that the Son and God the Father are one in nature/essence. Jesus said that the sheep are equally safe in His hand and in His Father's hand. The power of the Son is equal to that of the Father. The Greek word for "one" is "hen." It is a neuter number to indicate equality of essence, attributes, design, will and work.

Jesus distinguishes the "I" from the "Father" and uses the plural verb "are" denoting "we are." So the verse literally says, "I and My Father we are one." If you look at vs24 of John 10, "The Jews therefore gathered around Him, and were saying to Him, "How long will You keep us in suspense? If you are the Christ/Messiah, tell us plainly."

Jesus "DOES NOT" say I am the Christ/Messiah, he says I and my Father, we are one." How do the Jews react to what Jesus said? Vs31, The Jews took up stones again to stone Him." At vs33, "The Jews answsered Him, For a good work we do not stone You, but for blasphemy; and because You, being a man, make Yourself God." No one is stoned or killed for claiming to be the Messiah and in fact even today people are running around the landscape claiming to be the Christ/Messiah.

And lastly, God the Father and God the Son do NOT have separate attributes. I just exegteted John 10:30 which is clearly teaching they are equal in every way including their attributes. :eek:

IN GOD THE SON,
bluto
 

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If you deny Jesus is God then you are simply not saved and are still carnal. As a carnal man you can not understand the spiritual.