Seems to be some confusion about the Trinity. The Trinity entails the following: 1. Father, Son, Holy Spirit = One God, One Being, One Essence, co-equal, co-eternal 2. Father, Son, Holy Spirit = all distinct persons while having simultaneously three self-centers of consciousness. 3. Father, Son, Holy Spirit = each having different roles in what is called the economy of the Trinity. Father=chooses whom will be save (Eph 1:4). Son= Redeems them (Eph 1:7). The Holy Spirit= seals them (Eph 1:7) Jesus works in perfect unity with the Father and knows and performs the will of the Father (john 8:42). This is why Jesus can claim he is The Truth (John 14:6). 4. Omnipresence: Wayne Grudem defines Omnipresence as such Just as God is unlimited or infinite with respect to time, so God is unlimited with respect to space. This characteristic of Gods nature is called Gods omnipresence (the Latin prefix omni-means all). Gods omnipresence may be defined as follows: God does not have size or spatial dimensions and is present at every point of space with his whole being, yet God acts differently in different places. A good example of where from Scripture Christian Theists gain this thought is Jeremiah 23:23-24 where God says Do I not fill heaven and earth? But throughout scripture there are other allusions to this thought (cf: Ps. 139:7-10; Col. 1:17; etc.). Cf: Grudem, Wayne, (1994) Systematic Theology: An Introduction to Biblical Doctrine. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan. See also quizlet/7418936/gods-omnipresence-flash-cards/ 5. There is a distinction between essence (being) and persons. Everyone is a being, and also a person. The two are not the same. We are all human beings (sharing the same nature), yet different persons. We are all distinct from each other. 6. The Word became Flesh=The Word took on flesh and has two separate natures, Divine and Human. There is no mixing, no matching. Jesus is both truly God, truly man. When we understand the term as truly meaning completely. Therefore there is no mixture of the divine with the humanity to make something completely new. Also there is no addition to either nature or depletion of either nature. To be complete is complete not partial this is the hypostatic union. You may refer them as T1-T6.
Posted on: Tue, 11 Nov 2014 16:18:26 +0000
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