Diserner
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Yes, there is inter-Trinitarian hierarchy and roles.
The Father is in an office of authority, and the Spirit is executor, and the Son is mediator.
How many self’s is God himself?
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Yes, there is inter-Trinitarian hierarchy and roles.
The Father is in an office of authority, and the Spirit is executor, and the Son is mediator.
Matthias
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It looks to me like the Father has the penthouse suite in that model.
Wrangler
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LOL. That’s funny right there.
Wrangler
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Russia is not a pronoun.
Wrangler
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That’s some intellectual gymnastics there. As I wrote, why the trinity is wrong: definition.
Diserner
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We are speaking of "itself" here.
Wrangler
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Dr. Seus?God is One and God is Three.
God is Divine and God is human
God is Spirit and God is flesh
God is Immortal and God is mortal
Diserner
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Remember love is other-oriented.
Christ was said that he could use his form of God to his own advantage if he wanted.
This love is an attribute of God.
Would it be harder to see your wife suffer and die, or you to suffer and die for her?
It's okay if your answer turns out selfish, lol, but perhaps can give more a glimpse of God.
Diserner
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It's really not.
Jacob and Israel are used as singular pronouns in Scripture to refer to the whole nation.
According to you that's "mental gymnastics."
According to me it's basic grammar.
Matthias
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“It’s fun to have fun but you have to know how.”
My favorite Dr. Seuss quote. I use it far more often than I would care to admit to.
Matthias
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It would be harder for me to watch my wife suffer and die. I would surrender my life in order to preserve hers, if it were possible.
APAK
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So your God is both the creator and one of its creations then? Are you sure you don't mean God was in/indwelt in one of his creations for a purpose? Scripture would agree with that reality, for sure.God is One and God is Three.
God is Divine and God is human
God is Spirit and God is flesh
God is Immortal and God is mortal
Diserner
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I'm not.
You're simply misrepresenting my point, I'd guess, by not really paying much attention.
Diserner
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Some ancient theologians speculated the Trinity might have each wanted to be the one to sacrifice for humanity.
It's an interesting thought.
Matthias
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I heard a trinitarian pastor (I think he was a Methodist, but might not have been) say (he was joking, to capture the attention of a drowsy congregation) that ”They would have drawn straws for it but the decision was made amongst ‘em before the creation of straws, so they had to figger out another way of deciding who it was gonna be.” (The best I can do from memory, now.) He quickly added that he didn‘t know who said what to who but it really doesn’t matter anyway; we know who did. He also said that we would probably be able to ask them about it sometime, because eternity is a lot of time to fill and conversation is bound to dry up from time to time.
P.S.
Appalachian preachers are something else.
I never did see a snake handling service in person, but I‘ve always wanted to. There are still churches in eastern Kentucky that hold them. One of these days I’m going to jump in my car some Sunday morning, drive east a couple of hours, and grab a seat near the back of the sanctuary.
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