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Showing posts with label theology. Show all posts
Showing posts with label theology. Show all posts

Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Relationship with the "Trifecta"


Why I Reject the Trinity Part: 2

Some question the importance of pursuing this doctrine and deeper theology.
My belief is this: if God were present with us in some carnal form that our flesh could constantly perceive, then we could simply use our five senses to understand him and know him.

If a person truly does love Him and understands that the purpose of the Father’s reconciliation and Jesus’ ministry is simply for us to have eternal life (John 3:16); then we should receive and pursue that life.

John 17:3
And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.”

Revelation knowledge is our only means to know Him better. Doctrines that do not expose God truthfully hinder our ability to understand and enjoy that relationship. In essence to accept a false doctrine about Jesus or the Father, or to not care to know if it’s true or misleading, is to disregard the ministry and desire of them both. How you think about God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit determines how you relate and respond to them.

If a person claims to love Jesus and the Father there is nothing else for them to do but pursue their truth and know them better. To reject the pursuit of knowing them is to reject eternal life and the core of their ministry. God gave his son to death so we could have eternal life, so we could know them.

PART 3









Monday, February 27, 2012

Lens


Why I Reject the Trinity Part: 1

Many of the truths that we cling to depend on our point of view.” Obi-Wan Kenobi

There are many things to discuss in this teaching. First and foremost is lens.

Everyone one of us has a lens that we use to read the Bible and ancient text. Whenever two people talk about theology the conversation is rarely about the scriptural data it is about the lens we use to interpret that data. Things that Trinitarians believe are crystal clear, from my perspective, are not. Even if the decision regarding the Triune Jesus hinged on who could provide the longest list of ”irrefutable” verses we would not have an answer, we would only have a list and rhetoric.
The same is true for Liberals and Neo-Cons. They both look at the exact same data and draw two different conclusions. It is all lens.

The exclusive Trinitarian divinity of Jesus is a lens that most were raised with. These people never had a reason to reject it so it was never challenged. Now they read the Bible and see Trinity everywhere. We read Hebrew text, written by people who might stone you for Polytheism, and see plurality, therefore Trinity. It seems that most Trinitarians goal is to proof their theology with scripture. Rarely is the objective an unbiased pursuit of truth but rather a proof-texting for Trinitarianism. Believing this is the goal of most people, mine is now to disprove those proofs, offer a more cohesive lens, and explain my motivations for the non Trinitarian Jesus.

PART 2