09 Dec '19 04:02>8 edits
@KingDavid403
Thankyou for pointing out to me the familiar passage.
And may times it is not just a matter of what is written.
It is a matter of again, what also is written.
You see nothing I explained about John 14:23 made me ask you therefore not to believe John 14:9.
How about I receive them both?
How about I trust God who has spoken both passages?
I asked you to show me an angel dwelling in man.
I am going to assume that you know no such teaching exists, for now, until you produce the evidence.
Now as to your question to me about "triune God". There is no passage in which the phrase "triune God' is used in the whole Bible.
There is also no passage that I can think of which uses the word "substitution." Yet the truth of "substitution" is evident in Scripture. Christ died in "substitution" of us when we believe into Him.
The revelation is there. The exact word used by Christian teachers is not there.
"Rapture" I do not believe is a word one could find in the Bible.
The truth of a rapture event or more is there, though the exact word cannot be located.
Well, by exhorting me that "God is one" aren't you adding something to my utterance that I never denied ? The challenge was out for you to find me anywhere in the last twelve years here writing that there are "three Gods."
So when you exhort me that there is "one God" I would give a hearty Amen to that truth. But I also would not to suppress that the one God spoke of Himself as "We" and "Us".
How about with equal trust and enthusiasm I accept all that God has revealed to me?
Now as to your question, where is the requirement to believe in the triune God in order to be saved:
If you believe that the Father is God and the Son is God then concerning the one God you must admit that to have One is to have the other. And to deny one is to deny the other.
I would draw your attention to the two words "EITHER" and "ALSO".
"Everyone who denies the Son does not have the Father ... EITHER;
he who confesses the Son has the Father ... ALSO."
This gives me the ground to say (though the word is not used) one believes in the triune God has God and is saved.
Now if someone protests and says " But I don't believe that the Father and the Son are two separate Gods !! "
I would respond - "Neither do I".
If someone protests and says " But I believe that my Bible emphatically teaches that there is ONE God." .
I would say - "Amen! I believe that also. My Bible says the same."
[John 14:9 NKJV] 9 Jesus said to him, "Have I been with you so long, and yet you have not known Me, Philip? He who has seen Me has seen the Father; so how can you say, 'Show us the Father'?
Thankyou for pointing out to me the familiar passage.
And may times it is not just a matter of what is written.
It is a matter of again, what also is written.
You see nothing I explained about John 14:23 made me ask you therefore not to believe John 14:9.
How about I receive them both?
How about I trust God who has spoken both passages?
Show me in scripture where Jesus or any of the Apostles said that there is a triune God?
I asked you to show me an angel dwelling in man.
I am going to assume that you know no such teaching exists, for now, until you produce the evidence.
Now as to your question to me about "triune God". There is no passage in which the phrase "triune God' is used in the whole Bible.
There is also no passage that I can think of which uses the word "substitution." Yet the truth of "substitution" is evident in Scripture. Christ died in "substitution" of us when we believe into Him.
The revelation is there. The exact word used by Christian teachers is not there.
"Rapture" I do not believe is a word one could find in the Bible.
The truth of a rapture event or more is there, though the exact word cannot be located.
and that one must believe that to be saved? You are adding to scripture something that is not there; simple as that. God is one. Gods Holy Word says so. Simple as that.
Well, by exhorting me that "God is one" aren't you adding something to my utterance that I never denied ? The challenge was out for you to find me anywhere in the last twelve years here writing that there are "three Gods."
So when you exhort me that there is "one God" I would give a hearty Amen to that truth. But I also would not to suppress that the one God spoke of Himself as "We" and "Us".
How about with equal trust and enthusiasm I accept all that God has revealed to me?
Now as to your question, where is the requirement to believe in the triune God in order to be saved:
If you believe that the Father is God and the Son is God then concerning the one God you must admit that to have One is to have the other. And to deny one is to deny the other.
"Everyone who denies the Son does not have the Father either; he who confesses the Son has the Father also." (1 John 2:23)
I would draw your attention to the two words "EITHER" and "ALSO".
"Everyone who denies the Son does not have the Father ... EITHER;
he who confesses the Son has the Father ... ALSO."
This gives me the ground to say (though the word is not used) one believes in the triune God has God and is saved.
Now if someone protests and says " But I don't believe that the Father and the Son are two separate Gods !! "
I would respond - "Neither do I".
If someone protests and says " But I believe that my Bible emphatically teaches that there is ONE God." .
I would say - "Amen! I believe that also. My Bible says the same."