07-16-2003, 03:22 AM
True, but God is the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit,
God is Everything.
God is One, yes, but presents himself/it as more than one so that we can relate.
God in Genesis appears as Three Strangers to Abraham, but the three spoke as One.
The three persons of the Godhead are, at the same time, noted in such Scriptures as Isaiah 48:16: "I have not spoken in secret from the beginning; From the time that it was, there am I; and now the Lord God, and his Spirit, hath sent me." The speaker in this verse is obviously God, and yet He says He has been "sent both by The Lord God (that is, the Father) and by His Spirit (that is, the Holy Spirit).
The teaching of the Bible concerning the Trinity might be summarized thus. God is a Tri-unity, with each Person of the Godhead equally and fully and eternally God. Each is necessary, and each is distinct, and yet all are one. The three Persons appear in a logical, causal order. The Father is the unseen, omnipresent Source of all being, revealed in and by the Son, experienced in and by the Holy Spirit. The Son proceeds from the Father, and the Spirit from the Son. With reference to God's creation, the Father is the Thought behind it, the Son is the Word calling it forth, and the Spirit is the Deed making it a reality.
Islam presents a God who is limited in ability, who can not be more than one, and if God is more than one in any way, you say that it cannot be, yet "WE" and "OUR" are in the Qur'an present a God who can be more than one.
Who is the "WE" and "OUR"? Christianity has the Trinity which is One God, however God presents himself to Humanity in three different ways so we can comprehend.
Islam rules out the Trinity, yet presents a God that is expressing multiple personalities, "WE" and "OUR", this contradicts your belief, so how can you buy into it?
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