Chapter One: One God
I will deal with the subject with all devotion, reverence and reverence. I pray to him to ask wisdom, strength and help to deal with this subject with impartiality, love and faith so that the truth becomes clear to those who wish to know, and the blinding of the eyes, and turn darkness into light. He who said that a light shines from darkness in the beginning of creation can shine its light in the hearts of many. I hope that no one will rush to judge this booklet before it is finished, otherwise it will fall into the trap of misguided conclusions stemming from impartiality and objectivity.
The question before us is: Is God one or three?
This question filled the greatest minds in the world of theology, philosophy and thought. Perhaps you dear reader and one of those who showed their bucket between buckets, but the result is one. The human mind is incapable of exploring the Jordan Valley or exploring the mysteries of the Divine Person without prior revelation or revelation. Psalm 19 says: "The heavens speak with the glory of God, and the astronomer tells the work of his hands." If God did not announce some aspects of nature in the nature surrounding us, the reason to reach what he reached. The invisible things of God - that is, his eternal ability and his divinity - have been seen since the creation of the world as aware of the artifacts, as the Apostle Paul says in his letter to Rome. If he had not declared himself in history, conscience and the Bible, the mind would not have done much. Virtue in the whole subject is to God. God begins with the proclamation in order to move in us reason and faith. Faith is higher than reason because it sees what is not seen while the mind deals with perspectives and intuitions. Faith is not against reason but against eyes. Faith and reason go one way but the first is greater and higher than the other. This is why the Bible says, "Without faith, God can not be satisfied." It is the one who begs the mind alone without declaring or accepting some of God's declarations without others, it ends with one of three: either denial, condemnation or questioning and inquiry.
It is worth noting that the Divine Advertisers - no matter how diverse and diverse - have no contradiction at all but are in harmony with each other and complement each other. What God has declared in nature is entirely consistent with what he has announced in conscience, and what he declares in conscience does not contradict what he has announced in history, and what he has announced in history agrees with his Bible revelations knowing that the light of these divine revelations was gradually increasing until it culminated in Christ!
The first of these is that God is one and not another. It is true that there are supernatural beings called by the Bible as "ministering spirits" such as angels, cherubim, seraphim and angels - if we do not mention the evil spiritual beings led by Satan, but these are all created and limited beings. God is the unlimited Creator. The name "one". This unity is confirmed in the Tawara, the Gospel and the Qur'an. Judaism, Christianity and Islam are monotheistic religions because they believe in one God.
Many mistakenly thought that Christians believed in three gods. Some of them have reached the point of saying brazenly that God is married and has a child and then they call for defense and law on God. This indicates that ignorance is beyond ignorance.
Dear Readers - Let it be known to you that Christianity is a monotheistic religion despite all attempts at confusion and distortion by materialism, immorality, pluralism, solutions, diabolical heresy and the qualitative conclusions that can not be accepted by changing the truth. Materialism denies the existence of God and says that the universe interprets itself. Non-Adria claims that God can not know, and she preferred to stand up to neutrality, saying "I do not know." Pluralism does not believe in one God but in tens and hundreds of gods. This is prominent in pagan circles past and present. Solution is God and the universe as one thing. God is the universe and the universe is God. By saying this, it denies solutions, not only the oneness of God, but also his character, nature and standards. The Bible says that God is one, and this is what we will come to detail in the next chapter, if the will of the Lord.
Question: Is faith in the oneness of God necessary?
Yes, of course. "You believe that God is one, you do well," says Jacob in his letter known as his name. That is, he praises believers in the oneness of God.
Another question: Is faith in the oneness of God sufficient for salvation and entering Heaven?
Both. Jacob, who praised the faith in the Oneness of the Creator, continues, "The demons also believe and are troubled." Even Satan believes in one God and fears Him, but His faith does not save Him. Why? Because it is incomplete faith. Faith without repentance does not work. The devil can not repent.
Christ said to His disciples in the Gospel of Luke: "If you do not repent, all of you will also be destroyed." Belief in one God is necessary and essential, but if it is not accompanied by a vertical heartbeat, it is no different from the faith of demons. Thus the faith of the Greeks and Romans, whom Paul the Apostle said about, "because they knew God (and believed in His existence and His unity through nature) did not glorify him or thank Him as God but were foolish in their thoughts and darkened their stupid heart." And while they claim to be wise, they became ignorant. And the most like these in our days!
Chapter Two: The Meaning of Oneness
The question before us is: Is God one or three? What we said in the previous chapter is that the answer is not based on logic and reason, but rather on declaration and faith. What faith can not can reason, because the first is higher than the second. The mind says that God exists, but faith gives him prostration. The mind is in doubt, but faith is against doubt. The mind is limited, but faith does the impossible. That is why Jesus said, "If you believe, everything is possible for the believer." The mind is like the sun, but faith is like the sun in the fourth day. Despite these differences, they go in one direction and agree on one answer: that God is one and not another.
Yes, God is one, and we adhere to this doctrine strongly, despite what is rumored about us, in good faith or bad faith. The prophets, messengers, and Christ Himself emphasized this fact in the Word of God. And the word of God rock is unshakeable. "Heaven and earth shall pass away, but the word of God shall not pass away."
Here are some proofs from God's book about the existence of one God. Musa al-Kalim al-Halim says in chapter 6 of Deuteronomy: "Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God is one Lord." In chapter 20 of Exodus, God says in the first commandment of the Ten Commandments: "I am the Lord your God ... you have no other gods before me." And in chapter 45 of the book of Isaiah the prophet, our eyes are six times upon the words of God: "I am the Lord, and there is no other.
The same truth is found in the New Testament. In chapter 12 of the Gospel of Mark we read that one of the scribes who cling to the law asked Jesus, "What commandment is the first of all?" Jesus replied, "The first of all the commandments is: Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God is one Lord." Then he went on to say, "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your might."
In the same theme, the Apostle Paul speaks in chapter 4 of his Ephesians: "One Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father." In his first letter to Timothy, the apostle himself states: "There is one God and one intermediary between God and men ..." Jacob referred to the same doctrine as he said in chapter 4 of his letter known as "One who is the author of the Law".
In addition, throughout history, the believers of the One God have expressed their faith by saying, "We believe in one God, the Father, the Adjuster of all the Creator of the heavens and the earth."
The important question now is: What is this unity and how do we understand it in the light of the Holy Revelation?
If we try to interpret the oneness of God as literally as some rationalists do, our conception of the personality of God, Christ, and the Bible becomes impossible. The Bible touches a book full of contradictions, and Christ becomes just a man of a religious bent.
So how do we explain the unity and how we should understand it?
If we believe in the truth of God and His Word, we must return to "the law and to the certificate." From the Gospels we understand that the early Christians were Jews who believed in the unity of God, and when they knew Christ, they did not abandon their faith, but they understood it in a new way from Christ's statements about himself and the Holy Spirit. In other words, they understood that there was a multiplicity within unity. They understood that God is one essence, inseparable and at the same time a trinity or three.
Perhaps you say, "This is unbelievable and unbelievable." But Ruidk. Who told you that we are speaking at the level of reason and reason? The human mind usually resorted to calculation and numbers, saying: one + one + one = three, and there should be three gods, and so hastens to deny or to denounce.
This is the mistake in which the Hebrews took place in the past. When they read the words of Moses in the Bible, "Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God is one Lord" rejected the idea of the Trinity completely and did not know that the word "one" in the Bible refers to the union or unity among several entities. An example of this is found in the first chapter of Genesis, where Moses says: "It was evening and morning one day," referring to the day consisting of evening and morning.
As we find in the second chapter of the same travel, where we fall on the verse that "so the man leaves his father and mother and cleaves to his wife and they become one body" a reference to the full union between two independent entities. The woman was one with the man because she was ribbons of ribs, and she was still one with her man in the sight of God, and he was cruel to that. These facts are higher than the mind. However, I advise you to accept it with confidence and joy because God does not deceive us. On the other hand, if you try to subordinate God to your human concepts, you try the impossible because you are limited and God is unlimited. May the Lord give you understanding in all things, and may accept the Declaration by faith.
Chapter III: Multiplicity in Unity
In the light of the word of God, I hope that we have understood that God is one and that His Oneness is not a rigid literal but a living, interactive one. The word "one" refers to the unity or union of several entities, although human logic alienates the idea - the idea of pluralism in monotheism. God declared himself in this way and offered it to us not to vote on it but to accept it by faith. To accept or not to accept: that is the question. In both cases we are responsible for our position.
The word triad is not mentioned in the Bible but the mystery of the Trinity is clear to all who have spiritual insight. This, however, does not mean that the doctrine of triangulation is easy to understand. They are above reason because God is above reason.
It is said that Augustine was preoccupied with this subject as he was walking one day at the beach. He turned to a small boy digging a hole in the sand. When Augustine asked him about his purpose, he replied, "I want to put the sea in this hole." And Augustine said to himself, "This is what I am doing now: I am trying to put unlimited God in my limited mental pit."
Yes, who among us can understand God and his nature with his limited mind? There are lesser secrets not before us understand. Who among us can understand the meaning of life, consciousness and sleep? If we do not understand this easily, how do we understand the belief that one God in three and three in one?
It is not surprising if the deities of the mind found the Trinitarian doctrine as they found the doctrine of the cross. The apostle Paul says: "We preach Christ Jesus crucified to the Jews and the Greeks are foolishness." The same is true of the doctrine of the Trinity, but Christ said, "Blessed is he who is not found in me."
One of them once suggested merging the Christian and Islamic religions into one religion, but on condition that Christians renounce the belief in the Trinity, the Cross and the health of the Bible, and that it is not enough for Christians, but for God who revealed to us the mystery of the Trinity, One God is the Triune. And as long as God has said His Word, who are we to change, modify, delete or add?
The idea of pluralism in oneness is not alien to the Book of God or the creation of God. Man himself is one and three at the same time. It is composed of the same spirit and body. That is why the dead are said to be "alive at their Lord" while the body is carried to the cemetery. Water is also one and three, because it is composed of two molecules of hydrogen and one molecule of oxygen. Air triad: oxygen, hydrogen and nitrogen. One atom is a proton, a neutron and an electron. The substance is composed of rigid means and gas. Time is divided into past, present and future. The family is composed of father, mother and children.
We mention all these explanations with the knowledge that they are relative and limited. Because God can not be likened to anything. At the same time, these explanations confirm one important thing: the possibility of pluralism in oneness, and thus the possibility of believing in one God in three nations.
Some claimed that the Trinity came originally from paganism, but this is a mistake. Paganism had an idea similar to the idea of triangulation, but its concept was not the Christian concept itself. Even if we assume that idolatry believed in Trinitarianism in the Christian way, it does not diminish the doctrine, but rather confirms to us that God has revealed this secret to the pagans in his own way. We say this and we are confident that the differences between the two concepts are more than similarities.
Others argued that triangulation does not mean three distinct universes in theology, including Spalius, who appeared in the third century AD. "The Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit are just three labels for three temporary manifestations of God, with the intention of redeeming mankind." In the fourth century, another deviation from the Biblical doctrine led by Arius, the leader of those who claim to be Jehovah's Witnesses, appeared in aspects of the One God. Arius believed that there was one God and denied the Trinity. And ended up dividing the essence of God, the Son and the Holy Spirit became two creatures created to mediate between God and people. Thus Jesus Christ turned to a small God created from the eternal Elohim, though he said that Christ created the worlds.
The disciples of Arius said that Christ created the Holy Spirit, so that God came first, Christ in the second, and the Holy Spirit in the third. These deviations are necessary because when one rejects the declarations of God he becomes a slave to his false ideas and conclusions.
But that does not change the truth. God is He and the least people what they wanted. This is what reminds me of what is stated in the second psalm, where David says: "Why did the nations stir up and the peoples think in falsehood?" Then he says, "The one who dwells in the heavens laughs, the Lord mocks them." God underestimates the attempts of people because they are sterile and sterile and without value.
My brother, are you those who bow to the dictates of human logic influenced by sin, or do you believe in God and accept faith in what he revealed to us in his infallible book? If the Lord opened your heart and your vision to accept the truth.
Chapter Four: Proofs of pluralism in Oneness
I have said so far that the Bible in its covenant confirms that God is one in three and three in one. This, of course, does not appeal to logic and reason because it is supernatural and not due to mental diligence. God revealed this mystery to mankind through His divine declarations, above all the written word and the incarnate Word. We humans have no hand in the subject. All we have is that we have two choices: either to accept the declaration by faith or not to accept it under the responsibility. Only reason can not respond to divine declarations without trust in the Holy Word of God. Faith opens the heart and enlightens the mind and brings insight.
I also stated that monotheism and trinity are a stumbling block for some and some for others. The reason for this is expressed in the words of the Apostle Paul: "A natural man (by his very nature) does not accept the spirit of God because he has foolishness." Thus one is prey to false ideas and vain and futile attempts.
God is one, and His essence is one, but a Trinity. There are many proofs of this:
First: the names of God. In the Hebrew language, the language of the Old Testament, we fall on two terms of the name of the majesty, one singular, namely "il" (ie God) and the other in the plural "Elohim". Elohim was used 2,500 times while IL was used 250 times. An example of this is the first commandment in the Ten Commandments mentioned in chapter 20 of Exodus, where God says, "I am the Lord your God (Elohim)." His saying, "I am the Lord," clearly indicates that he is "one." The word "your God" (Elohim in the plural) refers to the pluralism of oneness.
Second: the words of God. If we return to the first chapter of the Book of Genesis we find God speaking in the plural and the singular at the same time. In verse 26, God said, "We work man in our image" ... In verse 27 we read the phrase "God created man in His image".
In the wake of the fall of man, in chapter 3 of the book itself we read the words of God in verse 22 "Behold, man has become like one of us." And when God says: "From us" to whom he refers to? Is not pluralism in the unity?
In chapter 6 of the book of Isaiah the prophet we read that the seraphim chanted three times, saying, "Holy, holy, holy, Lord of hosts." Then Isaiah said, "I heard the voice of the Lord saying, Who sent, and who goes for us? Note that he said "who sent" in the singular and then "for us" in the plural. We find this fact very clear in the story of the Tower of Babel in the eleventh chapter of the Book of Genesis, where God says: "Come down and let down their tongue" and not "Come down ... etc." .. On the other hand, the word "Helm" indicates that there is a speaker and address . Who is the addressee, see?
Third: the love of God. The Apostle John says: "God is love." Even the Greeks understood that God loved, so they used four words of love. The first refers to erotic love, the second to family love, the third to human affection, and the fourth to divine love, which is "Agape." God is not only merciful, but also loving. Loving her lovable. If there is no existence of pluralism within unity, who is the beloved, see? If we say that God loves Himself, we make a terrible mistake because God is not selfish. If not selfish, who is the subject of his love? If we say that God loves man or the world, then this means that God is not self-sufficient, but if he is not satisfied with himself, then he is not perfect. May God be incomplete. In this case there is only one solution left, which, as the Baptist, Paul and Christ said, "the Father loves the Son" and this is a sign of pluralism in Oneness.
Fourth: The promises of God. I am content here with two promises. The first is the promise of eternal life, and the second is the promise of the Holy Spirit. In the first chapter of Paul's letter to Titus, the Apostle speaks in verse 2 about "the eternal life which God promised in eternity". If we believe the word of God, it is our right to ask: If God is the Promised One, who is the Promised One? The answer to this question is found in chapter 17 of the Gospel of John. Christ says to the heavenly Father, "Glorify your Son, to glorify you also your Son, because I have given him authority over all flesh, to give eternal life to all who have given him." The Promised is the Father, and the Promised is the Son, and the promise is made in eternity, where there was no angel, man or universes.
The second promise is the promise of the Holy Spirit, which Jesus called "the appointment of my Father" and Paul called him "the spirit of the holy promise." In these two references to God's determination in eternity when he thought of the salvation of mankind. The Father promised His Son to send the Holy Spirit after the cross, the resurrection and the ascension, and so He became. When the Day of Pentecost came, as was written in the second chapter of the Acts of the Apostles, the Holy Spirit came upon the disciples as if it were a hurricane.
Perhaps you say, "I can not understand the mystery of the Trinity." I answer you: I'm like you. But I accept him by faith, for God is truthful and forgiving of lies. The issue is very simple. Do you believe God more than people or vice versa? If you believe in God it is necessary to believe his words and announcements in his holy book. If you believe humans, you mean that you want to put the spiritual facts in the row of scientific facts and philosophical analysis, and this is a grave mistake and scandal. If you follow the Apostle Peter, who said: "God should obey more than people."
Chapter 5: Where did the Trinity come from?
Let us now come to the written evidence of the Trinitarian doctrine of one God, the Trinity triangle: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. I will begin with the introduction of the Bible. In the first chapter of Genesis, we read in the first verse the phrase: "In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth." Verse 2 says: "And the Spirit of God will flatter the face of the waters." Then we read in verse 3: "And God said, Let there be light, and there was light." The first verse speaks of "God", the second of "the Spirit of God" and the third of "the Word of God" ie the Word of God. It refers to the Christian doctrine of one God in three universes.
I turn now to the Psalms. In Psalm 33, our eyes are on verse 6: "By the word of the Lord the heavens were made, and by the breath of it all its soldiers." Thus, as Moses had already pointed out, David was referring to the Lord's participation, his word, and the breath of his mouth in the process of creation. The same is evident in the prophecy of Isaiah. In Chapter 48, God says, "I am the first and the last (and this is a title of the titles of Christ in the New Testament), and my hand has established the earth, and my right has spread the heavens." In verse 16 he says, "I have been there ever since, and now the Lord God has sent me and his Spirit." From here we understand that the second hypostasis is the speaker and therefore says, "The Lord God sent me and his Spirit." If this is not a triad, how is the Trinity?
We turn to the New Testament. In the third chapter of the Gospel of Matthew we read the details of the baptism of Christ by John the Baptist. "When Jesus was baptized, he ascended from the water for a while, and when the heavens were opened, he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and came to him," said Matthew when he said, "This is my beloved Son in whom I am pleased." Imagine the scene in your mind: The Son depends in the water and the Spirit descends as the ascension and the Father witnesses from heaven.
As long as we are baptized, let us take a look at the formula of baptism contained in chapter 28 of the Gospel of Matthew. The Lord Jesus says, "Go and teach all nations and baptize them in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit." Note that he did not say "baptize them with the names of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit," but "baptize them in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit." The word "name" is in the singular, which indicates that the Trinity is one God.
Jesus says in chapter 14 of the Gospel of John, "And I ask of the Father, and he will give you another consolation, that he may be with you forever: the Spirit of truth which the world can not accept; for he sees neither him nor knows him." The Son asks the Father to send the Holy Spirit. Is there any clearer word than this on the validity of the Trinitarian doctrine?
In Luke 1, Luke tells us that when the Virgin Gabriel preached to her, he said to her, "Behold, you will conceive and give birth to a son and call him Jesus." She said to him, "How can this be, and I do not know a man?" And Gabriel answered (and I will draw attention): "The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow thee: therefore also the Holy One begotten of you shall be called the Son of God." By saying this, Gabriel came to mention three related to the birth of the Savior: first the Holy Spirit. Secondly God is the Most High and the third is the Holy One who is called the Son of God.
The last evidence in this chapter is found in what we call the Apostolic Blessing. The triangular Apostolic Blessing reminds us of the "Hieronym" blessing of the Old Testament. In Chapter 6 of the Book of Numbers, the Lord spoke to Moses, and Moses spoke to his brother Aaron to bless the people by saying, "The Lord will bless you and keep you, and the LORD will shine his face upon you and have mercy on you. Why did this blessing be repeated three times? For the same reason for which Paul said in the Apostolic Blessing: "The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you." In other words, the Bible, from the beginning to the end, teaches the Trinity. The Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit are three in one essence, and one God, not three gods.
If you are still confused by your command, ask God to give you insight to know the truth. Only then do you understand the words of the Apostle John about the test that "the Son of God has come and given us insight to know the truth." Without this spiritual insight in vain try to know the truth and the truth.