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Car TalkRe: How Much Is Petrol In Your Area? by coolcharm(m): 7:31am On May 12, 2022
#285 from black market filing station. Else you go sleep for Shafa and NNPC
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Arsenal Vs Manchester United (3 - 1) On 23rd April 2022 by coolcharm(m): 2:20pm On Apr 23, 2022
Kingsley1000:
This one has forgotten man u has scored 2goals within 8mins.

If man u score now 86mins

During 5mins injury time they will equalizehuh
LoL, This game will end in premium tears for Man U
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Arsenal Vs Manchester United (3 - 1) On 23rd April 2022 by coolcharm(m): 2:17pm On Apr 23, 2022
Kingsley1000:
This match go end 3:2
4:1 you mean?
EducationRe: Who Can Help Me In Translating This Pidgin English To Correct English? by coolcharm(m): 9:04am On Apr 13, 2022
I'm older than you with how many years?

That's the correct way to ask the question.
CelebritiesRe: Jennifer Lopez And Ben Affleck Are Engaged Again by coolcharm(m): 6:30pm On Apr 10, 2022
LoL, they are back from various sampling break.

Good for them, confused mofos
PoliticsRe: Which Local Government Is The Largest In Terms Of Landmass? by coolcharm(m): 6:03pm On Apr 03, 2022
yyba:
no any local government is called TORO local government in niger state
TORO Local Government is in Bauchi State sorry
PoliticsRe: Which Local Government Is The Largest In Terms Of Landmass? by coolcharm(m): 12:27pm On Apr 03, 2022
Toro Local Government Area (Niger State)

It has an area of 6,9322km and a population of 350,404 at the 2006 census.
Christianity EtcRe: Stop Saying Good Morning Jesus Because Jesus-apostle Johnson Suleman by coolcharm(m): 9:54am On Apr 01, 2022
cornelboy:
Did the first apostles of Christ, Jesus himself, the early church and the Jews believed in any tripartite God? 1 Corinthians 8:6

Is God not a singular whole being?
The scripture you quoted has practically given you the answer.

"But to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him."

Note the distinction between

1. God, the Father (by whom are all things)

And

2. Lord Jesus Christ (by whom are all things)

Now, when Jesus was about to go to heaven, he had this to say to his desciples:

John 14:26
But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.

Now let's get down to the point. Why will God the father send the the Holy Ghost/Spirit in the name of Jesus (God the Son)?

When christians talk about the trinity or the tripartite nature of God, we are not referring to three different Gods. That's a heresy called Tritheism.

Second, we don't believe that the Father, Son, and the Holy Spirit are three "forms" of God—like, steam, water and ice. That's the heresy called Modalism.

Third, we don't believe that the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are "parts" or "pieces" or God. That would imply that Jesus is 1/3rd God, the Father is 1/3rd God, and the Holy Spirit is 1/3rd God.

We believe in one living and true God who is the Creator of heaven and earth; who is eternal, almighty, unchangeable, infinitely powerful, wise, just, and holy.

We believe that the one God eternally exists in three Persons: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit; and that these three are one God, co-equal and co-eternal, having precisely the same nature and attributes, and worthy of precisely the same worship, confidence, and obedience. Matthew 3:16, 17; Matthew 28:19, 20; Mark 12:29; John 1:14; Acts 5:3, 4; II Corinthians 13:14.

While this statement is biblically accurate, it can seem very intimidating. Let's break it down into six smaller statements about the trinity that's easier to understand:

One God and One Only
Exists in three Persons
Equal and Eternal
Worthy of equal praise and worship
Distinct yet acting in unity
Constituting the one true God of the Bible


When we say these things we mean that the Father is God, the Son is God, and the Holy Spirit is God, but they are not three gods but only one God. The Father is not the Son, the Son is not the Spirit, the Spirit is not the Father, but each is God individually and yet they are together the one true God of the Bible.

Have you ever seen the word "Godhead?" Theologians sometimes use that term when they want to refer to God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit as three divine Persons in one God.

There is only One God

The Bible contains numerous clear statements regarding the unity of God: Deuteronomy 6:4 tells us that "the Lord is one." 1 Corinthians 8:4 adds that "there is no God but one." 1 Timothy 2:5 explicitly says "there is one God." All Christians heartily affirm this truth.

However, the Bible also contains clear statements regarding diversity within that unity. For instance, in the very first verse of the Bible we are told that "In the beginning God." The Hebrew word for God is elohim, which is actually a plural form of the word el. It's a word that in other contexts is sometimes translated as "gods," referring to heathen deities. Later in the same chapter we have one of the most striking statements of diversity-in-unity:

Then God said, ‘‘Let us make man in our image, in our likeness, [/b]and let them rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, over all the earth, and over all the creatures that move along the ground." [b]So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them. Genesis 1:26-27

Notice the shift in pronouns. "Let us … in our image … So God created man in his own image. … he created him." From us and our to he. Why the shift? [/b]Commentators speak of a literary form called the plural of majesty or the "editorial we." This much is certainly true. If Genesis 1 does not explicitly teach diversity-in-unity within the Godhead, it certainly leaves room for it to be developed later in the Bible.

Isaiah 48:16 seems to explicitly refer to all three Persons of the Trinity (with my additions in parentheses): "And now the Sovereign LORD (the Father) has sent me (the Son), with his Spirit (the Holy Spirit)."

[b]Consider further this line of evidence. All Three Persons are called God in different places in the Bible.

Father — Galatians 1:1
Son — John 20:28
Spirit — Acts 5:3-4


How could the Son and the Spirit be called God unless they somehow share in God's essence? But if they share in God's essence, they are God alongside the Father.

Finally, all three Persons are associated together on an equal basis in numerous passages:

Jesus' baptism—Matthew 3:13-17 (voice of the Father, Son baptized, Spirit descending like a dove).

Salvation—1 Peter 1:2 (chosen by the Father, sanctified by the Spirit, sprinkled with the blood of Jesus).

Sanctification—2 Corinthians 13:14 (grace of the Lord Jesus, love of God, fellowship of the Holy Spirit).

Christian Baptism—Matthew 28:19 (baptized in one name, yet three Persons—Father, Son, and Holy Spirit).

Prayer—Ephesians 3:14-21 (strengthened by his Spirit, know the love of Christ, filled with the fullness of God).

Christian Growth—2 Thessalonians 2:13 (chosen by God, loved by the Lord, sanctified by the Spirit).


This list of passages might be extended. It simply shows how easily the writers of Scripture passed from one Person of the Trinity to another, doing so in a way that assumes their equality of nature while preserving their distinct personhood. If the doctrine of the Trinity is not true, it would seem to be blasphemy to speak so freely of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit in one and the same breath.

Where in the Bible do you find the word Trinity?

The word "Trinity" is not in the Bible. But we don't discard it simply because it isn't found in the Bible. The issue is not the word, but the concept or the idea. We don't believe in the Trinity because of the word, but because of what the Bible teaches.

The Trinity Applied

I am sure that many Christians think this doctrine has no practical value. That is, even if it's true, it doesn't and shouldn't matter to them. However, that simply isn't true. Let me suggest five important ramifications of this truth.

A. The Trinity helps us answer the question, "What was God doing before he created the universe?"
This is a question little children like to stump their parents with. But skeptics like to ask it as well.

The Trinity teaches us that before the foundation of the world, God was having fellowship within his own being. That's why the Bible tells us that the Father loves the Son (John 17:24). In some sense we can never understand that God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit have forever communicated and loved each other.

Francis Schaeffer emphasized this point in his books. This, he says, is where the human desire for intimacy and communication comes from. We were made to communicate. That design is part of the image of God within each of us.

It also teaches us that God is never "lonely." He didn't create us because he "needed" us. God could have existed forever without us. That he made us at all is a statement of his great love and the wisdom of his plan.

B. The Trinity sets the limits on human speculation about the nature of God.

There is so much we would like to know about God, but our finite minds cannot comprehend it. We are not free to create God in our own image. The Trinity sets the limits for human speculation. God is more than the Trinity, but he is not less than that.

C. The Trinity teaches us that God is beyond all human comprehension.

After all, if we could explain God, he wouldn't be God. I have no doubt that God is much more than "one in essence, three in Person," but since I can't even understand those simple phrases, I don't worry at all about what else might be true about God. If you feel baffled by the Trinity, join the crowd. The greatest minds of history have stood in amazement before a God so great that he cannot be contained by our puny explanations.

D. The Trinity exalts the Son and the Spirit.

We all know that God the Father is to be worshiped. But what about Jesus Christ? If he is God, should we not also worship him? The answer of course is yes. But that truth leads us back to the Trinity. He is not merely the Son of God but also God the Son. The same thing may be said about the Holy Spirit. He is not just a "force" but a Divine Person. Not an "influence" or some vague power, but the Third Person of the Trinity.

Let me draw one important inference. Since all Three Persons of the Trinity are equally God, we may pray to any member of the Trinity. That, by the way, is the number one question I have been asked about the Holy Spirit since writing Names of the Holy Spirit. Many Christians simply do not feel comfortable praying to the Spirit even though we often sing songs that are essentially prayers to the Spirit, such as "Spirit of God, descend upon my heart" and "Spirit of the living God, fall afresh on me." Surely if we may sing to the Spirit, we may also pray to him. If he is God, our prayers may be directed to him.

I do agree that Christian prayers will customarily be made to the Father (e.g. The Lord's Prayer). But let us not quibble or imagine that the Father is slighted if we direct our prayers to the Son or to the Spirit, according to the need of the moment. There is no jealousy among the members of the Trinity nor could there ever be.

E. The Trinity helps us understand what really happened at the Cross.

At the climax of Jesus' suffering, he cried out, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?" What do those strange, tortured words mean? We have a hint of the answer in that every other time Jesus prayed, he used the term "Father." But at that moment, when he bore the full weight of the sins of the world, when all that is evil and wretched was poured out upon him, in some way we cannot begin to fathom, God—who cannot look upon sin—turned his back on his own Son. Sin as it were (though not in ultimate reality) caused a rupture in the Trinity. Instead of "Father," Jesus cries out, "My God, my God!" It is God speaking to God. The eternal Son cries out to the Father at the moment when the penalty of sin has been laid upon him. If it be asked, how could one man pay for the sins of the entire race, we find the answer in the doctrine of the Trinity. Only an infinite God could bear the sins of the world!

[/bMajor part of this post is adapted from Christianity.com

https://www.christianity.com/god/trinity/god-in-three-persons-a-doctrine-we-barely-understand-11634405.html
Christianity EtcRe: Stop Saying Good Morning Jesus Because Jesus-apostle Johnson Suleman by coolcharm(m): 9:33am On Mar 31, 2022
justified007:
So it is Jesus that created the morning and night ? He's still the one watching over us ?


Wetin baba God con dey do ? Abi Jesus is now God and no more Son of God ?
Genesis 1:26
And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness.... (Emphasis on "Let Us"wink

Yes. Jesus was there from the very beginning, and as Christians, we believe in the tripartite nature of God. (i.e God the father, The Son and The Holy Spirit).

I see you've come for an argument, but sorry, I won't indulge.
Christianity EtcRe: Stop Saying Good Morning Jesus Because Jesus-apostle Johnson Suleman by coolcharm(m): 8:00am On Mar 31, 2022
These are very flawed messages. How can you say the one who created morning and night doesn't know what morning is?

See eh, we should be more concerned about the good news gospel and the great commission, not all theses shenanigans.

By the way, dear christians, follow your men of God, but keep the holy spirit of God in you alive. That's the spirit of discernment, and He will "teach you all things."

Not all these spiritually correct and self serving doctrines.
Foreign AffairsRe: Leading Russian Colonel Killed In Ukraine In Further Blow To Putin’s War by coolcharm(m): 2:36pm On Mar 18, 2022
godliman:
The number of Russian soldiers killed in just 3 weeks exceeds what the US lost in 20 years of Afghan war.
Putin thinks a war is won by brute force alone.

Tactics. And the Russians appear to not even understand their own script.
Foreign AffairsRe: Leading Russian Colonel Killed In Ukraine In Further Blow To Putin’s War by coolcharm(m): 2:28pm On Mar 18, 2022
Serves him right.

what was he doing in Ukraine?

Now, he has been liquidated

Yeye colonel
SportsRe: Does Mesut Ozil Deserve An Appology For Being Attacked On His Political Views? by coolcharm(m): 2:24pm On Mar 18, 2022
angry
FoodRe: Once Upon A Time In Nigeria by coolcharm(m): 9:16pm On Mar 08, 2022
How easy was it to come by #25 then?
Foreign AffairsRe: Captured Russian Occupiers Deeply Regrets Coming To Ukraine (subtitles) by coolcharm(m): 2:11am On Mar 01, 2022
Are these the soldiers Russia is banking on?? I guess Putin overated himself and his military.
Foreign AffairsRe: Biden Imposes Additional Sanctions On Russia As Ukraine Assault Deepens by coolcharm(m): 8:08pm On Feb 24, 2022
Joe Biden is a weak pvssy for a United States President I've ever seen.

I waited eagerly for his watery speech, right now, Ukraine is so fvking on it's own.
BusinessRe: Bad Fuel: Mele Kyari's Immediate Response Saved Nigeria's Economy by coolcharm(m): 7:51am On Feb 17, 2022
What a shithole.

How did the fuel get into the country in the first place
PoliticsRe: BREAKING: DCP Abba Kyari Arrested By Police by coolcharm(m): 5:35pm On Feb 14, 2022
The guy is fuvcked up already.
Car TalkRe: My Car Consumes Too Much Fuel, Pls Help by coolcharm(m): 11:35pm On Jan 03, 2022
Plugs

Catalytic converter

Airflow meter

Engine
PoliticsRe: Pastor Bakare 9 Billion Naira Loan Shows That Government Critics Are Not Better by coolcharm(m): 10:35am On Dec 31, 2021
Ynix:
It is bigger than that have other Enterprising facilities. Moreover, it is built by an Italian firm.
I'm telling you.
PoliticsRe: Pastor Bakare 9 Billion Naira Loan Shows That Government Critics Are Not Better by coolcharm(m): 10:08am On Dec 31, 2021
Biodun556:
Looking at the picture of the building, the cathedral does not worth a billion naira let alone 4.5 billion, which means the money could have been diverted for other purpose.
This building is not worth a billion naira?
What are you high on bro?

RomanceRe: I'm Fed Up. My Boyfriend Thinks I'm A Prostitute. by coolcharm(m): 11:07am On Dec 23, 2021
Dump his ass. You deserve better.
Technology MarketCanon EOS M50 Mark ll sold! by coolcharm(op):
Less than 2 months of use.

Mint condition.

#330,000

Location: Abuja

#Sold

PoliticsRe: FUTO: ASUU Rejects Own Committee Report Confirming Pantami's Professorship by coolcharm(m):
Well done ASUU

That FUTO VC needs to be thoroughly investigated for corruption. She messed up big time.
FamilyRe: Should I Disown My Father And Forget About Him? by coolcharm(m):
Hey... Stop feeling entitled. Your dad owes you nothing bro.

Just take that as a challenge, defer your admission for a session, pick up a job, save, go back to school when you are ready.

Be a man. (It's not a day's job)

Good luck in your endeavors
PoliticsRe: Akende Dewua: APC Youth Leader In Benue Resigns Says "I No Do Again" by coolcharm(m): 5:36pm On Nov 03, 2021
Hilarious. grin grin
Car TalkRe: Sad Experience With VIO Today by coolcharm(m): 6:56am On Sep 18, 2021
I'll just pretend I didn't read your first paragraph.
Giltexo:
Not everything online some people go put mouth...with your response am sure you don't drive or use to highway....those VIO FOR SDP GWAGWALADA stopped me few months ago loo and behold ..I was vibrating with all assurance that everything is in order in my motor...but as they put my plate number online for what I don't know ..oh my God ...only thing I was seeing was red error message.. I ended up in their office last last...20k comot from my pocket that night.
Car TalkRe: Sad Experience With VIO Today by coolcharm(m): 7:18pm On Sep 17, 2021
LoL, they just chop you 40k for nothing.

Except your papers are fake, I see no reason why you should part with your hard earned money by the roadside
PoliticsRe: VAT Judgement: FIRS May Lose ₦92 Billiom Revenue To States by coolcharm(m): 7:42am On Sep 14, 2021
My own question is... Why will you take VAT from Lagos and share with Sokoto?

Mbok, let every VAT be spent in the state it is generated.
CelebritiesRe: Tonto Dikeh Fires Back At Bobrisky: I Don’t Have Time For Nonsense by coolcharm(m): 1:59pm On Sep 10, 2021
Be like... Tonto no allow bobrisky impregnate her. grin grin cheesy
EducationRe: TASU Students Cook, Sleep With Matric Gown, Claim They Must Use Their 1k by coolcharm(m): 1:28pm On Sep 04, 2021
Naijanascam:
It's not poverty for goodness sake.....he is just catching cruise.........
What kind of nonsense cruise is that

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