“Knowing God” kind of implies knowing that he and Christ (both listed separately here) are not the same personage.
Christians believe that the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost are separate Persons, ... but also that they are the one Eternal God.
I believe that our understanding of the nature of the infinite God is limited by the finiteness of our thinking processes.
It appears that God is One ... in the sense that the yolk, the white, and the shell all are egg, ... and perform different functions in the egg.
What I would say, according to my best understanding, ... is that God is a composite being, much like a family, .... with all the Persons involved being recognizable as God themselves.
>>>>“Knowing God” kind of implies knowing that he and Christ (both listed separately
>>>>here) are not the same personage.”
>>Christians believe that the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost are separate Persons, ... >>but also that they are the one Eternal God.
This directly contradicts what I have been told by my protestant and
Catholic friends, but agrees with my perceptions, Being God is a title, and it is shared by God the Father, Jesus Christ (The God of this earth) and the Spirit of God (The Holy Ghost). Jesus Christ being in the express image of God the Father, will look exactly like him so to see him, is to see the father (like truly identical twins) These three personages form the Godhead, and all of them together or independently (Since they are of one heart, might mind and strength) can be called God.
>>I believe that our understanding of the nature of the infinite God is limited by the
>>finiteness of our thinking processes.
Agreed
>>It appears that God is One ... in the sense that the yolk, the white, and the shell all are
>>egg, ... and perform different functions in the egg.
Um, how about like a really close knit team? The egg thing kind of weirds me out, it’s too close to Scientific theories about pre-Big Bang universe (Google Cosmeg and “Big Bang” to see what I am talking about here).
In John 17:21-23 it says:
21 That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me.
22 And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one:
23 I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me.
“Even as we are one” When Christ draws a simile about one-ness, I think he knows what he is talking about. He did not mean for the apostles to physically become one being, but to be one in heart might mind and strength.
If god is three personages, there are no issues with Christ standing on the Right hand of God. There is no deception when we hear them talking to or about each other. The baptism of Christ becomes a beautiful example of togetherness not a ventriloquists act. There is no problem about Jesus Christ’s resurrected body, and what did he do with it.
(God being a spirit only came from the Greeks who theorized that any God with a physical form would have a weakness, so Constantine forced the Nicene Creed on the early church after he made himself Pope, there are many who died defending the belief that god was a separate personage from Jesus Christ, it’s in history books) It makes fascinating reading.
>>What I would say, according to my best understanding, ... is that God is a composite
>>being, much like a family, .... with all the Persons involved being recognizable as God
>>themselves
The Godhead is very close to this description. Be careful there are some on this forum who will say you are not Christian if you profess these beliefs of yours too loudly (Grin).