Trinity

Yeah, so, I was dangerously close to Arianism in my Youth.  I believed Jesus was divine, not understanding the Trinity fully.  The Jehovah’s Witnesses claim that if you read the Bible without guidance, you will become a Trinitarian.  I believe the opposite. 

 

I think, reading the Bible, you get the idea that Jesus is the Son and lesser to the Father.  As I matured, I understood the Trinity more.  As I matured more, I saw Jesus in the Old Testament, Psalms and Isaiah.  Now, I’m being introduced to the idea that Jesus is Yahweh (not the Father), and it is enlightening. 

FATHER, protect me from sacrilege and false doctrine

I was this many days old when I realized that the doctrine of Substitutionary Atonement is not straightforwardly mentioned in the Gospels.  It is there by inference.  And, that bothers me.  Although, I don’t know why.  I’ll have to explore that emotion.  It is, however, very black and white in the epistles and in the Old Testament.  It is there.  A strongly held belief of mine since before memory, I am bothered.

 

I’ve been watching a lot of Islamic focused Christian Apologetics as of late, and have been exposed to Muslim objections.  So, that could be the reason that I’m aware, that it’s at the forefront of my mind.  So, there’s that, but it doesn’t matter.  The epistles teach SA as well as, technically, that’s not the same as belief in Jesus Christ.

 

If we confess with our mouths that Jesus is Lord and believe in our hearts that He was raised from the dead, we will be saved.  For God so loved the world that He gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believed in Him should not die, but have everlasting life.  If we eat of His flesh and drink of His blood, we will have eternal life.  So, we don’t have to understand SA or the Trinity, for that matter.  We only have to believe; God is beyond human comprehension anyway.

 

For the record, I do believe—and accept the gift—that Christ died for my sins, that I may be not judged.  I just am shocked that it is not called out in the Gospels (apparently) specifically.  We base doctrine on the canonical 66 books, so I’m good.

 

Holy !

I missed Holly Cross Day!  Totally missed it, normally I don't. 

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Carry The Cow

There's an old legend about a man carrying a calf every day until it was a full size cow and he became stronger and able to carry the whole cow. I just realized today for the first time that the cow is old age.  It's important to pick up the calf every day.

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If you really were an apple, you'd be red.

I was thinking about a concept last week after Sunday's Gospel reading.  Jesus was telling the Parasees that they were outwardly following the rules, but were not giving God the true worship that he desired.  More accurately, they were following the rules of man in the Temple, and were ignoring what God desired from them.  And I thought, is that what the Churches do now by bring in wokeism?  We tell people to give to the poor...by voting in socialist parties.  Remember, if you don't vote left, you don't really love Jesus?