How can anything be both fully God and man at the same time unless it is just a difference in the conscious experience? And if that is the case than Jesus simply represented what we can all accomplish. And doesn't the New Testament teach that we are supposed to become ONE with Jesus and the Father.
The days are definitely not literal since the earth spinning on its axis give us morning and evening and the sun had not yet been created in the first few days. The days are explanations of how God's creative power emanated from the higher spiritual worlds to finally manifest the physical world...
Your question should be looked into by everyone who considers themselves a faithful Christian. This one question probably helped me to grow more than any other. It got me to see past my limited points of view and to understand the infinite better.
The trinity explains how spirit incarnates...
A good question that even many Christians are confused about and can't explain. This is one of the questions that sparked a serious spiritual journey for me. I left the church because no matter how many answers I got, nothing made sense. I am still a deeply spiritual person and enjoy reading the...
It seems we have a ONENESS issue verses a TRINITY here also.In Zechariah there is a scripture in which the Lord states that there is no savior beside him. This can all seem a bit confusing to someone who is just starting to read the Bible. I think we have to look for the deeper meaning. The Son...
There are many different kinds of Christians. For example, the majority of Christians are what I would term "traditional" in that they follow the basic doctrines put forth by either the Catholic or Protestant faiths. The "traditional" Christian viewpoint seeks to put faith in a literal person...
Good point. Doesn't Hebrews say that even Jesus learned obedience through the things that he suffered? I would also say the text means Jesus experienced soul growth through the things that he suffered, just like we all do.
Yes, actually I do. It would certainly make the world a better place because people would actually come to understand what the resurrection is really all about!
Greetings everyone! I decided to join a good religion forum to discuss spirituality and religion at large. I was raised as a traditional Christian in a non-denomination church, but in my twenties I began to get serious about learning where we came from and what we're doing here only to discover...