Tuesday, August 12, 2008
Basic Theology
Before we start a new topic I would like to give you a reading list for further study on Worldviews. "Seven Men That Rule the World From the Grave" by David Breese, "Slouching Towards Gomorrah: Modern Liberalism and American Decline" by Robert Bork, "Original Intent: The Courts, the Constitution, and Religion" David Barton, "Mind Siege" Tim LaHaye, "Kingdoms in Conflict" Charles Colson, "What If Jesus Had Never Been Born?" D.James Kennedy, "Understanding the Times: The Religious Worldviews of Our Day and the Search for Truth" David Noebel, "Inside American Education: The Decline, the Deception, the Dogmas" Thomas Sowell. If you will read even three of these books you will have a real grasp of what is really going on in our society. Remember, only 9% of Christians have a Biblical Worldview! Now lets begin a survey of basic theology. Please e-mail any questions or comments so I can address them. For today I wish only to make a brief statement about the Trinity. This vital truth is biblical and clearly taught yet misunderstood. The reason for that is because it is a Paradox! Most of but not all doctrines in the Bible conform to human logic. A Paradox is an apparent contradiction yet true. There are no human illustrations that really do justice to explaining the Triune nature of God. However I will give you one Hebrew word that can help. The word can be found in Deuteronomy 6:4 which reads: "Hear O Israel! The Lord is our God, the Lord is one!" The Hebrew word for "one" is "echad". It happens to be the PLURAL form and refers to a complex oneness or UNITY! For instance, if you wanted to say "one" grape in Hebrew you would use "yachid". But if you wanted to say "one" cluster of grapes you would use ECHAD! So the very verse which traditional Jews use to proclaim the "ONE" true God really means that God is way more than we can comprehend! And that is exactly why the Eternal God, Jesus Christ, humbled Himself and became a man so that we could understand the nature of God. JOHN 1:18 PHILIPPIANS 2:5-11
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